Petite Places Thank You, Teacher

First off, I have to appologize for not being around much these last few weeks.  My mom has been on a waiting list for a senior living apartment and we thought we had about a year to wait.  The call came last week that an apartment opened up on July 1st!  That means preparing her house to sell and sorting through a lifetime full of memories filling up her basement.  In a way, I'm glad for the short deadline so it won't drag on, but what a whirlwind!

I've been wanting to make one of the PTI Petite Places domes for quite a while now.  I thought it would make a fun teacher gift:

I used PTI's Petite Places school stamps and dies, and Scene It dies.  Papers and Inks are all PTI.  The half pint Ball jar is filled with M&Ms and tied with a ribbon from Hobby Lobby.  The dome is also from Hobby Lobby, it's half of a fillable ornament.  I put a gift card in an envelope made using the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.  The paper was from the 6x6 paper pad, Scoot, by Echo Park.

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope to be around to comment on your wonderful projects soon!  Have a great day!

Kara Lynne

Thank You, Teachers!

It's offically summer at our house!  The girls had their last day of school last Friday and we celebrated by going camping in Door County for the weekend.  I made a couple of teacher gifts, and today's tag is one of them, inspired by the very talented and incredibly sweet Tracey over at the Tag, You're It! challenge blog. Her teacher thank you tags and gifts are wonderful! I took inspiration from her tags' theme, color, and shape, as well as the red and white striped twine on the packages.

I used PTI's Petite Places School stamps and dies, and PTI's Scene It dies.  Ink and papers on the scene are PTI.  The sentiment is from SSS's Tilted Banner Sayings.  The tag and tag top is a gift from Michele of Crimson Owl Creations - Thank you, Michele!  I cut a fish tail at the bottom of the tag, and added ribbon from Hobby Lobby.

This tag is going over to play in the Tag, You're It Challenge #23.  Here is the project that Tracey made:

EDITED:  I can't believe I missed it, but City Crafters Challenge Blog Week #265 is all about tags!  I am linking this tag up there too.  Thanks, Ros, for the heads up!  Here's their inspiration photo:

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne

Father's Day and CCCB Guest Designer

Today I am thrilled to be guest designing at the City Crafter Challenge Blog!  This week's challenge is to use banners.  I loved the inspiration photo, so soft and beautiful!  I decided to move my banners in a different direction, however, in order to prepare for Father's Day.  My father is the true inspiration behind this card, he really was the best dad ever!  I am thankful to say that my husband holds the same title for our girls:  



The card base is from Paper Studio, the wood grain is from MME Miss Caroline, and the aqua is from a paper pad from Momenta called Cardstock.  I cut the "DAD", banners, and tools on the Silhouette.  The tools were a Silhouette cut file called Tool Set.  The tool handles were cut from red cs, and the tools were cut from white paper and then colored with a silver Sharpie marker.  I punched a tiny hole in some of the tools in order to string them.  The word, "best" from "best wishes", a stamp from the PTI stamp set Mega Mixed Messages, was heat embossed onto a red scrap of cs cut into a banner.  The word, "DAD" is popped up with foam tape, and so are the ends for the banners. 

You should see the gorgeous and amazing projects that the design team created over at City Crafters Challenge Blog!  Please join us this week with your banner creations, and thank you so much for visiting my blog today! 

Have a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne

Graduation Celebration

Before I get to the cards today, I wanted to let you know that I will be on a little blog break.  As the school year is winding down, the activities are speeding up.  I wish I could be more consistent at commenting right now, but it's just not happening.  Please bear with me, I hope to be back at full speed in June.

We have several graduations to celebrate this year, and I've had a friend asking for some graduation cards too.  I know I sound like a mother when I say, "these kids are growing up way too fast!"  This first card is inspired by Jennifer Mullen's card here.  I loved the way she arranged the buildings.

I cut the banner out of a cut file on the Silhouette.  The cool thing was using the MISTI to perfectly place the sentiment on the banner!  I kept the negative cut, positioned the sentiment, and placed the banner piece back inside like a puzzle.  I'm such a happy card maker right now!

I used Paper Smooches Super stamp set, Smarty Pants stamp set, Sentiment Sampler stamp set, Super 2 dies, Clouds dies, and Bam Bubble dies.  I colored Mr. Super Guy and his cap with Copics.  His hand was cut out a bit for him to hold on to the cap.  The papers are from PTI, and all the card bases on this post are Paper Studios.

These two cards were made with an older Stampin' Up! mortar board colored with Copics.  The clouds were cut using Paper Smooches Clouds dies and the sentiment is PTI's Swoosh stamp set and dies.  The paper is PTI's Spring Rain.

These last two cards used the same Stampin' Up! mortar board and Technique Tuesday's Incredible.  The sentiments were heat embossed with Wow! embossing powders and then the card base was splattered with DI Black Soot.

I used the colors on my first card from this week's Color Throwdown #342  Hey, and he's up in the air too!

I thought I'd throw one last card in the ring over at Virginia's View Challenge Blog where challenge #14 is all about dimension - my favorite!  I've added dimension to each of these graduation cards, but I just really like the depth of the first card.

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!  I will see you all back in June!

Kara Lynne

Best Mom Ever!

Here's another Mother's Day card that I made for tomorrow:

I took a couple of different fonts and merged them into a rounded rectangle on the Silhouette.  I then cut it out from a scrap piece of cream cardstock.  A piece of acetate was glued to the back, and the entire panel was glued to the background with sequins enclosed (thin for mailing).  The paper is from Paper Studio's Khloe Lane, and the sequins are a mixture of Doodlebug and Hobby Lobby.  The card base is also from Paper Studios and it's ink blended with DI old paper to blend with the cream color in the print.

Thank you for coming over to visit.  I hope all you mothers have a great mother's day, and for everyone who finds the day painful, I pray you have comfort and peace.

Kara Lynne

You Made Growing Up FUN!

I had some time to color, so I made a couple of Mother's Day cards using Copics.  This card design was inspired by my mom, she truly made our home a fun place to live!

Those houses from Penny Black Victorian Home were so fun to color.  The background was ink blended with DI Tumbled Glass on a Paper Studio card base.  The sentiment was printed onto PTI Limeade Ice cs and cut to fit.  The green is not so acidic looking IRL.  The balloons are from Penny Black Critter Party , also colored with Copics.  I cut a small slit in the window and tucked the thread into it, taping it down on the back of the house.  Each thread was then adhered behind each balloon with foam tape.

I'm linking up to Marker Pop! Challenge #68: Anything goes!


Thanks so much for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a great day making your home a fun place to live!

Kara Lynne

Happy 18th Birthday

I can't believe that April whooshed by!  The end of the school year is always so busy around here, and now we're putting plans together for Vacation Bible School for the summer.  It's all good stuff, but it really takes me away from the blog.

Here's a masculine birthday card I made for my nephew:

I splattered DI Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire, and Faded Jeans on a Paper Studios card base. The circles are a Silhouette cut file in blue and green from my scrap papers.  The "birthday" is from SSS, cut four times and glued together.  The "happy" is from PTI's Stylish Sentiments: Birthday.

That's all I have today!  I will hopefully be back soon with some Mother's Day and graduation cards.  I also hope to be around visiting too!

Thanks so much for coming over to visit.  I hope you are having a great day!

Kara Lynne