CAS Color blocks

The challenge at CAS-ual Friday is Color blocks and I just had to play along with my new wonderful CAS-ual stamps and dies!

Have a great Monday, hugs, Karin

CAS Cuteness!

I just recentle discovered Tiddly Ink's adorable images - and I'm in love (-:
Had to check their challenge and saw that it was CAS- so with one of my new images ; Wishful Pixie I hurried to make this birthday card:

I'm also entering this card here:

Hiding in my Craft Room -  Clean and Simple  

Stampin' For The Weekend -  Happy Birthday

Moving Along with the Times -Girly Cards

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Lawnscaping #74 Inspired by a LS DT member !

 

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time we challenge you to make a card or project  inspired by a LS DT member. I chose Lynnette Kauffman because she makes wonderful floral cards and it was because of her and Laurel Beard I first discovered Lawn Fawn!  This is my card;

For my card I used stamps from these wonderful Lawn Fawn sets;. Flutter by and Say it Loud

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

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

Have a great day, Hugs, Karin

Sunday Watercolors

It's Sunday again and today I'm here with a mini painting inspired by

 another picture from Design seeds:

Have a great Sunday, hugs, Karin

SPARKS Anything Goes

Hi!
It is Sunday again, and I'm here to tell you about the new challenge at SPARKS (Paper Smooches). This time it's an Anything goes challenge and here's my sample;

For my card I used stamps from these wonderful Paper Smooches stamp sets; Happy Camper, Sentiment Sampler and Swanky Snow Dudes.


Be sure to check out what my super talented teamies have created for this challenge;

Clare

Erin

Isha

Savannah

Now pop over to SPARKSchallenge blog for the info you need to take part! You can win a 30 $ gift certificate to the PS store - YAY!!!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Thinking of you! Waltzing Mouse Stamps

Hi everyone!

Today I'm here to share a  thinking of you/ sympathy card that I've created for the Waltzing Mouse inspiration blog; TEAM TALK. I used kraft cardstock and stamped the apple bloom from the wonderful set; Vintage garden flowers in black archival ink. The oval is fram Cameo maker and it is compatible with spellbinder's oval dies The sentiment is from a go to set of mine; Fancy Phrases. 

  

Have a great day! Hugs, Karin

Guest Designing for the All Dressed Up Challenge

Today I'm honoured to be Guest Designing for the All Dressed Up Challenge. It is always "Anything Goes" as long as you use any of Wendy's adorable images. There are plenty of super sweet freebies to use too!!!
Here's my card;

If you'd like to play along, here's where you'll find att the info you need:

All Dressed Up

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Sunday Watercolors on a Monday

Last week I practised skies and this week I focused on trees. Once again I devided my sheet into 6 small squares and made some mini studies of different kinds of trees. This is  actually a great tip because it is so easy to get disappointed if you start out and plan to paint a large serious painting and then half way something goes wrong + even if you don't mess up it would still take me a whole week to complete just one painting. This way you can paint very relaxed and try new techniques without having to worry about the results. 

I actually liked how some of them turned out. They are much smaller than shown here, so I think they could make some nice greeting cards with a little simple paspartout around them.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

SPARKS 4 Picture Perfect

Hi!
It is Sunday again, and I'm here to tell you about the new challenge at SPARKS (Paper Smooches). This time it's a Picture Perfect challenge: and here's my sample;

For my card I used the hickory leaf and Flag tags dies + the sentiment stamp is from the wonderful  Sentiment sampler Paper Smooches stamp sets;


Be sure to check out what my super talented teamies have created for this challenge;

Clare

Erin

Isha

Savannah

Now pop over to SPARKSchallenge blog for the info you need to take part! You can win a 30 $ gift certificate to the PS store - YAY!!!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

HAPPY NEWS!!!

Today I'm so excited because I finally get to tell you that I am now part of the Purple Onion Designs Design Team! It really is a Dream come true to me - I absolutely ADORE their stamps and to get to craft alongside Michele's super talented team - well, I just couldn't be happier!
I've been so busy at work this past week I don't have a new card to show you but have put together a little collection of my favorite recent PO cards;

Wishing you all a wonderful week-end, hugs, Karin

Lawnscaping # 73 Let's Party!

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time we challenge you to Create Birthday themed card, party invites,     etc.. 4th birthday . It's our birthday!!!

 

For my first card I used these wonderful Lawn Fawn products; Stamps; Critters Down Under and Papers from the Bright side Collection. For my older ones; parumpapumpum, and flutter by.

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 also want to enter this for the Christmas challenge at Stamping sensations and the  "Anything Goes" challenge at Simon Says Stamp

 

Hugs, Karin

Sunday Watercolors 1

Hi!
Hope you've all had a WONDERFUL Christmas break. I have but the Days fly by so fast and on Tuesday it's back to work. I had so many things I wanted to do and so many friends I wanted to see, but...
I'm actually here to share a New Year's resolution I made - I usually don't make any but this year I did. I want to start painting watercolors again and I made a promise to myself to do so (-:
I used to paint a lot when I was younger, but then I've neglected it - I found cardmaking which has taken up most of my crafting time lately - I LOVE it but after seeing some wonderful Pictures at design seeds I realized how much I missed painting.

When Christmas break started I took out my colors and paper and made this Little sketch painting

inspired by this image:

 

I think you've all heard about design seeds - it's a wonderful source for inspiration, but if not, here's a link; DESIGN SEEDS

I soon realized I didn't have the same feeling for it as I used to - I guess you can't leave it for 10 years and then expect to just pick it up where you left...
So my New Year's resolution is to start from the beginning again, practising the basics, try the techniques I used to be good at etc. To put a little pressure on myself I decided to post about my journey  here on my blog and I'm going to call it Watercolor Sundays.

 

My first "lesson" was skies. I devided my sheet into six small Squares and tried different techniques for each of them, dry on wet, wet on wet, spattering chineese White for snow etc.

I'm off to gym class, but will hopefully find time for some more skies later this afternoon.

Hugs, Karin

I'm sorry - and a publication!

I'm so sorry it's been so quiet here on my blog and I'm WAY, WAY behind on returning comments. The end of the term at school is Always very busy and stressful with exams/tests to correct and the grading )-: and it's taken some time to get the energy back. Also I've been away on what was going to be a skiing trip to Branäs - but it rained... - at least I got  time for Reading - which I haven't had for very long. I'm halfway through a really good one; Me Before You by Jojo Moyes.

Anyway, I thought I'd share a card I had published in the latest issue of CARDS.

 

Have a great week-end, hugs, Karin