simple silhouettes

It's no secret that I {heart} Clean & Simple stamping and the newest 'fall-to' layout is seriously, a 10 minute card at the most. Mine was 10 minutes because I used my stamp-a-ma-jig and added little cuts to my ribbon, heh! The striped ribbon is a preview of what is to come in the Holiday Mini, so watch for it - sooo many fun things in there.

Ok, off to get things in order - I'm going to Texas for the MOPS convention and I'm very much looking forward to some time with just the girls!

Karen

recipe -

stamps: best yet, pocket silhouettes

paper: very vanilla

ink: ruby red

accessories: ribbon originals alpine

mojo monday challenge

Julee Tilman has her Mojo Monday challenge posted and it's a fun layout again this week. I decided to do a Christmas card for this week's challenge simply because I still had some snowflake paper on my desk from my other card a few days ago - so why put it away when I can use the scraps?! So what is this, the 3rd Christmas card I've done? Hmmm, only 57 more to go! I'm on an all-star pace here people!! heh. Alright, I've got more sketch challenges to get caught up on, so I'll see you back soon!

Karen

recipe -

stamps: season of joy, short & sweet

paper: night of navy, ruby red, whisper white cardstock, four seasons dsp

ink: ruby red, night of navy, bashful blue, handsome hunter

accessories: mini twinkle dots (a.muse), stampin dimensionals

RAK from Charlett

I got the sweetest card in the mail from Charlett about a week ago, thanking me for the blog candy she had won and even better, she left it blank inside so I can use it! Thanks Charlett!! I wish the picture would show the incredible detail she put in it - the embossing and layering. It's amazing. Thanks so much Charlett.

Karen

warm winter wishes

No, it's not snowing here (yet), but I wanted to play with this fun tree some more! This time I took some white liquid applique to add snow to the branches and ground and then added the cute little bird (he's a cardinal this time) to the branch. I actually stamped the 'warm wishes' directly to the white cardstock, but didn't see some applique and stamped on the applique - OOPS! So I remembered I saw this card by CassieT over at Splitcoaststampers and thought it was so cute - so this is what covers my big boo boo. I'm thinking that maybe I should have stamped the tree directly to my Four Seasons paper instead of the white cardstock so it would look like it was snowing, but I didn't want to start over. I still think it's a cute card, so I'll keep it (well, I'll send it out to someone...) The button is threaded with a think piece of Bashful Blue cardstock.

Ok, that's it! Thanks so much for stopping by.
Karen

recipe -
stamps: season of friendship, hugs & wishes
ink: close to cocoa, ruby red, black staz-on
paper: bashful blue, ruby red, whisper white cardstock, four season dsp (retired)
accessories: naturals buttons, liquid applique, stampin dimensionals

mojo monday challenge

Julee Tillman over at Poetic Artistry has weekly sketch challenges that are always so fun and unique. I love them and this week I actually found some time to do it! For this card, I used Maine Blueberry paper again (still loving it!) along with my new favorite tool, the scallop edge punch.

Thanks so much for stopping by today - I'm off to MOPS for some yummy breakfast. See you back soon!

Karen

recipe -

stamps: stem silhouettes

ink: old olive, night of navy

paper: old olive, whisper white cardstock, maine blueberry dsp

accessories: pewter jumbo eyelets, ice rhinestone brads, old olive wide grosgrain ribbon, scallop edge punch, stampin dimensionals, crop-a-dile