Hang in there!

Inspired by the Thinking of you challenge at Moxie Fab and the  WCMD challenges at Paper Smooches  and the For the girls challenge at CAS-ual Fridays I created this card today while Mikael and Ted went to a hockey game ! It is for the Pink (Breast Cancer month) category and based on the Operation write home sketch. I tried to make it one layer too, but it didn't work 100% with the sketch - well, no bulk and none of my dear foam adhesives anyway (-:.
I used the cute  Swanky Snowdudes and Hang in there sets for my card:

 

This is a "Thinking of You" card that I really wish I didn't have anyone to send to  - but unfortunately it is for my dear pen pal Sarah in New Zeeland who is battling the treatments after having a breast cancer tumor removed. We've been pen pals since 3rd grade and we have written eachother at least every other month since then  (30 years soon) - only ordinary oldfashioned letters on pretty stationary left over from childhood collections (-:  - never e-mails. Even if we live so far apart - actually as far apart as you can live - she's probably the one of my friends who knows me best - it is safe to tell her EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING and I appreciate what we have so much!

 

Hugs!

 

I'm entering this card here too;

Celebrate the Occasion -  Breast Cancer Awareness

Hanna & Friends -   Dots & stripes

 

 

 

Celebraiting World Card Making Day

Happy World Card Making Day everyone!

I've been celebrating by making a Birthday card for the WCMD challenge at Moxie Fab World:

 

Supplies; Stamps; WMS, DP; Crate paper, Letter stickers ; OA, cardstock; Bazzill, Ink; distress by Rangers, + EAD sticker

 

 

My DH is taking little Ted to an icehockey game this afternoon so I'll get some crafting time - yippie!! = I'll hopefully be back with some more projects later today!

 

Hugs, Karin

Lawnscaping Bloghop - Fall

 

 

Hi and welcome to our lawnscaping blog hop!

I'm so glad you're here! You should have come to me by way of Barb Murphy . The month's theme is all things pumpkin and beautiful changing leaves: FALL! The hop runs from today, Friday, October 5th, all the way until Sunday, October 7th. Make sure to comment on all of the blogs to be eligible for some FANTASTIC prizes!

All of the details can be found on the lawnscaping home page.

 

I don't have any of the beautiful Lawn Fawn fall/thanksgiving sets so I decided to pick up on the flowers and colors in the pictures instead and here's the result:

 

 

 

 

The stamps I used are from Lawn Fawns Flutter by set and the flower patterned paper is from Lawn Fawn's Bright side collection.

 

 

Now, head on over to the talented Audrey Tokach. If you've gotten off-track, don't worry! Head back to the lawnscaping blog  to see the complete list of designers and prize information!

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

Guest Designing for AnnaBelle Stamps ac # 88

 I'm so excited today because I get to tell you that I'll be guest designing this month for one of my favorite stamp companies Annabelle Stamps. They have wonderful stamps and a super sweet owner, Andrea, with the best customer service ever! Thanks so much for this chance Andrea!
This week the challenge is to make a "Thank You" card and for my card I used the set "Tomorrow's Dream". I'm in love with it!

 

Now pop over to the AnnaBelle Blog for all the info you need

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Lawnscaping Challenge #43 - texture

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time it's a TEXTURE Challenge!!!

For my card I used stamps from Critters ever after and Claire's ABC's.

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!

Hugs, Karin

WMSC # 117

The weeks really fly by and it is Saturday again - and Saturdays are great because that means I get to introduce a new sketch at the Waltzing Mouse Stamps Sketch challenge.

This week we have a great sketch from our super talented DT member Kelly Shirmer:

For wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Mischief Makers and some of the DT's and for all the info you need for participating and your chance to win a full set of WMS of your choice go straight HERE!

For my card I used Waltzing Mouse Stamps from Hocus Pocus.

I'm entering this for the challenge at:

Simon says stamp; anything goes

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin!

Happy Birthday Laurel Beard!!!

Hi!

Today we are a bunch of girls celebrating  super sweet Laurel Beard's Birthday with a little blog hop! Hope you'll join us and hop over to Laurel's blog to wish her Happy Birthday and then on to Lynette's blog for all the super talented girls who are participating.

Here's my card for you Laurel! Have a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm entering this for the Simon Says Stamp - "Anything goes" challenge.

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful Friday!

Hugs, Karin

WMSC # 116

Happy Saturday Everyone!!!
It's been a super, super busy week at work with parent meetings and teacher-student-parent development discussion meetings in the evenings so I'm so, so glad it is finally Saturday! The only thing I have booked for today is a gym class so hopefully I'll get some crafting time in the afternoon - just keep my fingers crossed my mojo isn't gone - something which often happens when I'm tired or actually have time to craft (-; !
I think it was the terrible autumn weather that we have here at the moment, that inspired me to make a summery sunshine card for my sample for the Waltzing Mouse Stamps Sketch challenge this week.

 

I really enjoyed working with this sketch by no one other than the super sweet and super talented Claire Brennan:

For wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Mischief Makers and some of the DT's and for all the info you need for participating and your chance to win a full set of WMS of your choice go straight HERE!

For my card I used Waltzing Mouse Stamps from My Island. The patterned papers I used are from October Afternoon.

I'm entering this for the challenges at:

 

Moxie Fab World's Focal Point Challenge

the Layer challenge at the Kraft Journal

All Sorts song challenge; Aloha Hawaii

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin!

Guest Designing for A Blog Named Hero part 2

Hi Everyone!
I'm here with a new post for A blog Named Hero and a little tutorial for how to make wonderful fabric flowers from your (or Grandma's if you're not as old as I am (-; ) old curtains. I think these flowers are perfect for cardmaking because they get paper/cardstock qualities while still having the beautiful texture of fabric.

 Start by cutting out the flowers you want to use. If you want a fringy, shabby finish cut them exactly the way you want them now, but if you want crisp sharp edges cut around the flowers and save the exact cutting till later.

 

 Make a bowl of sugar water by mixing one cup of water with one tablespoon of suguar. Make sure the sugar has desolved completely (if you want to speed up the process - use hot water ) before you soak your flowers in the mixture.

 

 

When your flowers are soaked it is time to iron them. The sugar mixture isn't kind to your iron so make sure you use the "craft-iron". You will still want to cover your ironing board with some cotton towels and have onother towel between the flowersand your iron.

Iron till the flowers are dry and stiff.

For my sample card I stamped and embossed the bg with Hero Arts Magical Background. The sentiment is from the set; Congrats.

Have a wonderful day, hugs, Karin

I'm entering this card for the
Focal Point challenge at Moxie Fab World
Vintage Rose challenge at Sir Stampalot
and the embossing challenge at Simon says stamp challenge
Ink It Pink -fabric
Loves Rubber Stamps - Make your own background

Lawnscaping Challenge # 42 - Getting Texty

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time the challenge is called "Getting Texty"!!! This is my sample for it;

For my card I used stamps from Critters in the forest and Flutter By.
And our fabulous sponsor; Lawn Fawn!!! You can win a set of your choice YEAH!!!

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

I'm entering this for the movement challenge at Moxie Fab World
Hugs, Karin

Waltzing Mouse Blogparty!!!

Hi!
 It is time to get ready for the Waltzing Mouse blog party that opens tonight! There is still plenty of time to get ready and join so if you feel like partying pop over HERE for all the info you need.

The theme this time is autumn and I made sure I used some kraft so I could join the fun at the Kraft Journal too (-:
I'm also entering this at;
Cheery Lynn Designs - Frame it (leaf diecut)
Craft a Scene -  Trees, Trees, Trees
Crafty-Emblies -  Picture Perfect
The Crafty Pad - Autumn Colours

Have a wonderful September day, hugs, Karin

WMSC # 115

WOW -  Saturday again - and I'm here to introduce a new sketch for the Waltzing Mouse Stamps Sketch challenge.

This week we have a great sketch from our super talented DT member Jennifer Holmes:

For wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Mischief Makers and some of the DT's and for all the info you need for participating and your chance to win a full set of WMS of your choice go straight HERE!

For my card I used Waltzing Mouse Stamps from Half Pint Heroines and Say it Loud. The patterned paper I used are from Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket and MME.

I'm entering this for the challenges at:

Quart, Gallon, Pint challenge at Moxie Fab World

Pile It On - Patterned Paper 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin!

WMSC # 114

The weeks really fly by and it is Saturday again - and Saturdays are great because that means I get to introduce a new sketch at the Waltzing Mouse Stamps Sketch challenge.

This week we have a great sketch from our super talented Mischief Maker Anya Schrier:

For wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Mischief Makers and some of the DT's and for all the info you need for participating and your chance to win a full set of WMS of your choice go straight HERE!

For my card I used Waltzing Mouse Stamps from My Island. 

I'm entering this for the challenges at:

Moxie Fab World; Assymetry and the Gallon, Quart, Pint challenge   (I've realized I use and have used this "concept" a lot and without actually thinking about it)

Simon says Stamp challenge - put a stamp on it

City Crafter Challenge Monochromatic

S J Papercrafts  Summertime

Papertake Weekly -Anything Goes

Craft a Scene -  Trees, Trees, Trees

Stamp and Create  Anything Goes

All Sorts challenge blog - Layers

 

 

Have a wonderful Saturday, hugs, Karin

Have a great day, hugs, Karin!

Lawnscaping Challenge # 41 - Sketch

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time it's a sketch Challenge!!!
We have wonderful guest designers with us this time too: Yainea  and Melissa Shea!

For my card I used stamps from Critters in the forest and Critters Ever After.

And our fabulous sponsor; Simon Says stamp!!! You can win a 25 $ giftcertificate to the store YEAH!!!
Pop over to Lawnscaping for all the info you need and to join!

Hugs, Karin

Guestdesigning for A blog Named Hero

Hi everyone!

I am super excited to tell you that I am guestdesigning this month for one of my favorite challenge blogs; A blog named Hero! - And my followers know how much I love HA stamps! Today I've made a sample for their new challenge; Embossing.

  

For my card I used Hero Arts stamps from the following sets; Flower Dot bg, Layered Florals and Congrats.
Distress ink; Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany, Peeled paint
Embossing powder: Seafoam White from Rangers
Dies; Spellbinders

 

 

I'm entering this for the Focal Point challenge at Moxie Fab World.

Southern Girls - 2W, 1E - it's all about the flora

Craft Your Passion - Emboss It

Cupcake Craft - Flowers

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

WMSC # 113

Now that I'm back at work again it feels like it was Saturday yesterday - it's scary how the days litterally fly by. The good thing though is that I get to introduce a new sketch at the Waltzing Mouse Stamps Sketch challenge  (-:.

This week we have a great sketch from our super talented Mischief Maker and coordinator Lynn Mercurio:

For wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Mischief Makers and some of the DT's and for all the info you need for participating and your chance to win a full set of WMS of your choice go straight HERE!

 

 

I was inspired to try the Gallon/Quart/Pint concept introduced to me at Moxie Fab Worlds Card Design Handbook week  It suggests that you use a lot of one color (brown), a little less of another (white), and a small dose of the final color (red). Also I used the Tuesday Trigger picture from Moxie Fab World  for further inspiration - I picked up on the brown polkadots, the lace, the hexagon shapes and the flower patterns.

For my card I used Waltzing Mouse Stamps from Half Pint Heroines and Chicken Wire. The patterned papers I used are from Simple Stories.

I'm entering it for the "Anything goes" challenge at Simon says Stamp challenge too.

 

 

Have a great day, hugs, Karin!