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.

For my card, I used a couple of Repeat Impressions funny stamps which I love! Deja Moo- only too true! I stamped the definition stamp, cut and embossed with wacky rectangles nesties and added a border of doodles. I stamped the déjà moo stamp twice and cut in half with my Fiskars postage scissors. Peach and teal are my new favorite colors this spring for some reason… I followed the sketch and finished with a peach button.

I am entering this card in the button challenge at One Stop Craft Challenge.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Spring is in the Air at PCI!

It's time for a new challenge at Paper Creations Ink and we are challenging you to make a Spring project and link it up for two chances to win an awesome prize from our sponsor, Rick St. Dennis. The prize is a whole sheet of awesome spring digis so please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other cards created by the PCI team using those stamps.

I chose to design with the rose border and the fun happy kitty. I printed the rose border on green paper and also on pink and yellow. I cut the border apart into squares and paper pieced the roses in spring colors. The kitty was printed on dp, cut out and the bow was paper pieced on. I raised the kitty with mounting tape and added a spring sentiment and some pearls to complete the card.

I am entering this card in the challenge at A Gem of a Challenge for Pastel colors.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week

The stamp of the week this week at Repeat Impressions is this fun Cat Banner 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 kitty and banner and colored and sponged. I added a lovely sentiment from Repeat Impressions and doodled around the edge of the banner. I had a idea of a way to use the Repeat Impressions Pinwheel Positive stamp in a different way- love when that happens! I stamped it in different blues and used my nesties to cut out different sizes of “flowers” and attached them around part of a circle also cut out with nesties. The bottom is a border punch from ek success.

I am entering this card in the challenges at Catch the Bug for Anything Goes.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Flutter by Wed. and Pixie Cottage Challenges

Anything Goes at The Pixie Cottage and at Flutter by Wednesday (as long as the card has a butterfly, angel or fairy) and that is my favorite kind of challenge. I can chose my favorite technique (embossing using a brass stencil and No More Shims pad), my favorite current colors (teal and peach) and a favorite border punch (Martha Stewart butterflies.) Add a little dp and some sticker bling and the CAS card is done. I like how you can choose to flip the brass stencil before embossing and sponging to get the mirror effect. Fun Spring card!

Stamping smiles, Karen

SAS4Kids CAS Challlenge

It's time for another new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids and our theme is CAS (Clean and Simple) for Kids. Of course, CAS does not mean slap a couple stickers on a card and call it done. But it does mean you don't have to have many many layers or anything real complicated and kids will love the card, because YOU made it!

We have three wonderful sponsors for this challenge: Doodle Pantry is rewarding a random winner a $15 gift certificate; The Cutting Cafe's prize is 3 sets of digital stamps or cutting files; and Sassy Studio's prize is 4 digis of the winner's choice!

I made three fun cards with our sponsor's images. The first one uses a Rainboots cutting file from The Cutting Cafe'. I love shaped cards and The Cutting Cafe' is the perfect place to find all sorts of fun cutting files. This card was printed on yellow cardstock and opens at the top. I also printed on orange dotted dp and added the pieces at the top and bottom from the cutting files. I finished the card with a fun button flower and a "think spring" sentiment piece.

My second card uses a Harry Potter digital stamp from Sassy Studios. I printed him on white cardstock, colored a little with my copics and paper pieced his outfit. The background is simply a Hogwarts Express paper I found on line for free. I cut out a hole behind Harry to highlight him and added a CTMH sentiment in the smoke from the train. My grandson loves Harry Potter so I was really excited to see Sassy Studios has this digital stamp!

My last card uses a darling digi from Doodle Pantry called Cowboy Birdie and a sentiment from Doodle Pantry too. The Cowboy Birdie is pre-colored so making this CAS card only took a few minutes. I started with a square yellow card, added some red dotted dp, punched a star border out of yellow and a blue star with the sentiment. Cowboy Birdie was printed and cut out and added to the card.

I am entering these cards at the challenges at Crafting for all Seasons for shaped cards, Craft Your Passion for paper piecing and The Crazy Challenge for Anything Goes.

Please visit the SAS4Kids blog for all the details and to see the awesome cards designed by TEAM S.A.S.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen

Party Time Tuesday and Stamp n Doodle Challenges

The challenge this week at Party Time Tuesday is Anything Goes and at Stamp n Doodle it is Embossing. Winter finally showed up here in Wisconsin yesterday, so I thought it was time to post this card before it is too late. I started by embossing a peach layer with a Tim Holtz embossing folder and then distressing with light brown ink. The ice skates are made with the SU Christmas stocking punch and the word window punch cut down for the blades. I hung them over the off white vintage lace and added the sentiment oval to complete the card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Paper and Such and Shopping our Stash Challenges

The challenge this week at Paper and Such is paper piecing and at Shopping our Stash, Sentiments are Required. I am sharing a cute Packer Christmas card because I am a huge Packer fan and a huge Dancing with the Stars fan and my favorite Packer of all time, Donald Driver is going to be on DWTS!! I have several pictures of Donald in my home, but my favorite is one on my frig with Donald and his huge smile and my niece taken in a park in Green Bay. Donald and his wife and their kids were in the park visiting with my niece and her kids and he agreed to have his picture taken with my (great) niece! Such a nice man in real life and we are going to love his smile and dancing on DWTS!

Anyway, back to my card:) I saw this set from Peachy Keen and of course, could not resist it! I paper pieced the adorable Cheesehead mouse and attached him with an action wobble gadget (also sold at Peachy Keen) that means he wobbles when you touch him. Too cute! The background was made simply weaving some green and gold dp and the sentiment is perfect for any Packer fan.

Stamping smiles, Karen