so thankful

been a while since I entered in a challenge but

my good friend Georgiana sent me a facebook

reminder about her joining her fabulous challenge 

over at 

Die Cutting Divas

the challenge is 

Ch #343 ~ Thanks or Turkey

they have a new challenge every Tuesday

so you still have time to head over an link up

I used 

happy harvest - lawn cuts

and 

happy harvest

started with a kraft base 

embossed with a

Cuttlebug Distressed stripe folder

inked with TH walnut stain 

I stamped the images with versafine onyx black ink 

and heat embossed with clear embossing powder

these were stamped on Strathmore Bristol smooth

paper colored with zig clean color real brush markers...

"Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men;

but be careful that you do not take the day,

and leave out the gratitude."

~E.P. Powell

Happy Thanksgiving

wow don't know where my time is going this last month

I can't seem to get anything done.

Feel like it takes me twice as long to do half as much....

guess that is just the way life is. 

woke up early this morning made a cup of coffee,

went in to my craft room 

luckily I found lots of goodies I made last year and 

never used organized everything and made this quick little card

Happy Thanksgiving is from

CARDZ TV STAMPS

Thankful for You

The cute little chicks at from 

DeNami Design Rubber Stamps

The banners and circles are from 

My Favorite Things

there are pierced and unfortunately they don't make them anymore

but any circle or banner dies will do.

A button and a bow and one Thanksgiving card is done.

"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way."

American Indian saying

hope your hallween is KING-SIZED

costume party

 scalloped rectangle stackables

Die: Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments

Used my new favorite  

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad AGED MAHOGANY   

and a perfect little piece of pattern paper from my 

huge pile of scraps

some glossy accents and so crystal stickles 

When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.
~Author unknown

You're FAB-BOO-LOUS

BB Fab-BOO-lous Friends

Started with a 

scalloped rectangle stackables

out of gun metal glitter paper 

next a 

large stitched rectangle stackables

first stamped and colored these adorable 

little ghost with zig clean color real brush markers 

then stamped the same ghost and sentiment

with versa-mark then embossed 

with hero art fine detail white embossing powder 

a few gems and some crystal stickles 

and a pretty cute Halloween card 

"Eat, drink and be scary."

~Author unknown

Have a great week!

Karen 

go with the flow

this card is a combination of some  

very good things

Femme Frames - Creative Cuts

Die-namics Stitched Mini Scallop Oval STAX

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Mermaid's Tail by Julie Ebersole

Little Mermaids - Clear

Tonic Nuvo white blizzard crystal drops

...I see
the turning of a leaf
dancing in an autumn sun,
and brilliant shades of crimson
glowing when a day is done...
~Hazelmarie "Mattie" Elliott, "A Breath of Heaven"

AHOY, MATE! Party like a PIRATE

Still trying to build up my supply of

Birthday cards but was totally out of male

cards. Made this little shaker card

supplies

BB Party Like a Pirate

this set is so adorable I can hardly stand it.

Had this piece of wood paper hanging around

not sure where it came from but

wow is it perfect.

September 24th and it's sunny and 88 today

in New York

with the leaves change colors

you have to marvel at the miracles of nature...

Hope everyone has a fabulous week...

Karen

hope you birthday is a SMASH!

have a few birthdays coming up so need to 

replenish my stash

did some ink blending 

and some ink splattering 

then a boarder with 

the candies from

Lawn Fawn 

year seven

colored and coated with crystal stickles 

the little piñata  

is on a mini action wobbler 

 Fun Stitched Edges

from My Creative Time

which I had lost but cleaned out my 

box of dies and found it!

So Happy!

some drops of 

Tonic Nuvo white blizzard crystal drops

a little twine and a button 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Karen 

GHOSTLY GREETINGS

Woke up at my normal "going to work" time

this morning so I made some coffee and made

this little card with a new stamp set I just

got from

My Favorite Things

BB Fab-BOO-lous Friends

entered in to

weekly

  sketch challenge

Had my little

BOO-lous Friends colored and ready to

go a little distress inking an a little bling

and my first Halloween card of the season done!

Perfect holiday!

How everyone enjoyed their weekend.

Karen

SENDING YOU oceans OF LOVE

Thanks to my crafty friend Migdalia 

Crafting with Creative M

I am currently a little obsessed with

Mermaids at the present.

got this adorable set

Little Mermaid

from

The Greeting Farm

made two cute shaker cards

supplies

Die: Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments

Femme Frames - Creative Cuts

scalloped rectangle stackables

Tonic Nuvo white blizzard crystal drops

additional supplies

Die-namics Circle STAX Set 2

I used MFT

Stencil Cloud

turn upside down you can make waves

instead of clouds

Hope everyone has a great week

Karen

SEAS THE DAY

My great bloggy friend Migdalia 

Crafting with Creative M

sent me the most adorable stamp set along with

some other goodies I've been on vacation

and finally had a chance to use them

Seas the Day by

Joy Clair

 a little in blending, some spritz of water, glossy accent bubbles

and my new favorite

Tonic Nuvo white blizzard crystal drops

on sale at

Scrapbook.com

Not sure you know what you started Migdalia

bought a few more mermaid sets have been obsessed with them all!

 

aloha

made this shaker card just for fun

with some supplies

from

Lawn Fawn

scripty aloha

palm trees

cut aloha out of a watercolor

background will use that to make another card

over filled with some doodlebug blue sequins

added some crystal stickles, glossy accents,

and a few more blue sequins

enjoying the last minutes of this fabulous weekend

hope you are too....

Karen

Have a Fairy Happy Birthday

Fairy Happy

I used the

Slider channels

from

Die-namics Hit the Slopes

a little partial die cutting so the

fairies slide up and down when you move the card

some sparkling clear sequins from

Pretty Pink Posh

as a finishing

the images were stamped on

Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Smooth paper

colored with zig clean color real brush makers

Hope everyone has a fabulous week!

Karen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY ANIMAL GO WILD!

Still working with my little Leopards 

just so darn cute.....

Lovable Leopards

Jungle Friends

and

 Fun Stitched Edges

from My Creative Time

no the sad thing is since I used this die I can't find it :(

This card makes me happy....

Karen

Happy Birthday Party Animal

MFT Stamps

Lovable Leopards

Jungle Friends

was going to add sequins but I just

really liked the clean and simple

look of this card.....

Trying to build up my stash of

Birthday Cards

colored on Bristol smooth card stock

I love this paper for so many reason

but it is perfect for coloring

with zig clean color real brush markers....

Hope everyone enjoys their week

an hopefully that will include some

crafty time.

Karen

 

Close your Eyes and Make a Wish

made this for my granddaughter

time is flying by at lighting speed

she turn 4 on Thursday

she is all about Fairies

and Pink

she has request we all wear pink

to her birthday party

I bought my husband a pink polo shirt

he was so funny said he has wanted a pink one

for a long time and of course Pa Pa loves doing

what Emma wants....

Supplies

Fairy Happy

on an action wobble

Die: Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments

crystal stickles

coloring with

zig clean color real brush markers

hope everyone has a wonderful week

Karen

DUH-NUH you are JAWSOME

got this cute little set from

Lawn Fawn

duh-nuh

no one to give this to yet but

I am sure an occasion will arise

hope everyone's week

goes swimmingly! :)

Karen

Thinking of you

A co worker is facing so serious health issues

been sending some get well cards

but this week wanted something a little different

she loves flowers so I hope this will brighten

her day.

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Bohemian Garden by Julie Ebersole

hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Karen

THANKS FOR SHOWING ME THE WAY

Just using up the rest of my little pirates

haven't had much time in my craftroom

been busy in the garden lots of rain, lots of weeds

May this for a friend who helped me at work.

supplies

Lawn Fawn

ahoy, matey

AHOY MATEY happy father's day

was able to put some of those images

 into a card today....

first card I have made in weeks

spent most of the day organizing the

new stamps and dies I have gotten

supplies

Lawn Fawn

ahoy, matey

happy everything

hope everyone enjoys the last minutes of the weekend

Karen

ahoy matey

hi everyone sorry I 've been a little

MIA but wow a lot going on...

all started last Thursday,

my oldest daughter bought a new home after

looking for 10 long months has everything on her

wish list and the one thing on my list

she is still close by...

huge yard so beautiful

Then my oldest niece flew home from

California with her boy friend for her sister's

high school graduation

They went to the Yankee's  game on Friday

and he proposed she said

YES!

Sunday my niece graduate high school

she will be going to Seina college  

we had her party on Monday Memorial day

with a food truck they had the most amazing

grilled cheese sandwiches

today I went the

  39th Freihofer's Run for Women

to watch my youngest daughter run her

first 5k

she trained and ran with my sister

now for crafting haven't had too much time for

that but  I have gotten quite a few new things

here is something I am working on hoping to make a few

father's day cards

Karen

get well soon

Hi Everyone wow we had the nicest weather today

in NY 65-70

sunny with a little breezy

made working out in my flower garden even

more of a pleasure if that is possible.

Chatted with my good

friend Georgianna

from Carson's Creations

she just ordered this set

from

Scrapbook Pal

I told her I can't stop using this set. Adore these flowers!

I love stamping them in different colors different inks

so much fun

Fab Flowers

get well soon

featured on

Flickr Thursday

hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

Karen

happy birthday to you

now I can't believe I did this but I didn't take

any pictures of the mother's day cards I made.

I was on a mission to get them mailed out

which I did but what the heck no pictures

they were like this but had

happy mothers day on them

glad I had one extra to turn into this

birthday card....

I used

stitched borders

by Lawn Fawn

and

fab flowers

above and below it's hard to see in the large photo

but makes a great accent

Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's day.

Karen

Happy Birthday to you

started this card with some Tim Holtz ink blending

seedless preserves

dusty concord

broken china

squeezed lemonade

penelope's blossoms

this lawn fawn set is retiring

you may want to think about grabbing one

love this set and flowes

fairy friends

scripty sayings

curved this to fit in the Fairy's hands

a few sequins and water drops

large stitched rectangle stackables

My very good friend who just retired in March

is having a birthday at the end of the month

this year I will have to mail her card

Karen

Happy Mother's Day!

My day to post over at

Cardz TV Gallery

Lots of new things happening over at the blog

next month hope you will stop by

for a little look see

Today I am featuring one of

CARDZ TV STAMPS

Newest stamp sets

"MINI MESSAGES"

 

fab flowers

Lawn Fawn

come and join us at

CARDZ TV GALLERY

Karen

Die Cuttin' Divas Chevron and/or Polka Dots Challenge

Hi Everyone super exited 

my good friend Georgianna asked me

to be a guest Diva today

at

Die Cuttin' Divas

the challenge this week is

Chevron and/or Polka Dots

with a Die Cut

I started with a 

 Studio Calico chevron stencil

I inked the paper with

TH worn lipstick and wilted violet

on a base of 

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper

and black card stock

die cut with

Femme Frames

Mama Elephant

The cute little Pinata

is from

Lawn Fawn

called Year seven

stamped on the Bristol paper

colored with zig clean color real brush markers

die cut with the matching die

Now I used a brad and some plain

with sewing tread wrapped around the brad

so the Pinata swings from side to side

finished off with some

Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix 

from Pretty Pink Posh

So swing on over to

Die Cuttin' Divas

and join the fun!

Happy Easter

"For I remember it is Easter morn,
And life and love and peace are all new born." ~Alice Freeman Palmer

 supplies

Easter Friends Stamp Set 

on a watercolor base

a blessed Easter to all

Karen

Have an EGGS-tra special Easter!

Hi everyone hope you will peek on

over to

Cardz TV Gallery

today

Made this cute little slider Easter card

for my grand daughter

featuring

Cardz TV Stamps

"Easter Punnies"

this cute little chick is from

SVGCUTTING FILES

 Chick in Egg peek out Card

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen