Sunday Watercolors; Negative Painting - Pomegranate

When I saw a picture on the internet of a pomegranate I thought it would be the perfect subject for playing with the negative painting technique!

If you want to see more of my watercolors you can either click the "My Watercolors" button in the top list or in my Watercolors file on Pinterest; http://www.pinterest.com/peppermint42/watercolors


 (OBS - the paintings there are not only by me, though I wish they were because I've collected some real favorites)

Have a great Sunday, hugs, Karin

Lemon Curd for your Valentine!

HAPPY VALENTINES - a day late...

Today I have a little Valentine's Gift that is super fast and easy to make:

A jar of homemade Lemoncurd.

With MFT's new stitched frames you can make the cutest labels for your homemade goodies in notime!

Found this recipe at A taste of home that was very close to the one I make - too lazy to convert my own recipe from dl to cups etc (-: . I wisk mine in a bowl over boiling water instead of directly in a sucepan and I wait with adding the butter till the very end)

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel

Directions

1. In a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, whisk eggs, sugar and lemon juice until blended. Add butter and lemon peel; cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thickened and coats the back of a metal spoon. Transfer to a small bowl; cool 10 minutes. Refrigerate, covered, until cold. Yield:1-2/3 cups.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

 Supplies:

die-namics-stitched-rectangle-frames

candy-jar-companions

My Favorite Things; Creative Construction with Blueprints

My Favorite Things; Creative Construction with Blueprints

Hi and welcome to a new Creative Construction with Blueprints!

Here are a few words from MFT about this awesome challenge.
We love Blueprints because they take the guesswork out of crafting beautiful cards in quick fashion when we’re short on time or inspiration. We also love them for their versatility and ability to be mixed and matched when we have the time and inspiration to create something truly unique. Our Creative Construction Challenge focuses on these attributes each month, challenging the team to both assemble a card based on one of the provided Blueprints sketches as well as design an original card combining elements from the featured Blueprints.

Here are my samples;

The blueprints dies make it so easy to create cards with a new design. Just play around with the elements and you have lots of new fun combinations.

If you haven't discovered them already there are lots of "older" bluprints that are perfect sketch inspiration. You can find them all HERE!

Hope I've inspired you to try them too!

Wishing you a great day, hugs, Karin

Supplies;

bb-you-have-my-heart

 die-namics-blueprints-22
friends like us

die-namics-somebunny

Love is in the air challenge at Inspiaration Journal

Hi Everyone!
I am here today to invite you to come and play along in another fun challenge at the Inspiration Journal!

This month’s challenge is called   Love is in the air!  Before you start making something awesome be sure to pop over to the Inspiration Journal blog to check out what my super talented teamies have created to inspire you! There are always lots of fun, beautiful and amazingly inspiring projects.

My take on this theme is a wintry Pure Innocence card that I kept cool and monochromatic using distress ink as watercolors (Faded Jeans)




When you are done, link up your Project at the Inspiration Journal blog. The contest will run until midnight 28th of February 2015.
From all the submissions a random winner will be chosen and awarded $50 Emporium Dollars.  Woohoo!!! Remember, you may enter as many times as you wish to improve your chances so share, share, share! We can’t wait to see what you are creating.


Here's my sample;

Most of the supplies I used for this card can be found at ;  Inspiration Emporium.

Follow the links below and use my code peppermint to save 10% if you go shopping.

For this card I used:
Kraft Card Stock
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities 
Stamps: My Favorite things   
Ink; Distress Ink  (Faded Jeans) and Archival Coffee
Tools; Rangers Inkblenders
Adhesive; Plus Glue tape  Glue Dots   Foam adhesive; Scotch

I also want to point out that US shipping is always just $5 and international shipping is ONLY $10! I just LOVE that!!!!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Sunday Watercolors; Mushroom and fall leaves

I had so much fun painting these leaves - I just love watching the colors blend on the paper! For this one I used a reference phot I found on Pinterest.

If you want to see more of my watercolors you can either click the "My Watercolors" button in the top list or in my Watercolors file on Pinterest; http://www.pinterest.com/peppermint42/watercolors


 (OBS - the paintings there are not only by me, though I wish because I've collected some favorites)

Have a great Sunday, hugs, Karin

Celebrating Papercrafting's 1st Anniversary

Today I'm here to celebrate with the Papercrafting - It's their first anniversary and there's a huge party going on over there so be sure to pop over right away.
For the occasion I'm sharing a cute Birthday card.

The stamps I used are by Staycey Yacula  and can be found in the Purple Onion Designs shop HERE

Hugs, Karin

My Favorite Things Release Rewind Day

Welcome to day 1 of MFT's Release Rewind! Today is all about giving  you more inspiring projects featuring the newly released MFT products. This time I've played with the wonderful donut stamps and dies;

And the beautiful Tulips and the very versatile stitched frames:

If you haven't stopped by the MFT's Blog make sure that it is your next stop! There are links to more DT blogs  sharing more inspiration for you to take in using the new release. Enjoy, have a good day!

Hugs, Karin

Supplies:

die-namics-blueprints-22

die-namics-lld-donuts

die-namics-stitched-rectangle-frames

die-namics-ljd-spring-tulips

lld-donuts-and-sprinkles

bg-polka-dot-background

My Favorite Things New Product Launch

 Hello Everyone!
It's time for the New Release Launch at MFT !   Today the MFT Design Team is showing you all the new products available - Yippie!  You can view them all HERE. I am so excited with all the amazing new products.

I think I've said it before (-: but these stitched frames are absolutely AMAZING!!! I found this failed watercolor in my wastepaperbasket, but picked it up and with the stitched frame die-cut as a viewfinder realized part of it wasn't so bad after all. With these frames you can turn anything - almost - into a framed beauty (-: 

Here's another way to use it: For this shaker card I used the Bunny stamps and the confetti is from the new blueprint dies. So fast and easy to make your own customized confetti/sequins. And the stitched frame made it so easy to create this cute B-day card.

Cards for teenage boys are difficult to make (I think) but with the new Headphones set it is super easy. I just love the dimension these dies give the headphones when they are put together.

Last, but not least, another cute Pure innocence card. This time I used the new diagonal stitched frames.

My cards today feature the Brand New:

die-namics-blueprints-22

die-namics-stitched-rectangle-frames

die-namics-somebunny

die-namics-inside-out-diagonal-stitched-square-stax

die-namics-headphones

bb-somebunny

keep-on-rockin

pure-innocence-big-bear-hugs

Have a great day, 

Hugs, Karin

You Make Me Smile!

Today's card was made for the Anything Goes challenges at  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and Paper Smooches SPARKS but also for the Inspiration Journal where I and my super talened Inspiration Emporium teamies share  inspiration. If you haven't been already make sure to visit right away  - lots of amazing and inspiring projects and now lots of great cha products for pre ordering!!!!!

Supplies;

Most of the supplies I used for this card can be found at my favorite craft supply store ;  Inspiration Emporium.

Follow the links below and use my code peppermint to save 10% .

Paper: October Afternoon
Dies:  Paper Smooches   Lawn Fawn   speech bubbles, stitched rectangles, heart
Stamps: Lawn  Fawn   Paper Smooches 
Ink; Distress Ink and Archival Jet Black  Hero Arts
Embossing Powder ; Rangers
Tools; Rangers Inkblenders
Paints or markers; Derwents colorpencils
Embellies; CC Clothespins
Adhesive; Plus Glue tape  Glue Dots   Foam adhesive; EK tools
Cardstock Inkssentials Card Stock
I also want to point out that US shipping is always just $5 and international shipping is ONLY $10! I just LOVE that!!!!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

My Favorite Things Release Countdown Day 1

HI!
Welcome to the final day of Release Countdown with My Favorite Things.

All new products will be available for purchase tonight at 10pm EST. 

Today I've played with a super fun donut die set with awesome stamps that coordinate. As you will soon see, this was just the first of many cards created with these fun new goodies!

I also used them in another way - that coordinates so well with all the music sets we've showcased earlier in this release countdown- The donut dies make a perfect oldfashioned reccord. The center dot was taken from the large die in the new blueprin dieset.

Think you will have as much fun with these sets as I have had!

Complete product details, videos and links to all designers playing along with today's featured products can be found at the MFT Blog.


I'll be back tonight at 10pm EST for the New Product Launch with My Favorite Things! Please come back then because I've saved some nice cards for that post (-;

Have a wonderful Day, hugs, Karin

Supplies; 

die-namics-lld-donuts

lld-donuts-and-sprinkles

Stencil

die-namics-headphones

Lawnscaping Challenge #99 Clean and Simple

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time it a Clean and simple     Challenge!!!

For my card I used stamps from these wonderful Lawn Fawn sets: HERE and dies called : HERE
And our fabulous sponsor; Ellen Hutson!!! You can win a 25 $ giftcertificate to the store YEAH!!!
Pop over to Lawnscaping for all the info you need and to join the challenge!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin