Butterflies and Mason Jars

I love butterflies and mason jars and I found a set of stamps that include both at Inspired by Stamping. Of course they had a few add on sets for the mason jars (on sale!) and I couldn't resist those either:) I stamped the mason jar and the butterflies and cut it out. Then I stamped the red dotted cover, shaped it to give it dimension and added a pretty red bow. The sentiment is from the same set of stamps and is perfect. The butterfly stamp and punch on the top is from Stampin' Up.

The "shelf" the mason jar is standing on was created with Shimmer Sheetz and an embossing border by Darice. I sanded the Shimmer Sheetz after embossing.

I am entering this card in the Butterflies and Bows challenge at QKR Stampede and the Anything Goes challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity. I am also entering this card in the Customer Gallery Contest at Inspired by Stamping.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Celebrations on Silhouette Sunday

Silhouette America is celebrating a birthday this month and so Celebrations is the theme in this week's Weekly Challenge at the Silhouette Blog. I am sharing a fun card that was so easy to make with my Silhouette Portrait cutting machine and a couple cutting files from the Silhouette store. I started with the stars and swirls card shape in white in an A2 size. I layered some polka dotted dp in the inside in my new favorite color- aqua blue. Then I cut the Wish Big with my Silhouette and added a few extra stars to finish the CAS birthday card.

I am also entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at 4 Krafty Girlz. 

Stamping and Silhouette smiles, Karen

Inspired By Stamping Washi Tape Chalkboard Card

I recently discovered Inspired by Stamping stamps and their blog challenge here, and today I am sharing a holiday card I made with some of the stamps I just got in the mail from them. I visited their website after seeing a card on another blog, and oh em gee- I wanted sooo many of the cute sets I saw. Wait 'til you see the Mason Jar sets I bought... but that will be in another blog post. Today I am sharing another favorite set I just received from Inspired by Stamping- Holiday Washi Tape stamps! The candy canes in the corner of the card were stamped on vellum, cut out and attached over a card base embossed with a new embossing folder by Sizzix. I also used a snowflake washi tape stamp across the top of the chalkboard I created with black cardstock and smudges of white pigment ink. The sentiment- also from Inspired by Stamping- is perfect for the chalkboard technique and I stamped it in Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder and a heat gun. The "chalkboard" and the red layer were cut out with Nestabilities dies. I added a candy cane eyelet to complete the front.

I used the snowflakes washi tape stamp again on the inside of the card and another sentiment  from the same holiday set. As you can see, I love to emboss the whole card - not just the front- for texture on all parts of the card.

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

Stamping smiles, Karen

Same sketch, Different Holiday on Crackerbox Palace Friday

It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and I am sharing another card I made with Crackerbox Palace stamps and the same sketch as last week. A friend taught me the fun fold on the front of the card. Simply take two sided designer paper, cut the right part in half and fold back the top and bottom. I tied the center down with a bow of red ribbon. I stamped the beautiful holly branch in green and added some stickles berries. I stamped the Joy to the World to complete the CAS holiday card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Please visit the website to see these and many other awesome Crackerbox Palace stamps.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Party Time Tuesday and the challenge at Creative Craft Challenges to use ribbon on our cards.

 Crackerbox Palace smiles, Karen

Masculine Vellum Technique Card

I have been loving the vellum technique a friend shared recently and designed this masculine card using it once again. You simply stamp the image (animals work well) with a black archival type ink on vellum. Using a stylus and a thick pad, you "color' in the white areas from the back of the vellum. This pushes out and whitens the area you "color" in with the stylus. In real life, you can see the zebra is raised out from the surface and looks really cool. I embossed the kraft frame with a SU embossing folder and added a simple repeated sentiment.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Through the Craft Room Door and  Bearly-Mine Challenges.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Big news if you are local to Wausau WI.!

I am so excited to announce that I will be one of the instructors at the Round Robin on Friday November 1st from 6-10 p.m. at Dale's Weston Lanes! The stampers who participated last year loved all the projects they made and I am sure this year will be just as great! I am sharing a holiday project featuring ghosting and making a file folder card with matching envelopes using a brand new must  have tool! Here is all the info you will want to know about the Stamp Convention and the Round Robin the night before: 

Central Wisconsin’s Fall Stamp Convention

Dale’s Weston Lanes-Mountain Bay Conference Center

5902 Schofield Ave., Weston, WI 54476

Saturday, November 2, 2013

10 am – 3 pm

Tickets $2 in Advance or $3 at the Door

Make and Takes, Demos, Door Prizes

 Round Robin - 7 stations + 7 instructors + 7 projects + food and prizes!!

Dale’s Weston Lanes

Friday night November 1, 2013    6 pm – 10 pm

Cost: $35.00 (Pre-registration required)

*Sign Up by mail or in person at:

The Stamp Shoppe   4111 Schofield Ave. Ste #5, S

Schofield, WI 54476     715-355-6735

Come join me for a fun night of stamping and eating and fun!

We also have a few openings yet for our Stamp Camp October 5th at 10:00 a.m. at DC Everest Sr. High Room 121. Only $20 for 8 cards including all the supplies, envelopes, snack and door prize! Contact me via email at khasheck at gmail dot com to sign up or for more information. 

Happy Fall Y'All DCC at Repeat Impressions

It’s another Designer’s Choice Challenge at The House that Stamps Built, Repeat Impression’s blog. It’s Brenda’s turn and the theme of her challenge is “Happy Fall Y’All”.  Any fall themed card will do. After you make your card, you can enter it for a chance to win some awesome Repeat Impressions rubber! Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards for this DCC challenge. 

My favorite time of the year is fall- I love the cooler temperatures, bright colors on the trees and football! I used Repeat Impression’s fall tree and maple leaf to create this CAS fall card. I stamped the fall tree on some lovely BoBunny patterned paper and cut the center piece apart leaving space for a perfect sentiment from RI. The center pieces were raised with pop dots for dimension. I stamped and cut out the leaves in the same dp.

I am entering this card in the Autumn Colors challenge at Lexi’s Creations and the challenge at Paper Nest Dolls for Fall Cards.

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Cute Kids Animal Card

Cute Kids is the theme at Crafts 4 Eternity this week and at Pattie's Creations, they want to see Animal images on our cards. I am sharing a card with fun frogs peaking and hopping out of a pocket I made with my Silhouette cutting machine. The frogs are older stamps from Stampin' Up and All Night Media. The sentiment is a favorite of mine from Technique Tuesday. The card base was cut smaller, and the scalloped square (Nestabilities) under the pocket is sized for an A2 size envelope.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Whitewash Flowers Birthday Wishes

Birthday is the theme at The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge this week and I decided to share a birthday card I made using the Whitewash Technique. Here is a link to a tutorial, but basically you emboss an open image with white embossing powder on kraft paper. Then you cover the image with white kraft ink refill using a water brush. Let dry or dry with a heat gun and color with markers and blender pen. I cut out the flowers (from Stampin' Up) and popped them up with pop dots over a leafy diecut.  The birthday sentiment is also from Stampin' Up.

I am also entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Divas by Design.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Be-You-tiful Silhouette Sunday

The challenge this week at the Silhouette Blog is to use one of their words or phrases in a project. I really like the message this phrase shares- be You- You are beautiful- and have used it to make a framed scrapbook page for a special young lady and the card below. This young lady likes frogs and aqua blue so I used them to create this 12 x 12 framed wall art for her room. All the frogs and arrows are also Silhouette America cutting files. I hope she likes it.

I also created a card using the phrase cut smaller for a card front. The background was embossed with an embossing folder by Craft Concepts. I added a strip of washi tape and a punched butterfly (Martha Stewart) with a gem to complete the card.

I am entering the card in the Anything Goes challenge at Sister Act.

Stamping and Silhouette Smiles, Karen

Anything Goes 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Anything Goes 4 Kids. Create and link any card for a child and you could win one of our great prizes. We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: Doodle Pantry is giving their winner a $10 gift certificate! Kenny K. is giving their randomly picked winner 3 digis of their choice!  And Milk Coffee Stamp’s winner gets 5 digis of their choice! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My first card above features a cute colored image from Doodle Pantry called Toy Truck Ants. I created a "polaroid" frame for the fun image and added the perfect sentiment, also from the same digital set. 

This cute Girl with Chestnuts image is from Milk Coffee Stamps and I paper pieced her fall outfit and boots and colored the rest with my Copics. I cut her out with a Nestabilities scalloped oval die and sponged the edges. The squirrel and nuts border and the fun sentiment were cut out with my Silhouette Portrait using Silhouette America cutting files.

I made a third card this week because I own this awesome skateboarder from Kenny K. and we always need cards for our older boys here at SAS4Kids. This cool digital stamp was already colored and I was so proud to figure out how to cut him with my Silhouette cutting machine! I also cut the Awesome sentiment with my Silhouette and then attached both to an embossed background.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen 

More "Booo"gie Nights Fun from Crackerbox Palace

It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and I am sharing another “Booo”gie Nights Halloween card I made with Crackerbox Palace stamps.  A friend taught me the fun fold on the front of the card. Simply take two sided designer paper, cut the right part in half and fold back the top and bottom. I tied the center down with a bow of black ribbon. I stamped the cute ghost in white and cut out, then stamped “Booo”gie Nights and the bats on the orange card base.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Please visit the website to see these and many other awesome Crackerbox Palace stamps.

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.

I love this Crowned Crane Deco stamp from Repeat Impressions and really like the look I get when I stamp it on designer paper. The positives and negatives of the image look great that way! I completed the sketch using a couple more designer papers (all from Stampin’ Up.)

Here is the sketch for you to follow when you create a card for our challenge. You do not need to use Repeat Impressions stamps to enter our challenges, but you get an extra chance to win if you do!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Tammy’s Scrapin Corner and the challenge at Whoopsi Daisy to use more than two designer papers.

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Baby Boy Shoe Card

I am sharing another version of this super cute baby shoe card in my October classes and remembered I had not blogged this baby boy version yet. I purchased a template from the Stamping T! blogger after I fell in love with some shoe cards I had seen on Pinterest. There is no way I could figure out how to design and cut one of these by myself and I don't mind paying a few bucks for a good template.

After some embossing and stitching and eyelets for the ribbon you have a very cute baby card. I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at 613 Avenue Create and Challenges 4 Everybody.

Stamping smiles, Karen

My Favorite Cardstock Find

This card features my favorite new cardstock that I have found recently: Tim Holtz Kraft-Care Shattered cardstock by Core'dinations. I love kraft cardstock and this cardstock combines kraft paper with fun colored crackled paper. I used both sides on this card and even though the diamonds are not lined up perfectly, I like how it turned out. The flowers on the bottom were punched with a Martha Stewart floral border punch.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards and Sister Act.

Stamping smiles, Karen

First Time Welding on Silhouette Sunday

The challenge this week at the Silhouette Blog is to create a project using the welding tool. I had been meaning to find the time to figure out how to weld objects together and to get some cute Halloween cards done for my kids, so this was a perfect challenge for me.

I fell in love with this chubby ghost from the Silhouette America site and made this cute Halloween card with him and my spider web embossing folder. But I though it would be even cuter if I made a card in the shape of the chubby ghost. So I duplicated the ghost, flipped him and then welded the two pieces together before cutting out with my Silhouette Portrait machine. I also welded the sentiment on the inside together to make it much easier to attach. This is what the card looks like open to the inside:

I was pretty proud of myself learning how to flip and weld to create this cute card. I am also entering the top card in the "For the Kids" challenge at Card Makin' Mamas.

Stamping and Silhouette smiles, Karen

Embossed Sweater Card

Embossing is the theme of the challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp and it is not a challenge for me because I use my embossing folders all the time. I have been seeing cards that look like cardigan sweaters on Pinterest and decided to try one myself. The base of the card was embossed with the diamond pattern (file by Sizzix.) I used my favorite embossing folder- Swiss dots by Cuttlebug- to emboss the collar and pocket flap and punched the bottom of those pieces with a Martha Stewart lacey border. I used my Scor-buddy and Scor-bug to create the stitching look down the center piece and added a couple buttons. The "shirt" under the sweater was created with floral dp, some doodling and some sponging.

I am also entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Crafting by Designs.

Stamping smiles, Karen

"BOOO"GIE Nights with Crackerbox Palace

It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and I am sharing a fun Halloween card I made with Crackerbox Palace stamps, I created a pumpkin frame with my Nestabilities oval die cuts as I have seen lately on Pinterest. I stamped Frankie in the middle and paper pieced his jacket, pants and shoes. I colored the rest with my Copics and did a little doodling around the oval edge. My favorite Halloween stamp from Crackerbox Palace is the “Boooo”gie Nights sentiment- it just makes me smile. I added some bats to complete the Halloween card for one of my kids.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at 4 Crafty Girlz and the paper piecing challenge at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Please visit the website to see these and many other awesome Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Crackerbox Palace smiles, Karen

Celebrating New Beginnings

A dear friend recently retired and I made this card just for her. She is a Stampin' Up demonstrator so I used mostly SU products starting with their fun dress die which I also embossed with a SU embossing folder. She wears scarfs often and I tried to make one with ribbon but with no success. So I shopped the handy Silhoutte America library of cutting files and found one with a bunch of accessories including the scarf. The dp is also from SU and so is the rose ribbon which I dyed with red die ink.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Crafty Sentiments and Tuesday Throwdown.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Edible Delights 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 the theme of her challenge is “Edible Delights.”  There should be something you can eat on your card. After you make your card, you can enter it for a chance to win some awesome Repeat Impressions rubber! Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards for this DCC challenge. 

I am in the mood for fall and Halloween, so my edible delight is pumpkin.  I really love pumpkin pie and bars and bread- but in this case my pumpkins are jack-o-lanterns with a funny face from Repeat Impressions. I started with an embossing folder frame from Darice and then punched circles in a strip of white cardstock. The pumpkins were cut out and raised with pop dots. The sentiment was cut apart with deckle scissors before attaching to the card.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Challenges 4 Everybody and Through the Craftroom Door.

Stamping smiles, Karen 

It's Raining Men - don't I wish?

Of course when I think about it- do I really want more than one? It's Raining Men is the theme of the challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox (men's cards) and Anything Goes at 613 Ave Create. I am sharing a card I made with a new two sided masculine embossing folder from Spellbinders and a fun set of stamps from Raisin Boat. I created a "road" by cutting the embossed kraft paper apart and stamped the sentiments along the curve in the road.

Stamping smiles, Karen

You are One in a Minion!

The minion cards I have seen on Pinterest made me smile and so I just had to try one. I borrowed a friend's owl punch from Stampin' Up and made a cute one eyed minion. The card is a tri-fold with the upper part folding over the folded card base. I did a little doodling and added a computer generated sentiment and some googly eyes to complete this fun card. One of these days my grandson is going to get a fun surprise in the mail- he loves getting mail from Grandma:)

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Catch the Bug and Paper Creator's Crafts.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Silhouette Sunday Halloween Time

At the Silhouette Blog Challenge this week they want to see our Fall projects. I have been meaning to make some Halloween cards for my kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids and since I had a few minutes today, I played with some of the fun Halloween cutting files I have purchased from The Silhouette America Store. 

I call my Silhouette Portrait my "magic machine" and I truly believe that. I made these cards today with the little time I had to play. I also made 100 thank you notes with my Silhouette this week, but that's another story for another blog post...

I loved the witches boots I have seen on Halloween cards the last few years, but am hesitant to spend the money on a set of stamps I will use so little. But at 99 cents max for cutting files (even less with my subscription) I can make some really cute Halloween cards easily and inexpensively. These witches boots are by Miss Kate and I thought the sentiment was just perfect (all files are from The Silhouette America Store.) I embossed the background of this card with a spider web embossing folder from Cuttlebug and sponged some black ink around the edges.

I had some extra witches boots so I added one to the inside of the card. I love to emboss the whole card so the inside and back are embossed as well.

My second Halloween card was so simple to make but I think one of my kids will love it. I added some googly eyes to the Boolicious - what a fun word:)

I am entering these cards in the "All About Kids" challenge at Jellypark Challenges.

Stamping and Silhouette smiles, Karen

Cute Halloween or Fall Cards 4 Kids!

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Cute Halloween or Fall Cards 4 Kids. Create and link any cute Fall or Halloween card for a child and you could win one of our great prizes. We start early here at SAS4Kids because late October would be too late to get your cards to our kids who are in the hospital on this holiday (if you wanted to send it in.) Please no scary cards or creepy cards for this challenge or for our kids!

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: The Paper Shelter is giving their winner a $20 gift certificate! Delicious Doodles is giving their randomly picked winner 4 digis of their choice!  And QKR Stampede’s winner gets 5 digis of their choice! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My first card above features a cute digi from The Paper Shelter called "A Great Harvest". I thought he had a great haul of candy so I used that pun in my sentiment. The digi was already colored so making this cute card for one of my kids was easy and fun. 

My second card highlights a fun spider from Delicious Doodles. I started with a little embossing and paper pieced the spider. The sentiment is from Crackerbox Palace.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, 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 used Repeat Impression’s Leaf Motif around the circle in green to create the border and stamped a simple sentiment in the middle. The sketch is a fun one and I used shades of green cardstock and designer paper to complete the CAS card.

 Here is the sketch for you to follow when you create a card for our challenge. You do not need to use Repeat Impressions stamps to enter our challenges, but you get an extra chance to win if you do!

Stamping smiles, Karen

Every Day's a Holiday Stamp Camp Announcement (local to Wausau WI)

Every Day's a Holiday Stamp Camp 

Join us for a fun Holiday stamp camp and learn some  new stamping techniques!  Make a bunch of Holiday and Everyday cards you can use and will be proud to send. 

***IF YOU ARE NEW TO STAMPING , LET US KNOW WHEN YOU REGISTER!***

Hosted by and Projects Designed by

Phyllis Baumann and Karen Hasheck

Thursday September 26th 6-9 pm

OR  Saturday October 5th 10 am-1 pm

DC Everest Sr. High School Room 121

Cost $20. Envelopes and all supplies as well as snacks, beverages and Door Prizes included.  Deadline to register Sept. 22nd or Oct. 1st.

Reservations and Pre-payment are required. Space is limited so reserve your spot now by emailing Karen at khasheck@gmail.com or calling 715-359-5788. Send your check to: 

Karen Hasheck

5507 Hickory St.

Schofield WI 54476

(We are using products from many companies and there will be no sales or promotions. Adhesive will be provided, but if you prefer, bring your own)

It Feels like Fall in the Air!

It feels like fall today in central Wisconsin so I sharing a card I made recently with a sketch that was a challenge for our local stamp club. I am entering this card in the Fall or Spring challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox and the Anything Goes challenge at Challenges 4 Everybody.

I started with a fall embossing folder by Cuttlebug and a leaf border punch by ek success. The stamps are all from Kitchen Sink Stamps and help create a beautiful but easy to make fall card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

It's Magic Monday and yet *&^%$# Happens too...

A dear friend shared this philosophy with me recently when she was facing major medical issues and I decided to use her words for her card. Sometimes we just need to face whatever we are dealing with and say "Life goes on- deal with it!" I so admire her attitude and hope I can remember to use her wisdom when I need it. I used my computer to make the words and rounded opposite corners to create the shapes. The white shapes and the background were embossed with a Stampin' Up embossing folder for texture.

I am entering this card in the Texture challenge at Totally Gorjuss and the challenge at Allsorts to feature your sentiment.

In addition to a day off work (Happy Labor Day!), today is the start of Magic Mondays at Repeat Impressions's Blog, The House that Stamps Built.  So instead of the Stamp of the Week blog posts you are used to seeing if you follow me, each Monday a different Rock Star will share a fun Project of the Week with samples. I highly recommend you check the Repeat Impressions blog each Monday or better yet, subscribe to the blog so you don't miss any of the talented design team's cards and ideas. My first turn is not until October 14th, but do check out the other Magic Monday blog posts.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Personalized Birthday Cards on Silhouette Sunday

The challenge this week at the Silhouette Blog is to create new projects with files from Silhouette America and the Silhouette cutting machine. I am doing that all the time and especially love how easy it is to make a special card for a special person with inexpensive cutting files from Silhouette America. The card above is for my sister who winters in Arizona and loves the cactus and everything else about Arizona. The sentiments on the front and inside (below) were free digital stamps from TLC Creations.

My second card was for my son-in-law to be for his birthday. Obviously he is big into playing soccer and I simply cut two Silhouette files and attached to a green square card. So easy, but so perfect just for him.

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

Stamping and Silhouette smiles, Karen