WTSHTF Scrap-ling Cards

Marion from When the Scrap Hits the Fun recently shared some of the sweetest bugs and sentiments from her Cute as a Bug Collection with us lucky ladies on her design team and I had so much fun playing with them! Have you heard of scrap-lings? It is a cute card shape that I have been seeing more and more on Pinterest. The card base is 1 1/4" x 4 1/4"- so can be made with scraps and then you decorate with stamps and embellishments as desired. Because Marion's designs are digital, we can choose to make them as big or small as we wish. On the one above, I printed the butterfly on purple and pink dotted and paper pieced the purple body part. I colored a little with gel pens and attached with mounting tape to raise. Same idea on the ladybug. On both cards I started with a white piece that I embossed with my favorite Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug) and printed the sentiment piece on yellow card stock and cut out.

My second scrap-ling was made the same way- aren't they cute?  Please visit When the Scrap Hits the Fun for these darling digital stamps and many others.

I am entering these cards in the challenge at Digital Tuesday for shaped cards and the Anything Goes (with a non-square base) challenge at Paper Take Weekly.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Crackerbox Palace Animal Cards and More Blog Candy!

Hey Karen here and today I am sharing some cards I made with animal stamps that are available from Crackerbox Palace. You can win your choice of the stamps featured on 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 cards last Thursday is                    Marilyn!

Here is her winning comment from the Crackerbox Palace blog:  “Both of these cards are great! I like that pillow box technique and am going to check that out and give it a try. It's a really nice image and the background is perfect for it. Now I really do like that stamp on the second card and the barb wire border. My Dad used to ride bareback in the local rodeos so this brings back a lot of memories.”

Marilyn, 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. 

My first card above features a favorite cat stamp called Peeking Cat and another favorite CBP sentiment stamp. I stamped the cat on the white layer and also on the orange, then cut away the orange to make it look like it was torn away by the cat. I tore and sponged around the sentiment. My husband loves his kitty and orange is his favorite color, so I used this card for his anniversary card this year (22 happy years celebrated early in August). 

My second card features Buddy the fish, a splash stamp and a perfect sentiment. I cut a hole in the front of the card with a circle nestabilities, created a circular frame also with nesties and placed some cool water dp in the inside of the card.

So would you like to win the fun stamps featured on 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. If we do not hear from you within two weeks after we announce your win, and we can’t reach you through a blog, your prize will be forfeited.  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 Anything Goes challenge at Papelito’s Stamps and the  “All about Boys” challenge at Creative Craft Challenges. 

Crackerbox Palace smiles, Karen

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 stamped Repeat Impression’s Rebecca stamp on white and cut out with a nesties oval die. Rebecca is one of my favorite Repeat Impressions stamps and I just love to paper piece her outfit and hat. The sketch reminded me of a tri-fold card with the curved line at top a flap that opens to the inside. (Card is 5 ½” x 10- score at 4” and 8” lines and use a large oval die to cut curved edge- or a plate or whatever you have.) I closed the flap of the card with velcro, and added some colored pearls to complete the card.

Here is the sketch for you to follow when you create a card for our challenge.

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

Stamping smiles, Karen

Scrapping Memories Tuesday and More Blog Candy!

It’s another Scrapping Memories Tuesday here and I am happy to share another fun card featuring digital stamps from Scrapping Memories and to offer some more blog candy you can win! The simple rules for entering our blog candy contest are below.  But first I am announcing the winner of the blog candy drawing from the comments made on my last Scrapping Memories blog post.

The winner of 5 digital files (cutting or digital stamps) is …………………………………   Diane R.! And her winning comment was: “Very cute ! I still don't know how you keep coming up with all of these Ideas ! Very nice and Thank You again for having this web site to go to for the ideas when we're stuck !”  Diane- please contact me at khasheck at gmail dot com and I will put you in touch with Scrapping Memories to claim your prize!

My card today features Daddy’s Dress-up Fella both in the colored version which I just cut out and in the non-colored version which I reversed, printed and paper pieced with a little coloring. Can you tell which is which? I am really happy with how cute they are and I think one of my kids will love them:) I added a sticker sentiment and a train border (Martha Stewart) to complete the CAS card. 

I am entering this card in the challenges at The Squirrel and the Fox “For the Men” and 2 Sisters Challenge to use Primary Colors.

How can you win the Scrapping Memories blog candy? Every other Tuesday I will post a new card and contest. And each time I show you a project featuring some of their fun digital files, we are going to be offering you a chance to win some blog candy! Just leave a comment below sometime in the next two weeks and you will be entered for a chance to win 5 digital stamps or cutting files from Scrapping Memories!!  If your comment is the winning one picked by Mr. Random AND if you have the Scrapping Memories blog badge on your blog, you will win TWO MORE free digital stamps or cutting files!!  (It is not required to win the blog candy that you have the blog badge on your blog, but you can win more if you do.)

Here is the code for putting the Scrapping Memories’ blog badge on your blog:

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I will announce the winner of the blog candy the next time I post (trying for every other Tuesday) and you have two weeks to email me at khasheck at gmail dot com so I can put you in touch with Scrapping Memories to claim your prize.  I will try to contact you to let you know you have won, but if I am unable to reach you through a blog or email, and you do not contact me within the two weeks, your prize will be forfeited.  

Stamping smiles, Karen 

Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week

The stamp of the week this week at Repeat Impressions is this Cute as a Button 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 decided to go CAS using embossing folders- as is my style. I stamped the Cute as a Button twice, cut out the gingham one and raised it with a pop-dot. I added a row of mini buttons after embossing with a cute baby folder from Sizzix.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Natalie’s and Amy’s Challenge.

Stamping smiles, Karen

CAS-ual Fridays and Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenges

It's Back to School in Wisconsin on Tuesday and that is the challenge theme at CAS-ual Fridays and Digi Stamps 4 Joy this week. I made this CAS card for my grandson who is starting 1st grade on Tuesday. I have found a new favorite place to get the cutest FREE digi stamps! Everyday Dearie Dolls posts several of the sweetest digital stamps- and you always have the option of choosing colored or non-colored versions! I simply printed the colored version of this sweet boy and cut him out. I put a triangle of brightly colored dp with a border from ek success. I gave the cute boy a balloon with a baker's twine string. The sentiment is an old one from TAC.

There are so many awesome free digis at Dearie Dolls that I have started saving them in a Pinterest board here for future use. Take a peak, or go to her site. But be prepared to spend some time- there is page after page after page of her awesome talented drawings.

Stamping smiles, Karen

Cute Fall or Halloween Cards 4 Kids at SAS4Kids

It’s time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids and this week our theme is Cute Fall or Halloween Card 4 Kids. You may wonder why we are encouraging you to make this type of card this early. It is because we would like to encourage you to consider sending in your cards for our kids who are inpatient in children’s hospitals over the Halloween holiday. We need to receive them early enough to get them to the 8 children’s hospitals we now serve in time for the holiday. You do not have to send in your cards to participate in our challenges, but our kids would sure love it if you did! And please remember- no tombstones or scary Halloween cards- keep them fun and appropriate for children of any age.

SAS4Kids has three very generous sponsors this week so you have three chances to win a random prize! Whimsy Stamps is giving their winner 5 digis of their choice! Crackerbox Palace’s prize is a $15 gift certificate! And Clear Dollar Stamps is also giving their random winner a $15 gift certificate!   TEAM S.A.S will be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge. Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the fantastic cards by the SAS4Kids design team. 

My first card features a fun Halloween car and joke from Crackerbox Palace. This set was one the first ones I bought from Crackerbox Palace because my grandson loves to tell jokes, so I figured many of our kids would love it too. Here is the punchline: 

Ha-ha:) My second card is a CAS autumn card with a great pumpkin image and sentiment from Clear Dollar Stamps and some burlap for the background.

Football is starting and school is starting and I am getting in the mood for fall and Halloween cards. How about you?

I am entering these cards in the Celebrate challenge at Divas by Design (celebrating fall and Halloween) and the challenge at The Perfect Sentiment for anything goes with a sentiment. 

Stamping smiles, Karen