Monday, March 31, 2014

Happy Birthday!

Hi!

Many cards today! This one is for Tiddly inks Birthday card challenge - Hope you love this adorable little girl as much as I do! I'm also playing along with the I love promarkers "Anything goes" challenge.





Wishing you a great Monday! Hugs, Karin

Sunday, March 30, 2014

SPARKS Paper Smooches challenge - 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; zoo-crew, sentiment sampler and Hang ups.

Now pop over to SPARKSchallenge blog for the info you need to take part and to check out what my super talented teamies have created for this challenge!  You can win a 30 $ gift certificate to the PS store - YAY!!!

Have a great day, hugs, Karin


With this card I'm playing along with the challenges;
Just Us Girls -Tall skinny cards*

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Playing with stencils!

Thanks to the challenge at Moxie Fab World I've had my first go at using stencils and here's the result;



The stencil I used here is from Fiskars. Butterfly from Hero Arts and sentiment from There she goes.




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

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Papercrafting.com feature and PO Giveaway reminder!

Today this Owl Card I made from some of my favorire Purple Onion Designs stamps is featured on the Papercrafting.com - Pop over there - they have lots of great inspiration for us papercrafters!



Also I want to remind you that there is still plenty of time to play along with Purple Onion Designs birthday card challenge! Two entrants will win Birthday themed stamps from PO - woohoo!!! POP over there for more info.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Stars, Stars, Stars!!!



Today's card is for two of my favorite challenges; Both Create  and Paper Issues have stars as their theme this time! For my card I used Lawn Fawn stamps (Critters in the park, Critters ever after and You're a star) and dies.
I'm also entering it for the glitter challenge at Simon Says stamp (the Crown)

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Monday, March 24, 2014

Farm Fresh Strawberries!

Happy Monday!

Today I have a crad made for the current challenge at Curtain Call called Farm Fresh and this is my take on it:


I used the colors from  the Kraft Journal's color challenge as inspiration; 


Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!

I recently discovered the cutest images by Wendy Burns; All Dressed up , and just had to play along in their "Use a button" challenge. I made sure I used some glitter for the Simon Says Stamp challenge  too!





Papers are from MME and echo Park. Buttons from BoBunny.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin


Glitter fun!

Today I'm sharing a card which isn't very much me:


Glitter isn't really my thing, but I wanted to play along with the Simon Says Stamp challenge this week too and when I saw a Beautiful card by Tasnim I wanted to try the technique she'd used, where you first emboss your image, then fill the different fields with glue and then add the glitter. My flowers were really Beautiful till I had the not so very great idea to create an inked bg for them (should of course have been done first). A lot of glitter came off during my harsh treatment but I still think it looks OK. The flowers and sentiment stamps I used are from Purple Onion Designs.

I'm also entering it here;
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Flowers

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Saturday, March 22, 2014

New Challenge at Purple Onion Designs!


Come join the Birthday Card Challenge at Purple Onion Designs. You have two chances to win some wonderful Birthday themed PO stamps! For all the info you need pop over to the PO blog right away!

For my card I used:  Elm & Happy Birthday Cupcake
 
Have a great week-end, hugs, Karin

Friday, March 21, 2014

Happy Birdday stitching




Hi again!
This time I'm here to share a card for CREATE's challenge to use hand stitching. The bird die is an old favorite from QK (Lifestyle Crafts). Paper from echo park and sentiment from Hero Arts.

Have a wonderful week-end, hugs, Karin



Thursday, March 20, 2014

Featured Artist at Paper Crafters Library


Hello, just want to share some exciting news...
This week I'm the Featured Artist at
Paper Crafters Library 

Here are two of the cards I'm sharing there today:








Paper Crafters Library is a wonderful recource for papercrafters - packed with lots of inspiration and tips for us paper crafters.
Just click HERE to go straight to them.

Have a FABULOUS day!
Thank you for visiting.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Published cards!

Today I'm sharing two cards I recently had published. This first card was published in Stamp it Techniques vol. 2 - Create a scene, and...





...this second card can  be seen in  Stamp it card challenges ; Stamp on vellum. 


Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Monday, March 17, 2014

Lawnscaping # 78 Clean and Simple

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time we challenge you to make a Clean and simple card or Project.   This is my sample;




For my card I used stamps from these wonderful Lawn Fawn sets; Critters in the burbs and #awesome.

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

Handsome - I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers!

Hi everyone!
Handsome - I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers!
Today I'm here to share a masculine "I'm sorry" card that I've created for the Waltzing Mouse inspiration blog; TEAM TALK. I used stamps from Funky Feathers and Debonair. The papers are from Echo Park's collection Times and seasons, enamel dots from Doodlebug design.



I 'm entering this card for the challenge at Design in Papers - I used Maya's card as inspiration;
If you've never been, go visit her blog Little outbursts of Creativity - she makes the coolest cards!

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Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Sunday, March 16, 2014

SPARKS 9 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 and Hang-Ups


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



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

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Tulips for Mom!

 
Today I'm playing along with the challenge at Simon Says Stamp ; for a special woman or girl!




I was also inspired by the Naughty or Nice challenge; Birthdays  and the Pretty in Pink challenge at Stamping Sensations .

Have a wonderful Saturday, hugs, Karin

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Lawnscaping Challenge# 106; Try a new Technique

Hi Everyone!
I'm here to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time we challenge you to try a new technique!





For my card I used one of Lawn Fawn's cool ABC die sets: Cole's ABC's. The bg is painted with watercolors then I added lots and lots of crackle accent from rangers and Before it dries I added lots of glitter (Martha Stewart) I really like the look, but it was impossible to catch on camera. Had to give up )-:
Our fabulous sponsor this time is; Lawn Fawn!!! You can win a set of your choice YEAH!!!
Pop over to Lawnscaping for all the info you need and to join the challenge!







Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Birthday Tag

I wanted to play along with the Tag challenge at Simon Says Stamp and enter the Hero Arts Birthday Challenge one more time before it closes and here's the result, a birthday tag;



 
 
I'm also entering it for; Totally Papercrafts - Female Birthday
Cuttin & Stampin Challenges  Butterflies Are Buzzing

 
Have a great day, hugs, Karin

SPARKS 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 stamps from these wonderful Paper Smooches stamp sets;


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



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!!!


I'm entering this for the Penny Black and more challenge; " So Sweet"

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Friday, March 7, 2014

Go Green - and pretty in Pink - with Tiddlyinks



 
Today I'm playing along with Tiddly Ink's challenge - Go Green. As a teacher I just ADORE this super sweet image - don't you?
I was also inspired by the March challenge "Pretty in Pink" at Stamping sensations.
Patterned paper from Basic Grey and SEI.
I'm also entering this for the Penny Black and more challenge; " So Sweet"
 
Have a wonderful Friday, hugs, Karin