Happy Birthday Dear BFF!

My BFF enjoyed a double celebration! Not only did she graduate from grad school at Harvard, but it was also her birthday!! Because I lured her into all this Cricut madness -Lol!- I had to get her a cartridge... Damask! Of course, I had to buy one for myself as well, so I made a card using one of the cuts - the CUPCAKE! Yum! The background paper is K&Company, and the cupcake is cut from Colorbok - Flea Market. I used ribbon that I purchased from on etsy by MemrieMare, and secured it with a rhinestone brad. Notice the stitching around the card? Once again, I pulled out my Janome Sew Mini & whirled around the card...after I inked the edges with Ranger's Distress ink in Antique Linen. As you see I threw in a doily, stamped on a sentiment by WaltzingMouseStamps, and further embellished with pearls, more brads, and Stickles. Here's a little secret...the pearls next to the brad on the ribbon are acutally on a straight pin that I secured in the ribbon with tacky glue. I just love this card & I love my BFF! ♥

Congrats to My BFF - Harvard Grad!!

I couldn't be happier for my "Bestie"...I've known since we were 5 years old. Last month she graduated from Harvard with a graduate degree (OK... so I don't know the exact degree!), and I was instantly inspired to create a card for her. I used foil paper by AC and card stock by K&Company - Americana. I tried to give it a vintage look, so I used Ranger's Distress Ink in antique linen around all the edges. I acutally pulled out my little Janome mini sewing machine and stitched around the card stock before adding ribbon, lace, and buttons. I cut the owl on my Cricut using the 3 Birds on Parade cartridge. I used Elegant Edges to cut out the sentiment image and manipulated it on my Gypsy before cutting it on the Cricut. My large Stampendous wooden stamp finally came in handy when I used a portion of it to stamp the definition of "celebrate" before using my Waltzing Mouse stamp, "Celebrate." I also used a Papertrey Ink stamp, "proud of you," on the crinkled star I created. Finally I used a bit of acrylic paint on the star & Stickles on the owl. Oh, and the bow? I made the bow separate from the ribbon and attached it with the rhinestone brad. The initials on the owl are also brads. Tons of fun to make! Made with love! ♥

Happy Father's Day!

About 15 minutes before I presented my husband with his Father's Day gift, I whipped up this card using my cricut expression & the Father's Day cartridge! I used paper from DCWV "The Guy Stack" and a stamp from a $1 g Studio stamp pack. The card matched his gift (tool box filled with tools) & he loved it!

Happy Spring 2011... I'm Back!

I can hardly believe it's been well over a year since I have posted anything on my blog! The last time was Winter 2010, and now it's Spring 2011... time flies... when you're overwhelmed!! But I won't go into that right now. :)

Although I may not have been blogging, I certainly have been making greeting cards for anyone I thought needed one... you know, a birthday here, a holiday there, etc. So I thought I would post a few pics of some cards I made over the past year, especially the ones that celebrate spring. Of course, I used my cricut to make each of these cards, and some of the stamps I used are by Robyn Cardon - My Pink Stamper. Most of my paper was also DCWV, and I often used Stickles, various punches, ribbons, and other bling.

Enjoy the view of my cards for now, and look forward to a video that I will make and post in the next couple of weeks.

Peace, love, & happy crafting!

Karen ♥

Another Sketch Blog Challenge... Mojo Monday 119

I raced to enter this challenge, and here it is! I made this with my husband in mind, of course! I love you, Baby!

Thank You for Being There

Here is the video of how I made my greeting card. This was my first attempt to demo. I used a real camera this time! Hopefully the quality will show. Be sure to watch in its entirety. There a surprise at the end. Oh... when I listened to the end of the video, it sounded like I said a word that I don't include in my vocabulary... I didn't say it... it only sounds like it... really!

Happy New Year!

It's 2010! Happy New Year, and praise the Lord that we're here! And on that note... "Thank you for being there" is the sentiment that I wrote, I mean stamped, on the front of this card. This sketch challenge comes from "Our Creative Corner" (SASSC46). Hope you like my artistic interpretation! So... I'm going to post this now while it's still New Year's Day! Thanks for being here to read my blog!