Sunday Watercolor : Squirrel

It is Sunday and time for me to share a new watercolor. This time I have a portrait of a sweet panda.  I use Winsor Newtons Professional watercolors and Daniel Smith's extra fine watercolors. The paper I use is 140lb Arches rough or fine.

For this painting I used the following colors:Raw sienna, burnt umber, french ultramarine, neutral tint, cereulian blue and a Little sepia for the Eyes.

I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram
If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE or in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a greatday, hugs, Karin

Published Card Saturday : Paris

It is Saturday so I'm here to share a published card again. This card was published in the August   issue of PaperCrafter . I was asked to make a series of 5 cards for a travel theme section with cards from different destinations - so for the next Saturdays I will share these. Here is the third one: PARIS
Paper Crafter. It is an Amazing Magazine and their blog is awsome too - make sure to check it out HERE!

Have a great Day!

Karin

PS DT Blog Hop

PS DT Blog Hop
Hi Everyone!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches SEPTEMBER 2017 release with you!  FOUR new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on August 31st.  You will find our new products HERE once they go live.  

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! 

The prize - a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.

Here are the details:

• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25. prize.
• Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, August 27th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, August 28th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Alice extended her vacation a bit, so we have a wonderful replacement for her for the blog hop but you will see her creations later this month.  Samantha Mann is stepping in for her and I am super excited about that - woohoo!

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Samantha Mann

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

I used the super cool  Monster Dies, Halloween Sampler stamp set  and Postage Stamp Dies !

 

Have a great day!

 

Hugs, Karin

Paper Smooches August Release #4 Unicorn Die (Horse)

Hi Everyone!
Welcome to a new post with Paper Smooche's  latest release! I just love everything about it! For this post I have played with the super fun  :  

Paper Smooches supplies :

Notebook Basic die

Feathers:

Hello Love die :

Butterfly duett :

Gift Tag dies

Bookmark dies

Polka Dot Borders die

Square die


Wavy Wishes

Wavy Wishes Icons Dies

Wavy Pattern Dies

Magical Sampler

Unicorn Die

Flower Frame Dies


Here is where you'll find the Paper Smooches online store!



I also share my cards and watercolors here: My Instagram and in my Paper Smooches PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge - Cards for Kids

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to share a card for the new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. This time our theme is Cards for Kids and this is my take:

I started by making a cardbase from White cardstock and then diecut a stitched rectangle.

I then stamped and colored some cute summer images and adhered them to my card with tape and foam adhesive.

Make sure to pop over to the Lawn Fawnatics blog for lots of wonderful inspiration from my talented teamies and of course to play along for your chance to win 25 $ to the Lawn Fawn Store!


Supplies I used for this card:

Stamps:
Hello Baby
Snow Day
Bicycle built for You
Life is Good
Critters in the burbs
Mermaid for You
So Jelly

Dies:
Thinking About You border
Grassy border
Flower border
Stitched Hillside borders
Ocean wave border
Stitched rectangles
Stitched circles
Journaling card
Large Stitched Journaling card


Other:
Memento Ink
Scotch foam tape
Tombow adhesive tape

You can shop your Lawn Fawn products HERE
I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Sunday Watercolors - Hollyhocks

I use Winsor Newtons Artists' watercolors and Daniel Smith's extra fine watercolors. The paper I use is 140lb 300 grams Arches rough or fine.
I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram
If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE or in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

ps. yes, I do paint pet portraits on comission - e-mail me for more info.

Published Card Saturday : Greece

It is Saturday so I'm here to share a published card again. This card was published in the August   issue of PaperCrafter . I was asked to make a series of 5 cards for a travel theme section with cards from different destinations - so for the next Saturdays I will share these. Here is the first one: LONDON
Paper Crafter. It is an Amazing Magazine and their blog is awsome too - make sure to check it out HERE!

Have a great Day!

Karin

Paper Smooches August Release #3 Wavy Wishes

Hi Everyone!
Welcome to a new post with Paper Smooche's  latest release! I just love everything about it! For this post I have played with the super fun  :  

Paper Smooches supplies :

Notebook Basic die

Feathers:

Hello Love die :

Butterfly duett :

Gift Tag dies

Bookmark dies

Polka Dot Borders die

Square die


Wavy Wishes

Wavy Wishes Icons Dies

Wavy Pattern Dies

Magical Sampler

Unicorn Die

Flower Frame Dies


Here is where you'll find the Paper Smooches online store!



I also share my cards and watercolors here: My Instagram and in my Paper Smooches PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Sunday Watercolor : Pet Portrait

I use Winsor Newtons Artists' watercolors and Daniel Smith's extra fine watercolors. The paper I use is 140lb 300 grams Arches rough or fine.
I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram
If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE or in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

ps. yes, I do paint pet portraits on comission - e-mail me for more info.

Published Card Saturday : London

It is Saturday so I'm here to share a published card again. This card was published in the August   issue of PaperCrafter . I was asked to make a series of 5 cards for a travel theme section with cards from different destinations - so for the next Saturdays I will share these. Here is the first one: LONDON
Paper Crafter. It is an Amazing Magazine and their blog is awsome too - make sure to check it out HERE!

Have a great Day!

Karin

Paper Smooches August Release #2 - Flower Frame Dies

Hi Everyone!
Welcome to a new post with Paper Smooche's  latest release! I just love everything about it! For this post I have played with the super fun Wavy Wishes and Flower Frame Dies to create a sweet little shaker card:   

I started out by making a cardbase from white cardstock and then cut a square panel through both cardstock and a piece of foam. I Cut my flower frame and then cut my cirklewindow through the center of my cardstock and foam making sure it was a little larger than the inside of the frame.
I then cut a pice of blue cardstock to which I stamped my sentiment and adhered that to the cardbase befor adding my seqinces and adhering my window panel. 
When all that was done I stamped and colored the cute birds from Wavy Wishes cut some leaves from 3D Cross die and adhered them together with the Flower Frame Dies to the front.

Paper Smooches supplies :


Wavy Wishes

Wavy Wishes Icons Dies

Flower Frame Dies

3D Cross die


Here is where you'll find the Paper Smooches online store!



I also share my cards and watercolors here: My Instagram and in my Paper Smooches PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - for Kids

Hi Everyone!

Today I'm playing along with my favorite challenge: SSSWC and this time it's called "For Kids"

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Sunday Watercolors: Seagulls

While on Åstol I was inspired to paint seagulls - a bird I love and think is beautiful - but they can find quite scary too... Anyway I started out with the color one but was disappointed with it - too strict and too boring so I used the same sketch and created another version (the top one) which I like better.

I use Winsor Newtons Artists' watercolors and Daniel Smith's extra fine watercolors. The paper I use is 140lb 300 grams Arches rough or fine.
I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram
If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE or in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a greatday, hugs, Karin

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge : Custom Sentiments - Merci Eva

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to share a card for the new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. This time we challenge you to create your own customized sentiments.

I wanted to make a Thank You card for my dear sister!


I started by making a cardbase from white cardstock and then diecut a stitched square. I used Lawn Fawn's journaling card for this. I then diecut a stitched circle. I used Milo's ABC and stamped my sister's name to the center of the circle. I then stamped, colored and fuzzy cut 8 flowers from the adorable Critters in the Burbs that I then adhered to the circle. I finished off with some Apple Green dew drops before adhereing the circle and panel to the cardbase with foam adhesive.

Make sure to pop over to the Lawn Fawnatics blog for lots of wonderful inspiration from my talented teamies and of course to play along for your chance to win 25 $ to the Lawn Fawn Store!


Supplies I used for this card:

Stamps:
Milo's ABC
Bicycle built for You
Critters in the burbs


Dies:
Stitched circles
Journaling card

Other:
Memento Ink
Scotch foam tape
Tombow adhesive tape

You can shop your Lawn Fawn products HERE
I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin 

Sunday Watercolors; Greetings from Åstol

I just got back from a week on Åstol, a small - very small (-: - Island an hour North of Gothenburg. I absolutely love this Place and with one week there I found quite a lot of time to paint. Here are some sketches I did while Ted and Mikael played soccer or were fishing crabs!

I'm back next Sunday with some sea gulls I made while there too!

I use Winsor Newtons Artists' watercolors and Daniel Smith's extra fine watercolors. The paper I use is 140lb 300 grams Arches rough or fine.
I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram
If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE or in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a greatday, hugs, Karin

PCS - Grateful leaf

Hi Everyone!

It is Saturday so I'm here to share a published card again. This card was published in the  FALL   issue of CardMaker 2016.

CardMaker is a fantastic Magazine and they share lots of  wonderful inspiration on their blog.

You can view more of my Projects here: My Instagram and My Pinterest

Have a great day! hugs, Karin

So excited about this!

I'm so excited to have recieved the fall issue and to share that I am the designer of the month in CardMaker Magazine!

I just love this Magazine and Brooke and Tanya are the sweetest girls!!! I have 4 cards (Lawn Fawn, MFT stamps and Simon Says Stamp )  in this issue and you'll find them on pages: 10, 11, 26, 29, 30 .

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Friday Inspiration - LawnFawnatics

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to share some inspiration for the new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. This time it is a color inspiration board and I just couldn't love the colors more!!! There is still time to play and here's a second take from me:

Don't miss your chance to win some wonderful goodies from the Lawn Fawn shop!!! I started by making a cardbase from White cardstock and then diecut a stitched rectangle and cut a window through that.

I then diecut five rows of flower borders and adhered them to acetate and then assembled it onto my cardbase before adding my window panel with foam adhesive.


Supplies I used for this card:

Stamps:
Plane and Simple

Dies:
Flower border
Stitched Hillside borders
Stitched rectangles

Other:
Memento Ink
Scotch foam tape
Tombow adhesive tape

You can shop your Lawn Fawn products HERE
I also share my cards and watercolors here:  My Instagram and  in my PINTEREST FOLDER

Have a great day, hugs, Karin