Fun Friday Challenge Use PINK!

This week's Fun Friday Challenge is to use Pink

and I am in the Pink today because of my wonderful 

Guest Designer 

Gerda 

from

Gerda's Cards Creations

she is a most talented designer and jumped right in 

when I put out the call for help 

Thanks Gerda!

Here is her card

Kate's ABC'S at it's finest!

was so inspired by Gerda's card
came home opened up my new Kate's ABC'S
some corners from Straight from the nest
a little sentiment from
CARDZ TV Stamps
Sweet talk
and some stampin up flowers
a birthday gift 
from my good friend Norma
Pink Bling Crafter

This week's prize

Happy Birthday

quick post tonight

Card from Sentimentals

flower Tim Holtz die

HB Stampin Up Punch Bunch stamp set

a little ribbon, a brad, and a button
one last link to
DL ART HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINKY PARTY!

too cute to spook

For the Fun Friday "Make it Sparkle" Challenge click 

Here

Hello Kitty some crinkle ribbon a button

and

More Spook Sayings

Cardz TV Stamps 

Have a great craft week everyone!

Karen

Thank you and My Birthday blog Hop Winner

For the Fun Friday "Make it Sparkle" click Here

loving the combination of the spellbinders dies 

the flower stamp from Hero Arts

and the thanks so much from Papertrey Ink

Butterfly Martha Stewart Punch 

The winner of my Birthday blog hop is

#15:Creations by Shirl August 19, 2012 12:26 PM

Happy Birthday Karen - Wow it sure was a fun hop, everyone has some awesome projects going on to share.
Hope you are have a fantastic day on your birthday...
TFS - your card is also pretty!

Shirl I will send you and email to coordinate getting your gift certificate to you 

Congratulations!

Karen

Thanks so much and challenge winner

For the Fun Friday Challenge Make it "Sparkle" click  

Here

Papertrey ink cardstock dark Chocolate, vintage cream, ocean tides, smokey shadow

thanks so much from Tag-its #1 Mini Stamp Set

spellbinders dies 

entered in

 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop 

at Nichole Heady's blog

and 

DL ART 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY -- LINKY PARTY win PRETTY PENNANTS 

closing 8-31

Winner of the Fun Friday Stitch it Challenge

#10 Amy

Crafting with Amy

top Three

#3 Cricutalltime

Amo mi Cricut 

 #5

abusybee

 Double Click Connections AKA Abusybee

#11 Liz O

Unik by YES

 

Fun Friday Challenge Make it Sparkle

Welcome to another Fun Friday Challenge 

this week's Guest Designer

Diana from DL Art

Diana is an amazingly talented artist I am thrilled to have her grace my blog

with one of her sparkling designs

This week the challenge is to make it sparkle

Use bling, glitter, pearls, stickes 

 this week's prize

Happy Birthday

For the Fun Friday Stitch it Challenge click Here

 Just trying to stock back up on some birthday cards

saw a card on pinterest

Stamping with Loll

here is my version

some card stock from Papertrey Ink

pattern papers from My Mind's Eye

embossing folder from Darcie

some twine a few buttons 

and a sentiment from

Cardz TV stamps

"Make a Wish"

weekends almost here 

have a great night

Karen

Sweet Grandmother

For the Fun Friday Stitch it click

Here

use the Simply Charmed cartridge

welded together on my Gypsy

at 5.5 "

some Papertrey ink Card stock and buttons

My Mind's Eye pattern paper

a little lace, some doodle dots and a crinkle ribbon bow

sentiments from 

Cardz TV Stamps

sentiment combined 

sweet from

Grandmother from

Made this for a friend at work just became a grandmother 

she is thrilled.

Have a great night everyone. 

Karen

My Happy Birthday Blog Hop

For the Fun Friday Stitch it Challenge Click  Here

 
Thanks for stopping by for my Birthday Blog Hop

A few of my friends are celebrating with me

Wish I could have asked everyone but a blog hop

with 501 stops seemed a bit much 

I want you all to know how much I appreciate your stopping by leaving comments

Had no idea when I started this blog journey I would make so many fabulous friends

wonderful creative women who are so supportive, encouraging, thoughtful 

that share my love of paper crafting

Thanks to all of you!

 now for the hop line up

Diana http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

Jayne http://jayne-designs.blogspot.com/

Norma http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com/

Carri http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/

Amy http://amyscraftingspace.blogspot.com/

Sherri http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

Georgiana http://www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

                                                Shelly http://mypaperlove.blogspot.com/

                                                Jessica http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

                                              Karen http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/

                                                                   Here is my card

Okay I know you may be thinking I am a little crazy to make a birthday card for myself but here is the thing. The are a lot of  "K" girls in my family my sister Kathy birthday 9-23, my daughter Kristen birthday 10-18, my niece Karissa birthday 12-10 so this card will come in very handy! 

A Penny Black stamp colored with copic markers, Card base from Sentimentals, Mat from Elegant Edges, layered with strips of paper scraps, stickles, crinkle ribbon and a button. 

Now what would a party and a blog hop be with out some candy. To win this gift all you have to do is 1. be a follower 2. leave a comment  I will post the winner next Sunday. 

  

                                       A $25 dollar gift certificate to Papertrey Ink

                Happy Hopping everyone and thank you all for making my birthday so special!

Karen

Fun Friday Use Bling Winner

For the Fun Friday Stitch it Challenge click 

Here

 

The winner of  Fun Friday use Bling Challenge

#11 Lisa

A Mermaid's Crafts

Top Three

#4 Mdalia R. 

Crafting with Creative M 

 

#12 Karen H

Kaleidoscopic Sparkles 

#14 KatieO

katieO's

 

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for

You won't want to miss it!

Have a great night 

Karen

Fun Friday Challenge "Stitch it"!

Cardz TV Stamps Design Team 

 Challenge #13:  "Color Me Happy!" post

Click Here

  

This week use stitching real or Faux

I am so thrilled this week to have a very talented guest designer

Jayne from 

Jayne Designs

Jayne and I started our blogs around the same time and I remember

the first time I went to her blog saw her cards and was blown away

her attention to detail is superb a trip to her blog is always worth the trip!

So adorable!

this week's prize 

this little Sizzix die will be perfect for your back to school projects

and some crinkle ribbon in primary colors

CTV Stamps DT Challenge #13 "Color Me Happy"

Cardz TV Stamps Design Team 

 Challenge #13:  "Color Me Happy!" 

 August 17th through August 23rd

Create a card, Layout or craft project using any theme you'd like,

 and the colors marigold yellow, royal blue, rich purple, and gray ONLY. 

You may also use small amounts of black and white, if you'd like.

The winner will be picked by random.org from the challenge entries. 

The challenge prize a set of CTV stamps. 

"For an added chance to win a set of Cardz TV Stamps,

 make sure to look closely

all the wonderful Design Team's cards...

one card is giving you a sneak peek of a NEW stamp 

set that we'll be releasing in our upcoming blog hop in September

Check out the button on my sidebar for the dates! 

On Mary's post 

give the name of the Design Team member, and the name of the new stamp set

random.org to pick a winner, and announce the winner on Friday, August 24th!

Okay so here is my card and I have to say using only these color was a 

Real challenge for me.

 used elegant edges and Happy Haunting for the witch's shoe

and 

 I love making Halloween cards so I adore this set!

now head on over to 

CARDZ TV

to see what's brewing....

Have a great Friday! 

happy wedding day

For the Fun Friday use your Bling challenge click  Here

Did this card

Make It Monday #78: Stamping and Stitching On Die Cuts

vintage cream card stock, Tag-its #5 Mini Stamp Set & burnt umber ink

all from

PTI

stitched around circle with some DMC pearl cotton
I stitched around the circle then stitched along the center of the stamping
roses on the sentiment from I am roses

some crinkle ribbon and a few handmade rosed at the top

those a work in progress want to get better at making them

and a little bit of bling

I stitched around the circle then stitched along the center of the stamping
hope you can kind of see that


 

Have a great day!

Winner of the Diana's Birthday Blog Hop

Seems kind of odd but I got the best present on Diana's Birthday blog hop

I reached 500 Follower thanks to everyone!

Now the winner of the blog hop prize is #49

Yoshira aka cricutalltime 

 said...Beautiful cupcake.love the colors and flower with tag.Beautiful card as well.

please email your address to 

kfranciola(@)nycap(dot)rr(dot)com

and I will get you prize in the mail to you asap

With Sympathy

For the Fun Friday Challenge Click Here

solid card stock & with sympathy from Papertrey Ink

pattern paper from My Mind's Eye

stamp from Hero Arts

for a friend at work

Hope everyone has a productive crafty week.

Karen

Thank you and Challenge winner

For the Fun Friday use bling challenge click here

used Kate's ABC'S for the flower and elegant edges

Thank you from 

Cardz TV Stamps

Ticket talk I did cut this to form a straight line Mary said it was ok :)

The winner of the Fun Friday Birthday challenge

Georgiana #27

Carson's Creations

Top three

Lisa #16

A Mermaid's Crafts 

Amy #23

Crafting with Amy

Karen #24

Kaleidoscopic Sparkles 

Have a great night!

Karen

Fun Friday Challenge "Use your Bling!"

Guest Designer
 So I have been working a lot of overtime a my job and wasn't sure how to keep up with the Fun Friday Challange so a while back I put up a post and asked if anyone would be interested in being a guest designer....well I was so thrilled with the response from my wonderful followers and today I am thrilled to have a
wonderful guest designer
 Kathy  from
3 Spoiled Dogs and a Cricut 
don't you just love that blog name!

Thanks Kathy so much for lending an helping hand an make such a beautiful card for this challenge!

This week's prize

Thank you

For Diana's birthday blog hop click Here 

For Fun Friday Birthday Challenge click Here

  

Make this card for the Make it Monday challenge #77

 use ink pads as watercolors

 at  

Capture the Moment

A2 card dark chocolate

vintage cream

Thank you and grass Botanical-Silhouettes

Butterfly Dream set

raised up the front panel with some foam tape hard to see in the photo but 

looks really nice

Have a great night 

Karen

Wednesday What I know

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Happy Birthday Diana!

Welcome to Diana's Birthday Blog Hop!

one thing I didn't realized when I started my blog what that

I would make wonderful friends along the way

across the country and across the world

Diana is someone I am so happy to call friend

Happy birthday Diana I hope there will be many more to celebrate

now for the hop line up you will want to start at the beginning 

Lots of great projects along the way

 

Norma http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com/

Carri http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

Amy http://amyscraftingspace.blogspot.com/

Sherri http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

Amy - http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com/

Georgiana http://www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

You are Here Karen http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/

Next stop Jessica http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

Cely http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com/

Katie http://katieoscreations.blogspot.com/

Jessica http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/

Diana http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

Here is what I made for Diana... 

 

the cupcake is a svg from SVG cuts Happy birthday to you

I used the card feature on Sentimental for the card base

Spellbinder leaf

Tim Holtz flower die

both sentiments are from

Cardz TV Stamps

"make a wish" 

What's a party with out some Candy?

be a follower leave a comment

 

Happy Birthday Hopping!

Karen