MDS CARD

Hi stamping and scraping friends,

Sorry again that I didn't post this past week. It was kind of busy with my parents. My dad started his chemo and had kind of a rough time, then doctors apt. and so on.

I did get MDS (My Digital Studio) a week ago, and I have been playing with it. It is so much fun! I am so sorry I didn't get this sooner. So far I have made a couple scrapbooking pages, this card and a flyer.(for practice) This is something you do not have to go on-line for. You can sit when you have time, on a plane, riding in a car, when your at a show, and work on your projects. This is what I plan on doing while I sit with my dad when he gets chemo.

If anyone is interested in looking at the program, give me a call and we will set up a time for you to come see it. I can't tell you how much I enjoy it! So here is my card.



Happy stamping
Karen

It's Friday Again

Hi Stamping Friends,

What a week! Is it over yet? I am getting ready to go to Casa Granda For a Jackpot. It is where some of our kids get together and show sheep, goats, swine and cattle. Our girl Corey shows sheep and goats. This is her last show and the awards night for the year. It will be a fun long weekend.

This card I made uses one fun stamp set and a wheel. The wheel is Very Vintage and the set is Hello Again. I also used one of my favorite tools, the Spritzer tool. If you have not used it yet you have to find time to come over and try it. It is so much fun!
On the flowers I used the Stampin' Up! Stamp and Write Markers I love using the markers so you can color with different colors all at once. I also used the Chit Chat rub-ons. It has so many sayings for you to use.
I used Always Artichoke, Kraft and Naturals White cardstock. I used Chocolate chip ink for the wheel. I also used Always Artichoke, Crushed Curry and Chocolate Chip makers. I tore the paper for texture and added some Linen Thread.
Keep Stamping
Karen

Busy Week

 
I have a quick post today. I made a Fancy Favor Box out of the Sweet Pea DSP. I can not tell you how easy this was. It took a total of 10 min.! Who would not like to recieve a gift in this Box! I just love this paper and I was able to do limited stamping which made it go together so fast. I used the new Medium Jewlery Tag Punch and the Tiny Tags Stamps. I look forward to doing projects that I can use this stamp set on.
Until tomorrow
Keep Stampin
Karen

Welcome Neighbor

 

Hello Stamping Friends!

I do like this stamp set! Good Neighbor. It is Free with a $50.00 order for 1 month more. Then it goes away forever :(
Same with the paper, Welcome Neighbor. So if you are thinking you would like this set, don't wait, get you order to me right away! I sure would hate for you to miss it. I have this set in clear mount and I have to say I really enjoy using them. They make stamping easier by being able to see where you are putting the stamp. I barley did any stamping on this card because this paper is so amazing. I really did not want to cover any of it up. So I just put a small image on it.
I know in the picture it looks very light but in person you can really see it. Also I am so sorry, I forgot to turn off the date on my camera. I tried to crop it out but there was not enough room. So, hopefully i will remember to turn it off!

Here is the recipe:
Stamp Sets: Good Neighbors, Warm Words
Card Stock: Bermuda Bay, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White
DSP: Welcome Neighbor
Ribbon:Bermuda Bay 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon
Punches: 1-1/4" circle punch, 1-3/4" circle punch, scallop circle punch

Well until tomorrow, Happy Stamping
Karen

Starting the week off with a color challenge

Hello Stamping Friends,

Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was a little busy but it was well worth it. This week is busy so I needed to prepare for it. My father who I have spoke about in the past, well his cancer has returned yet again. So today he has an appoiment with his neurologist to see how he is doing on his seizure med. Then I am off to Phoenix for two days. I am a volunteer for the next National 4-H Agents Conference. (It will be held this year in Phoenix.) So we are doing a walk through, to see how things will work. Then Tuesday night I am back home for a day, then back to Tucson for my dad's first chemo treatment for this round. Then on Friday my husband will pick me up and we are off to Casa Grand for the final SAILA show for our girl Corey. We are sad about that because now all of our kids have aged out of 4-H. Then we will see what the following week has to bring for us in appointments for my dad.


 

Here is my card for today. I used a color challenge for this card. It was fun to do. The color challenge is color challenge #2 from Stamping With Juanita The colors are Almost Amathyst, Barley Banana, Pale Plum. So with those colors I just had to do a Easter card. This time though I used a fun technique. It is called Stained Mosaic. The technique can be found here . It was so much fun! I just love this stamp set as well.
Here is the recipe,
Stamps: A Good Egg
Card stock: Almost Amethyst, Barley Banana, Pale Plum and Whispher White(for the eggs)
Inks: Whisper white, Almost Amethist
Markers: Pale Plum, Barley Banana
Punches:Large Oval, Scallop Oval
Misc: Dazzling Diamonds, White Embossing Powder, Crystal Effects

Untill tomorrow, Happy Stamping
Karen

It's Friday!

 
Hello Friends,

Today I am making a short post. This is another Easter card. I did CASE this one. I recieved a swap at Regionals that I love. (I wish it would have had her name on it so I could give her credit.) It was for Valentines Day though. So I changed it up to make it for Easter. One of the stamps set used can be yours for free with a $50.00 purchase. It is the Vintage Lables set. This is a neat set and it corodinates with a lot of our punches. I also used the Well Scripted stamp set. I also used the die cut flowers out of the Eggcellent Eggs Kit.

Hope you have gotten some good ideals this past week
Happy Stamping
Karen

Vintage Vouge

Hi Stamping Friends,


I can't tell you how much I love this stamp set. Vintage Vouge. I actually recieved it for free by attending a Regional Seminar last January. At the end of the post I will tell you how to recieve your favorite stamp set.

This card is made out of Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla and Apricot Appeal card stock. I also used Chocolate Chip Patterns DSP. The Buttons are out of the Fresh Favorites 1. I also used the wheel that cordinates with the Vintage Vouge stamp set. It is called Very Vintage.
Ok I told you I would let you know how to recieve your favorite stamp set for free well here we go.
Right now is one of the best times to join Stampin' Up! Our Starter Kit is on sale. It is 15% off the normal price, That is the Standard Starter kit will be $169.00 and the Digital & Stater Kit is $157.00. Plus you also get to chose your favorite stamp set to go along with your kit. Valued up to $47.95! This will only last until the end of March.
Until tomorrow
Happy Stamping!
Karen

Another Easter Card

This was a fun card. I used a technice called paper piecing. That is when you stamp on paper and then cut it out and add it to a stamped image such as the egg shell on the chick. Of coarse you know I used the paper from the DSP Sweet Pea (just love it!) The grass border is from the Eggcellent Eggs Kit. The buttons are out of the Sherbert Designer Buttons. Then I used the Scallop Oval Punch for the sentiment and the Scallop from the Movers and Shapers Die. For the sentiment I used the Well Scripted stamp set. The colors of cardstock are Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink and Whisper White. The stamp set used was out of the main catalog, it is A Good Egg.

An Easter Card

Hello Stamping Friends,

Don't you just love the Sweet Pea DSP and matching Sweet Pea Stitched Felt? I sure do! Again working on my hoarding issues. I just want to keep these items forever.

For this card I used Rose Red, Old Olive and Whisper White card stock. Sweet Pea DSP.

I cut the Whisper White with the Top Note die, then I used the small dots Textured Plate. I also cut the DSP with the Top Note die. I then cut the leaves out of the Leaf embosslit. I added the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt with glue dots and then stamped the sentiment with the Well Scripted stamp set. Punched it out with the Scallop Oval Punch then used the Scallop Oval in the Big Shot Movers and Shapers die. Layered them and adhered them. Isn't it wonderful how the oval is just a little bigger so they layer! I love how Stampin' Up! does that.

Thanks for stoping by,

Happy Stamping

Karen

Outside of the Box

Hi stampin' Friends,

I am trying something new, colors I would not ordinarily put together or colors that are hard for me to use! I was unsure about this combo but in the end I am happy with it. I used Taken with Teal, Pumkin Pie and the new DSP Sweet Pea. The stamp set I used was Garden Whimsy. For the butterflies I used the Dsp and the new Stampin' Up! embosslits die Beautiful Wings.

I tell you the products just keep getting better and better!

Until Tomorrow Happy Stamping

Karen

Hello My Blogging Friends

I know, I know, it has been way to long......but I am back and have some fun cards to post and some new ways of doing things.
Can you believe Sale-A-Bration this year! The products that they are offering are amazing! The punch is wonderful to use, the paper that matches the stamp set Good Neighbors. Well this company never ceases to amaze me.

I wanted to start of with a sketch Challenge. So I decided to use the Mojo Monday challenge, it is always a good one. Here is the sketch; First I had to decide what colors to use. I went with Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, and the Designer Series Paper is Cottage Wall. Oh how I love this paper! (I don't want to use it I just want to hoard it!)

Then I had to decide on the stamp set. I choose a level two, Wings of Friendship.

I used markers to color the stamp. Also a dauber for the flowers.

I then stamped the flowers on the Orchid Opulence paper so I could cut them out and layer them on top of the other flowers for dimension. I also used a brad from the Vintage Brads in the center of the flower. Adhered them with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Then I used the Mat Pack and Paper Piercer to mark where the side brads would go.

Next was deciding on the ribbon. I decided on Rich Razzleberry and White Grosgrain.

I then decided that it needed a sentiment. I used the Hello from Tiny Tags and one of our fabulous new punches that coordinates with the Tiny Tags stamps, it is called the Medium Jewelry Tag. I am also using our new Clear Mount Stamps, I have to say they are wonderful to use!Finally this is the finished card.
Be sure to check back here tomorrow for another card.

Until then Happy Stamping

Karen

Deal of the Week

Don't forget you only have until tomorrow at I believe 12:00 noon to order the Deal Of The Week. Don't miss it!!!!!!! These pirces are amazing!

Item Description Special Price
115961 Perfect Setting Bigz XL die $25.99
114515 Flower Burst Embosslits die $5.99
116760 Pop-Up Three Tier Cake Bigz XL die $25.49

Gone For Too.........Long! Sorry.

Hi everyone,

Well it is time I get back to my blog. I am trying to learn how to balance everything with this business and it is a struggle. I think though with a lot of work I will get there.
I wanted to show you a card using something that goes through your big shot with no problem. It also adds a nice texture to your stamped project. It is supper thin cork. I picked it up in a hobby store. I truly love the colors with this.
I used the Halloween Hoot stamp set, and the Cast a Spell DSP. The card stock color is Elegant Eggplant. I have to say it was fun stamping on another texture.

Happy Stamping
Karen

Hi Stamping Friends,
It has been to long. But I am back and ready to get busy with this blog again! First off let me tell you Stampin' Up has added a Clearance rack to the Demonstrator Web Site. All you have to do is go to my web site, click on the shop now button, and then on the left side click on clearance rack. Items will remain until they are sold out and then they will be removed. Stampin' Up will be adding items often so check back from time to time to see if some of your old favorites are there.
Well I will be back soon and you all have fun Stamping
Karen

I am Soooooooo...... Happy!

Yeah! My blog is working again! What happened was when I added the Stampin' Up! YouTube video channel it messed up my blog so I had to take that off until I figure out how to add it with out any issues like that.

My Dad is doing as well as can be expected. He is under going radiation at this time so I still am away a lot but was home for this weekend and decided to work hard on my blog for awhile.

I did a K.I.S.S. today! However I left both my cameras in Tucson at my parents house....go figure. So the picture isn't the best but it has to work.

This card is just whisper white

The colors are Melon Mambo and Rich రాజ్జ్లేబెర్రి

The stamp set is Wow Flowers

I also used the Word Window Punch and the New Modern Label పంచ్

Again I am sorry about the quality of the photo

K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Sunday

Hi Everyone,




Well my Dad is out of the hospital but will be returning on Monday for surgery. I came home to be with my family this weekend. I had this card ready for last Sunday but did not get a chance to post it. It is a very simple card to make.



I want to remind you that today is the last day for the buy 3 paper packs, get one free!! So if you want to place an order you can click on the leaf button it will take you to my Stampin' Up! website and then you can order on line.





You all take care and I will be back when I can.

My Dad

Hi everyone,
I am going to be away from my blog for awhile. I love blogging so much. I never thought it would be so much fun. But I love my family more. Right now my father is really ill. He has Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He has been fighting it for two years now. Well it is back and in his brain. So I am going to be with him. You all have fun stamping out there, and I will come back when I can.

Stampin' Up! on YouTube

I am so excited to announce that Stampin' Up has a YouTube channel! Now you can visit YouTube and watch informative videos using Stampin' Up! products done by the experts. The website is:
www.youtube.com/stampinupvideo.

If you don't want to go to You Tube, I have put the channel at the bottom of my blog! It will remain there forever and it will update as new videos become available. I have been able to view these videos and they are fabulous! You will enjoy them. So take some time grab a cup of coffee (or a soda) sit back and enjoy!

Snakes!

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying your week. This has been a good week up until today. I live in an area that has snakes. This is the 4th snake in two weeks. I HATE THEM! I don't care if they are good snakes or not! I HATE THEM!

I went to let my dogs out around 12:00 and herd what sounded like water running out in by the lambs. Well next to the lambs we have another pen for our border collie. She was going crazy, barking. So I ran out there and sure enough it was a rattle snake! (My crazy husband has been trying to catch one this year to snake break the dogs.) First I let Diamond out of the pen, then I called a friend to come get it because my husband is away at school. He did manage to get the snake in a bucket. YEAH!(really being sarcastic!)

I did take pictures though which is unusual for me. I only take picture of them when they are dead! But this one I followed so they could catch it. I must be losing my mind!

The snake did inspire me to make a card(Go Figure!) out of a faux snake skin technique I learned awhile ago. It is not difficult and very interesting to touch and look at. These pictures do not do the card justice. It looks so much more real in person.

I will be starting a Technique class in June. I have already talked about it with some of my customers.

Here is the date: June 27th

Time: 1:00 - 3:00

Cost: $10.00

Remember if this is not good for you and really are interested in the class e-mail me or give me a call and we can always set something else up. I think in honor of the snake this will be one of the first techniques we will learn! It will be so much fun.

Mojo Monday Sketch, Week # 87

Hi everyone!

It is Mojo Monday. This is such a great sketch! I have already made 2 cards using it and next I am on to a scrapbooking page! I will post the 2nd card later. But first I wanted to post this one. I was able to use one of my absolutely favorite stamp sets and paper. If you look close enough you can see I also did a shadow technique.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Great Friend

Cardstock: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Apricot Appeal Textured cardstock

DSP: Good Morning Sunshine

Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze

Accessories: White Grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot, Circles #2 die 11/4" Square Punch, 13/8" Square Punch