For Dads or Special Males (From the Kids) at SAS4Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is:  For Dads or Special Males (From the Kids.) Create and link any card appropriate for a Dad and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have two very generous sponsors for this challenge: Doodle Pantry is giving their winner a $10 gift certificate! And the winner from Die-Versions gets a $15 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also 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.

I love using pre-colored digital images for quick and easy cards. No way can I color anywhere near as good as the professionals who colored this Doodle Pantry Handy Birdie digital stamp. Isn't he sweet? And perfect for a Dad on Father's Day! I cut him out with a stitched square die and attached it to the front of a square easel card. I also printed the two sentiments from the same Doodle Pantry set. I sponged one with blue ink and popped the other one up to hold up the easel.

Let's Create Tonic Studios 3D Classes Announced PLUS Repeat Impresssions News

I had so much fun teaching classes at Let's Create this weekend featuring my favorite Tonic Studio dies and Crystals Drops, Franki and I have scheduled another two classes for June. The new classes will feature Tonic Studios 3D projects and here are pictures of the samples:

The classes will be June 17th at 5:00 and June 18th at 10:30. There is only room for 10 students per class, so call 715-424-1343 to reserve your spot right away!

***Edited to add: If you are not local or unable to make the class on the dates listed, but do live in the USA, class kits with all the pieces so you can make the cards are available from Let's Create or me. Email me at khasheck at gmail dot com if you are interested.***

**I also wanted to share that today is the start of a fabulous release of new flower stamps at Repeat Impressions. Visit The House That Stamps Built blog each day... Thursday, May 5th thru Sunday, May 8th... and leave your comments to be entered into a drawing to win an unmounted sheet of RI's Flower Power Separates series. To qualify for this free giveaway your comments must be left no later than 5pm eastern time on Sunday, May 8th. On Monday, May 9th Wendy will announce the winner on Repeat's Facebook page so be sure to "Like" and follow them there if you don't already. I will be posting my cards with the fabulous new RI stamps on Sunday. But you will want to visit the RI blog everyday to see all the cards the design team is sharing and comment to possibly win!**

Guest DT at Scrapy Land Feminine Birthday Card

I am very happy to participate again this week as a Guest Designer at Scrapy Land which is one of my favorite challenge blogs. The theme of this challenge is Anything Goes as long as you use at least one of the die brands Scrapy Land sells. Here is a list of the over 40 different brands Scrapy Land carries.

I created this feminine birthday card with a new die from Tattered Lace called Double Delights. I die cut two and attached them to a square black card base. I die cut Happy Birthday from Memory Box out of the same paper, but then smoothed on Tonic’s Nuvo Mother of Pearl Mousse. Then I added some black dots with Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops. I attached some pretty yellow roses to complete the card.

Why don’t you pull out your favorite dies and create a card for this challenge? The prize is a $15 Scrapy Land gift certificate and you know you can find something great you want there!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,  613 Avenue Create and Craft Your Passion.

Hello Double Pleated Skirt Card

A while back there was a tutorial on Splitcoast teaching how to make a Pleated Skirt Fold with two sided paper. A reader later added a tip on how to make a double pleated skirt fold and I used those instructions to make this card. The double pleated skirt fold was attached to the top of an A2 card. I sponged some ink through a stencil with a Smoothie which is my favorite sponging tool. I added a die cut "hello" cut with a die from Little B. Here is a look at the inside of the card:

In cutting the double pleated skirt, I ended up with an extra pleated fold so I attached that in the center of the card. I also die cut and attached a wonderful sentiment from Die-Sire. I will be sharing this card with my in-home classes next month.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at 613 Avenue Create and Crafting with Friends.

Die-Versions CAS Thank You Card

Hope you are having a great day! It's my turn to post a card on Die-Version's blog and mine, and I am sharing this Thank You card featuring Die-Version’s new Whispers Swan and Curly Word Thanks found here on the Die-Version’s New Release Page.  These new dies are so lovely it is easy to make CAS (Clean and Simple) cards for special friends. I simply die cut the curly thanks out of a pretty patterned paper and the swan out of a white scrap. I layered the swan onto the same patterned paper and attached both to a black A2 card base.

**Remember you can get a 15% discount on any of Die-Version’s great dies by simply using my discount code karen15 when you check out at the Die-Versions website.**

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,  and Craft Your Passion.

Tonic Studios Beautiful Day Circle Easel Card

It's my turn to post a project on Blog Tonic USA and here, and I am sharing a circle easel card I made with some of the new Sew Pretty dies from Tonic Studios. The dies in this range have pinholes that create a delicate and lovely look whether they are used for real or faux stitching or just left as die cut. I cut a large circle easel card out of pink cardstock (folding the front in half down.) I cut a black circle the same size as the card base and die cut three rows of pinhole circles using the Pinhole Circle Layering Set. I die cut all the pieces of the “Have a Beautiful Day Circle Frame Set” out of pink cardstock and attached with Tonic Funky Glue. I drew faux stitching on one of the circles with a thin black marker, and added Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops to the center of the flowers. The black circle front is attached to the bottom only of the folded pink front.  The easel front of the circle card is held up by a black strip decorated with the smallest die from the Filigree Flourish Die Set. I attached the strip with pop dots to raise it and added some Ebony Black Crystal Drops to these flowers too.  I find I use Nuvo Crystal Drops on almost every card I make. I love how they are self-leveling and add a perfect finishing touch to any craft project.

The card lays flat to mail as shown here:

Tonic Studios and Nuvo Products Used:  Have a Beautiful Day Frame and Pinhole Circle Layering Set Dies from the Sew Pretty Range, smallest die from the Filigree Flourish Die Set, Tonic Tangerine Die Machine, Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops, Tonic Funky Glue Pen, Tonic Advantage V Blade Trimmer;  Other: pop dots, thin black marker

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  and the Celebrations with Dies challenge at Time Out Challenges.

Thank You for Bee-ing Such a Great Friend on CBP Friday

It’s Crackerbox Palace Friday and today I am sharing a thank you card I made for a friend with Crackerbox Palace stamps. This was a very easy card to make but I like how it turned out. I sponged through a stencil to make the background and then simply stamped the bees, beehive and perfect sentiment from Crackerbox Palace. I attached the card front to a black card base.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at 613 Avenue Create and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.