Christmas Blessings Pull Charm Card

If you follow me, you know I love interactive and fun fold cards and I have been having so much fun playing with my new dies from Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Crafts! This is the card I designed for the classes I teach in my home. I used several designer cardstock weight papers as well as kraft and green cardstock and created the frame for the pull element. The little hanging tree is another Karen Burniston die which is part of the Holiday Charms collection. I stamped "Wishing You" (an old Printworks stamp) because when you pull the tab, this is what you see:

My Christmas wishes for you and all - Love, Hope and Peace. I punched a label in the green base and again in kraft, stamped the wishes (older stamp from CTMH) and then inlaid it so that it lays flat. I added another lovely Christmas die in the inside (from Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions) and am sharing another view of the front as well: 

613 Avenue Create and Hobby Cutz Challenges

Flowers is the theme this week at 613 Avenue Create, and at Hobby Cutz, they want to see our CAS cards. I used stamps from two of my favorite companies to create this CAS card. The floral background stamp is from Hero Arts and the sentiments are from Printworks. I simply stamped in black ink, sponged the edges in blue and layered onto a black card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

A Birthday Present for You! Happy Easter Too!

I don't normally make a big deal out of my birthday, but this year it falls on Easter, and Repeat Impressions has shared a birthday present for you- just click on the birthday present on the side of my blog and you can received 20% off your entire order of Repeat Impression's awesome stamps and products all week long!

I also was spotlighted this weekend on their blog here so if you ever wondered about my family or favorite stamping style or tools, now is your chance to read all about it. 20 seconds of fame, but a fun birthday surprise for me:)

I am sharing a birthday card I designed for the classes I teach in my home. The one they made was a Christmas card, but this was an example of how with different papers, it could become a fun birthday card. I love the sentiment from Printworks- so so true! The sides were punched with an ek success border punch.

The best part of this card was the pop out presents on the inside. Here is the tutorial where I learned how to do this- quite simple actually but fun when you open the card and they pop out.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Creative Corner and the Happy Birthday challenge at Charisma Cardz.

Happy Easter and Birthday Smiles, Karen

The Paper Shelter and Crafty Sentiments Challenges

Valentines is the theme at The Paper Shelter and Crafty Sentiments this week and so I am sharing the Valentine I made for my dear friends this year. The picture of the sweet monkeys puts a smile on my face and I hope it did for my friends too. It is a Clear View Transparency from The Mark-it Place and I cut it out with a nesties die and layered it on a slightly larger white piece and added some red pearls. I cut the left edge with a new die from Impression Obsession and added the perfect sentiment from Printworks.

Stamping smiles, Karen