Bring the Giggles Blog Hop Challenge‏

 

 

We have made it to our fourth and final day of Blog Hop Challenges, but never fear, you still have until 5pm EST on Saturday, August 31st to comment on each day's blog hop challenge posts!!  Today, we have another set from Torico, Bring The Giggles!!

Are you ready for a slumber party? Having a slumber party? Our new set, Bring the Giggles is the perfect set for you, then! Just remember the golden rule though: No Boys Allowed!!

Bring the Giggles is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 24 stamps and will sell for $24.00. This set will be for sale at 11pmEST on Saturday, August 31st.

 

Would you like to win the new Bring the Giggles 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 Eastern Time Saturday, August 31st with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 

Hugs, Karin
I'm entering this for;
Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes

 

 

Wilbur Blog Hop Challenge‏

 

 

 

Welcome to our third day of Blog Hop Challenges, where we are introducing the newest sockgoblin, Wilbur!! We love that you have been playing along everyday, so keep up the commenting!! We love our fans!!

Another addition to the sock goblin line, Wilbur. Isn’t he precious??

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

This set will be for sale at 11pmEST on Saturday, August 31st.

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Amalia & Laylah Blog Hop Challenge‏

 

 

 

Welcome to day two of our new release peeks!! Today we have the newest addition to our super cute line from Megan Suarez, Amalia and Laylah.

The newest Amalia stamp set from Megan Suarez has her joined with a friend, Laylah!

Amalia and Laylah is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 2 stamps and will sell for $9.00. This set will be for sale at 11pmEST on Saturday, August 31st.

Would you like to win the new Amalia and Laylah  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 Eastern Time Saturday, August 31st with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 

Hugs, Karin

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Life Is A Circus Blog Hop Challenge‏

 

Here we are again, and it's time for this month's Blog Hop Challenges to start!! We have four days of awesomeness to share with you, so be prepared for a ton of fun!! Today we are kicking things off with a new set from Torico called Life Is A Circus....so let's get going!

 

I don’t know about you, but sometimes my life is a circus….which makes this set just that much more FUN!! A ringmaster, stage, and dancing bears…what’s not to love??

 

Life’s a Circus is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 35 stamps and will sell for $24.00. This set will be for sale at 11pmEST on Saturday, August 31st.

Would you like to win the new Life’s a Circus 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 Eastern Time Saturday, August 31st with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 

 Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Inlinkz for Blogger:

There she goes again - August! My Bad )-:

On the TSG blog this past week they have showcased a lot of amazing cards made with "older" TSG stamp sets and today it is our, the Trendsetters' turn to show new cards made from these sets.
I chose a really fun set called "On the Ruh, Roh" It has Torico's wonderfully cute images and some great sentiments to go with them.

 

I'm entering this card here:

C is for Challenge -  Animals

 

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Sparks Cool shades challenge!

Last night, after a long day at work and after having put Ted to bed I sat down at my craft desk and made this card for Sparks Cool shades challenge! I used Swanky snowdudes and the  leaf die.

 

 

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Lawnscaping # 64 Distress Maniacs

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time we challenge you distress as much as you can (-: !

We have wonderful guest designers with us this time too:

For my card I used stamps from the wonderful Lawn Fawn set ; Home sweet home. 

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

Wedding Card with Vellum

Today's card was actually a request from my dear Au Pair friend Marie. The Little boy she looked after when we were au pairs in Concord and Lexington is getting married - so hard to believe that "our" children are now grown up. It feels like yesterday we took them to the aquarium, the playground and their country club!
Anyway,  she wanted to have a handmade card for them and guess if I was happy to make it for her (-: I decided to combine it with the Victorious Vellum challenge at A blog named Hero and used some favorite Hero Arts Products for it.

 

 

 

I was inspired by Shari Caroll's masculine card HERE Some of the Products I used can be found in the new HA Stamp Your story catalogues (p. 17, 25, 26) = I'm entering it for HA challenge and the Occasion-ally challenge at Papertake weekly, the wings and things challenge at Stamping sensations  too!

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Negative Diecutting with Lawn Fawn stamps and dies - a video tutorial

Today I have two Thank you cards and a little video tutorial for you! These are also featured on the Lawn Fawn Blog !

 

 

 

 

Wishing you a great day, hugs, Karin

I'm entering these for the Thank You card challenge at ABC challenges and the color challenge at Oozak (second card).

WMS is Moxie Fab!!!

Just wanted to make sure you've seen that WMS is featured on Moxie Fab World today and you can win these absolutely wonderful sets;

Crackle Backgrounder
Fine Feathers
Folk Art Medallion
My Kind of Guy
You're a Doll

Put together a little collage of my favorite cards using these so that , hopefully, you are even more inspired to pop over to Moxie Fab World and make a comment (-:

Have a great day, hugs!

Inspired by Hero Arts and Moxie Fab World !

A new challenge at Hero Arts where you are challenged to make a card inspired by something on their site - that's not a challenge (-; - the challenge is where to start - so many inspiring Projects, Products, Pictures, color combos and previous challenges to be inspired by. For this card I was inspired by a card in this post; http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2012/12/12/with-one-new-stamp/
The Products I used are in their new Stamp Your story catalogues; 
Paper from Basic Grey; Aspen Frost

I was also inspired to make a card for the Holiday Card challenge at Moxie Fab World and with school starting tomorrow I wanted to save time and combine these challenges (-:

 

This is the card (by Jennifer McGuire) I was inspired by;

TSG220 - It's all about the cattitude!

This week our challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week, !  She has challenged us to make a card inspired by the colors Pink, turquoise and grey. This is my sample;

 

For my card I used stamps from Cattitude.

 

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a NEW card or project using paper piecing, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (August 12th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store! + By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday.

For more info and inspiration from the other Trendsetters to help you get started - visit the TSG blog!


Have a great day! Hugs! 

Release Day Blog Waltz at Waltzing Mouse stamps!

 Yippie!  It is finally Release Day Party time at Waltzing mouse stamps and the new stamp sets we've been showing you previews of over the last few days are finally available in the shop - I might have said it Before (-; - but I honestly think this is the best WMS release ever!!! 9 Amazing sets!!!

Tying the knot, Safe Harbour sentiments, Ocean Bound,

 

Pinstripe backgrounder, Zig-zag backgrounder and Another Big Day;

 

 

 

 Some of the cards I've been showing earlier this week:

 

 

To celebrate, we have a blog hop where the WMS dt's will show even more samples of what you can make with these wonderful stamps and if you comment along the way you can win a stamp set of your choice - you have till August 12 at one minute to midnight GMT time (6,59 EST)

+ I know you'll be super inspired. So let's get started. You should have arrived to my blog from Jean Martin's  blog. (If not, you can  always start the blog waltz hop over at Claire's blog.) 

 

 Now continue to;  Kim Duran's blog.

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

Back from Malta

Here are some pics from Malta where I spent the last 5 days together with my mum and sister. We had a wonderful time, despite the heat (-:
I'm sorry I haven't returned any comments but will start as soon as I've unpacked, done the laundry, talked to DH and played with Ted + started preparing the upstart at school next week.

 

Hope to see you back here later tonight for the WMS release bloghop - you can win the new fabulous sets if you are lucky (it is honestly the best WMS release ever!!!)

Have  a great week-end, hugs, Karin

WMS previews Day 3; Pinstripe backgrounder, Zig-zag backgrounder and Another Big Day

Welcome to the third day of Waltzing Mouse Stamps  June release previews and today we've made cards with two absolutely wonderful backgrounds and a must-have sentiment set; Pinstripe backgrounder, Zig-zag backgrounder and Another Big Day;

 

 

Make sure you pop over to the other WMS designers for wonderful inspiration;

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Edna Morrisdie 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 Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan


Have a great day, hugs, Karin

WMS previews Day 2 - 2-step flowers, Funky Flowers and Simple Sprig

Welcome to the second day of Waltzing Mouse Stamps  August release previews. Today we are showing samples made with the most wonderful flower sets ever; 2-step flowers, Funky Flowers and Simple Sprig
I just couldn't stop stamping with these - so many fun, fabulous, Beautiful combinations with these - I'm in love!!!!

 

 

This second card is actually made from the cardstock I first started trying out different combos of stamps and colors so the stamping isn't perfect but I thought it looked quite summery and fun so I just added some more flowers and some green dots and stars and ended up with this background;

 

 

 

 

Now make sure you pop over to see what the other WMS ladies have created with these two new sets:

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Edna Morrisdie 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 Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan

WMS August Previews - Day 1

Welcome to the first day of Waltzing Mouse Stamps  August release previews.

Today we are showing samples made with some WONDERFUL Nautical sets;

 

Tying the knot,

Safe Harbour sentiments

and Ocean Bound.

 

For this card I used  Ocean Bound

                                and for this card; Ocean Bound + Safe Harbour sentiments

Now make sure you pop over to see what the other WMS ladies have created with these three new sets:

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Edna Morrisdie 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 Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan

Have a wonderful day, hugs, Karin

Lawnscaping # 63 One Layer

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time it's a "One Layer" challenge!!!
We have a wonderful guest designer with us this time too : Annette Witherspoon http://aspoonfullofsugarcrafts.blogspot.com

For my card I used stamps from these wonderful Lawn Fawn stamp sets; Bon Voyage and

And our fabulous sponsor; Simon Says stamp You can win a25 $ giftcertificate to the store YEAH!!!
Pop over to Lawnscaping for all the info you need and to join!

 

I'm entering this card for the Anything goes challenge at  Simon says Stamp

 

Hugs, Karin