Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week

The stamp of the week this week at Repeat Impressions is this lovely Dragonfly Deco 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 started with a square 4 ¼” card made of kraft cardstock. I folded the card to open in the middle of the front and rounded the top edges. I cut an oval opening with a die and through that opening you can see the dragonfly on the inside. I stamped the dragonfly and paper pieced his wings in sparkly pink and green paper. The bottom piece was made with a Martha Stewart butterfly border punch and a perfect sentiment (from Repeat Impressions, of course.)

I am entering this card in the challenge at Cute Card Thursday.

Stamping smiles, Karen

CAS-ual Fridays and Shelly's Images Challenges

The challenge this week at both CAS-ual Fridays and Shelly's Images is to use text in our cards. This is another of the cards I made with the new Color Me Toppers from Paper Wishes. I love the text background. The flowers and sentiment part was paper pieced and I added some gems to complete the card.

Stamping smiles, Karen

SAS4Kids Christmas in July Challenge!

It's time for our first annual Christmas in July challenge and celebration at Send a Smile 4 Kids! It's hot, hot, hot out there, so stay inside (hopefully in air conditioning) and make a holiday card for a child and get a start on your own holiday cards too. We decided to join in on the Christmas in July trend as a way to encourage anyone who would like to donate some holiday cards to SAS4Kids to get started early so that all of our kids in the seven children's hospitals we now serve will get a holiday card and maybe even be able to pick some for their family and medical staff too. You can send them in anytime, but our deadline is December 1st so that we have time to mail or deliver them to the hospitals. Of course, you do not have to donate your card to join in our challenges and you can still win one of our sponsor prizes whether you donate or not.

We are celebrating all the way through the next week, because from July 14-21, we are joining in Bugaboo's Christmas in July celebration and they are hosting a card drive for SAS4Kids as part of their celebration! So if you enter your kids holiday card in their challenge too, you are eligible to win prizes there as well! Check out all the fun at the Bugaboo challenge blog here. 

We have two generous sponsors for our Christmas in July challenge - Bugaboo, of course, and their prize is 7 digital stamps of the winner's choice! Our other sponsor is Crafty Sentiments Designs and their prize is 3 digis of the winner's choice!

My first card above features a darling Harry Potter Magical Christmas digital stamp from Bugaboo. My grandson and his Mom love anything Harry Potter, so I couldn't resist this digi from Bugaboo. I paper pieced everything after embossing the red card and yellow top with a wavy star embossing folder from Sizzix.

My second card features a sweet snowman with a gift from Crafty Sentiments Design. I paper pieced his mittens, scarf and present and added some glitter on the snow. The sentiment is from CTMH and the present border punch is by Martha Stewart. This card is made with a fun fold called Double Dutch Fold and here is a link to a tutorial on how to do it. Here is another picture that shows how the top folds up and the bottom part opens.

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenge at Whimsy Inspiration and the embossing challenge at Papercraft Star.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen

Ladybug's Crafts Ink and Sassy Cheryl's Challenges

Does this card help to cool you down? Or at least make you feel a little peaceful? I am in the mood to make holiday cards for some reason- stay in my nice cool house and make cards:) The challenge this week at Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge is Christmas in July and Anything Goes at Sassy Cheryl's, so I am entering this card I just made in those challenges.

I borrowed the Dasher stamp by Stampin' up from a friend, but I sure wish it was still available from SU. I have seen so many cool cards made with him and I really want him for my own...I did a little masking and sponging to make this card and I love how it turned out. (Sorry- I didn't write down the other stamp credits.)

Stamping  smiles, Karen

Crackerbox Palace Thursday and Blog Candy!

It's Crackerbox Palace Thursday and today I am sharing two cards I made with some more fun summer time stamps that are available from Crackerbox Palace.  You can win your choice of the stamps featured on the front of one of these cards by leaving a comment at either blog.  The simple requirements for a chance at winning this week’s blog candy are below.

 But first- the winner of last week’s blog candy of the stamps featured on one of the summer cards  last Thursday  is………………#2 Marla of Moments by Marla! Here is her winning comment: Karen, your cards are fabulous!!! I especially love your "Life is a Picnic" card!! Love the red plaid border punch you used as it really gave it the perfect picnic feel. Love all of the stamps used to make both cards!! The stamps from Crackerbox Palace Rubber Stamps are so much fun and oh how I would love to add them to my rubber stamp collection!!!

Marla, please send me or Crackerbox Palace your address and your choice of which stamps you want, so we can get you the stamps you have won.  And remember you can win another CBP stamp of your choice simply by posting a card you made with the stamps you won to your blog or Splitcoast Stampers gallery and sending us a link.

I made two cards to share today- the first features a Weber grill (red like we used to have before our gas grill) and the sentiment “Grill, Baby Grill”. I paper pieced the red grill and used Versamark ink to stamp the sentiment repeatedly on the kraft paper.

My second card is a BBQ invite using many of Crackerbox Palace’s fun summer stamps. The ketchup bottle and sentiment is perfect for an invitation or card. The front of this card made of two sided dp was cut at an angle and attached at the side. The inside piece slides in and out and I used the BBQ invite, the Kabob, and the Grill Sargent and King of the Grill stamps to create a fun invitation at Vicky’s house.

So would you like to win the fun stamps featured on the front of one of today’s cards? Here is how to win our weekly blog candy:

 1.) We have decided that becoming a follower on both blogs is going to be something we would prefer you do but not a requirement.  My blog is here and the Crackerbox Palace blog is here. 

2.) Leave a comment on either my blog or the Crackerbox Palace blog on the Thursday blogpost featuring CBP stamps.  If you leave a comment on BOTH blogs, you will be entered twice in the drawing.   The deadline to leave a comment will be the following Wednesday at Noon CST. Mr. Random will pick a winner from the comments and he or she will win the featured stamp(s). You must send me (khasheck@gmail.com) or Crackerbox Palace (crackerbox@crackerboxstamps.com)  an email with your home address so the stamps can be mailed to you.  And if you post a card to your blog or to Splitcoast Stampers with the stamps you won and send a link to Crackerbox Palace, you will win another Crackerbox Palace stamp of your choice!!

I am entering these cards in the challenges at Tuesday Throwdown for Summertime cards and the Anything Goes challenge at Paper Take Weekly. 

Crackerbox Palace smiles ,  Karen

Repeat Impressions Designer Choice Challenge

It’s another Designer’s Choice Challenge at The House that Stamps Built, Repeat Impression’s blog. It’s Lynette’s turn and she is challenging us - and you!- to make a card using purples and greens. Lately that has become one of my favorite color combinations. Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards for this DCC challenge. 

For my card, I used markers directly on the beautiful Peacock stamp to make the peacock purple and the rest brown. I then colored the leaves green. I did a little coloring with gel pens to highlight some of the feathers.  I cut out the framed stamp, then layered on green cardstock and cut another frame. The lighter purple piece was embossed and border punched.

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Stamp of the Week and Happy 4th of July!

The stamp of the week this week at Repeat Impressions is this 4^th of July perfect “Here’s to you America” 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 was inspired by a card I found on Pinterest. I used my lacey edge border punch from Martha Stewart to create the red and white stripes of the flag on a white base. I stamped the Liberty and Justice stamp in white on navy blue for that part of the flag. And I stamped the perfect sentiment in navy blue on the top of the flag. The whole flag piece was layered on a navy blue card. 

I scheduled this post early and have taken a few days off from blogging because my grandson is visiting for his first time alone at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We have movies and ice cream and lots of fun planned and I am sure I will be exhausted but happy while he is here.

Hope you have a wonderful 4th of July!

Stamping smiles, Karen