Two Challenges

Hi Everyone,

Did you see the title to my post today? Yes, this week you have two chances to win yourself some DRS Designs stampy goodness. This first card is to remind you of the challenge at the blog...We have a challenge every Thursday, and you still have time to get in on our theme this week...Witches!

 

Now this card doesn't have the witch herself, but it does have her "Witchly" Accessories :) I made the background with the Spooky Eyes and Eeeek background stamped in purple and black. I dyed my own seam binding ribbon to match the card base and the In the Accessories greeting is one of my all time favorites from the current catalog. I finished it off with some rhinestone bats. You know me, I gotta have my bling!

 

 

Click here to link up your Witch card.

 

This next card was made in support of the current challenge at the Cupcake Inspirations challenge blog. DRS Designs is the sponsor this week, so I encourage you to join in for a chance at at great prize.

 

Here is the inspiration photo:

 

 

 

And this is my take using Interlocking Stars, Starry Background and Love You to the Moon Greeting:

 

 

It was my hubby's birthday yesterday, so this was the card I gave him. I tried to keep it as clean and simple as possible and when he opened it he said, "I like it... It doesn't have a lot of 'stuff' on it." High praise...lol!

 

For those of you in the Cleveland Ohio area, DRS Designs will be coming to a stamp show in Strongsville. It's this Friday and Saturday at the Erhnfelt Event Center and I will be at the booth along with Sue, Jennifer and Shelia. I can't begin to tell you how excited we are to be there, so please stop by and say hello. We would love to meet you!

 

Hope you're having a great week!
Karin

Sew Glad We Are Friends

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things, and spent some time on World Card Making Day stamping cards for future shares on my blog using stamps from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  I can't wait to show off what I've been working on.  Did you know that Sparkle N Sprinkle now has digis by Michelle Perkett for sale in their shop?  Eek! So totally cute :) You can find them here, but you'll have to wait a bit to see my cards ;) .

 

Until then, I've got a friendship card made with the super cute and versatile Fill the Jar set.  Fussy cutting and paper piecing are what I used here for the lid, label, jar and contents. 

 

 

I know it doesn't show up, but I added Crystal Ice glitter to my patterned paper behind the jar using Tear-iffic Tape. I think this card could have benefited from some actual sewing on it, but it was not to be the day I made this..lol! However, I did use real buttons, ribbon and twine.  Full details can be found by clicking here. 

 

As always, thanks for stopping by and I will "see" you soon :)



Jumping into Leaves

Hi Everyone,

 

Today's card share was made for the current "Leaves" challenge at the DRS Designs blog.  I just love this adorable joyful image!  I use the Jumping into Autumn stamp and colored it with my Copics. However, after making it and adding the embossed die cut leaf, I decided to add some more dimension to the card by popping up that that little cutie pie.  I stamped and colored him a second time, fussy cut him, and up on some pop dots he went. Just what this card needed.

 

 

I just love cards with texture this time of year, so the ribbon is crushed velvet and I added a button threaded with twine.

 

While not nearly as fun as jumping in leaves, we did ride the Cuyahoga Valley National Railroad this weekend out to the Peddler's Festival in Peninsula and I nabbed this photo with my phone :)  Too much sky, not enough foliage, but still a great fall day.

 

 

Hope you are enjoying the autumn colors today!

 

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Ink: Memento, Die: Provocraft, Ribbon, button and twine from my supplies.

 

Smell my Feet

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm alive, I'm alive!  I really thought this would be a quiet week, but things never work out as planned right? Oh well, with the rain on it's way, maybe that will give me some more time in my little craft area :)

 

DRS Designs released their new Halloween stamps last weekend and they are a great batch!  Some creepy, some funny....Something for everyone.

 

Today's card is made with the new Smell my Feet Greeting and what's better to eat at this time of year than a big old Candy Apple?  That glossy accent really makes it look so good, I can't help but think how long it's been since I've had one. I may have to remedy that this year.

 

 

The background was made by stamping the Accent Bats in black and the Easy Dot background in red.

 

If you haven't seen the newest stamps from DRS Designs, just click here.  And our latest challenge theme on the blog is "Fall Leaves."  Hope you get a chance to link up your creation for a chance at winning a prize!

 

Have a good one....

 

Challenges for this card:

Craft Us Crazy-Halloween

Dutch Dare-Fall in the Air

Pixie Dust-Anything Goes

Shelly's Images-Tic Tac Toe (Diecut, Free space, Ribbon)

All that Scraps-Anything Goes

Fab N Funky-No DP

Perfect Sentiment-Neutral with pop of color

 

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Georgia Pacific White, Ink: Stampin' Up, Memento, Markers: Copic, Dies: Spellbinders, Gems and ribbon from my supplies.

Halloween Pumpkins

Hi Everyone,

 

Sorry for my absence, but I spent some time away in North Carolina visiting with old friends. I love how you can just pick up where you left off, and conversation just flows so easily.  This was at Marybeth's house (Mike's mom) and she cooked us a delicious meal of Chicken Parmesan.  She set a pretty table on top of cooking enough for an army :)

 

 

 We also stopped off to visit my niece at Ohio University, but sadly we had to skip our intended trip to visit the Biltmore Estate.  Since the rain came down in biblical proportions on one of the days that we were planning to be there, it ended up being for the best.  Oh well.  It will be our vacation for next year :)

 

 

She's just so cute and the campus is tree laden and totally bucolic looking.  They should film a movie there, it looks that much like the perfect back drop to some coming of age film. After all, it's the #1 party school in America.  Yes, it literally has that reputation.  Maybe she can be a positive influence now that she's there.  wink :)

 

 

Rod and I also celebrated our 22nd anniversary over the weekend and we finally had dinner at

DC Pasta. It's been on our must eat there list forever.  Sorry no photo, but click on the link to see the menu. (We had the Carbonara, Gnocchetti, Strozzapreti, salads and a bunch of marinated veggies.)   Best pasta I've had since our trip to Italy in the spring. You can trust my tastebuds and my waistline!

 

Ok, finally on to the card for today.  The challenge beginning today at the DRS Designs blog is Pumpkins.  How easy is that for this time of year?  I haven't bought my real life pumpkins yet, in fact, I'm still hanging on to those summer flowers as long as I can ;) 

 

Anyway, I couldn't resist inking up this Precious Pumpkin with his candy corn nose...Isn't he adorbs?

 

I used the following background stamps on my card base:

 

Argyle Background

Argyle Diamond

Polka Dot Background

Tiny Happy Halloween (Sentiment)

 

You can check out all of the cards from the DT right here, as well as link up your pumpkin card for a chance at a prize!  Hope to see you there....

 

Karin

 

Challenges for this card:

Emerald Fairies-Use a Tag

Bearly Mine-Add a Sentiment

City Crafter-An Early Boo

Crafty Sentiments-Fall Colors

Creative Craft-Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday-Anything Goes

Paper Playtime-Punches & a Sentiment

Victorine Originals-Dots

 

 

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Georgia Pacific White, Punch: Martha Stewart, Stampin Up, Ink: Memento, Stampin' Up, Markers: Copic, ribbon from my supplies.

 

 



Sunflowers

Autumn Greetings Friends!

 

We're having a great time visiting with some friends this week, so don't mind me being short and to the point.

 

The current challenge over at the DRS Designs blog is Sunflowers, so I hope you can join us and get in on the chance at a great prize!

 

Here is my sunflower card for this challenge:

 

 

This baby is 100% DRS Designs, and here are the stamps I used to make it:

 

Sunflowers

Argyle Background

Argyle Diamond

Script Font Background

Silhouette Branch Background

Small Autumn Greetings

 

Thanks for stopping by and you can see more sunflower inspriation at the DRS Designs blog!

 

 



Caught a Bug

Hi Everyone,

 

 While I'm still on hiatus and won't officially be back with the Sparkle N Sprinkle team until October, I wanted to let you know there will be a great holiday themed blog hop happening next week.  Mark your calender and hop along with my team mates for some glittery inspiration!

 

Until then, I'm showing off my own spider card made with the Fill the Jar (423) set.  It's very cute with lots of great things to put in the two jars included.  Mine is a get well card that shows off some paper piecing and bits of embossing.

 

The lid of the jar was embossed with Silver Detail (EP257) and the strips of Tear-iffic Tape were embossed with Tuscan Star (EP426).

 

 

Full card details can be found in my gallery at Sparkle N Sprinkle.

 

Well, truth be told, I myself have caught a bug.  Such a BUMMER :(  I was on a good roll too, this is my first cold in 2 years.  When I put it like that, I guess I can't complain.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

 

What's One More Candle?

Hi Everyone,

 

DRS Designs is the sponsor over at the Craft Your Passion blog for their Blast from the Past Challenge.  Just head over to their blog and choose any one of their old challenges (just not an anything goes!) and play along for a chance at $10.00 voucher from DRS Designs.

 

I chose to participate using challenge #120, which is

black, white + 1 other color, and they were kind enough to feature my card on the blog over there!

 

 

 

These are the stamps I used:

 

Retro Starburst

Birthday Candle Burst

 One More Candle Greeting

 

Today is my day to post over at the DRS Designs blog as well, so if you need some more inspiration, I have another black, white and one other color card featured over there.  Check it out here.

 

Have a great day!



It's a Jungle Out There

Hi Everyone,

 

The theme for this week's challenge over at the DRS Designs blog is "It's a Jungle Out There!"  So we want you to play along with any jungle animal stamp.

 

My card has a bunch of animals since I used the Jungle Animal Friends stamp.  Aren't they so cute?  I love the faces on them :)  I added the From All of Us as a sentiment, for the obvious reason.  I really liked that the font on the stamp has an open line, it let me color the letters to match my card.

 

 

Along the bottom I used the new Argyle background stamp and added a ribbon and few gems.

 

Thanks for popping in and hope you can join us for the challenge!

 

Challenges for this card:

Challenges 4 Everybody-Anything Goes

Squirrel and the Fox-Anything Goes

Come and Get It-Tic Tac Toe (Die cut, Punch, Free Space)

A Gem of a Challenge-A Boy Thing

One Stop Craft-No Floral Embellishments

 

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Ink: Memento, Markers: Copic, Die: Papertrey Ink, Punch: EK Success, Ribbon: American Crafts, gems from my supplies.

 

Shaker Card

Hi Everyone,

Well, I finally tried it and it totally worked.  It's a shaker card!

I won't go into massive details on how to make one, because they are spelled out so beautifully at Splitcoaststampers here, but all you need is a piece of acetate and some dimensional tape and you can make this happen too.

DRS Designs released his wonderful Confetti Alert stamp, and that's what gave me the idea for the shaker card. I punched out a bunch of little flowers for the confetti and put them inside the die cut . I used a piece of a Clear Poly Sheet from DRS Designs for the little window on my card and dies and a punches for the flower and the leaves.

 

 

 

The backgrounds were made using a couple of my favorite stamps, Easy Dot and
Interlocking Flowers. I added some epoxy stickers and some ribbon and lace for the embellishments.

 

Well, sorry I don't have any extra chit chat, but thanks for stopping by and I do hope you're having a wonderful day.

 

Challenges for this card:

Papelitos Stamps-Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly-Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door-Anything Goes

 

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Stickers: EK Success, Punches: Stampin' Up, EK Success, Marvy, Ink: Stampin' Up, Dies: Spellbinders, Ribbon from my supplies.


Army Bear

Hi Everyone,

 

I hope you had a good Labor Day weekend.  Ours was quiet with not many plans due to all the rain they predicted.  Which never really came, except of course after we built our bonfire...lol!

 

Anyway, friends of ours had a son enlist this year, so I made this thinking of you card for them.  I know they are so proud of him, but miss him terribly.  The card is long gone, but I noticed Meljen's challenge is Anything Goes this week, so here it is.  Her artwork is just so cute :)

 

 

That's it for me.  I'll have my DRS Designs post in a day or so, but until then, the challenge over there is to make a card with a ghost on it.

 

Other Challenges for this card:

Hooked on Crafts-Cards for Men

Make it Monday-Anything Goes

OooLaLa-Teddy Bear

Stamp and Create-Anything Goes

Pink Elephant-Patterned Paper

By the Cute and Girly-Boys/Men

Ladybug Crafts-Anything Goes

Natalie & Amy-Anything Goes

Unique Crafters-Anything Goes

Here Come the Boys-Teddy Bears

One Stitch at a Time-Digi

Squirrel and the Fox-Men

A Gem of a Challenge-A Boy Thing

Catch the Bug-Anything Goes

Secret Crafter-Animals

 

Count Your Blessings

Hi All,

 

If you feel like you've seen this card before, well you haven't.  Not exactly.  I mentioned that

DRS Designs is the sponsor over at the 365 Cards blog this week, and one of the days was this sketch

challenge. 

 

 

I knew I had to play along, because it's one of my favorite card layouts ever.  I've used it a million (only a slight exaggeration) times, but I love it because it works with so many stamps.  Even with a larger stamp like the Fall Leaf with Acorn here.  I used it for the background paper, and also the little focal squares.

 

 

I added the sentiment named Count Your Blessings and my last orange epoxy sticker left on the sheet.   Yay!  I love using things up :)

I hope that you get a chance to play along!  Have a great day...

Challenges for this card:
Anything Goes-Make you own background paper
A & T Emerald Fairies-Punches and Dies

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Ribbon: American Crafts, Punch: Stampin' Up!, Markers: Copic, Ink: Memento

Never Will I Leave

Hi Everyone,

 

Even though I'm on a bit of a break from the Sparkle N Sprinkle team, I took some time to ink up a set that I received that I never got a chance to use before now.  It's the Religious Sympathy (383) set, so I made a card with this comforting Bible verse. 

 

I always love cards that have word art as the focal point, yet I rarely make them myself.  It's always good to get an opportunity to stretch your crafting comfort zone, don't you think?  I only wish I had distressed the edges of my papers to make it more shabby and vintage looking.  Lucky for me I have LOTS of this paper from Pink Paislee that I won a while back, so I can say "next time".  :)

 

 

The sentiment was stamped in brown ink and embossed with Clear Detail Powder (EP280) and I added a strip of  Carnation glitter (G1028) to the top of my lace.  If you've never tried an Anti Static pouch, I can recommend the one from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  It's got a generous size and it's packed with powder to last a long time.  Not only that, mine is a beautiful bright red color and it never gets lost in the mess on my crafting table...lol!  Full card details can always be found in my gallery here.

 

Thanks for stopping by and happy hump day!

 

Challenges for this card:

A&T Emerald Faries-Punches and Dies

Bearly Mine-Anything That Glitters

Crafty Sentiments-Let's Sparkle

Everybody Art-Anything Goes

LEJ Designs-Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays-Anything Goes

 Shopping Our Stash-Favorite Things (Glitter for me)

Created with Love-Sympathy & Bible verse

Cupcake Craft-Flowers

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-Punches or Dies

Tale of Two Cards

 

Hi Everyone,

 DRS Designs just released their new stamps over the weekend and I had a blast making some of my favorite kinds of cards with them...Birthday cards! They're the ones I make and send most often, so how could I not love them, right?

I thought I would shake things up by showing off two cards today. I made them at the same time, one right after the other, so I thought I'd take some time to share my thoughts.

It always depends on who the card is going to, and the delivery method of the card that determines how much I embellish a card. So while they are clearly different, they're both what I would consider my "style" of card.

This first card I would hand deliver attached to a gift for a birthday party, so I used lots of layers and some chunky buttons. I colored up the Best Present Ever Cutie Pie Kid first, and then used those same colors, along with the Easy Dot background and Silhouette Balloon stamps to create my papers. The new Sitting Thinking stamp matched the adorable boy, so that became my sentiment for the front.

 

 

This second card used the same type of color combo, but is flat and one that makes for easy mailing. I used the Silhouette Balloon again, and stamped it in Versamark and embossed it with clear powder. (Hard to see in the photo, but if you look at the top of the card, you can see the shine on the one balloon peeking out from the border...lol.) Vertical Birthday Wishes greeting is a new release along with the Framed Balloon Postage stamp. Yes, you can used that on the corner of your envelope and put a stamp in the center! Here I've used it on my card and inserted the Tiny Happy Birthday in the center. To make it festive and not too plain, I added my beloved Stickles to those party balloons!

 

Thanks for taking a peek at my cards today. You can shop for all of the newest stamps right here.

 

And if you want a chance at winning a voucher to the DRS Designs store, play along this week at the 365 Cards blog, because DRS is the sponsor.  I totally tried to participate yesterday, but we had to take one of our cars in for service, so my day got all goofed up.  I should have one before the week is over though.

 

Have a good day!

 

Challenges for these cards:

Creative Monday's-Kids

Fashionista Challenge-For a Child

Crazy Challenge-Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff-Polka Dots

Totally Stampalicious-Anything Goes

Amusing Challenges-Anything Goes

Challenges for Everybody-Anything Goes

Kenny K's Krafty-Anything Goes

Scrappers Delight-Birthday

 

 

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Bazzill, Ink: Memento, Stampin' Up, Markers: Copic, Punches, EK Success, Stampin Up, Buttons: Colorbok, Embossing Folder: Provocraft, Embossing Powder: Stampendous, Dies: Spellbinders, Ribbon from my supplies.