simple silhouettes

It's no secret that I {heart} Clean & Simple stamping and the newest 'fall-to' layout is seriously, a 10 minute card at the most. Mine was 10 minutes because I used my stamp-a-ma-jig and added little cuts to my ribbon, heh! The striped ribbon is a preview of what is to come in the Holiday Mini, so watch for it - sooo many fun things in there.

Ok, off to get things in order - I'm going to Texas for the MOPS convention and I'm very much looking forward to some time with just the girls!

Karen

recipe -

stamps: best yet, pocket silhouettes

paper: very vanilla

ink: ruby red

accessories: ribbon originals alpine

mojo monday challenge

Julee Tilman has her Mojo Monday challenge posted and it's a fun layout again this week. I decided to do a Christmas card for this week's challenge simply because I still had some snowflake paper on my desk from my other card a few days ago - so why put it away when I can use the scraps?! So what is this, the 3rd Christmas card I've done? Hmmm, only 57 more to go! I'm on an all-star pace here people!! heh. Alright, I've got more sketch challenges to get caught up on, so I'll see you back soon!

Karen

recipe -

stamps: season of joy, short & sweet

paper: night of navy, ruby red, whisper white cardstock, four seasons dsp

ink: ruby red, night of navy, bashful blue, handsome hunter

accessories: mini twinkle dots (a.muse), stampin dimensionals

RAK from Charlett

I got the sweetest card in the mail from Charlett about a week ago, thanking me for the blog candy she had won and even better, she left it blank inside so I can use it! Thanks Charlett!! I wish the picture would show the incredible detail she put in it - the embossing and layering. It's amazing. Thanks so much Charlett.

Karen

warm winter wishes

No, it's not snowing here (yet), but I wanted to play with this fun tree some more! This time I took some white liquid applique to add snow to the branches and ground and then added the cute little bird (he's a cardinal this time) to the branch. I actually stamped the 'warm wishes' directly to the white cardstock, but didn't see some applique and stamped on the applique - OOPS! So I remembered I saw this card by CassieT over at Splitcoaststampers and thought it was so cute - so this is what covers my big boo boo. I'm thinking that maybe I should have stamped the tree directly to my Four Seasons paper instead of the white cardstock so it would look like it was snowing, but I didn't want to start over. I still think it's a cute card, so I'll keep it (well, I'll send it out to someone...) The button is threaded with a think piece of Bashful Blue cardstock.

Ok, that's it! Thanks so much for stopping by.
Karen

recipe -
stamps: season of friendship, hugs & wishes
ink: close to cocoa, ruby red, black staz-on
paper: bashful blue, ruby red, whisper white cardstock, four season dsp (retired)
accessories: naturals buttons, liquid applique, stampin dimensionals

mojo monday challenge

Julee Tillman over at Poetic Artistry has weekly sketch challenges that are always so fun and unique. I love them and this week I actually found some time to do it! For this card, I used Maine Blueberry paper again (still loving it!) along with my new favorite tool, the scallop edge punch.

Thanks so much for stopping by today - I'm off to MOPS for some yummy breakfast. See you back soon!

Karen

recipe -

stamps: stem silhouettes

ink: old olive, night of navy

paper: old olive, whisper white cardstock, maine blueberry dsp

accessories: pewter jumbo eyelets, ice rhinestone brads, old olive wide grosgrain ribbon, scallop edge punch, stampin dimensionals, crop-a-dile

clean & simple baby

Hello! It's Monday and that means laundry day here - fun stuff! So what better way to procrastinate than stamping? Seriously, I can't stand doing laundry - or vacuuming for that matter. ugh. I'm so not the domestic goddess. OK, anyway, here's a little baby card using Clean & Simple's fall to layout #12, but I flipped it over on it's side to accommodate my stamped image. I paper pieced the 'cute' instead of coloring in the letters this time. That's what took the longest to complete, but other than that, this is a super fast card to make.

Have a fantastic day!
Karen

recipe -

stamps: big on spring

paper: bashful blue, close to cocoa, whisper white cardstock, banbury dsp

ink: black staz-on

accessories: scallop edge punch, retired SU ribbon (can't remember the name), stampin dimensionals

not so cupcake challenge

Hello! Happy Saturday (late Saturday at that)! Today's card comes from Taylor's cupcake challenge for the weekend and I thought I'd ink up some new stamps - Live Like You Mean It (hostess) and Say It with Scallops. The square scallop punch fits perfectly with the Say It with Scallops set, so that makes it easy!

Ok, that's it for now - it's late and I want to go watch Saturday Night Live with my hubby. See you back tomorrow!

Karen

recipe -
stamps: say it with scallops, live like you mean it
ink: pumpkin pie, ruby red, old olive, always artichoke
paper: pumpkin pie, ruby red, whisper white cardstock, pumpkin pie paper patterns dsp
accessories: square scallop punch, horizontal slit punch, 1/2" circle punch, old olive wide grosgrain ribbon, stamp-a-ma-jig