Frost Pillow Box + wonderful sale!

Hi everyone!

Today the Purple Onion Designteam are sharing some ideas for tags and gift wrapping created with the most wonderful stamps from Purple Onion. For this pillowbox I used Frost - the super sweet Penguin from the new christmas stamps illustrated by - Stacey Yacula!

You can see them all HERE and best of all - Don't forget that there's a 25% sale off all PO stamps till December 10th!

 

 

 

Tomorrow I will be back with a super fast and easy, but Beautiful Gift Card holder.

Hope to see you then!

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

 

I'm entering this for the challenge at  and Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge.

Sunday Watercolors; Penguins

It's Sunday and a while back I played around with these two fun guys. It is actually a very small painting, only 6x5 but I thought this one looked so funny I had to zoom him in:

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

Noel with Icicle - Purple Onion Designs

Hi everyone!

Today the Purple Onion Designteam are sharing some ideas for tags and gift wrapping created with the most wonderful stamps from Purple Onion. For this tag I used Icicle - an image by my favorite illustrator Stacey Yacula! Paper from October Afternoon.

You can see them all HERE and best of all - there's a 25% sale off all PO stamps till December 10th!

 

 

 

This is my first post of the day and I will be back later with an adorable pillowbox (-:  

I'm back later today with more Purple Onion samples!

 

I'm entering this for the challenge at  and Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge.

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Trim a tree shop!

Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing Christmas cards made with stamps from Purple Onion. The stampset I used for this card is called Trim-a-tree store and I Think you can tell how much I enjoyed coloring it!

If you love this house as much as I do - good news is that

 there's a 25% sale off all PO stamps till December 10th!

 

 

 

 

I'm back tomorrow with more Purple Onion Projects . THE PO dt's are sharing great ideas for Gift wrapping so make sure you come back for that!

 I'm also entering it for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Merry Christ-moose + Nordic Borders Blog Hop Challenge!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We at TSG love our holiday sets, and we love our animals, too…so whenever they can combine, we are THRILLED.  The new Merry Christ-moose set from Torico is no exception!

Merry Christ-moose is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 18 stamps and will sell for $18. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Made to go along with the Merry Christ-moose stamp set, Nice Rack has all those sentiments that may be a little bit naughty, but are definitely nice.

Nice Rack is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $9. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Torico has also created this GORGEOUS Nordic Borders set as well, which will add a finished, homey feel to any of your creations. 

Nordic Borders is a 2x6 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will see for $3. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new Merry Christ-moose/Nice Rack/ Nordic Borders 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, November 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

I',m entering this for the challenges at Oozak and Simon says stamp Wednesdya challenge.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

 

 

Happy Holidays with Purple Onion designs!

Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing 3 cards created with the most wonderful stamps from Purple Onion. This is the second one! The new Stacey Yacula stamps are the most adorable ever - don't you just LOOOOVE them???!!! My dear friend Camilla said "they are so you" when I showedthem to her - and I can't help but agree - it's never been easier to come up with sweet card designs - I promise!.

Anyway, for this card I used Icicle, Birch and snowy (they even have the cutest names (-: ) + Winter wishes sentiment.

You can see them all HERE and best of all - there's a 25% sale off all PO stamps till December 10th!

 

 

I'm back later today with more Purple Onion samples!

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Purple Onion sale! 25%off

 

Hi everyone!

Today I'm going to share 3 cards created with the most wonderful stamps from Purple Onion. I'm in LOVE and have been ever since Michelle sent me Pictures of the new Stacey Yacula sets.

Here's the first one for which I used Silver + Snowy fence + Winter wishes sentiment + Snowy trees.

You can see them all HERE and the best news of all - there's a 25% sale off all PO stamps till December 10th!

 

I'm back later today with more Purple Onion samples!

 

 

I',m entering this for the challenges at Oozak and Simon says stamp Wednesdya challenge.

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Merriest Wishes! and A Few of My Favorite Things; Hero Arts

 

Hi!

Today I'm here to share a card I made for Hero Arts Holiday card challenge. I used many of my favorite HA stamps; Flower dot bg, A very merry Christmas, Wonderful World and the woodblock stamp; International skyline.

One of the challenges is called; A Few of My Favorite Things – Create any Christmas/Holiday/Winter card with a favorite stamping technique plus a Hero Arts holiday stamp.

I just love inking up my backgroundstamps with different shades of the same, or almost the same color to create an ombre effect. Embossing and distresscoloring my skies are other stamping favorites!!!

 

 

I'm also entering it for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

 

Wishing all my American friends a very happy Thanksgiving!

Hugs, Karin

Be Merry Blog Hop Challenge - There She Goes stamps!

 

 

Our second set from new illustrator Danielle Lounds find’s us celebrating the holidays with her unique style of combining handwritten sentiments, with super cute images. I love that the words can be colored, and the tag image will be perfect for cards, and gift giving. 

Be Merry is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $18.00. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new Be Merry 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, November 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 

 

Tis the Season Blog Hop Challenge - There She goes stamps!

A full set of fun from artist Wendy Leach, features our favorite sock goblin, but lots of other winter accessories to go along with it! This whimsical and fun holiday set is sure to be a favorite.

Tis the Season is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 12 stamps and will sell for $24. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new ‘Tis the Season 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, November 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 

 

Merry Christmas snowman - Lawn Fawn

Lawn Fawn has the most adorable stamps and I just LOOOVE creating little scenes with them . Today Kelly Marie shares this card on the Lawn Fawn blog so I thought I'd show it here too. The sets I used are called Frosty Friends and Cozy Christmas. I'm also showing this off at Stampin sensation's Christmas card challenge!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Dare to Jump Blog Hop Challenge There She goes stamps!

 

 

 

This winter sports silhouette stamp is perfect for the winter enthusiast in your life. Not only will it make amazing cards, but it will ROCK for scrapbooking, too.

Dare To Jump is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $15.00. It will be released on Saturday, November 30th at 11pmEST.

Would you like to win the new Dare to Jump  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, November 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

WMS - Pajama party

 

Hi Everyone!

It's time for pyjama party at Waltzing Mouse stamps. There are 4 fun challenges to choose from and as usual there will be a Bedtime Story Sketch challenge at the end of the party which will remain open for one week. So get in your pyjamas and pop over to the WMS blog for all the info you need.

I made a card for the challenge called;  

Challenge 2 - 

Pick a card, any card, so long as it's Christmas!

 

 

 The stamps I used are from one of my favorite Christmas sets ever; It's a small one and sells for only 9.95 £ - You find it HERE.

 

Wishing you all a very nice week-end, hugs, Karin

There She Goes Again - Wonderful Winter Wishes

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 super sweet set called Wonderful Winter Wishes. Isn't it adorable??? I'm in love with it!!!

 

I'm also entering this for the challenges at:
ABC Christmas Challenge - Winter Wishes
Divas by Design - Pretty
Cards und More   Baby It's Cold Outside
 

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

A Waltzingmouse Christmas - Day 4 - Christmas Decorations

 

It's the last day of "A Waltzing mouse Christmas" and for today we have all used WMS Products to create a Christmas Decoration. I stamped and diecut a label, using Nordic Winter and  Country Labels and then tied it around a Little lantern with hemp string.

 

Make sure to check out what my DT friends have made - can promis you wonderful inspiration!

 

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Edna Morrisdie Iwona Palamountain  Jeanne Jachna Jen Cuthbertson Jennifer Holmes Julia Aston  Kelly Schirmer Kim Duran Laurie Schmidlin Lynn Mercurio Renee Lynch Sandie Dunne Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

 

New Stamps from Purple Onion!

Hi everyone!
Just popping in here to let you know that Purple Onion just released some New really cool Christmas Stamps. You can view them all HERE!

Here's a card I made with one of the Carolyn Draws stamps - LOVE them - they are sooo cool!

 

I'm entering this card for the CAS Christmas card challenges at CAS-ual Fridays and Curtain Call.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Day 3 A Waltzingmouse Christmas - Christmas Tags

 

Today we WMS teamies have all made tags. For mine I used my fav. Christmas stam - all time - the santa from Santa's coming to Town! Love him! Papers are from MME.

 

Now hop over to the talented crafters on the WMS team to see their Amazing WMS tags.

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Edna Morrisdie Iwona Palamountain  Jeanne Jachna Jen Cuthbertson Jennifer Holmes Julia Aston  Kelly Schirmer Kim Duran Laurie Schmidlin Lynn Mercurio Renee Lynch Sandie Dunne Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Day 2 - Christmas Cards - using our favorite WMS sets, old or new

Today the WMS dt's are showcasing their favorite WMS Christmas stamp sets. I just LOOOVE the santa silhouette from Santa's coming to town and the border from Nordic Winter.
Now pop over to these talented crafters to see what their go to Christmas set from WMS is.

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Edna Morrisdie Iwona Palamountain  Jeanne Jachna Jen Cuthbertson Jennifer Holmes Julia Aston  Kelly Schirmer Kim Duran Laurie Schmidlin Lynn Mercurio Renee Lynch Sandie Dunne Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Lawnscaping #70 Polka Dots; Lawn Fawn

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time we challenge you to make a card with polka dots. This is my sample;

We have wonderful guest designers with us this time too:

For my card I used stamps from these wonderful Lawn Fawn sets;. Critters in the dog park and Bon Voyage.
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

WMS A Waltzingmouse Christmas Day 1 - Alpine Christmas

It's the first day of what we call A Waltzingmouse Christmas - a 4 day event where we will share some WMS inspiration using both new and old WMS stamps and dies.

 

I'm also taking the chance to show you a card I posted here a couple of Days ago where I used the new, absolutely wonderful, dies for Little lanterns! LOVE them!!!

 

 

Be sue to visit the rest of the WMS design team for wonderful ideas for how to use this Amazing and unique set;

 

Anya Schrier Becca Feeken Edna Morrisdie Iwona Palamountain  Jeanne Jachna Jen Cuthbertson Jennifer Holmes Julia Aston  Kelly Schirmer Kim Duran Laurie Schmidlin Lynn Mercurio Renee Lynch Sandie Dunne Tosha Leyendekker Claire Brennan

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

TSG 234 - Winterfun

This week our TSG234 challenge is called  "Winter fun" and here's my sample;

 

 

For my card I used stamps from Wonderful winter wishes!

 

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a NEW card or project with leaves, 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 next Monday. 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! 

CAS - ual Christmas

 

Today I have a card for CAS-ual Friday's and Curtain Call's  CAS Christmas challenge (for a direct link - see below);

 

 

If you want to play along too HERE is a direct link to Curtain Call's CAS Christmas Challenge.

 

For my card I used Waltzing Mouse Stamps Little lanterns and their new coordinating dies.

I'm also entering this card for the holiday challenge at Oozak.

 

Have a great week-end everyone, hugs, Karin

Lawn Fawn Holiday inspiration week! Day one + video

 

 

Hi!

Today is the first day of a week long series of super inspiring posts called;  "Have a Very Fawny Holiday"!

This week is all about getting ideas for the upcoming Holidays! There will be samples for all Lawn Fawn's wonderful Holiday stamp sets, giveaways and videos!

 

 

 

Today I'm the one sharing a video. You can either watch it here, on Lawn Fawn's bog or go to Lawn Fawn's You Tube Channel

Just make sure you pop over to Lawn Fawn's blog because just by commenting you can win  a stamp set of your choice and a Peace Joy Love 6x6 pad! YAY!!!

Have a great day everyone, hugs, Karin