Winner from the Lucky Duck/Hooked On Quack Blog Hop Challenge

I'm so happy to announce that the winner from the Lucky Duck/Hooked On Quack Blog Hop was chosen from my blog and the Winner is: stampsilly71. Big congrats!

Here are your random numbers:

45

Timestamp: 2013-03-31 02:18:57 UTC

chosen from Karin's Blog

Be sure to email Jessi96@yahoo.com to claim your prize!!

Phyllis Blog Hop Challenge

Hi everyone! I'm back today with a new sample for another ADORABLE set that will be released tomorrow at There She Goes Stamps - If you are not already in love, I promise you will be after having seen what the other Trendsetters have created with super cute Phyllis.


Our second new artist, Wendy Leach, stole my heart the minute I saw her first sock goblin drawing…so. darn. fun. This month’s set, Phyllis, is just TOO cute!!

Phyllis is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Would you like to win the new Phyllis stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM EasternTime Saturday, March 30^th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin
I'm entering my card here:


Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  Cute

Sweet Stampin -  Lots of Layers
 

Play along with the Phyllis Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this stamp set! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!!

1.	Tobi Crawford	8.	Tracy MacDonald	15.	Tracy Valure
2.	Vera Yates	9.	Tangii Crain	16.	Torico
3.	Jessica Knutsen	10.	Mary Johnson	17.	Heather Pulvirenti
4.	Theresa Winslow	11.	Karin Åkesdotter	18.	Jenny Peterson
5.	Kim O'Connell	12.	Angela Thomas	19.	Jessie Rone
6.	Carole Burrage	13.	Danielle Lounds
7.	Sandra MacLean	14.	Wendy Price

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TSG Previews Day 2 Blog Hop Challenge

 

 

This month we are introducing a BRAND new artist to There She Goes, Megan Suarez!! She has started us out with three FABULOUS stamp sets, which we think you are going to love. Her style is a touch on the side of gothic, but so much fun. We can’t wait to see what’s next with this AMAZING designer!!

Penelope & Birdcage is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 4 stamps and will sell for $9.00.
Nutmeg is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 5 stamps and will sell for $9.00.
Journal lines is a 3x4 set that includes 1 stamp, and will sell for $9.00.

Would you like to win all three new stamp sets from Megan Suarez(Penelope&Birdcage/Nutmeg/Journal Lines)? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, March 30^th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

I'm entering this for the Anything goes challenge at Simon Says stamp.

Have a wonderful day and be sure to come back tomorrow because we will be introducing another super sweet set that I know you will fall in love  with too!

Play along with the Penelope and Birdcage/Nutmeg/Journal Lines Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this stamp set! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!!

1.	Carole Burrage	8.	Sandra MacLean	15.	Mary Johnson
2.	Kim O'Connell	9.	Wendy Price	16.	Tracy MacDonald
3.	Vera Yates	10.	Danielle Lounds	17.	Tangii Crain
4.	Jenny Peterson	11.	Tobi Crawford	18.	Theresa Winslow
5.	Karin Åkesdotter	12.	Angela Thomas	19.	Jessica Knutsen
6.	Jessie Rone	13.	Tracy Valure
7.	Torico	14.	Heather Pulvirenti

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Hugs, Karin

TSG Previews Day 1 - Blog Hop Challenge

Today and on Wednesday and Thursday we Trendsetters at TSG will be showing off cards made with the sets that will be released on Friday! I know you don't want to miss this becuase all the new sets are absolutely WONDERFUL and by just hopping and commenting you can win them.
My card is made with stamps from a set called Lucky Duck designed by Torico. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!

 

 

If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck…well, it’s probably a Lucky Duck!! Ok, that was corny, but this SUPER cute set by Torico will make you squee with delight…could it get any cuter? Lots of ducks, and stamps to build the perfect scene, it’s so versatile.

Lucky Duck is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 24 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

While brainstorming the sentiments for Lucky Duck, as always, we took a turn for the dark side…..what else can I say besides this set is ducking awesome.

Hooked on Quack is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

 

Would you like to win the new Lucky Duck /Hooked on Quack stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, March 30^th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.
 

 

Have a great Day, hugs, Karin

Play along with the Lucky Duck/Hooked on Quack Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this stamp set! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!!

1.	Jenny Peterson	8.	Jessie Rone	15.	Tracy MacDonald
2.	Wendy Price	9.	Torico	16.	Heather Pulvirenti
3.	Angela Thomas	10.	carole Burrage	17.	Mary Johnson
4.	Tracy Valure	11.	Tangii Crain	18.	Danielle Lounds
5.	Sandra MacLean	12.	Theresa Winslow	19.	Jessica Knutsen
6.	Kim O'Connell	13.	Tobi Crawford
7.	Vera Yates	14.	Karin Åkesdotter

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Tattered Tissue Floral on Ombre Emerald Bg!

 

 

Hi! I'm back with my second card for today! This time I used the Ombre Challenge and the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab + the flower power recipe swap at Catered Crop for inspiration and I think this has Spring-feeling enough to enter it for the challenges at Oozak, Simon Says Stamp and Hero Arts

 

Have a wonderful week-end, hugs, Karin

There She Goes Again! What's Up Buttercup?

 

 

This week is There She Goes Again week at the TSG blog. All week Tobi has been showing wonderful cards that were made for the releases of older TSG sets and today it is our, the present trendsetters' day to show some new cards made with these sets. I chose two flowers from What's Up Buttercup for my card.

Make sure you visit the TSG blog for amazing inspiration!

Happy Spring! and Tuesday Trigger on a Wednesday!

 

 

HAPPY SPRING !

Well, I hope that greeting fits many of you, because here in Sweden that is just wishful thinking right now... It is terribly cold with snow and icy storms - I'm so tired of it and all I feel like is to be indoors crafting. But what do you do when your mojo is gone?

I know what I do -I  go straight to Moxie Fab World and  - Voila' - it's back!!! This time I found inspiration from this wonderful Tuesday Trigger picture .

 I'm also entering this for the Passion for Promarkers challenge; Butterflies.

I used; Soft Aqua, Agua, Turquoise, Duck egg, Buttercup, Mustard, March green and zest green, Sandstone and Carmel and Simon Says Stamp's spring challenge

 

 

Wishing you all a great day, hugs, Karin

 

Lawnscaping # 54 Stitching

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time we challenge you to make a card with stitching on - faux or real!

Here is my card;

We have wonderful guest designers with us this time too:   Jess Larsen of Jess Larsen Design

For my card I used stamps from these wonderful Lawn Fawn sets;.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is; Lawn Fawn!!! You can win a set of your choice YEAH!!!

Pop over to Lawnscaping for all the info you need and to join!

Hugs, Karin

Ombre Flower and published card!

 

 

 

Today I have made a card for the Card Creations ombre challenge at Moxie Fab world + make your own embellishment at A blog named Hero. I was also inspired by the Hello/  spring card challenge at Hero Arts so the stamps I used are all from Hero Arts;
Graph bg
Layered Flowers
Magic of Christmas
Fancy Dies; Upper Case

To get the ombre effect on my flower I used Distress ink and layered on Tattered Rose using daubers. I used the same technique for the leaves.

  

 

 

I have a card published in this wonderfully inspiring issue that I thought I could share today too:

 

 

                    I'm also showing off my flower card at Oozak; Anything goes, spring, the catered crop  and I just saw that  it fits the color challenge at Play Date Cafe too (-:

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Come join our WMS pajama party!

Yes - Come join our WMS pajama party!

 There's still time - the challenges remain open for 24 hours. Go to the WMS site Grab the Pajama party badge  and add it to your pajama party posts.
I'm playing along with the "To die for" challenge with this gift card card!

You can enter the challenges as many times as you like and the challenges are open to you whether you have WMS products or not. If you do have WMS, let us see it - for some challenges the random prize will be doubled if you do use your WMS!

As usual there is a Bedtime Story Sketch challenge at the end of the party post -  this sketch challenge will remain open for one week - so come on, get your best flannelette jammies on and get crafting!
These are the three fun themes to choose from:

• To Die For
• St Patrick's Day Charm 
• What would Mother do?

Have a great day, and a great hop, hugs, Karin

New Challenge at TSG!!!

There's a new challenge at  TSG stamps starting today and it's a really fun color challenge; Different shades of green! Make sure you visit TSG stamps  for wonderful inspiration and the info you need to take part  and for your chance to win some amazing stamps! For my card I used an awesome set called Zoo-pendous - I'm IN LOVE with it - so many fun images and sentiments!

I'm showing this off at Simon Says Stamp too for the "A bit of green" challenge.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

GIVEAWAY WINNER!

Thank you everyone who commented on my My favorite products giveaway! I had 74 sweet comments, but unfortunately I could only draw one winner --- and the winner is;

Congrats Marybeth! E-mail me your address and I'll get your goodies in the mail. If I don't hear from you in a day or two, I'll e-mail you (-:

Have a great day everyone, hugs, Karin

Congrats Laurel and Welcome Home Lily BlogHop

 

Last week our dear friend Laurel had the most adorable little baby girl, Lily and today we are a group of girls celebrating them with a blog hop. If you are doing the hop you should have arrived here from  very talented Joe Shien Shien's blog (have you seen her beautiful Lay Outs??? They are amazing!!!) and continue to my super sweet idol Kelly Marie . If you just happened to stop by my blog today you should start from the beginning at my fabulous bloggie friend Annette's blog; My clever Creations . If you want the full list of designers participating you'll find it here;

 

Have a wonderful day and a fun hop! Hugs, Karin

 

Waltzing Mouse Release Day Blog Hop!

 

 

 

I know I used this set yesterday, but I couldn't help making another card with it - I just Looooove this medallion!!!

 

 

So today it's time for a Waltzing Mouse stamps Release day blog hop! You should have come here from the amazing  Jean Martin . If you just happened to stop by my blog, make sure you start the hop from the beginning - you will find all the details on the Waltzing Mouse Blog.

 

Next stop is the super talented;    Kim Duran

 

Don't forget to leave comments because you can win stamps from this wonderful new release!!!

  

Have a wonderful day, and a wonderful hop, hugs, Karin

 

I'm entering this card for the "A bit of green" challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Anything goes - spring at Oozak .

Paper Smooches Dies!

Today I don't have a card for you but a little fast and simple gift idea! It's a wheat pillow that can be heated up in the microwave oven and then you can put it on a sore spot on the neck or just use it to warm cold fingers. I used Paper Smooches wonderful new dies and some vliesofix, ironed it on and voila' - a little gift for someone you love!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin
I'm showing this off at Totally gorjuss

WMS Preview day 3

 

It's Day 3 of Waltzing Mouse stamp's release week and today I have samples from the most wonderful set. It is called Folk Art medallion. In other colors (blue, yellow, red)  you could create typical Scandinavian folk art cards with it so this set is extra close to my heart (-: and when you get to see the full set tomorrow I know you'll fall  in love with it (if you haven't already) !

 

 

I know the other DT-girls have made wonderful samples so make sure you check them all out:


  Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Belinda Chang Langner Clare Buswell Edna Morrisedie Iwona Palamountain Jean Martin Jeanne Jachna Jen Cuthbertson Jennifer Holmes Julia Aston Karin Åkesdotter Kelly Schirmer Kim Duran Laurie Schmidlin Lynn Mercurio Renee Lynch Sandie Dunne Sarah Martina Parker Teresa Kline Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan

See you tomorrow for the release bloghop! You don't want to miss that - some wonderful inspiration and a chance to win these new wonderful sets! Yippie!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

I'm entering these cards for the "A bit of green" challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

WMS Preview day 2

 

Today I'm back for the second day of previews for Waltzing Mouse Stamp's new release. Today we, the DT team are showing cards created with a wonderful set called; Folk Art Labels. It is a small set - but oh so versatile and useful - I really LOVE it and know I'll be using it a lot in the future!

 

Now check out what the rest of the team has come up with;

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Belinda Chang Langner Clare Buswell Edna Morrisedie Iwona Palamountain Jean Martin Jeanne Jachna Jen Cuthbertson Jennifer Holmes Julia Aston Karin Åkesdotter Kelly Schirmer Kim Duran Laurie Schmidlin Lynn Mercurio Renee Lynch Sandie Dunne Sarah Martina Parker Teresa Kline Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan


Have a great day, hugs, Karin

My first DT card for TSG

Yesterday my dear friend and "colleague" at TSG stamps Vera Yates introduced a new challenge on the TSG blog - and it is a really fun and trendy one; Use Black Cardstock. I love that  - it makes the colors you use stand out and with my card I wanted to show just that even with the image I chose!!! (the downside is that it can be tricky to catch on photo - I had to brighten my card quite a bit to show the stitching...)  Anyway, I used a super sweet set called Every Child - wonderful images and great sentiments to match!
Inside this card says; Every Child is an Artist, the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up!

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin