USA and Challenge winner

For the Use a Star Challenge click 

Here

This Winner of the Use Yellow Challenge is

#3 Jessica

Chick-n-Scrap

The top Four this week

#12 Karen

Crafted with Love by Karen

#17 KatieO

katieO's

#23 Lisa

Scrappy Distraction

#25 Jenny

Jenfa Cards

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend

Karen

Fun Friday Challenge use a STAR

In Honor of Forth of July use a Star

 this week's prize

Thank you

For the Fun Friday Use Yellow challenge click 

Here

I seem to be on a "Yellow" Kick of late 

and I like the layout of the card I did for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

tried another version

 I was so very luck to win this prize from

Norma over at

Pink Bling Crafter 

Thank so much Norma I love everything!

if you haven't been to Norma's blog you don't know what you are missing

she is so creative and you can host a Stampin' Up party, become a demonstrator

or just click on her link and buy yourself some goodies

they get deliver right to your doorstep.  

Have a great night!

 Karen

Thank You

the inspiration

Papertrey Ink blog hop

Nichole Heady's blog

blog hop

A2 card Aqua mist

layer Lemon tart

stamper's select white

my handmade crinkle ribbon

aqua mist button with rustic button twine

thank you from Mat Stack 1 collection

made a line of flowers with the flower die from Tag-its #5

stamped with Fine Linen

colored centers with copic

B610

Y13 

 

Hope today is the start of a wonderful week for everyone

 

Karen

 

Thank you Berry Much & challenge Winner

For the use Yellow challenge click

Here

 

Now I have to admit I have had the Hello Kitty Cartridge

for sometime used in once or twice the results were okay but took me

FOREVER to assemble well thanks to 

Miss Mary at Cardz TV and her wonderful tutorial

you will be seeing a few more cards from this cart in the near future.

used Garden Greetings from CARDZ TV Stamps

Sending this to my next door neighbor she helped me all week getting my daughter to 

work while her card was in the repair shop. She is the most wonderful neighbor told her if she

ever moves I will have to move with her :)

The winner of the Use Purple challenge is 

#10 Kathie

Lets get Scrappy Together  

 

top three

#8 Cathy

Cathy plus 5

#12 Anni

Handgathered 

 #17 Jenny

Jenfa Cards

Thanks everyone hope the rest of your weekend is fantastic!

Karen

Fun Friday Challenge Use Yellow

the pitcher, lemon and lemonade are from

Lawn Fawn Make Lemonade
got this at
Ginger Snap Scraps 
with the gift certificate I won

the PUCKER UP!

from

Cardz TV Stamps

"Garden Greetings"

paper from My Mind's Eye

another 3x3 for my growing little collection 

Now I need to make a box to hold them 

Sorry this was a little late tonight had some errands after work

This week's prize

Cardz TV Challenge #11 Anything goes

Cardz TV Challenge #11

June 22, 23 & 24

"Anything Goes!" 

Create a card or craft project using any theme or colors you'd like!

Mary will be giving away 1 set of CTV Stamps - winners choice.

For this anything goes challenge thought I would

start with all my favorite things and work from there

My Mind's Eye Paper

Papertrey Ink Kraft card stock 

Flowers from  I am Roses

 prima pearls two handmade stick pins

a little lace, some crinkle ribbon, a brad

and a butterfly if  only I could have a found a spot for a button :) 

 I used elegant edges for the top note and

"Mother's day"

and 

"Ticket Talk"

I used the I love you and taped of all but the LOVE!

Make it a rewarding day Everyone.....

Karen

 

Happy Summer

For the Use Purple challenge click 

Here

Here's one more 3x3 card for my collection

can you believe tomorrow is the first day of summer?

We are on the verge of a Humid Heat wave here in upstate New York

The stamp is from Lawn Fawn "Happy Summer"

got it over at 

Ginger Snap Scraps 

I was so lucky to win a gift certificate from

the Memorial day Blog hop

I used copic markers to color the watermelon and 

some crystal stickles on the seeds and the ant trail.

Hope your first day of summer is smashing!

Karen

Thank you & Father's day challenge winner

For the use Purple Challenge click

Here

 the winner of this week's challenge is 

#31 Belinda B

The Embellished Card.

Top three

#7 Linda F

Journeys Artistic and Offroad 

#21 Rachel

Sugar Plum Cottage Craft

 

# 36 Jessica D

Crafting with Jess

Off to work till noon the up to Lake Moreau for a family cook out.

Hope Everyone enjoys their weekend.

Karen

Fun Friday use Purple Challenge

I am so excited today to have a wonderful guest designer

None other that Sherrie from

Sherrie Scraps with Passion

the name of her blog says it all!

Her passion for card making shines through in every project.

Sherrie was one of my first followers so glad to have her

as a "bloggy buddy"!
Here's the beautiful card Sherrie made
and much to our surprise it Purple is a hard color to photograph

Thanks so Much Sherrie you Inspire me !

Here's my card

this is a flip it card you make it with spellbinders dies
It's hard to explain but it is amazing!
You have to watch this video
Darlene Designs

 I used Hoot  'n' Holler for the branch and owl
pattern paper from Basic grey Wisteria


This week's prize

Question

I just got a $10 AC Moore coupon in the mail and they have all their cricut carts on sale this week. 

My question is what is your favorite cart? Hope that will help me pick one instead of standing in the isle for an hour :)

A Father is someone you can look up to......

For the Father's Day Challenge click

Here

Made  this for the 
 Mojo Monday challenge #245
and
DL ART   
THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE---A CARD FOR A MAN

Put some kraft card stock through the crimper

inked it with some Tim Holtz dies 

the sentiment is from

"Father's Day"

CARDZ TV Stamps 

hope everyone has a peaceful night

Karen

Emboss it Challenge winner

The winner of the Emboss it challenge is

#3 Melissa

Created by Sunshine Honeybee

So many wonder "Bee" cards this week

think that will have to be "Bee" a challenge soon

Top three designs

#14 Holly

Ribbons and Glue.

#21 Lisa

A Mermaids Crafts

#22 Hannah

Cricut Craft Crazy Girl.

Now I just have to say that Hannah is 12 

she has some really cute designs

hope if you get a chance you will go show

her some bloggy love

enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Karen 

Fun Friday Happy Father's day Challenge

Challenge for this week is any Father's day
Or Masculine card.

This week I have the extremely talented guest designer

Candy from

Candy' s Craft Corner 

she is celebrating her 

ONE YEAR BLOGAVERSARY

definately worth hopping over to her fabulous site!
Here is the card Candy made

don't you just love that sentiment!


Here is my card
"lifted" this idea from Miss Mary
at
 Cardz tv

used CARDZ TV stamps

Father's day on this one too!

Love that set....

Used Simply Charmed and Elegant edges 

this week's prize

8 yards of crinkle ribbon

Cardz TV Challenge #10 My Guy

CTV Challenge #10: June 8, 9, 10

"My Guy" Create a card, gift or craft project for a masculine birthday or Father's Day.

Winner will receive  1 set of CTV Stamps - winners choice.

I used "Father's Day" for my card

this is a great year round set for your dad!

 A2 card with Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate

got the stamp at Hobby Lobby it's from Clear Stamps 

a Prima company sorry that's the only name on it

But I just fell in love with it the minute I saw it.

Something about it reminded me of my dad

I stamped it with memento tuxedo black and used copic markers 

Used an oval spellbinders die and placed it over the oval

and inked with Tim Holtz antique linen

the little hook is form an old earring I lost the mate to I just cut with

a pair of pliers.

added this after looking a the card for a week

just thought it need a little somethin extra

a little twine and a button

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Karen