Treat Holder

I created this fairly large treat container using a new set being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers called Snowman Country. I made the container using a 6X12 sheet of cardstock, scoring and folding and then cut the scalloped oval using Spellbinders scalloped oval die. After inking my stamp with versamark and then elegant eggplant ink I stamped the image onto tissue paper and clear embossed. I then used copic markers to add just a bit of color. Can you see the very light blue around the edge of the snowman to give him that icy look? I glued the image to the inside of the container, folded it up, added the sentiment (another sneak peek from the set Bells on Bobtail) and a bow and there you have it.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come back next week for the blog hop to celebrate the release of the new sets and a chance to win blog candy!

Or, if you are local, come to the Holiday Boutique Open house and just buy some of my creations. I'd love to see you there!

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE OPEN-HOUSE
When: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Time: 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Where: 2438 West Gambit Trail
Phoenix, AZ 85085
VENDORS INCLUDE:
Lia Sophia Jewelry
Pampered Chef
Boutique 2U – bling jeans, hats, purses, shirts
Tutus by Kristen
Karen’s Kreations – cards and holiday gift tags
Glitter Toes
Sassy Aprons
Lil’ Flare – girls flower bows
Mary Kay
Coaster Creations – hand-made ceramic napkin coasters
And more….

To be cool

This is a sneak peek of a new set being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers called Time to Chill. I used these shimmery papers by The Paper Company Studio called Snowflake Corner and Snowflake Swirl. The back is a shimmery white, so I stamped the cute polar bear using black Memento ink and clear embossing before cutting out and popping up on the main panel. The sentiment is stamped onto the same shimmery white paper and the corners rounded before adding to the ribbon panel and adding the bow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fall Mums

Happy October! It's the first day of October and it is still going to be over 100 here today! Oh come on! Enough already. I shouldn't have to be listening to my air conditioner running, should I? It's supposed to cool down next week - into the high 80's - ahhhhh, a welcome relief!

In celebration of October, here is my mums card. We lived in the finger lakes region of New York several years ago and really enjoyed autumn there with the colorful leaves, beautiful fall flowers, including mums and acorns falling from the mighty oak tree in the front yard. I do miss that - except for the raking of all those leaves in our HUGE yard. lol

I created the frame by cutting/embossing Spellbinders Beaded Oval and airbrushing, then cutting the oval from the center. I then cut the oval into the So Saffron card front and embossed it with the Cuttlebug folder. I also cut the oval into the Riding Hood Red card front, aligned all of them and adhered them. I added the very vanilla cs to the inside of the card, used my stamp-a-ma-jig to position the stamp and stamped it using versamark ink and gold embossed it before coloring with ink and a wet paintbrush. See that cute acorn charm on the bow?

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great fall day! I'll be here in the air conditioning and under a ceiling fan! lol

Two cards - one layout

I created two cards that use the same layout. It's a simple layout, so it makes for a fast creation.

This card is really striking because of the sparkle finish papers from Mark’s Finest Papers. It’s so yummy! I stamped the image using versamark ink onto chocolate cardstock and then heat embossing with copper. I used a chocolate marker to go back in and add a few shadows and lines to the basket. I mounted that panel onto two shades of the sparkle paper. Now, here is a little tip – you know you can punch or cut something out of the mat papers and it won’t show. Oh yeah, so I used the Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaf to cut some gorgeous leaves, one of which I used as an embellishment. The other two panels again use that sparkle finish paper and it is embossed with the Swirls Cuttlebug folder. The brown card front is stamped with the same image as used on the main panel with Rich Cocoa Memento ink. I love the sparkle of the copper embossing on the brown.



I couldn't resist using this sketch for a Christmas card too. I love Santa images and this is a great one, even if I could only use part of it.

I stamped the image onto Kraft cs using Vintage Photo Distress ink and then sponging the edges. I mounted that onto black and then red. The panels of dp are also mounted onto black cs. The kraft panel is embossed with Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons folder and mounted onto the red card front. I added the red glitter domes in the top corners.



Thanks for stopping by! I hope your day is a wonderful one!

Starry Christmas Night

I love creating Christmas cards and this is a new one I've come up with using a Stamp Oasis Nativity set from Rubbernecker Stamps. There are lots of images in the set but I only used 3 of them for this card.

I stamped the main image using Memento Rich Cocoa ink, clear embossed on shimmery white cs and then colored with copic markers and watercolor crayons. I then used a Spellbinders circle to cut just the top of the rectangular panel then mounted it onto brilliant blue rectangle. I airbrushed the sky. I added AtYou glitter pens to some areas including the stars. I just drew on the gold stars on the blue. I also added some gems to the stars on the image panel. The lighter purple card front is embossed with the Cuttlebug stars folder. The star panel was stamped onto shimmery white with the star from the set and colored in with the AtYou glitter pen. I stamped the star again, cut it out and popped it up. I also added gems to that star. The cow is also from the set and colored with watercolor crayons and then I airbrushed the star panel and the cow panel. I added the gold rimmed ribbon and . . . that's it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lucky me!

I got to host the sketch challenge on SCS for Rox this week. Here is the card I created for it-


Measurements: sentiment panel 2 9/16" X 1 1/4" with 1/16" borders. 4 3/8" X 1 1/8" with 1/16th borders. Small dotted panel 1 3/8" X 3 3/4" with 1/16" border. Large dotted panel 3 1/4" X 3 3/4" with 1/16" border.

Stamp set: Broom Rides from Mark's Finest Papers

The sentiment is stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto the orange cardstock, then mounted onto a green spider web rectangle which is 1/16" larger and then the black rectangle is 1/16" larger than that. I then added the three brads at the top of the panel and the candy corn brad to the lower corner. The green web panel was stamped with the Happy Halloween sentiment at the bottom. I stamped the ghost onto shimmer white cs, colored the jack'o'lantern with a copic marker and cut out and popped up.

Why not give this sketch a try. Post a link to your creation using this sketch. I would love to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by!

Don't you hate it when your computer crashes?

I DO! My hard drive crashed and I lost so much! I'm so sad. None of my files can be recovered. sniff sniff sniff So many of the files can't be replaced either. I know, I know - back up your files. I always do right after a crash, and then I get lazy and don't do it just in time for another CRASH! Arrrggghhhh!

All right, I'm through whining now.

Here is a card I created using the colors Baja breeze, Cajun Craze and Wild Wasabi. It's a pretty nice color combination, isn't it?



I used Mark's Finest Papers stamps: Thankful Mum & Pumpkin, and Autumn Fun. I stamped the images using Memento Rich Cocoa ink.I watercolored the pumpkins using markers and watercolor crayons, then cut out and mounted onto the stamped image on the Baja Breeze cardstock. You know you just can't cut out those tiny tendrils, so I just lined it up so they would show.

Thanks for stopping by!

Meeting challenges

I created this card for two challenges: The SCS Sketch 298 challenge and Joan's challenge to use: red, brown, green, a Heartfelt Creations stamp, pearls and lace. I think I met all those challenges.

I stamped the flower with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and clear embossed before cutting/embossing using Spellbinders ovals and mounting onto a kraft oval. The dp panels are from a pack I took apart, so don't know the manufacturer. The sentiment is stamped with Real Red and mounted onto red cs. I added the pearls to that panel as well as the oval to balance the lace trim. I also punched the green leaves and added red rhinestones where they meet the flower panel. The card front is also kraft and I used a red marker along the edges to make it pop off the white card.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back soon!

Today is my most beautiful daughter's birthday! Happy birthday Wendy! How did you get so old? It is shocking to me. Oh wait, how did I get this old? lol Time flies.

She is the greatest daughter ever. She is so even tempered, thoughtful, kind, sweet, forgiving and the most lovely person you could ever meet. I wish I were more like her.

For this card, I used lace as a stencil, adding the blue through it to give the beautiful impression of the lace. The bottom of the card is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers Flourishes and Frame and cut/embossed using Spellbinders Fancy Tags. I added some jewels, as my daughter is such a jewel in my life. Don't you just love those beautiful fabric roses at the top? Mmmmm, so delicious. This is one of her favorite color combos.

I hope your birthday is as awesome as you are Wendy. I love you more than you can know.



We went to lunch at Joe's Farm Grill and had Fontina burgers (oh yum!) and then we both had pedicures. Her's was an absolute emergency after her 8 year old daughters gave her one the night before. Yikes! lol I'm still laughing about how her feet looked.d Luckily they lost interest before adding polish.

We went all out for the polish for her birthday. Don't her feet look fabulous?

Hugs,
Mom

Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!


For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

9/10 FRIDAY Thankful Mums & Pumpkins



It is so fun to use all the stamps in a set and see the different looks you can get. Isn't this an elegant looking card? For this one I am featuring this lovely sentiment from the set by stamping it onto the blue cs and cutting into a rectangle, then rounding just the two opposing corners. I added a blue piece cut/embossed with the center of the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis pendant which is popped up. The card front is the blue and I added the brown rectangle before embossing with the Cuttlebug Textile Texture then I added the beautiful satin ribbon bow and the Fleur de lis panel and sentiment which is adhered by running it through my Xyron. This is really quite a simple card, but I love the elegant look.

Thanks for stopping by! This is the last day of the blog hop, so be sure to visit these blogs for more inspiration!

Emily
Karen-That's me! You are here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Debbie
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Mark’s Finest Papers

Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase NOW!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

9/9 THURSDAY Stinky Situation




I hope you don't think my card STINKS!!!! LOL

I stamped these wonderful trees from this fun set using black ink and stamping onto white cs. I used Copic markers to color the sky between the trees. Next I inked up the tree - yes the tree - from the set Regal and Proud which was released last month using one shade of green ink and then thumping with two more shades of green markers before stamping (three times) onto the bottom of the tree panel to give the look of bushes. Isn't that great? I love thinking of other ways to use my stamps. Next I cut/embossed that panel using the oval Spellbinders die. I cut the next smaller shape into the green cs square and aligned it with the opening and leaving a 1/16" edge of green around the panel. I cut the black cardstock to size and positioned my oval opening panel in place, adhering with a removable adhesive on one edge, then slipping the oval I had cut from the tree panel below it and adhering to the black panel. Next I popped the panel with the opening into place using foam squares to pop it up. Next I stamped the three skunks and cut them out. Can you see all three? One is tucked back onto the back tree panel with just a little of him showing in the oval. The other two are popped up and their tails curled a little for a bit more dimension. The sentiment is stamped with black onto the white cs and punched out and then added to a black punched oval to make it stand out. This was all mounted onto a white card and the inside stamped with the small skunk on the bottom right and the bigger skunk was stamped and cut out and added to the top left corner of the inside with a little foam square below the tail toadd more dimension. I left plenty of space for an apology. Sometimes you just need to tell someone that you stink and you are sorry! Or is that just me? lol

So there you go! Now go visit these great designer's blogs for more inspiration:
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Jeanne
Anne
Emily
Karen-That's me! You are here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping by! One more big blog hop day tomorrow, so be sure to come on back!

Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase NOW!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!


9/8 WEDNESDAY BROOM RIDES


Aren't these images fun for Halloween? I love the sign. I stamped that onto the orange cs with black craft ink and embossed with black detail powder before cutting out. The purple panel is a designer paper with all those Halloween words on it. I overstamped that with the tree and embossed with black detail embossing powder, then added the bats here adn there as well. I didn't emboss them, so it gives a little more dimension giving them the appearance of being in the background. I matted that panel with the green and onto the striped card front which is matted with the darker purple. I added the purple polka dot ribbon for just a litte more fun. What do you think?

Now click on over to see the creations of these talented artists:
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Jeanne
Anne
Debbie
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Mark’s Finest Papers
Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come back tomorrow for another fun creation featuring "Stinky Situation".

Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

9/7 TUESDAY: AUTUMN FUN

I just love Autumn and leaves - oh yes! Aren't they wonderful? For my card, I used the basket full of leaves from this new stamp set - Autumn Fun. I stamped the image using Versmark ink and heat embossed with copper. Oooooo, so pretty. I then colored the image with Copic markers. next I cut/embossed the image using Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaves, then I embossed that with Cuttlebug's D'vine Swirls folder for even more texture. The edges are airbrushed and colored with Copic Markers. I then stamped the sentiment again with Versamark and embossing with copper before cutting with the smaller leaf in the Spellbinders set and embossing with Cuttlebug's Textile Texture folder. I also crinkled the leaves up a bit for more dimension. The card front is a copper shimmer cs which is also embossed with the swirls folder and matted with brown cs. Doesn't the swirls bg remind you of the wind that causes the leaves to cartwheel along. I love that.


I hope you like my creation and all the others from these talented designers:
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Jeanne
Anne
Debbie
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Emily
Karen-That's me! You are here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Mark’s Finest Papers
Thanks for stopping by!

Boutique

I will be participating in a boutique Oct. 9th from 5:30 - 8:30 PM. I will be selling some of my most fabulous creations! It is time to be thinking of holiday gift giving and I will have great ideas for you - cards, gift tags, containers - well, all sorts of things. Mark your calendar and plan to attend. Email me for more information!

Labor Day Weekend Sale!

Labor Day Weekend SALE
Save up to 20%

Rubbernecker Stamps

Stamp Oasis Stamps

KK Original Stamps

Kittie Kits

Ranger

Spellbinders

Clearsnap

Tsukineko


See the New Release - Create a Garden Sets

Blue Mum

I stamped the image (a sneak peek) onto blue paper and then colored with Copic markers. That was mounted onto the green cs and a ribbon tied around it. I stamped the sentiment onto the blue paper and punched out with the ticket punch and attached it to the back of the main panel. The card is blue and then I used vellum cs which was embossed with Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls folder and adhered to the card front. I added rhinestone brads for the sparkling accent.

Porcupines are sharp!

Hee hee hee, I do crack myself up!


This is a sneak peek of MFP's new set being released Sept. 7 called Stinky Situation. I stamped the porcupine with black and then overstamped it in brown. I'm loving this woodgrain embossing folder. Am I using it too much? I embossed the chocolate chip cardstock with it. I then used direct to paper with white craft to bring out the texture. I stamped the sentiment using chocolate chip ink and embellished with brown brads. The bg paper is an old SU one I think it is called spring flowers.

Here is another made for the VSN challenges.


I cut/embossed the sea shell using an older Spellbinders die and airbrushed it while still in the die, I then added some sparkle with the Copic AtYou pen. I think you can see it - barely. The background is the Spellbinders Impressabilities Sea Scape. I also lightly airbrushed that.

SCS VSN challenges

For the next few days I will be showing you a few more cards I created for the VSN challenges this past weekend.
These images are a sneak peek of a new set being released Sept. 7 by Mark's Finest Papers called Broom Rides. Isn't it fun?

I used white cardstock and airbrushed it with copic markers to get that eerie purple sky look and the amber ground. I stamped the tree, bats and Speedy the cat riding the broom with Elegant Eggplant ink. I did the same techniques for the sentiment panel and popped it up on a cuttlebug die cut. Oh yeah, the main panel is cut with Spellbinders deckle edge rectangles.

I hope you like it! Thanks for dropping by!

VSN card

I created this card for my VSN challenge on SCS using a smoosh technique.


I placed several drops of three different re-inkers (Distress: Shabby Shutters, Scattered Straw and Tattered Rose) onto a non-stick craft sheet, then misted with water and gold shimmer mist. I smooshed two tags into the inky mess and then dried with my heat gun. I wish you could see the beautiful shimmer, but the photo just doesn't pick it up.


I stamped the camellia (from Mark's Finest Papers Apples & Camellia) onto the smaller tag with Rose Red pigment ink and clear embossed, then cut out. That was mounted onto a shimmery cs shape cut/embossed with Spellbinders Labels Five. The 5-1/2" square card front is imagine from Kaisercraft. I cut/embossed a piece of the smooshed tag using Spellbinders Lattice borderabilities and the green layer is Lotus Borders Petites borderabilities. I also cut another layer of the smooshed tag and cut with Martha Stewart Arched Lattice punch for the bottom of the card front. The ribbon behind the image panels is the beautiful silk ribbon from the Stamp Simply Ribbon store. I stamped the sentiment (from Apples & Camellia) using the Rose Red pigment ink and clear embossing.

Challenges and stamping fun!

Today there were several different challenges on SCS for VSN. lol Do you have any idea what that means? lol Luckily, I do. Here are my creations for today's challenges.

This challenge was to stamp an image of foods you enjoy in the summer. Well, when I was a kid growing up on a little farm with apple trees all around me, we would start eating apples as soon as they were the size of a walnut and continue all summer long. These were summer apples, of course and oh so delicious!

I stamped my apple (from MFP's Apples & Camellia) onto white cs and inked the butterfly and the sentiment with markers so I could add the red too. And what is more summery than red gingham tablecloths for picnics? That's why I added the gingham ribbon. Red buttons, just for fun. The card front is embossed with the Cuttlebug swirls folder.

The next challenge was to create a window in your card. The mum stamp was inked with markers before stamping and then I colored in the vase with a Copic marker then cut/embossed with Spellbinders Labels Ten. I also cut the dp in the same shape to mat the image. I punched out the shape from the card front and framed it with the hardware and added the ribbons. This is the outside:
and the inside:
This is a sneak peek of a new set being released Sept. 7 from Mark's Finest Papers called Thankful Mums & Pumpkin.

This challenge was to create a bg paper using the Cuttlebug Wax Paper Resist technique. What fun that was, even if I did have to pull out the iron to do it. You just emboss a piece of wax paper in the CB folder and then sandwich it between two pieces of glossy cs and iron. Remove the wax paper and sponge on the ink color. Don't you love the look of that alligator skin in the bg panels? I created that with the wax paper cuttlebug resist technique and the Cuttlebug animal print folder. What fun! I inked it with Forest Moss distress ink. The alligator image is stamped with Always Artichoke ink and cut/embossed using Spellbinders Mega Oval die, and sponging the edges. The card is kraft.

Now this is my favorite, but don't tell the others! lol This challenge was to create a card using something that reminds you of camping in the summer time.

Hee hee hee, don't you just love it? This is one of the memories I have of going camping. SKUNKS! PPPPPPPP UUUUUUUU! We would run over them and that odor would linger on and on with us as we continued down the road for miles and miles. The little critters would also come and visit the camp sites and go through the garbage. Yikes! We stayed far away.

For my card, I stamped the image of the skunk (a sneak peek of a new set being released in Sept. 7) onto white cs and cut/embossed using Spellbinders Oval. I then added the dots around the border. That is popped up onto another oval and the sentiment stamped in a slight curve to match the oval shape. It's so easy to do that with the clear stamps! Fun! The black and white color combo is perfect for the tree bard too, so I stamped that and matted that panel with black and then onto white. I embossed that panel with the woodgrain cuttlebug folder. The card front is black and also embossed with the woodgrain folder. I had to add a little sweetness and I did that with the black and white gingham bow.

I hope you like all my creations. Thanks for stopping by! I would love for you to leave a comment too!

Hugs,
Karen

I'm nuts about you!

I love this new squirrel image. It is a sneak peek from a new set called Autumn Fun from Mark's Finest Papers. It will be released Sept. 7.


I stamped the image using Memento Black ink and added a bit of color with copic markers. The sentiment was also stamped onto this panel using black ink. That is mounted onto a Basic Gray cs and the corners punched. I added the striped dp which is mounted onto black cs and punched with MS arch lattice. I airbrushed the flower and added a button for the circle element. The card front is real wood cherry.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lacey Mum

This card was created for the color challenge on SCS today. The dessert option was to use a doily, and the real challenge was finding the doily I knew was in my craft room somewhere. I actually found it!

I stamped the image (a sneak peek of a new set being released in September by Mark's Finest Papers) onto white cs using rich cocoa memento ink and clear embossed before coloring with an aqua painter and the rich razzleberry and old olive inks. I then airbrushed a little of the blue around the edges. It was cut/embossed using Spellbinders circles and mounted onto a rich razzleberry circle. That as mounted onto the paper doily which is mounted onto a Pacific Point circle which is actually cut with Spellbinders Eyelet Pendant and then mounted onto old olive which I cut to match the shape of the doily with my scissors. The card is a 5" square and embossed with the Cuttlebug swirls folder. I airbrushed the ribbon with Copic marker Peony RV69. The sentiment is stamped with the rich razzleberry onto white and punched out with an oval punch and sponged around the edges.

Thanks for looking.

Patience Grasshopper

This card uses a new to me technique called stained glass. It requires patience which is not one of my strengths! lol



To create this card I first used an embossing buddy on the acetate sheet. Let me tell ya, that acetate is a magnet for glitter, even after using that! Use it on both sides of the acetate. You know glitter - it goes everywhere. Be sure to turn off your fans too. You will be wearing glitter for days anyway, but it helps contain it a little bit! lol

I stamped the Rubbernecker image Chinese Lanterns onto acetate using Black StazOn ink. Then, flip that over and apply a clear craft lacquer (I used Crystal Effects)to the part of the image you want to add the first color of glitter to. I added the red first. Once that is applied and the excess dumped off, apply the lacquer to the next color area - in this case gold and add that glitter. Now comes the patience. Let it dry. I left mine overnight. Wow, it really is beautiful! To use that image, flip it over (glitter side down) and back it. I used black and attached it with mini black brads in the corners. I then mounted that onto red cardstock. The Rubbernecker sentiment is stamped using versamark ink onto red cardstock and embossed with gold detail embossing powder. That is mounted with black and again with red so it will pop off the bg. The bg is Rubbernecker's bamboo bg stamp - stamped onto the black with versamark and embossed with black detail embossing powder. I added just a knot of red ribbon above the sentiment. The entire card is mounted onto the red cs once again.

I hope you like this. It's a fun technique if you have the time.

Thanks for stopping by!

No WAY!

I can't believe how neglectful I've been of my blog! A whole week has gone by without updating it and sharing something new with you. Well, it has been a busy week so I haven't done as much stamping as I usually do. I did stamp late last night to create this quick, clean and simple card.

I just go this old Stampin' Up! set called Terrific Tulips (thanks Wendy) and wanted to use it. It is a classic in my opinion. I mean, how can you go wrong with these lovely tulips? You just can't - they always look good.


For this card I inked the first tulip shape using Cameo Coral ink and stamped directly onto the barely banana card front. I then inked the second stage of the tulip with the same ink and by adding it over the top of the first one, it is naturally a bit darker. I love how easy it is to create all that dimension. The stems are added using certainly celery ink. I inked the Sanded bg stamp using So Saffron ink and stamped right over the image. I like the effect. I then inked the sentiment stamp (from Rubbernecker) using the Cameo Coral ink once again and added it - not straight but at an angle. I like this difference too.

Thanks for stopping by. Please come again soon!

Blog Hop Day 4

Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal & Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)

THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Friday, August 13-Owl Be There
August Guest Designer- Wendy-
Nancyruth -
Lois -
Vicky-
Jeanne -
Anne-
Debbie-
Peggysue-
Faith -
Susan-
Judi-
Connie-
Emily-
Karen- That's me and you are here!
Patty-
Roxie-
Vicki-
Liz-
Claudine-
Joanne T-
Joanne G -
Mark’s Finest Papers -

And without further ado, here is the card I created for today! I love how this turned out. It was exactly how I had pictured it in my mind.


My first step was to cut the owl shape from the Core'Dinations cardstock using a piece that measures 4 X 5-1/4". I then embossed that with the Cuttlebug Woodgrain folder and then sanded to bring out the red core. Love it!!! Next I positioned that onto the Riding Hood Red card front and using my stamp-a-ma-jig (yes, I love saying that!) stamped the owl and flourish/branch through the cut out shape using Chocolate Chip pigment ink and clear embossing. Next I stamped the sentiment using Riding Hood Red ink and cut/embossed using a Spellbinders Oval die and matting with another oval cut from the Riding Hood Red cardstock. I positioned it onto the card front and pierced through all layers and added the brown brads. Isn't that little owl just too cute peering out through the owl shaped hole?

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your comments. I hope YOU win!

Hugs,
Karen

Blog Hop Day 3

Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal & Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)

THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Here is the card I created using the set Regal & Proud.

I inked the tree stamp with markers using the lightest color of green first and then tapping on two other shades of green before stamping I then used Copic markers to fill in a bit. I used the same technique on the trunk of the tree and the flowers at the base. I added a little red to the flowers with an At You Spica pen. I then inked up the tree two more times using the same technique and stamped the shrubs. I then stamped the soaring eagle. Next I airbrushed the sky and the grass with Copic markers before cutting/embossing with Spellbinders oval die. I then mounted that onto an Always Artichoke Big Scalloped Oval. That is popped up with dimensionals onto the dp card front. The sentiment from thee set is stamped with Chocolate pigment ink and clear embossed before punching out and framing with the hardware. I also added the artichoke organdy ribbon and heated it just a little bit to get the bow to lay the way I wanted it.

Be sure to visit all the blogs and then go to Mark's Finest Papers and let them know you went to all the blogs so you can have a chance to win!

Thursday, August 12-Regal and Proud
August Guest Designer- Wendy-
Nancyruth -
Lois -
Vicky-
Jeanne -
Anne-
Debbie-
Peggysue-
Faith -
Susan-
Judi-
Connie-
Emily-
Karen- That's me and you are here!
Patty-
Roxie-
Vicki-
Julia-
Liz-
Claudine-
Joanne T-
Dawn-
Lynn-
Mark’s Finest Papers -

Thanks for stopping by! Come back tomorrow for Day 4 of the hop!

Blog Hop Day 2

Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal & Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)

THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Wednesday, August 11- Flourished Sea Creatures
August Guest Designer- Wendy-
Nancyruth -
Lois -
Vicky-
Jeanne -
Anne-
Debbie-
Peggysue-
Faith -
Susan-
Judi-
Connie-
Emily-
Karen- That's me and you are here!
Patty-
Roxie-
Vicki-
Liz-
Claudine-
Dawn-
Lynn-
Joanne G -
Geri-
Joanne T-
Mark’s Finest Papers -

I created this card using Flourished Sea Creatures.

I stamped the image of the sea horse onto white cs and colored with Copic markers and then I used At You Spica pens to add a little shimmer. This was cut out and dimension added by lifting, folding and curling. The dp is from Webster's Pages. I stamped some of the fish from the stamp set and again added bling with the At You Spica Pens. The sentiment from the set was stamped onto another piece of the dp and cut using Spellbinders Labels 3 and mounted onto the shimmery orange cs using Spellbinders Labels 1. The crab was stamped onto a scrap of the dp and water-colored, then cut out and popped up with foam squares. The strip behind the sentiment is layered cs which was embossed with Cuttlebug's Divine Swirls.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you love this set as much as I do. It has such great images in it.

Blog Hop Day 1

Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal & Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)

THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

Tuesday, August 10-Tweet Blessings

Where do you get inspiration? Me - everywhere! I was watching one of my favorite programs on TV "Color Splash" and they showed a lamp shade that inspired this card.
I stamped the bird using Ballet Blue ink onto white cardstock and then added the flourish from Flourishes and Frame with Creamy Caramel ink. The sentiment is also stamped with that ink. I then cut/embossed the panel using Spellbinders Labels 8 and sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel. I added a teeny blue jewel (from Taylored Expressions) for the eye. I also added just a teeny dot of Clear Rock Candy stickles to the centers of the flowers on the bird, trying to keep it subtle. I cut a rectangle from the Ballet Blue cs just a bit bigger than the panel and rounded the corners before mounting my image panel. The card is Ballet Blue. The background panel was created again using the flourish from Flourishes and Frame stamped with Creamy Caramel, cutting and embossing with the larger Labels 8. I then embossed this panel with the Cuttlebug Textile Texture folder and sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel. I wrapped the beautiful blue satin ribbon (also from Mark's Finest Papers) around the card and tied a bow. I popped up the bird panel with foam squares. It's a fairly simple card, but I really like the result. Do you?



August Guest Designer- Wendy-
Nancyruth -
Lois -
Vicky-
Jeanne -
Anne-
Debbie-
Peggysue-
Faith -
Susan-
Judi-
Connie-
Emily-
Karen- That's me and you are here!
Patty-
Roxie-
Vicki-
Julia-
Liz-
Claudine-
Joanne T-
Mark’s Finest Papers -

Focus on the sentiment

I really like to create cards where the beautiful sentiment is the focus. This card was created just that way. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker.

The sides of the dp on the card front is punched with a MS border punch. I then added another rectangle of the dp which is embossed with Holly Ribbons embossing folder mounted onto a vanilla rectangle cut/embossed with Spellbinders scalloped rectangle. I then stamped the sentiment with chocolate chip craft ink and clear embossed before cutting/embossing with Spellbinders Labels 13. I then added a few stamped flowers. That is framed with a Riding Hood red frame created with Spellbinders Labels 13 and popped up. I then added the corners to the sides and butterflies which were punched with a MS punch and embossed with Textile Textures folder.

Thanks for stopping by! Please come back soon.