Party Time Tuesday and The Paper Shelter Challenges

Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesday this week and at The Paper Shelter Challenge, they want us to use our die cuts and punches. This is a card I designed to share with my grandson this weekend when he comes because he loves to make cards and he loves his super heroes! I saw one similar to this on Pinterest and used my oval and circle Nestabilities to make it. After cutting out the red oval, I embossed with the spider web embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I used my brayer to hit the raised parts with black ink. The eyes were created with circle nesties cut in half. The sentiment was typed in my word program, printed on white and red card stock and cut out with my deckle scissors.

I will be busy being Grandma until Wednesday - we are planning movies, swimming, ice cream and lots of spoiling by Grandma and Grandpa. So I am taking a few days off, but will have a scheduled blog post on Monday. Have a great weekend and start to the 4th of July Holiday!

Stamping smiles, Karen

Crafty Sentiments and Love's Rubberstamps Challenges

Red White and Blue is the theme at the challenges at Crafty Sentiments and Love's Rubber Stamps and with Independence Day next week, those colors are perfect right now. My husband likes to buy flowers to brighten up the house and over Memorial Day weekend he bought some red, white and blue carnations. They were wrapped in the flag colored paper you see behind the velum piece and it was too pretty to throw away, so I made a card with it. I did a search on line for an eagle silhouette, typed the sentiment in my word program and printed them on velum. I attached the velum with star brads and put the two layers on a red card.

Stamping smiles and Happy 4th of July week, Karen

Crackerbox Palace Thursday and Blog Candy!

It's Crackerbox Palace Thursday and today I am sharing two cards I made with some fun summer time stamps that are available from Crackerbox Palace.  You can win your choice of the stamps featured on one of these cards by leaving a comment at either blog.  The simple requirements for a chance at winning this week’s blog candy are below.

 But first- the winner of last week’s blog candy of the stamps featured on one of the silhouette cards is………………#10 Donna Mundinger! Here is her winning comment:  Love the silhouettes and what you've done with them. My fave is Sea Breeze but the male image is fab too. xxD

Donna, please send me or Crackerbox Palace your address and your choice of which stamps you want, so we can get you the stamps you have won.  And remember you can win another CBP stamp of your choice simply by posting a card you made with the stamps you won to your blog or Splitcoast Stampers gallery and sending us a link.

I made two cards to share today- one that looks like the 4^th of July and one featuring a summer time picnic. I l just love the Fireworks stamp and sentiment on the card above. It could be used for any celebration including the holiday next week. I started with a square blue card and layered with a red piece with a stars border (Martha Stewart).  I added four yellow patterned squares with the fireworks stamp and the sentiment stamped in an oval cut with a Nestabilities die. I did a little doodling to complete the card.

My second card is a scene declaring “Life’s a Picnic!” I used a plaid border punch (ek success) to look like a red plaid tablecloth. The ants are carrying off a picnic basket and piece of watermelon (both paper pieced and colored) to have their own picnic. Guess they deserve to have one tooJ

So would you like to win the fun stamps featured on one of today’s cards? Here is how to win our weekly blog candy:

 1.) We have decided that becoming a follower on both blogs is going to be something we would prefer you do but not a requirement.  My blog is here and the Crackerbox Palace blog is here. 

2.) Leave a comment on either my blog or the Crackerbox Palace blog on the Thursday blogpost featuring CBP stamps.  The deadline to leave a comment will be the following Wednesday at Noon CST. Mr. Random will pick a winner from the comments and he or she will win the featured stamp(s). You must send me (khasheck@gmail.com) or Crackerbox Palace (crackerbox@crackerboxstamps.com)  an email with your home address so the stamps can be mailed to you.  And if you post a card to your blog or to Splitcoast Stampers with the stamps you won and send a link to Crackerbox Palace, you will win another Crackerbox Palace stamp of your choice!!

I am entering these cards in the challenges at Love to Create (Anything Goes) and Paper Pretties (Independence Day Inspiration.) 

Crackerbox Palace smiles and Happy 4^th of July,  Karen

What If? Wed. Sketch Challenge

It's time for another fun sketch challenge at The House that Stamps Built and we are challenging you to make a card using the sketch below and link it up for a chance at some great Repeat Impressions rubber! For all the details on what you can win and to see the other Rock Stars cards using this sketch, please visit our blog.

I really liked the sketch layout this week and followed it very faithfully. Then I looked at it again and realized you could interpret it with triangles and the center piece blank… so it is fun always to use your own interpretation of a sketch. To see other great interpretations of the sketch, be sure to visit our blog here.

I cut a piece of blue shaded velum for my first layer, then added a strip of textured blue cardstock and a blue circle. I stamped the “Under the Sea” scene on glossy paper and sponged some blues to complete the card.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Incy Wincy Designs.

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Crop Stop and Stampin' for the Weekend Challenges

The challenge at Crop Stop this week is "for a child" and at Stampin' for the Weekend we are to "show our style". My style is to use paper piecing, embossing and die cuts, and I love to make cards for kids and to use a fun fold or new idea. In this case, it is a simple pop up tab in the middle of the card so the cupcakes pop up and hopefully delight the child receiving the card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week

The stamp of the week this week at Repeat Impressions is this lovely Naptime Fairy stamp, and it is available this week only for 50% off with the discount code found at Repeat Impressions blog. What a deal! Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards using this stamp.

For my card, I stamped the Genealogy background stamp multiple times in a light brown ink and sponged with distress ink. I punched the border of the inside piece with an ek success punch. I stamped the flower and sentiment in a narrow strip of off white paper.  Then I paper pieced all the pieces of the flower, colored the napping fairy with copics and added her with mounting tape to raise.

I am entering this card in the Summer challenge at Charisma Cardz. I figure it must be summer if she can nap nakedJ and flowers remind me of summer too.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Raisin Boat and Paper Play Challenges

It's the first ever challenge at Raisin Boat and their theme is anything goes as long as you use a Raisin Boat stamp. And at Paper Play they are challenging us to use a die. I love my Raisin Boat stamps and my Nestabilities so this was not hard at all. I started with a new embossing folder from Sizzix and layered that red piece on a grey card. Then I stamped three Raisin Boat stamps- my favorite tree, an "edgy accent" and a sentiment-  on a white square and cut it out with a nestie die. I attached with mounting tape to raise and the CAS card was done.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Delightful Challenges and Shelly's Images Challenge

Anything Goes at Delightful Challenges and at Shelly's Images Challenge this week. That is my favorite kind of challenge because anything I have been playing with can be entered. This week it was my fun toys from the new Stampin' up catalog. I had to have this shoe set and the new chevron embossing folder. I remember seeing a card similar to this somewhere on Pinterest so when I got my beautiful shoe stamp, I had to try it. I wet embossed the shoe with red glittery embossing powder on pink card stock and cut it out. I cut the bottom of the present out of striped dp and embossed with the chevron embossing folder. The lime green top  of the present was embossed too, but turned so the chevron stripes go the other way. This piece was cut 4 1/4 inches wide, so the card is 4 inches wide, and will fit in an A2 envelope. I wound some bakers twine around it, added a hb tag and attached with mounting tape to raise. The shoe was set on top of the present and the white card front cut along the edge of the shoe. I added some pink dp to the center of the card and stamped the perfect sentiment from the SU set on the inside top.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Crafts and Me and Divas by Design Challenges

Anything Goes at Crafts and Me this week and at Divas by Design they want to see our diecuts. I have been having fun with some decorative tape I bought recently. I don't know the difference between Washi tape and what is being sold as decorative tape now, but I have three rolls of blue so I cut a bird die cut hole in a navy blue piece and used the three rolls diagonally under the opening and like how it turned out. The die is an older thick Sizzix die and the swirls are from the same die. I embossed the navy blue piece with my favorite Swiss Dots embossing folder, and added a sticker for the sentiment.

On the inside I added the bird I cut out and embossed and another piece of the decorative tape to complete the card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Crackerbox Palace Thursday and Blog Candy!

It's Crackerbox Palace Thursday and today I am sharing two cards I made with some beautiful silhouette and sentiment stamps that are available from Crackerbox Palace.  You can win your choice of the stamps featured on one of these cards by leaving a comment at either blog.  The simple requirements for a chance at winning this week’s blog candy are below.

 But first- the winner of last week’s blog candy of the stamps featured on the fairy dust card here is……………… Karen S!! Karen, please send me or Crackerbox Palace your address so we can get you the stamps you have won.  And remember you can win another CBP stamp of your choice simply by posting a card you made with the stamps you won to your blog or Splitcoast Stampers gallery and sending us a link.

I made two cards to share today- one for the guys and one for the girls. Both are CAS (clean and simple) cards featuring a beautiful silhouette and sentiment stamp. (I promised I would share something else besides humorous cards, even if the funny ones are my favorite.) On the first card above I simply stamped the Riding Away silhouette stamp and Live Out Loud sentiment on patterned paper and layered it on a black card. The Riding Away stamp is available here.

My card for the girls was equally simple to make. I stamped the Sea Breeze silhouette in grey on a white piece and embossed the sides with a Sizzix embossing folder. I stamped the lovely sentiment and cut just the edge with a Martha Stewart branch punch, and layered it on a black piece.  The Sea Breeze silhouette stamp is available here on the CBP website.

So would you like to win the beautiful stamps featured on one of today’s cards? Here is how to win our weekly blog candy:

 1.) We have decided that becoming a follower on both blogs is going to be something we would prefer you do but not a requirement.  My blog is here and the Crackerbox Palace blog is here. 

2.) Leave a comment on either my blog or the Crackerbox Palace blog on the Thursday blogpost featuring CBP stamps.  The deadline to leave a comment will be the following Wednesday at Noon CST. Mr. Random will pick a winner from the comments and he or she will win the featured stamp(s). You must send me (khasheck@gmail.com) or Crackerbox Palace (crackerbox@crackerboxstamps.com)  an email with your home address so the stamps can be mailed to you.  And if you post a card to your blog or to Splitcoast Stampers with the stamps you won and send a link to Crackerbox Palace, you will win another Crackerbox Palace stamp of your choice!!

I am entering these cards in the challenges at Paper Playtime and Try it On Tuesday for Anything Goes. 

Crackerbox Palace smiles, Karen

What if? Wed. Designers Choice Challenge

It’s another Designer’s Choice Challenge at The House that Stamps Built, Repeat Impression’s blog. It’s Cheri’s turn and she is challenging us to make a card with the theme “Head to the Beach.”  Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards for this DCC challenge. 

For my card, I stamped Repeat Impression’s fun sand castle on a tan paper and cut out. I attached it to a blue hand made paper and attached that to a darker blue card. The front sunny piece was embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder and raised above the card with pop dots. I attached the shell charm with bakers twine to complete the card.

I am entering this card in the Summer Fun challenge at Sweet Stampin’ Challenge.

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Stampin' for the Weekend and Stampin' with the Dragon Challenges

Bugs and Butterflies is the theme of the challenge at Stampin' for the Weekend and Anything Goes at Stampin' with the Dragon this week. I made this card with a new product out of the Paper Wishes catalog called Color Me Toppers. The black ink on these resist whatever you use to color them and the package includes a bunch of card toppers and the sentiments for each. I colored this front with distress inks and the butterflies with gel pens. Then I simply attached the front piece to a white card base for a beautiful easy card. 

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Art Impressions Stamps and Charisma Cardz Challenges

Charisma Cardz Challenge wants male cards this week and Art Impressions Stamps Challenge want cards for husbands or fathers. I found this fun Ultimate Remote stamp from DRS at a stamp show recently and just had to buy it. It would be perfect for Father's Day or Dad's birthday for the right guy. I stamped it on kraft paper, highlighted some of the remote buttons and attached to a green card with mounting tape to raise. The brown piece was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then distressed with brown ink. I added some tabs and masculine brads to complete the card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Creative Card Crew and Crafting for all Seasons Challenges

At Crafting for all Seasons they want to see our cards for men this week and at Creative Card Crew our cards are to be song inspired. Of course this card is inspired by Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup". This song just cracks me up and if you want a smile today, take a minute to watch his video here. If you are a country music fan, you already know the song. If you are not and have never heard the song, it is silly and laugh out loud funny. Toby sings the praises of the Red Solo Cup and how if you put your name on with a Sharpie it helps you pick up chicks:) This card is for my brother who loves the song, but does not drink a bit. I still think he will love the card.

I saw a card on Pinterest which inspired me to try this. I did a search on line for Red Solo Cup and found a picture that I printed several times. The cups on the front I molded in the shape of a cup and applied crystal lacquer to to look shiny like a real solo cup. I attached them with mounting  tape to raise. The "party sign" is from a set by Stampin' up.

On the inside I used the computer to print some of the lyrics and a birthday sentiment. And I used a Sharpie to personalize the cup for my brother. Shhh- it's a secret- although he would never see my blog I am sure.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Birthday Fun at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

It's time for a new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids and our theme this time around is Birthday Fun for Kids. Make a birthday card for any child and link it up for a chance at three great sponsor prizes and/or a spot in our Top Three! Our generous sponsors this week are: Stamp Shoppe Creations and their prize is a $15 gift certificate for their lucky winner; Tickled Pink is offering their random winner 2 digis of their choice; and Shelley's Images prize is a $9 gift certificate!

My first card uses some fun stamps from Stamp Shoppe Creations. I stamped Heidi's cute monkey on white and totally paper pieced him and the tree. I cut out and embossed with a nestie. The background was embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder and I swung the sentiment off the oval with bakers twine.

My second card features a sweet birthday girl from Tickled Pink and a fun circular birthday sentiment from Shelley's Images. I paper pieced and embossed the balloon and her dress and added some extra velum for the ruffles on the bottom of the dress. Hard to see but I used peach liquid pearls to her belt, jewelry, hair band and on the sentiment circle, and finished with some more jewels for bling.

I am entering these cards in the challenges at Craft Your Passion for anything goes, and the birthday challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen

Sentimental Sundays and Card Makin' Mamas Challenges

Father's Day is the theme of Card Makin' Mamas Challenge this week and "For a Special Guy" is the theme at Sentimental Sundays. I decided to make a card with a vest template I got when I purchased this neat fishing stamp set from Raisin Boat. I sponged the vest and pieces with Frayed Burlap distress ink, doodled a little, and punched an extra fish inside with a McGill punch.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Crackerbox Palace Thursday and Blog Candy

It's Crackerbox Palace Thursday and today I am sharing a fun card I made with Crackerbox Palace’s Woman Fairy Flora and the lol sentiment that surely would put a smile on anyone’s face! You can win these stamps (found here  and here on the website) by leaving a comment at either blog and becoming a follower on both blogs. The simple requirements for a chance at winning this week’s blog candy are below.

But first- the winner of last week’s blog candy of the stamps featured on the shell card is……………… Linda Lapotka!! Linda, please send me or Crackerbox Palace your address so we can get you the stamps you have won.  And remember you can win another CBP stamp of your choice simply by blogging a card made with the stamps you won!

I love love love this Woman Fairy Flora and her Happy Dust saying. I stamped the sentiment on pink cardstock and again on yellow, so highlighting the Happy Dust with the different color. I stamped the fairy on white, paper pieced her dress and colored the rest with copics and gel pens. The background was created with a Sizzix embossing folder and silver stickles to  look like fairy dust. I attached the fairy with an adhesive spring so she wiggles and wobbles when you touch her.

I also love the quality of Crackerbox Palace stamps. You can get them in rubber only, wood mounted or my favorite – on high quality cling foam mount.  The stamps are on deeply etched rubber and on the cling foam mount they are also “indexed” or stamped on the cling foam so you can see exactly what you are stamping. I shop for stamps all the time and can honestly tell you, the quality of these stamps is first rate. Check out the great variety of stamps at the website.  I promise in upcoming weeks to feature some cards that are not just humorous- you can find anything at the CrackerboxPalace store here.

So would you like to win the fun stamps featured on today’s card? Here is how to win our weekly blog candy:

1.) Be or become a FOLLOWER on BOTH blogs. My blog can be found here and the Crackerbox Palace blog is here. AND

2.) Leave a comment on either my blog or the Crackerbox Palace blog on the Thursday blogpost featuring CB stamps.  The deadline to leave a comment will be the following Wednesday at Noon CST. Mr. Random will pick a winner from the comments and if that person is a Follower on both blogs, he or she will win the featured stamp(s). You must send me (khasheck@gmail.com) or Crackerbox Palace (crackerbox@crackerboxstamps.com)  an email with your home address so the stamps can be mailed to you.  And if you post a card to your blog or to Splitcoast Stampers with the stamps you won and send a link to Crackerbox Palace, you will win another Crackerbox Palace stamp of your choice!!

I am entering this card in the Bling challenge at Whoopsi Daisy Challenge. 

Crackerbox Palace smiles, Karen

What if? Wed. Sketch Challenge

It's time for another fun sketch challenge at The House that Stamps Built and we are challenging you to make a card using the sketch below and link it up for a chance at some great Repeat Impressions rubber! For all the details on what you can win and to see the other Rock Stars cards using this sketch, please visit our blog.

When I looked at this week’s sketch, for some reason I saw parachutes in the triangles. And at Repeat Impressions, we just so happen to have some fun parachutes in our new Big Boys Toys collection, as well as the perfect sentiments to pair with them. I stamped two red parachutes as well as one heart shaped in designer paper and cut them out. I added some small punched hearts and the sentiment following the sketch below.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp andShow.

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Christmas Card and The Squirrel and the Fox Challenges

At The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge they want to see our winter or summer cards and any Christmas card will do at Christmas Card Challenge. I have been in the mood for making holiday cards for some reason...I designed this one in my head laying in bed the other night, so had to  get up the next day and make it. I embossed the green front with a favorite holiday embossing folder from Cuttlebug, then cut the tree with a Tim Holtz Sizzix die. I cut the pretty snowflake Memory Box die as "decorations" for the tree placing it on red cardstock and raising the green layer with pop dots. I added a couple sparkly white balls and layered it all on a white card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week

The stamp of the week this week at Repeat Impressions is this fun Beaver stamp, and it is available this week only for 50% off with the discount code found at Repeat Impressions blog. What a deal! Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards using this stamp.

For my card, I embossed the beaver in brown on a blue piece of cardstock, sponged the water bluer and colored the leaves with a copic marker. The punched borders were created with a  punch from Martha Stewart and I added 3 brown pearls to complete the card. The card base was cut shorter so with the blue piece sticking up, it still fits into an A2 envelope.

I am entering this card in the challenge at Di’s Digi Designs for Male Inspired Creations.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Stampin' For The Weekend and Emergency Crafters Challenges

The challenge this week at Stampin' for the Weekend is Bugs or Butterflies and Anything with Wings will do at Emergency Crafters Challenge. I am sharing a card I created for a fun folds class at JoAnns and had never blogged before. It is an Origami Diamond Fold Card. Here is a link to a tutorial on how make one.

These pictures show how it looks as it is opened. I used Inkadinkado Stamps and a Martha Stewart butterfly punches.

DON'T FORGET- You have until Wednesday to leave a comment here for a chance at my weekly blog candy!

Stamping smiles, Karen

Digi Doodles Shop's Best and CRAFT Challenges

Males cards are the theme at both CRAFT and Digi Doodles Shop's Best Challenges this week, so I am sharing this card I made with a fun set I purchased recently from Raisin Boat called Edgy Accents. Each of the stamps would make a great card on it's own, but I put them all together to make this card for a young man.

Stamping smiles, Karen

ABC Christmas Challenge

Keep it Simple is the theme at ABC Christmas Challenge this week and I have been in the mood for CAS holiday cards lately. Not sure why... But when I look at cards on Pinterest I am so drawn to the ones with lots of white space and a CAS design. When I go to make the card I always want to add something- embossing or something but this time I resisted. The beautiful stamps are from Close to My Heart.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Crackerbox Palace Thursday and Blog Candy!!

Today I am introducing a new feature here on my blog and on the Crackerbox Palace blog!  Every Thursday I am going to post a new card that I have designed using awesome stamps from the Crackerbox Palace store AND offer blog candy for our readers!  You can win all the Crackerbox Palace stamps featured on the card I blogged! All you need to do to have a chance to win is:

1.) Be or become a FOLLOWER on BOTH blogs.

2.) Leave a comment on either my blog or the Crackerbox Palace blog on the Thursday blogpost featuring CBP stamps.  The deadline to leave a comment will be the following Wednesday at Noon CST. Mr. Random will pick a winner from the comments and if that person is a Follower on both blogs, he or she will win the featured stamp(s). You must send me (khasheck@gmail.com) or Crackerbox Palace (crackerbox@crackerboxstamps.com)  an email with your home address so the stamps can be mailed to you.  And if you post a card to your blog or to Splitcoast Stampers using the stamps you won and send a link to Crackerbox Palace, you will win another Crackerbox Palace stamp of your choice!! 

I absolutely love to use humor in my cards and that is what first drew me to Crackerbox Palace stamps. Today I am sharing a fun card that asks “How the Shell are you?”  The question makes me giggle and I paired it with some fun shells to make this card. The shells were stamped on a rust paper and cut out. I layered on squares of various colors and highlighted all with a gold gel pen. The center sentiment piece was raised with mounting tape for some added dimension.

The Shell question stamp as well as shells to pair with it are available here in the Crackerbox Palace store website. Remember to leave a comment and become a follower for a chance at winning these fun stamps.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Papertake Weekly. 

Crackerbox Palace smiles, Karen

Designer's Choice Challenge at Repeat Impressions

It’s another Designer’s Choice Challenge at The House that Stamps Built, Repeat Impression’s blog. It’s Joy’s turn and she is challenging us to make a card with two stamped images and one sentiment . Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards for this DCC challenge. 

For my card, I started with one of my favorite Repeat Impressions images, Panda and Frame. My second stamp is Bamboo which I stamped in Versamark all around the gatefold cut green piece which I layered on black. The sentiment seemed perfect for this CAS card. Here is how the card looks showing the center opening.

I am entering this card in the challenge at The Secret Crafter  for Anything Goes.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Let's Ink it Up and The Cutie Pie Challenges

The challenge this week at The Cutie Pie Challenge is to use our die cuts and/or punches and at Let's Ink it Up, we are to use our Favorite Embellishment. Of course I used my nesties to make this telescoping card and my favorite embellishment is pearls. Either pearl pen (if there is a bunch) or real pearls as I used in this case to highlight the beautiful flowers on the Stampin' up teacup.

I cased this telescoping card idea from this blogpost but I changed mine up to use my own colors and stamps and to add a tea bag as a gift for the recipient. I usually don't use ribbon and brads all that much, so I can't say honestly they are among my favorite embellishments. But I love and use pearls and gems to embellish all the time.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Guest Designer at Love to Create Challenge Blog

I am thrilled today to be the guest designer at the Love to Create Challenge Blog! Their theme this week is Father’s Day or Special Guy in Your Life, and their sponsor is Bugaboo. I love Bugaboo’s stamps and had lots of fun designing this card with the Bugaboo AKV Ninja digital stamp. My grandson and every other little guy I know is so into super heroes and I created a card for a Dad that I think he would love. I started with my Cuttlebug stars embossing folder and created the red and blue squares which were attached with mounting tape to raise. I printed the AKV Ninja on white, paper pieced his outfit and cut out with a white border. After attaching to a green circle, I put him on an Action Wobbles so he wobbles and wiggles when you move him. The sentiment was computer generated and the blue star is from Stampin’ up.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Catch the Bug (perfect because that is Bugaboo’s challenge blog.)

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Simon Says Stamp and Southern Girls Challenges

Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp this week and at Southern Girls Challenge they want us to use our dies or punches. I used a lacy circle nestie to frame my dimensional floral sticker and then added glitter and gold microbeads to accent the roses. The embossed background is using an embossing folder from Darice and highlighting the flowers and dotted patterns with white ink.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Bright Colors for Kids At SAS4Kids

It's time for another new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids and our theme this time is Bright Colors for Kids. Pick some bright reds, yellows, blues, pinks, purples- anything bright and cheery and make a card that a child would like and enter it in our challenge for a chance to win a great prize or to be part of our Top Three. We have two generous sponsors this time: Little Miss Muffet Stamps is offering their random winner 3 digital stamps of their choice; and Prairie Fairy's prize is a $15 gift certificate!

My first card features an awesome little lady from Little Miss Muffet. She is climbing rocks so I made a background with an embossing folder from Darice that can be giraffe spots or rocks (thanks to my friend Heidi's keen eye for pointing that out.) I decided to make her rope out of baker's twine and added a fun sentiment from Verve.

My second card highlights a couple of fun fun ducks from Prairie Fairy. Aren't they sweet. I paper pieced their vests and put a joke on the bottom of the card. Here is the punch line:

Kids love jokes- even corny ones like this one, so I love to include a joke on a card for a child and they are easy to find on the internet.

I am entering these cards in the "Just for Laughs" challenge at Digital Tuesday and the Anything Goes challenge at Party Time Tuesday.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen

Crafty Sentiments Designs and Celebrate the Occasion Challenges

Anything Goes at the challenges at Crafty Sentiments Designs and Celebrate the Occasion. I am sharing a fun card I made for my grandson to copy for his teacher thank yous this year. He had so much fun making them, he made a whole army of Cookie Monster good guys and bad guys to play with. I found the pattern on Pinterest somewhere and as you can see, it is easy to make. But I am especially proud of the inside, which was my idea:

I used a smaller scalloped nestie to take a "bite" out of the apple and paper- just like Cookie Monster would do. Isn't it cute?

Stamping smiles, Karen