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Here's my take on this week's colors at the PlayDate Cafe and the sketch at the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge.

Have a great Day!, hugs, Karin

Skipping Stone's Blog Hop - Dogs Vol 1 release

Welcome to Sketch Challenge 80 and the release of Dogs Vol 1! If you just came from Ann's blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by at my blog today, start at the beginning of the hop at Skipping Stones Design. The entire hop order is there (and below here) and you can hop from blog to blog with ease.
Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers' blogs. The super talented Latisha Yoast will be providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month including the awesome sketch we're using in today's hop (see below)!

For this card I used stamps from Dogs, Volume1 and Argyle Swirls.

Now head over to Tamera's blog for some more Skipping Stones Design inspiration!

Here's the hop list:

Latisha Yoast

Ann Kranitz
Karin Akesdotter (That's me!)
Tamera Beaton

Barb Turpin

Dina Kowal

Kandi Phillips

Wendy Jordan

Amy Tsuruta

Jennifer Ingle

Brenda Weaver

Gladys Chia

Case with Flowers, Dies, Pins and Pearls

Here's my entry for the Waltzing Mouse case challenge and Casual Friday's Tic tac Toe ( Gems, Dies and Flowers). I'm also entering this card at Cute Card Thursday where there is a random draw for cards with pins and pearls!

I cased THIS beautiful card by Mona Pendelton and used stamps from Teeny Trees and Vintage Labels 4.

Cool Summer Card with waves!

WooHooo got my Snowmen stamps today - it's amazing how fast shipping is from Paper Smooches. I had this idea in my head for the challenges at CARDS, Wee Memorie's and of course for Paper Smooches and I hope I made the deadlines!.
Have a cool day!

Hugs!

Here is my take on the sketch from Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge and the Color Challenge from CR84FN31.
I used the stamps from Vintage labels 10 for the squares and the hugs sentiment is from Teeny Trees

Inspired by!

I was so happy to find that two blogs that I'm very inspired by, Lily Pad Cards and Virginia Lu's (Stamp Your Hero HeART Out ) , are hosting "Inspired by" Challenges so that I could use this as a reason to say thank you to one of my favorite designers; Joy Taylor - her cards are so beautiful and so inspiring - If you are not already - like me- a Hero Arts lover - you will be after seeing her cards! Thanks Joy! I'm also entering this at Hero Art's Wedding/Congrats challenge this month.

This is Joy's card I used as inspiration for my wedding card.
For my card I used the Hero Arts Antique Engravings set and the "Forever" is fron the old Hero Arts  F-set. Paper is Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather

Texture with Tissue Paper

For this week's Make it Monday at PTI Betsy Veldman showed us how to add texture with tissuepaper and here's my take on the challenge.
I used an ordinary photo, distressed with some PTI tea dye cham and stamp is from signature greetings.

Tuesday Trigger

Here's my take on the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World this week! And at Really Reasonable Ribbons it's Pink and Brown!

Have a Moxie Fab Day, Hugs Karin

Unity Stamps - Anything but a Card!

Here's my "Anything but a Card" project for Unity Opportunity Stamps. I've used the set Totally Happy . for you to make this little giftbox.

Skipping Stone's Guest Designer!

Today I'm so happy and excited to tell you that I'll be guest designing for one of my favorite stamp companies this month; The Skipping Stones Design! Their stamps and their design team are FANTASTIC!!

Here's this week's fabulous sketch by their sketch artist this month;  Latisha Yoast   and my take on it.

Head right over to Skipping Stones Design Blog to see the beautiful and inspiring cards the design team has created and to enter their fun challenge! Great prizes to win!!!!

For my card I used the Dandelion Dreams set!

Have a great day, hugs Karin

Let's Play Dad!

Here's my entry for Paper Smooche's Guest Designer Competition. I've paper pieced the background using some October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket papers for Clear it Out and the super cute little dog is colored using WN pencils.

It will be my son's card for his Dad on Father's Day so I'm also entering it at Simon Says Stamp Challenge and at Wee Memories it is; Anything goes. 2 of last month's entries:

My card in Papercraft Inspirations !!!

 WooHoo! I'm so excited (and very proud!!!) to finally get to tell you that one of my cards will be shown in Papercraft Inspirations Magazine issue 88 in a feature called Beautiful Blogs - start selling on Wednesday!!!

This is what it will look like:

Have a great day, hugs Karin

Cracked glass + water coloring technique

For this card I combined the great inspiration I got from PTI's Make it Monday tutorial on how to get a cracked glass finnish and Hero Arts' Watercoloring technique tutorial. Thanks! It is also for Wee Memories - anything goes challenge.
The stamps I've used are from PTI (wondefully whimsical) and Hero Arts Delicate blossoms, + Congrats and Prickley Pears.

Enjoy your - trip!

This card is for the digital die cut challenge at Lily Pad ( you can download the film strip and other great images FOR FREE there - just AMAZING - super thanks!) and I'm also entering it at Paper Smooche's guest designer search challenge. It's a thing with wings so it's also for All Sorts and a bug for Stamptacular  and The little bee I used for this card is one of the super cute free digis that Kim at papersmooches so generously provides for free every month - it's fantastic! THANK you so much!!!

Sew Many Ideas

Here's my first entry (I'm sure I'll make some more (-:   ) for Moxie Fab World's Sew Excited challenge!
"It is about including the icons associated with sewing into your projects. We're talking sewing machines, tape measures, spools of thread, dress forms, pins and needles, thimbles, patterns--you know, the stuff that we actually sew with".
I've used a few of those icons for my little idea note book. Papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl.

All in one card!

Phew! This card took some planning - I don't have a lot of time for crafting right now so I wanted to combine a few of my favorite challenges! So for this card I've used the sketch from Waltzing Mouse Sketch challenge. I used stamps from Teeny trees both for the background and for the sentiment. For tha label I used Vintage Lables 4. The colors, light yellow, light blue and kraft are from CR84FN29. I used scallops for Let's ink it Up (I was so sad to learn that Suzan is not feeling well and that this will be her last challenge - wish her a speedy recovery and I'll miss Let's Ink it Up - lots of great inspiration there) and I used 2 patterned papers, 4 buttons and 6 layers for The Shabby Tearoom and at Simon Says Stamp and show - it's "use your favorite stamp" and right now it is the bg stamp from the Papillon set from Tim Holtz - just soo useful for making your own vintagey paper - love it!!!

Another thing I love is the new TS punch I got from Cecilia at Cili in Papers - my rose is made from that petal pair punch!

Have a great day!