Happy Hugs

Hi, and happy Monday to all!  I am a happy girl today, I just won a The Stamps of Life stamp set randomly from Katie Koenig's blog during the Lily Pad Cards Birthday Blog Hop.  Thanks so much Katie!  Now, onto today's card:

  

I used Penny Black's Hugs transparent set for for the mice and the sentiment.  I love that set, there are so many sweet images and little extras.  The paper is My Mind's Eye "Tres Jolie".  The ribbon is from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby's Brand).  I used Ranger Distress Ink and Copics on the image.  I mounted the image and frame with foam adhesive.  The edging is a Martha Stewart punch.

Those are happy little mice, aren't they!?

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Spots and Stripes

Sentimental Sundays:  Frame It!

Paper Sundaes:  Anything Goes

365 Cards: Day 45 - I've Been Framed 

ABC DT Challenge:  Anything Goes

Hope everyone has a great day!
Kara Lynne

Wedding Carriage

Here's a card for a wonderful couple getting married in August.  Phew, good to be early with a card!  Lili's Little Fairies Challenge this week is "Transport", and what an elegant image for the occasion.  It reminds me of the carriage ride we had at our wedding.  I'd show you a picture, but that was before digital, so...pretend this is us.

The background papers are from The Paper Company.  They are a sort-of shiny linen.  I don't know the pearl embossed panel, it is from my stash.  I wanted to keep the color subtle so I shaded the image, Wedding Carriage, with Copics and blended the edges with Ranger Distress Ink Old Paper and Black Soot.  I added Glossy Accents to the flowers and used Doodlebug pink flock.  I added a darker pink with Copics.  I added Crayola white pearl glue to the ribbons and glitter glue to the veil and gown.  I then spritzed  the image and paper lace with Tsukineko Sparkle Shimmer Spritz.  Too bad all the shimmer doesn't show up on camera.  My first time around I colored the leaves green, but I redid the whole thing because it wasn't subtle enough.  The digital die cuts are Elegant Double Posts, and Scroll Banner Layered from Silhouette.  The ribbons and gems are from my stash.  I shaded the banner with Copics.  The sentiment is from Hot Off the Press, Tiny Words/Images.  I curved it on the block to follow the shape of the banner and embossed it in black. 

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Lili's Little Fairies Challenge: Transport
Totally Gorjuss: Bling
Paper Sundaes: Anything Goes

Hope you all have a great day!
Kara Lynne

Time to Move!

Second card today.  A friend of mine is moving and I wanted to make her a special card.  Moving is never easy, especially in today's economy.  Every time we move we say, "Never again!"  So, here's the card:

See, there's her family up in the air!  Again, this card was inspired by Vicky Papaioannou.  She has a wonderful way of creating scenes on her cards.  I cut the birdhouse and birds using my Silhouette.  The felt clouds were traced from a template cut with my Silhouette as well.  I didn't have any trees, so I made my own template and cut them out of scraps.  I clear embossed the birds using VersaMark and a Stampin' Up corner stamp that's at least eight years old.  I used Ranger Distress ink for the background and on the birds and trees.  I paper pieced the birdhouse with various scraps I had on hand.

This card is entered in the following challenges:

PaperPlay Challenges:  Things With Wings

The Play Date Cafe:  Color Challenge

ABC DT Challenge Blog:  Anything Goes!

Cupcake Craft Challenge:  Spring is in the Air

Hope you are having a great day!
Kara Lynne

He Makes All Things New!

A CAS card today.  So many great challenges to play along with this week, I couldn't get this design out of my head last night.  Who has time for laundry?  Now that I've joined the blogging and card making world, I think I've finally got my priorities straight (hope Hubby isn't reading)!

The flowers and raindrops were Silhouette 5-petal flowers design (I cut the drops out of a flower).  I lightly rolled the little flowers with a McGill flower making tool.  The cloud is from Silhouette 6 clouds design.  I wrote out the sentiment on Word and printed it out on the green and then cut it with a circle cutter.  The gems are Recollections (Michael's brand).  I sent the raindrops through my Xyron create-a-sticker machine which makes it so easy to adhere.

This card is inspired by Revelation 21:5-6
 ⁵ He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶ He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches : #30 (I rotated it)

Papertake Weekly Challenge : April Showers (or Water, Water Everywhere!!)

Stampin' Sisters in Christ  : Make a Joy-ful card; something celebratory!

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog : April Showers Bring Spring Flowers

Hope you have a great day!
Kara Lynne

Spring is in the air, and so is this bear!

Spring has arrived, even here in Wisconsin!  My favorite are the blossoms on the fruit trees.  Have you ever driven past an apple orchard in full bloom?  Gorgeous.  I love how God makes all things new. Here's my newest card creation:

This stamp is LOTV Birthday Bumps, I love it!  It's on sale just now at their online store.  The "hip-hip" is from Kaisercraft Birthday clear stamps.  I used VersaMark ink with Recollections Party Pink embossing powder.  The "HOORAY!"  I cut with my Silhouette.  The pink ribbon is from Studio His and Hers, and the buttons are from my stash.  The green background is Bo-Bunny lime swirl from their 2006 Shabby Princess Collection.  The floral paper is called "Glorious Garden", and the plaid and mulberry are so old, I remember using them in my daughter's first birthday and she's TEN now!  The pink, yellow, green, and white card stock are from my stash too.  I used Ranger Distress Inks Shabby Shutters, Mustard Seed, and Spun Sugar with ink blending tools.  I use so many tools, but one I've loved forever is my Xyron Create-a-sticker!  I've used it for those cut out letters for titles on scrapbook pages and can't remember how I did it before then.

I cut some slits and threaded the ribbon through the bears hands.  This was such a fun card to put together.  I am submitting it into the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies: Ribbons, Buttons, and Bows

Lily Pad Cards:  Kathy's Lily Pad Pallette

Sketch and Stash # 85

Cupcake Craft Challenges:  Spring is in the Air
ABC DT Challenge:  Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp:  Use Your Favorite Tool : Xyron Create-a-Sticker
365 Cards: Day 41 - Cute Critters

Ahh, coffee and a good friend!

Here's a card I made with a fun palate of colors on the Colour Create Challenge Blog.  I saw the colors and picture of those two gorgeous girls and had to play along!

I sure want to figure out how to take better pictures of these cards, everything looks so dull!  Please PRETEND you see the vibrant green, deep purple, and cream in this card.

I used LOTV Coffee Break stamp (a personal favorite), and LOTV Mixed Circular Sentiments, Copic markers on the girls with some Glossy Accents here and there, Ranger Distress ink, and Stampendous white embossing powder.  The ribbon, bling, and paper are from my scraps, but thankfully I can say that the striped paper is My Mind's Eye.  The scallop mat I cut with my Silhouette, it was actually feathers from a free turkey download I received around Thanksgiving time!  I cut the girls out and sat them on the ribbon with foam adhesive.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I would love any suggestions for brighter pictures if you have them, thanks!
Have a great day!
Kara Lynne

Inspired by Vicky from Lily Pad Cards

Today I thought I'd share a card I made that was inspired by Vicky Papaioannou.  She has a clever way of giving dimension to almost anything!

I'm entering this card in two challenges this week:  Cupcake Craft Challenges, and Stampartic.

Cupcake Craft Challenges is: Sewing Box
Stampartic's challenge is a birthday card for a girl using elements on their Bingo board.  I decided to go diagonal with flowers (paper), stamp (sentiment), and ribbon (dress, etc.).

The dress form is a shape from my Silhouette cutting machine.  It was a free one. I downloaded it, but never knew what to do with it!  I used a Fiskars edge punch, and Ranger Distress Ink.  The tags and patterned paper are from my stash.  I wish I could tell you what they are.  I've been scrap-booking my children's lives for ten years now, so I have quite the array of scraps!  Maybe someone could identify these?  The ribbons and buttons were also in my scraps. 

Thanks for viewing.  I hope you have a great day!
Kara Lynne