HAPPY NEW YEAR

Good morning everyone;
I made this card for a special person, who shall remain nameless as she drops by my blog from time to time...lol.

This adorable stamp is "Father Time and baby New Year" from High Hopes.

I embossed the image in black and painted it with Tombows. I used my nesties for the back of the image and the sentiment. I added white flocking to his beard and hair. I used glossy accents on the clock face. I also added some stickles. The bottom of the dp has been punched with my Martha border punch.

Hope you like it.

I would like to wish all of you a

Very Happy and Healthy New Year !!

" 2009 "

Thank You everyone for dropping by and leaving such wonderful comments. I really appreciate them.

Have a great day!
See you again in 2009.

KAREN

SENDING HUGS...

Hello everyone;
I finally have some time to sit down and get back to blogging. What a busy week it has been. It's so nice to visit with family and friends....but I must be showing my age, as it is exhausting. I'm sure I missed a lot of fabulous creations, but I will be getting around today to see whats new with all of you. I had a great holiday, I hope you all did too!


I made this card for a friend who is still a little under the weather. I love this image from Inky Antics. The sentiment is from Hero arts.

I embossed the image with black and painted it with Tombows. Of course I added some stickles. It truly wouldn't be my card if it wasn't a little crooked and didn't have any stickles. LOL


I hope you all have a great day....and thanks for stopping by.


KAREN

WE WISH YOU A.........

MERRY CHRISTMAS and A VERY HAPPY and HEALTHY NEW YEAR.





Thanks to all of you for visiting our blog this year and for all the fabulous comments you have left. Our blog is only 6 months old and we have made so many wonderful friends. Your visits mean so much......

LOVE TO YOU ALL

and

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Karen is taking a little break and since I have done so little on the blog (Karen's been giving my butt the boot), I thought I would put on a couple of christmas cards. I hope to spend a little more time checking out everyone's blog and posting to our blog and website in the new year (my New Years' Resolution).
The angel card (Angel from Stampendous) is done with metallic gold and metallic white cardstock and lots of stickles. I popped up their wings and added some ribbon and embellishments.
The fishing Santa is from High Hopes and he is watercoloured (of course) and has stickles too. I found the paper with the fish on it in a box of scraps I have had for ages.
Hope everyone has a very Happy Holiday!!

My Daughter, My Heart

Well, I am finally finished everything...Whew! I didn't think I would make it. This last week has been so very busy. I am going to take a break and get around to all your blogs tonight, I know I have missed so much.

This card is the last of the cards I have been making for my friend. The stamps are from Suzy Toronto. These cards are oversize and I didn't want to squish the bows, so I used my Topscore multiboard to make boxes for them.



I embossed the image with black and painted them with Tombows. I used the flower border stamp with black Stazon for the background. I also used some stickles. I punched and layered the little flowers.



I love the verse in this card.....another weepy one.
I used black Stazon for the sentiment and I cut out the hearts and layered them.

I hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by...

KAREN

MINI ACCORDIAN CARD

Hi everyone;

I hope you are all having a great hump day. These days are going way too fast for me. This is my first Valentine card for this year, so I guess I am ahead of the game.



This card is made from 1 piece measured 4 X 12. You score it at 2", 5" and 8". I also added a piece to the back that is 5 1/8 X5 1/8. The rest is up to you....I had so many ideas for this card, I almost drove myself crazy.
I am very sure I will be making a lot more of them. I love fancy folds and cards that move.



I embossed all the images with black and painted them with Tombows. I used my cb embossing folder Paisley and on the back layer I used my cb embossing borders. I also added some stickles.

I hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by...

Karen

Penguins, penguins, everywhere....!

Hello everyone...

I just had to share this with you today...
As our kids are growing up, we never know if they are really listening to us or even have an eye on what we are doing. Well this just goes to show you they are watching and listening to us.
For the last couple of months my oldest daughter Chelle has been making cakes for her friends. She has no formal training, she has just been checking out the internet. I must say I am so impressed by her creations...especially this one she made today for a pot luck dinner tonight. Is this not adorable!!!
The penguins and trees are all made by hand out of fondant icing.



She is always telling me.."I'm not creative like you..Mom".
Well that is just not true. I think the apple does not fall too far from this tree.

Just when you least expect it...our kids shock the heck out of us..I love it.

Chelle has started her own blog, so if you are interested in taking a look at her other creations, you can find them here

Thanks for stopping by
KAREN

She who is my daughter....

Good morning everyone;
I hope you all had a good weekend. It was a very busy one for me. I am still working on decorating my tree and so far their are 5 ornaments on it....lol. I think I will finish it today.

My friend asked me to make her Suzy Toronto cards, one for each of her daughters. They have the same image but each has a different verse. I have colored them totally different according to the girls favorite colors.
This card today, her favorite colors are earthtones. Well...these images need to be bright(in my opinion) so this is what I came up with.



I embossed the image in black and painted it with Tombows. I also added some stickles. I used my CB embossing edges on the dp. I used a punch to make the flower.

Suzy Toronto has the most beautiful, bring tears to your eyes verses. When we were going through the catalogue trying to decide what to order ...can you picture three hormonal women bawling over these verses. It was not a pretty picture. LOL

So this is the inside of the card.



I hope you like it.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.....

Karen x

A very sad day....

Today was a very sad day with the loss of a wonderful blogging friend Joanne Johnson.
I will miss the sweet comments she left for me on my posts each day.

Carolyn has a beautiful tribute to Joanne on her blog with contact info for her family. Please read Carolyn's post. Heaven has a new angel

Thanks for stopping by
Karen x

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

I managed to find some time tonight to make this card. This is my card for the One Stop Craft Challenge. The challenge this week is something blue.





I had bought this paper in the fall and forgot that I had it. Are they not the cutest little penguins?
I had this penguin stamp from a set I purchased last year from Inkadinkado.
I stamped the image with black stazon and embossed it with clear. I used a punch for the edges on the bottom. I also used my nestabilities. There are NO stickles!! LOL It was a very quick card and at this time of year... quick is good!!

Hope you like it.
KAREN

HO HO HO!

Good morning everyone.
As I was making this card last night, it started to snow. We didn't get too much, just enough to make everything bright and sparkling. Maybe that was my inspiration for this crazy card!! This is one of those cards that you really don't know what you want...but keep going anyway to see what happens. And this is what happened...lol! I get a chuckle everytime I look at it.

This is my card for the HHC#11.
I embossed the image with black and painted it with Tombows. I used a punch for the flowers and leaves. I added a clear dew drop for the centers. I stamped the HO with stazon onto metallic gold paper and used a K&co clear sticker on top. I also added lots of stickles!
Hope you like it.

Have a great day!!
Karen

SNOWMAN ALBUM

Hi everyone;
I hope you are all having a great weekend. I have been tying up some loose ends with my Christmas cards and gifts.



This is one of the little albums I made. It can be used for photos, recipes or whatever. The snowman is one of my favorite sets form Darcie's.
I embossed the snowman and all the images inside in black and painted them all with Tombows. I cut out some extra holly for the hat. I also added some stickles.

This pic is the first page of the album. The dp is also from Darcie's.

The next pic is just one of the inside pages. The image is from Penny Black. I used my Zutter bind-it-all to put it all together.




Hope you like it.
Karen

Spirelli Noel

Good morning everyone....
Well this week went by so fast, its incredible. I did manage to get a few things done...so I don't feel too bad. Layla, my beautiful dog, and boss of the house!! is under the weather, she has come down with some severe allergies and we are trying to figure out what they are. Poor little girl is scratching so bad and 3 medications later...we are hoping they will help. We spent 2 hours at the vet yesterday, but she did get a new toy for her troubles.

I am working on some quick christmas cards and I remembered I had done one like this in a workshop at the church in September.
I embossed the letters with silver and cut them out and layered them. I made the spirelli with 3 different color threads to replace the "O". I shortened the front of the card and added the 2 layers of pinked edging. I also inked the edges of the card with chateau grey and watermarked the black background. I was disappointed in the picture as you can't see the watermark or the edges.
So there you have it, easy peasy quick card!!

Have a great weekend
Karen

Pergamano ornaments

Good morning everyone.
I can't believe it is Thursday already. I hope you are all having a good week so far. Mine has been very busy as I have been preparing my Pregamano ornaments for a class this Saturday. I love doing Pergamano....it takes a lot of time, but the end result is usually very rewarding.




These are 2 of the ornaments from a set of 4. They are done in two separate pieces and the they are pierced up the middle and fitted into each other for the 3D effect. The nice thing about these is that you can emboss and pierce them any way you want. With so many new piercing tools, the possibilities are endless. On the angel I used my regular grid and pierced the holes in her dress and then cut between the holes with my tiny pregamano scissors.
On the snowflake I embossed some areas and then used my diagonal grid to pierce the holes.
If you click on each pic you will get a better look at the piercing designs.




I hope you like them
Have a great day!

Karen

Cookie exchange

Congratulations to Sharon on 1 million hits on her blog.
She is celebrating at Party Central with blog candy and challenges all week. Janine at
2bkrafty hosted the first challenge with a cookie exchange. My daughter and I made cookies tonight for her cookie exchange at her work, so we made a few more for Janine's challenge.
This is the recipe for our Almond Wreath Cookies and the box I made to put them in. Also the tag from the pocket on the box. I made the box from a template and dp from Darcie's. I added the pocket to the front to hold the recipe card.



ALMOND WREATH COOKIES

These are the cookies we made tonight. They cookie itself is not green...they have been glazed with green icing. They are absolutley delicious....trust me I ate enough to know!! It is the first time we have made this cookie but I am adding it to my cookbook.


Here is the full recipe.....



Happy Baking
Karen

Award

Thank you Tasha for giving me this beautiful award. Tasha has a fabulous blog...so go on over and check out her great cards.
I would like to pass this award on to
Pat
Nancy
Jamie
Theresa
Laurie

You all do beautiful work and deserve this award too!
Karen x

METAL MADNESS

Hi everyone.
I hope everyone had a great Monday. I can't believe it is Dec.1 already. Wow, time flies when you're having fun!!

This is my card for the High Hopes Challenge #10. The theme for this challenge is metal madness.
I embossed the cute little dragon, Albert with black and painted him with Tombows. I used my nestabilites labels die to cut the metal. I also added some stickles.

Thanks for stopping by,
Karen