What's all the Buzz

Happy last day of 2019.

Wonder what the New Year 2020 will hold for us. 

I finished up some incomplete cards. Cleaned up the stamping

chateau this morning, and found these two unfinished cards. 

Just needed to add a greeting to them. 

Earlier in November I helped a friend design

cards for her daughter's upcoming baby shower. 

The above cards were samples I was working on. 

Snowing all day! Now why couldn't it have done this last

Tuesday on Christmas Eve? 

I must say it is pretty to look at since I don't have to go out

and drive in it. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! 

Stamping traills

Karen 

day 3 

Lady with Umbrella

I received this stamped image from a swap I was in. 

Colored her using Prisma pencils. 

The patterned paper is the same as the paper I used for

yesterday's project, but I switched it out. Since the paper pack

is 6x6 I got more use from the two sheets by doing it this way. 

Close up view of the image. Wish I knew where this stamp came from as I 

really do love the image. Wishing everyone used the same ink that I do. Jet Black Archival

ink by Ranger. Gives you a nice crisp image. You can tell by this one that the image looks

pretty faded. 

My son John will be turning 30 in a few days. Got together 

with him and Emily yesterday. We all went out to John's favorite Chinese place

for dinner. We were going to do the birthday thing today, but he was on call for work, 

and we didn't want to take the chance of him getting a call and have to take off

in the middle of dinner. 

Can't believe my baby is going to be 30. Have no idea where the time has gone. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Sending Loads of Love

I made a few cards while stamping at Betty's

a few days ago. I really love this one. 

Just a clean and simple card. The load of laundry was

colored with pencils. 

I should have took Betty's advise on this one and put the greeting on the inside....

The bra top would have looked better on the outside of the card. 

Oh well....next time! 

We got some rain and thunder yesterday. The rain was really needed. 

Going over to visit with John, and Emily today. Haven't seen the apartment

since they got it all fixed up. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Sending Wishes your Way

I had one lonely panel left from that 12x12

sheet of patterned paper so I had to use it up! 

No modeling film used on this one. 

Just some lace to dress it up. The panel is popped up over

the bottom layer. I cut off the lower piece of the panel and used

it to make the banners at the bottom. 

Greeting from Stampin'Up. 

We had fun last night watching the fireworks. I'll be posting photos tomorrow. 

I'm off to the post office, then for a walk. Hope

everyone enjoyed the longest day of the year. When we

came home from the show there were a ton of lightening bugs in our backyard,

so we got to see two shows. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Just a Brief Note

Happy Tuesday!

This card should have been posted yesterday for mailable Monday, but

I was having trouble getting the blog to work. 

The briefs were stamped on patterned paper with black ink. Then popped over the white layer. 

For the greeting I used my Dymo label maker. 

 

Hubby had fun with Sarah on Father's day. Her and Jason came over. She helped

 

him weed the garden then they all went swimming. While they were doing that

 

I was grilling potatoes, and salmon for dinner. 

 

 

Jason left to go spend time with his dad. Sarah and her dad went

to check out the new Scene 75 that opened last year. 

Instead of wack a mole, they played wack a minion. LOL 

We have been in a heat wave for the last few days. Been in the 90's. 

Suppose to be a little cooler today. Thank goodness! 

While I do love the hot temps, 90 + the humidity is a bit much. 

Thankful that we had central air put in last winter when the heater went out. 

Was a big expense, but so worth it! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Misc Ephemera Kit Cards

So I've been going through craft supplies, and trying my best to use them.

(before I buy more!)

Came across this  little ephemera kit, and had to use it up!

Was able to make eight cards, and two gift tags that are in cute little

paper bags. 

Didn't use any stamps on the cards just the items in the kit. 

Of course I did have to use my own cardstock for the cards. 

So I think they came out cute. It will make a nice little gift when 

I get it packaged up. Never to early for Christmas gift making. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Glamour Girl Card

Love how this card turned out.

Special thanks to a very talented young lady Emily. 

I asked her to sketch the background stairs. She did me

one better and added the door as well. What an artistic mind that girl has!

Was looking for some washi tape to use, and found this film

strip roll in my stash of tapes. I think it rounded out the card perfectly. 

I liked yesterday's Mailable Monday card so much that 

I made an artist trading card using the same greeting and girl stamp. 

Think I might be using these for my monthly artist trading card swaps. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Shamrock Cards

So I checked the calendar yesterday, and thought I haven't

made any Saint Paddy's Day cards. Oh no! 

Then I remembered I picked up two sheets of paper at Hollo's 

back in January that would be perfect for some quick cards. 

Paper is from Authentique called Shamrock Six. 

It has twelve different kids, and greetings. 

The paper is double sided. Back has a green and white design, but who

would ever use the reverse side when all the cuteness is on the front?

All the cards were made with the same layout. I used pattern paper for the layer on the 

cream base card, and I embossed them with an argyle embossing folder. 

The panel is layered on black cardstock, and popped 

over the doily that I cut in half and gathered up. 

Used different stickers to put in the corner. 

This is the one I just love! 

When I bought the paper I was thinking it would be great

for a Saint Paddy's day themed pocket letter, and I still might

make one with the second sheet. 

I still have a few more to make today so I can get them

in the mail to friends and family. 

Shamrock trails! 

Karen 

Wish Card

I just love, love, love how this sweet card turned out. 

Only stamping I added to it was the greeting. 

The doll reminds me of the Campbell Kids. Remember those? 

Okay showing my age once again. 

Someone gave me this doll die cut in a swap. It has been in my stash collecting

vintage dust, so I wanted to put her on a card. To cute to stay in a box. 

I added some wink of Stella to the dress, hat, and shoes. 

Left the inside blank for now, but I'm thinking birthday card. 

Of course now that she is sitting on my desk so pretty I may just

keep her. I know, I know should send her to someone. 

 

It got up to 60 yesterday, so me and hubby went for a walk then visited 

 

the library, and did some reading. 

 

After that we went to Ruby Tuesdays for dinner. 

 

Today I'll be getting some much needed cleaning done, and

 

baking a cake. 

 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Bubblewrap Appreciation Day

I bet you didn't know that today is Bubblewrap Appreciation day. 

Show of hands...how many knew? 

Just another one of those strange holidays. 

Anyway today's card features some inked up bubble wrap.

I didn't have any on hand, but I did have a used padded envelope. 

So I cut it apart and pushed it bubble side down into an ink pad. 

Next step was to put the piece ink side down on the cardstock and rub

just a bit to transfer the ink. 

If you look at the card you can see that the bubbles are blurred just a bit. 

That is because I rubbed the bubble wrap when I put it on the cardstock. 

I like the effect. Stamp set is retired from SU called Going Global. 

I added a few stars by Tim Holtz to finish off the card. 

Snow is back. JOY! No not really. I'm ready for winter to leave now. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Beautiful You Reflection

Well I'm back with two more cards using the Beautiful You 

stamp set. 

I used the refection technique on this one. 

Love how the girl's shadow is in the rain puddle. 

Colored the umbrella with orange as I wanted

just a pop of color. 

And this card is just clean and simple. Colored with basic gray

ink, and layered on white. 

Going to be really warm here today. Going up to 80! WOW

I've been busy working on some gifts I need to get out in the mail. 

And since hubby and me are celebrating our 35 wedding anniversary

on Sunday I've been going down memory lane and looking through

some photos. Don't know where the time went! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Hoo Me?

Well isn't this card just a hoot? 

While I was going through some craft stuff I 

came across this stamp that looks like paper being ripped from 

the under side of paper. 

Have no idea how long I've had the stamp or where I got it. 

So on a whim I came up with this card. 

The owl stamp and greeting are also unknown. 

Does anyone else do this? Surely I'm not the only

stamper out there that has misc stuff that they haven't used, or

have from an unknown source. Please make me feel better and tell me

I'm not alone!!!!! 

Stamping trails

Karen

VC Rocks June Blog Hop Cruising with Flowers

Welcome to the VC Rocks June Blog Hop. 

Theme is Cruising with Flowers.

I found a video on Pinterest to make this cute holder for

stampin dimensionals, pearls, and rhinestones. 

It is perfect to sit on my desk as I'm always reaching for dimensionals. 

Front view. I used Botanical Blooms, with retired in line colors. I'm 

going to miss them! Just loved Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, and Blue Lagoon.

This is a clean and simple card. Would be great for my Mailable Monday editions! 

Used Grateful Bunch stamp set. The flower was stamped on Hello Honey with black ink then

embossed with clear embossing powder. 

Inside card view.

And because June is just full of brides I made this flower card. 

Uses Petite Flowers with Blushing Bride ink. I just did an all over stamping with 

the same flower. Stamped panel was layered on Basic Gray cardstock, and then mounted

on Blushing Bride base card. 

The "love" thinlit is retired. It was also done in basic gray. 

Inside view. I left it blank so I can add a greeting later. 

Don't forget to check what the other designers did with flowers. 

Go visit VC Rocks blog.

Happy Mother's Day

Thanks to my friends Kat, and Lisa for bringing

cheer to my mailbox this week. 

The girls both made me Mother's Day cards. 

Kat's card is on the left, and Lisa's is on the right. 

Both are just beautiful! And Lisa the rose on the heart

came through the mail just fine. 

I found this cute little elephant stamp hiding out in one of my craft drawers. 

I stamped it using jet black StazOn ink onto watercolor paper. 

Got to use my Tim Holtz distress crayons to color it in. These crayons

are just so vibrant. 

Well I'm off to do some shopping with Sarah then

later we will be meeting the boys for dinner. 

Hope all you mom's out there have a wonderful Mother's day. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Butterfly Basics with an Easy Tip

I have a little tip to share with you today.

The stamp set used is Butterfly Basics.

 

For those who own this set you know that the fern can only be stamped in one

 

direction.....or can it? 

 

To get the image to go in the opposite direction follow these steps. 

Ink up the stamp then stamp it on wax paper. 

Lift up the wax paper and place on the card ink side down

and gently rub. Then lift the wax paper off. 

So easy to get a reverse image just by using wax paper! How cool is that? 

Stamping trails

Karen

Get Well to Me

I made this card for me late yesterday.

Was not feeling good Wednesday night and was up half the night 

with a splitting headache. 

So I napped a lot yesterday. 

Kat and her friend Ceil sent me these cute little die cuts of pots, saucers, and cups

(thanks girls!). 

They are great for making a quick and cute card. Really nice to have when I wasn't feeling overly 

 

creative. 

Inside view. 

So get well to me! I am much better today. Since its going to be 

warm and sunny think I'll get out of the house and get some air. 

 

Big Happy Birthday to my nephew Corbet. Hope you have a great day!!!!! 

 

Looking forward to going to the slot card show with you later in the month. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Got Trim?

Sometimes I forget that I have trims. 

Since I'm still moving odds and ends back into the stamping studio I'm 

discovering misc things. 

I found a whole bag full of different trimmings that I've collected. 

That is what inspired this card. The crumb cake layer was embossed with

a folder (at the time of this writing I can't remember the name of the embossing

folder and I'm to tired from cleaning to go back down the steps!)

Here you can see the trims that were used. Some twine, burlap ribbon, 

and flower trim. After attaching the trims the completed layer was mounted

on a vanilla base card using pop dots. I can see

using this as a wedding, or anniversary card. Maybe even a get well card. I'll

keep the inside blank for now until I use the card. Speaking of cards.....

I received this cute card from my friend Lisa. The Buzz stamp was part

of a stamping challenge that a group of us did. Love the lego blocks, and how

 

the card was mounted. Thanks Lisa! 

 

It rained all day yesterday! On the upside the snow is all gone, and the temps

 

are suppose to get into the 60's by the weekend. 

 

Stamping trails

Karen

Beautiful Ride

First before I forget....I have to post a retraction. The time does

not go forward this Sunday. In fact the time does not change until

March 13th. Thanks to my friend Kat for pointing this out to me. 

You know I shouldn't believe everything I read on facebook. Someone posted

the time change as this Sunday and silly me I didn't bother to verify it. 

Okay speaking of Kat...I hope you have a very safe and fun trip while driving to 

visit your friend Debbie today. I made this card with you in mind. Stamp

set is called Beautiful Ride. I just love this car!!! Reminds me of the 70's. 

Now Kat after you are finished visiting Debbie just jump in the van

and continue on your way to Ohio, and bring some of that warm Texas air to me. We need 

it here.

Stamping trails

Karen