Paper Players #18 Monochromatic Card

 

The challenge at Paper Players was to create a monochromatic card so I chose shades of purple for my color and used another great set I rented from Raisin Boat for the stamps. CAS and fun.

Stamping smiles, Karen

SSS76 Sketch Card

 

I really liked the sketch at Sweet Stop this week and had fun designing this card using it. I got this trike stamp from Unity recently and wanted to use it - it reminds me of when I was a child. The sentiment is from Papertrey. A border punch from Martha Stewart and flower embellishment complete the card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge & Stamp Simply #159

 

I used the sketch from Stamping 411's Saturday Sketch Challenge to make my card today, which also qualifies for Stamp Simply's challenge to use Three of something in our cards. All the stamps in this card are from Raisin Boat's Navigator set and I cut the GPS image into 3 panels and layered each piece on black. This card would work great for retirement or a promotion or new job.

Stamping smiles, Karen

CCEE1039 Holiday Thank You Card

 

I really liked the sketch this week at CCEE and used it to make this holiday thank you card. The background is a new Sizzix embossing folder, the snowflakes are by Inkadinkado and the "thanks" with flakes by Kitchen Sink Stamps. The sketch makes a great CAS card.

Stamping smiles,Karen

PPA#62 & Speedy the Cat #23 Button Challenges

 

Both Speedy the Cat and Pals Paper Arts challenged us to use buttons in our cards this week. I am sharing a fall card I made with several different designer paper scraps, a tag, a fall leaf embellishment, a CB embossing folder and of course a button tied with scrappers floss. The stamp is from Just for Fun stamps, and as cold as it is this morning in Central Wisconsin, it won't be long before that is how our landscape will look.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Repeat Impressions Sketch #S2210

 

I created this card using the sketch from Repeat Impressions and really liked how it turned out. The oval stamp is from Northwoods and I stamped it three times, brayered the water and sky separately, cut out and put back together. The sentiment is from DRS Stamps.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Mark's Finest Papers & Little Paper Shop Challenges

 

The challenge this week at Mark's Finest Papers was to use a pumpkin in our card, and at Little Paper Shop to use the colors yellow, orange and brown. I have been wanting to make a Thanksgiving card and so I combined these two challenges and came up with this. I used a new border punch from ek success and my scorbuddy for the brown piece. The pumpkin stamp is from Inkadinkado and the sentiment from Kitchen Sink Stamps. That is a dark brown oval behind a yellow circle- the sun added a shadow so it looks different that in real life.

Stamping smiles, Karen