Hope you are all having a nice weekend. Weather was beautiful here Saturday, spent over 6 hours enjoying my pool, so that means a lot of things to do today, but that’s ok, weather will not be “pool” weather so errands it is. Need to get ready, my brother Michael and his family will be visiting for a long weekend starting Thursday. Here is this weeks card for the Paper… Read More »
Let me start today by wishing a Happy Birthday to my wonderful sister-in-law Diane, hope you have a great day! Look forward to seeing you a week from today with my brother Michael, Jake & Maya when you come to visit for a long July 4th weekend! Today I will be sharing with you the card I sent to Diane for her birthday. While checking out ‘You Tube’ for some new creative ideas,… Read More »
Here are the weekly deals from Stampin’ Up for June 24 – June 30, 2014, click on the pictures below to be directed to the Stampin’ Up website. Highlighted card uses the “Window Frames Collection Framelits”. Keep in mind you can never have enough framelits, they are great for easy layers to the card.
Let me first say thank you to Paper Craft Crew for selecting me as a Featured Artisan for Sketch #96, it is a honor and I enjoy participating! Sketch #98 proved to be a challenge as I decided to use every color in the piece of “Sweet Taffy” Designer Series Paper I used as the background. Woo Hoo! I did it! Here is this weeks sketch. Click on the… Read More »
I was just sitting here working when this just popped into my head, a quick and simple welcome baby card using the stamp set “Work of Art”. It was the pastel colors I was thinking about. This is a great card you could use for a baby shower if you do not know if boy or girl or even after the baby is born as a welcome card. The ink… Read More »
Today’s card is a Sympathy card I created to send to the husband of a fellow stamper. I thought simple is best. The card base and mat are Sahara Sand and I used the new ‘Large Polka Dot’ embossing folder for depth on the mat layer. The stamp set used is called ‘Too Kind’, which is a two-step set, ink colors are, Blackberry Bliss, Wisteria Wonder and Mossy Meadow. Mats and ribbon are both Blackberry Bliss. Craft… Read More »
Happy Thursday, it’d been a rather rainy week here in the ‘burgh, which seems to always happen when Pittsburgh hosts the Three Rivers Art Festival. Luckily the weekend weather forecast is sunny and 80, grilling, pool time and swaps for convention on my schedule! Here is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #97. Each Wednesday a new sketch is given and the fun begins. I like to… Read More »
Tonight I thought t I would share a Quick and Simple birthday card with you. This card is made with a new stamp set and designer series paper from the 2014-2015 Catalog. The stamp set used is called “Age Awareness” and it is a photopolymer set , great for placing the image exactly were you want it on the paper. Card base is Tempting Turquoise with a mat of “Sweet Taffy” Designer… Read More »
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Saturday was nice and sunny, I was able to get about 2 1/2 hours in the pool! Today is overcast and we have had a few rain showers, guess that’s what we are in for today. That’s actually ok, I can work on some card designs, Monday my first order from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog arrives and I can hardly wait – its… Read More »
Happy Friday, in just a few hours the weekend officially starts. Its been a rough week at work, we switched to the cloud for email and lets just say its been a ‘stormy’ cloud. I am looking forward to spending some time in pool if the weather stays sunny, next week I’ll be crafting since my order from the new catalog will be delivered Monday! Tonight we will be celebrating our friend… Read More »
Happy Monday, The day is finally here, the new Stampin’ Up 2014-2015 Annual Catalog goes live at 12PM MDT !! This past month I have enjoyed looking at the catalog and creating a wish list of items I can’t wait to get my hands on, my order will make your head spin! Thought I would start by showing two cards made with the new In-Colors for 2014-2016: Blackberry Bliss Hello Honey Lost… Read More »
First let me start by saying Happy Friday, sure do like these short work weeks, even if I get confused on what day it is! Here is my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge. This card actually came together rather easy for me. I knew I wanted to use items from my pre-order for the 2014-2015 Stampin’ Up Catalog (one of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator)… Read More »
For a limited time you can join Stampin’ Up! for just $50! This amazing opportunity will only last until June 30, 2014, so take what you already love doing—stamping and crafting—and make a little money while you’re at it! When you join Stampin’ Up! during this limited-time offer, you’ll receive: $55 worth of products A 30% discount on your first order (order must be $150 or more and placed within your first… Read More »
There are some great specials this week, click to order.
Happy Memorial Day, let me first thank all the service men and women – past and present who have served our great country – you are reason we have the freedoms we do today! It’s been a busy weekend around here, we opened the pool which is an all day affair and had some great bar-b-q and grilled steak. This week I decided to do the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More »
Today is a special day, my favorite nephew Jake is 16! Watch out all you drivers in New Jersey! In honor of his birthday, I made a special card and matching envelope for him. What I’m not showing you is the first envelope (made the wrong size) that I filled with lip balm and breath mints for all the girls he will be kissing to celebrate with! Before I share the… Read More »
Once a month my Sunday Stampers meet and yesterday was the day. Also a pleasure to get together with the ladies. I had a request from Jan, our hostess for the day, for a special baby card and when I saw some samples of a “Building Block Card” I knew this had to be base of my card! I found the directions on how to make the card on the SplitCoast… Read More »
Happy Saturday, today I decided to try the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Here is a look at the sketch. Here is the card a designed: For my card, I decided to use a card base of Gumball Green(retiring) and Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper as my background and tag. I really like the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, it’s a great punch to have, all you need… Read More »
This week, my brother and sister-in-law celebrated their anniversary, thought I would share the card I made for them. The card base and background mat are Whisper White, for a nice clean look. The background is embossed with the Adorning Accents embossing folder (retiring) and highlighted with Watercolor Wonder Washi Tape. Entire background is popped up with dimensionals. I used the Hearts a Flutter framelits to cut out the hearts, which… Read More »
This and That Epic Day Designer Series paper is featured on the “Tag-A-Bag” Card.
Happy Saturday, today I thought I would share a card make with products from the new catalog, available June 2nd. It’s a simple card using the new Blended Bloom Stamp, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers. Some fussy cutting and the greeting from Itty Bitty Banners. One tip when “fussy” cutting out a stamped image, run a black marker around the cut out edges, really helps finish the edges. Craft on!
Here is a card using the “Tag a Bag” Accessory kit in a different manner, sometime you just need to think outside the box. Gumball green cardstock for card base, equal size pieces of Crushed Curry cardstock and Epic Day Designer Series Paper create the back drop for a tag, label and Bakers Twine from the Tag a Bag Accessory Kit. Punched out a Butterflies in Crushed Curry and accent with small… Read More »
It’s been a busy weekend and now I am relaxing watching a concert performance of Jason Aldean at the Stagecoach Festival. He’s one of my favorite country singers. Last summer I had the pleasure of meeting him and getting a photo with him, one of the highlights of my summer. One of the other highlights of the Summer of 2013 was attending my first Stampin’ Up convention in Salt Lake City, which… Read More »
Thought I would share an Easter card with you before all the fun begins today. My husband has not smoked for over three years and we are now finally getting all new carpet in the house (need to get rid of the evidence of a few burn marks, luckily never any fires). So its a pretty big day at our house! For todays card a used the ‘Watercolor Wonder Designer… Read More »
Today was my monthly Sunday Stampers club meeting. We made cards using the Chevron Border punch, which I showcased last Sunday as a “preview” of the cards for club. We also used Washi Tape and Gold Embossing on some Whisper White cards. For the Whisper White cards, the first used the Label Love bundle (stamp set with matching punch) to create a cute gift card. On a square of Whisper White we covered… Read More »
Check out these great deals, includes a favorite punch set and framelit set of mine!
Today while watching a NCIS Los Angeles marathon on television, I worked on the cards for my Sunday Stamping Club – thought I would share a sneak peek of one of the cards we will making. After watching different video’s on You Tube on how to create a lattice effect with the Chevron Border punch, thought I would give this card a try. The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock… Read More »
Happy Friday, it’s has been a busy week at work, and I’m sure glad it’s Friday! Looking forward to Saturday morning and sleeping in just a little. I will be working on crafting cards using the Chevron border punch for an upcoming stamp class, just might post a sneak peak sometime on Sunday, stay tuned! Thought I would share a simple quick card with you. I had some extra pieces… Read More »
A little bit for everyone – ribbon, lace tape, dies, punches and MDS!
Happy Monday, today is the last day of Sale-A-Bration, which is free merchandise for every $50 before tax/shipping. Todays card uses the “You’re Lovely” stamp set which coordinates with the Deco Label Framelit Collection. The stamp was stamped in three different colors, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight – die cut, punched (1 3/4″ circle) and hand cut with Stampin’ Up Paper Snips and layered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.… Read More »
This past week I was out of town for a business meeting. The flight home was during sunset. The view out of the plane window was beautiful – the lights of NYC (amazing how straight some of the streets are by the look of the car lights) and the sunset! As I looked at the beautiful colors of the sunset – all I could think of was Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Wild… Read More »
This past Friday night “Island Hunters” was on while I was doing some chores in preparation for a business trip this week. I was inspired by the birds that I kept seeing. All I could do was think of this card, so I stopped and put it together. It’s very easy card for a beach loving friend! Card base is Crumb Cake (a favorite of mine) and side folding. Sponge Daubers where… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s been a busy week at work and I am looking forward to relaxing, spending some time crafting and getting a mani/pedi, (a great way to relax). Our anniversary was this week (26 years!). It was a cold, rainy day so we decided to have dinner out Saturday night at a favorite restaurant to celebrate, no sense going out in the pouring rain My card today is for… Read More »
Today was the monthly meeting of my Sunday Stamp Club. Thanks to all the ladies that came today (Jamie, Erin, Theresa, Wendy and Hostess Susie), you are the reason I became a demonstrator and enjoy sharing what I learn with you, actually we learn from each other. Now I get to share what we do with the world! One of the cards we made today, “Banner Happy Birthday” uses the Banner… Read More »
If you like using your Big Shot this weeks “Deals” are perfect for you! With the “Dress Form Pop N Cuts” – not only can you do cards with the dress form, but a few snips and its a table for a pot of flowers! Happy Crafting!
Earlier this year my god-daughter turned 16, today I wanted to share the card with matching envelope that I made for her special day! Card base is Basic Black cardstock, with mat of Whisper White cardstock layered with a piece of Pistachio Pudding cardstock embossed with the Decorative Dots folder from the Sale-A-Bration catalog (free merchandise for every $50 in product purchased, catalog expires 3/31/14). Next is a piece of Basic Black cardstock that I used the Scallop… Read More »
Check out the great deals, especially if you like trim/ribbon & bling!
It was a snowy day here, not the original 10″-12″ of snow expected on Friday, but around 3″, we dodged another snow storm! Turned out to be the perfect day for me to put the fireplace on in the sun porch and get my craft on. With day light savings time one week away, thoughts of spring were running through my head. I got out my “Burlap and Blooms Simply Created Wreath Kit” and… Read More »
It’s Thursday night and Penguin Hockey has started back up after the break for the Olympics. Love to watch my black & gold and am really looking forward to Saturday nights game in Chicago which is being played outdoors, while I am in the comfort of my warm living room. Thought I would share a quick and simple card with you while I enjoy watching the game. The card is made… Read More »
Hi there and welcome to Cards and Crafting with Karen. Looking forward to the weekend, spending time with my husband and doing some crafting. Wanted to share with you a card I did recently for a workshop, Card-in-a-Box. The cool thing about the card is it folds flat and fits in a normal A2 envelope. The card base is Summer Starfruit and I used, Flower Shop (with matching punch) and… Read More »
