What If? Wed. DCC Challenge

Lynette is hosting our Designers Choice Challenge this week at Repeat Impression's blog, The House that Stamps Built and she has chosen Father's Day Cards with Texture. I love to use my embossing folders for texture so this was a fun challenge for me. I embossed a kraft card with a Tim Holtz embossing folder and then rubbed brown ink over the raised parts. I stamped the Wings Negative strip with brown ink on a lighter brown piece twice and attached them together on the side of the card. I layered the sentiment (Repeat Impressions) on a dark brown piece and added a dragonfly brad to complete the card.

Please visit our blog for more inspiration from the other Rock Stars and for all the details on the challenge and what you can win. Then come play with us!

I am entering this card in the challenge "For Dad" at ECP Challenges.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Wee Memories and Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenges

The challenge this week at Wee Memories is "Free for All" and at Speedy the Cat's Friends it is to use a 3 dimensional flower. I saw this flip flop shape recently at The Cutting Cafe' and just had to have it. It is so fun for this time of year when we all wear flip flops and enjoy the summer warmth. I printed out the flip flop on patterned pink paper and the toe part on bright pink paper. I embossed that part and added blue gems too. Then I embellished the flip flop with several flowers as well as the corner and sentiment piece.

Stamping and summer smiles, Karen

Huge Favor to Ask

My card above is in the running to be eligible for a big prize for Send a Smile 4 Kids through the Craft it Forward promotion I told you about a few days ago.

Please go to http://photos.scrapbooksetc.com/craft-it-forward/23/2011/10?esrc=nwphotofaves_craftitforward and vote for my card.
I would really appreciate it. You could also enter a card that you would be sending in for our kids for a chance for you to win as well.

Stamping smiles for our kids, Karen

Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week

This beautiful sentiment stamp, "His Words" is the featured Stamp of the Week at Repeat Impressions and you can get it for 50% off with a code found at their blog, The House that Stamps Built. I think it is perfect for a card for Dad for Father's Day or Birthday. I used a sketch from last month's club challenge and some Tim Holtz paper as the base for this card. The sentiment was stamped on orange paper and attached with two rounded corners. I stamped the Pocket Watch from Repeat Impressions Legacy series on glossy paper and cut out and embossed with a nestie circle. The Legacy series is so cool because these stamps look so real and old when they are stamped.

I am entering this card in the "for a man or boy" challenge at Fussy and Fancy Challenges.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Critter Sketch Get Krafty Challenge

Critter Sketch is challenging us to Get Krafty this week using our kraft paper in our cards. The sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy and this cute little spaceman is one of their digital stamps. I had fun this week with a new way to close and fold this card. I started with a piece of kraft paper cut 11" by 4 1/4" and scored the card from the top and bottom at the 2 3/4" lines and folded it to meet in the middle. I embossed the whole card with a Sizzix folder. I cut a scalloped frame using my oval scalloped and regular oval nesties and attached the top of the frame to the top half only of this card. Then I cut a black oval the same size as the inside of the orange frame and embossed that with the same embossing folder. This black oval gets attached to the bottom only half of the front so the orange frame goes around it and they close together. (See the picture below.)

I printed the spaceman on green cardstock and cut him out. I embossed him with my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder and attached him to the black oval. I added googly eyes and dots on the orange frame to complete the card.

So come play with us and your kraft paper at Critter Sketch this week. For all the details on the challenge, please visit the Critter Sketch blog.

I think boys would like this card, so I am entering this card in the Boys & Men challenge at The Stamp Man.
Stamping smiles, Karen

Crafts and Me and Fab n Funky Challenges

The challenge this week at Crafts and Me is "Punch it out" and at Fab n Funky it is "What'eva". I punched out the cross in this CAS card using Stampin' up punches and a tutorial I link to in this post with another cross card. I just love the elegant but simple look of this punched cross. I layered it on white cardstock and then on a peach card. The sentiment on both the front and inside is from Repeat Impressions. I cut and embossed the oval with my nesties and then sponged while the die was still on.

This really is a peach card:) Not sure why it changed colors for my snap of the inside... Oh well.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Craft it Forward and Maybe Win Big!

Craft for Charity – and a chance to win $500!

I wanted to let you know about a really cool charity movement that has just launched! It’s called Craft It Forward and it’s a great way to use your passion for crafting to make a difference in YOUR community. A handmade card can bring smiles to kids in the hospital and you can help us and our kids and maybe win by Crafting It Forward.

Here’s how it works: throughout 2011, visit the Craft It Forward website each month for a new downloadable pattern or design one of your own. Make the project or a card for kids and donate it to a charity that is near and dear to your heart, like SAS4Kids. Then, add your story to the Craft It Forward gallery for a chance to win $500 in cash and a $500 donation to a charity! They’ll be looking for stories to feature in the magazine and on the website, too. Click on the button on the side for more details at their site.

So join me and Craft It Forward throughout 2011. Just make a card for a child, enter it at Craft it Forward and send it to Send a Smile 4 Kids (with any others you have) to the address on this blog. You could also enter it if you wish in one of our fun challenges at our challenge blog to possibly win even more prizes.

For more information, visit the Craft it Forward website:

Scrapbooks etc. magazinewww.scrapbooksetc.com/craftforward .

Stamping smiles for kids, Karen