Golden Leaves

Hi Everyone.
Just thought I'd show you a card which came together really quickly but I think looks quite effective. Over at Scrapology they have just posted their December Challenge to make a card using leaf shapes and colours and A Trip Down Memory Lane blog also has a challenge inspired by N for Nature so this was what I came up with. I had some Starform peel offs which I decided to try and create a wreath with. I used backing papers from K&Co's Tapestry collection which are lovely, rich, jewel like colours and then cut out each leaf and arranged it on my card. I then added a large bow at the top, decorated the inside and finished it off with a little sentiment that I created on my computer. I know I have used Autumn type colours but think this would make a great birthday card or even Golden Anniversary card - it just looks pretty! Change the colours and you've got a Christmassy wreath. I'm not always a fan of peel offs but these large ones worked well.
Anyway, hope you like it. Thanks for looking!
Best wishes and bye for now
Karen x

Feeling Festive?

Afternoon All!

Thought you might like to see a card that I'm hoping to enter in the Winter Wonderland Challenge which this week is 'Red and Green Must Not Be Seen' - so my blue and silver card fits the bill perfectly. The image I used was from the Joanna Sheen Furry Friends CD with paper from K and Co and lovely slim tinsel from Websters Pages trim. This little pug dog looks so grumpy that I'm sure we've all had moments like this over Christmas when the last thing we want to do is feel festive ha! ha! He looks like he's being forced to get into the party mood!

Anyway, thanks for looking and will be back soon with another crafty item.

Best wishes

Karen x

Butterfly Lady Tag

Hi Everyone!

I hope you've had a good week. Today I'd like to share with you another of my tag cards which I'd like to enter in the Simon Says Stamp 'Bingo' challenge. I chose to use embossing, a diecut and stamped frame and ribbon both inside and outside the card. As I love my techniques I also inked and glimmer misted my background and butterflies and added Distress Stickles to my frame. I really enjoyed creating a vintage look and hope you enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it.
Best wishes
Karen x

Tag and Tell!

Hi All!

As I continue to be inspired by pics of my family and ancestors and try to make lasting keepsakes connected to my family history, this week I decided to join in with the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - which is to design something using your newest stamps or alternatively a stamp that you have had for ages but never used. I decided to go for the second option and used a butterfly stamp I had from Elusive Images alongside an oval frame stamp from the Papermania Chatsworth collection.

I did plenty of embossing - gold on the frame and a green Cosmic Shimmer lustre on the butterflies, embossed the tag background with the Divine Swirls pattern and highlighted it with the Perfect Pearls mica powders. A little distressing with our favourite inks, a sentiment printed on my computer with a touch of Distress Stickles completed the look before I added ribbon and mounted the whole thing on a card layered with K&Co Life's Journey papers. I also hope to enter this into the Artistic Stamper's challenge of 'Things With Wings'. This is a fab site which I have only recently discovered so if you love your stamping - why not pop over there!

I hope you like it!

Thanks for looking. Bye for now

Karen x

Deck Chair Hedgie

Sorry about the bad lighting in this pic - it is 9.55pm and these energy saving bulbs aren't like the old ones!!! Some of my pink bits look a bit peachy but they are pink in 'real life'! For this design I used Papermania linen effect paper, a K and Co diecut mat pad from their Wild Raspberry collection and a punched border using a Martha Stewart punch and a leaf punch to add to the corner flowers. As this design covered a lot of areas I would like to enter it in a number of sketches.

One Stop Craft Challenge - Fancy Edges and Corners

Creative Card Crew - Punch It

Spoonful of Sugar - Lots of Layers

Allsorts Challenge - Pink and Brown

Papertake Weekly - Pretty in Pink

Charizma Cards - Anything New ( My latest Penny Black and Wild Raspberry Diecuts)

Crafty Cardmakers - Whats New (Penny Black image and Wild Raspberry diecuts)