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Its Sketch Frenzy Friday! 

For this card I used Woodlands embossing folder which 

was inked with Bermuda Bay ink.

Base card Early Espresso, layer very vanilla. 

I used some retired wooden leaves that I also inked with

Bermuda Bay, and......

I have the blue fingers to prove it. LOL

Be sure to check out the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog for more great cards.

Stamping trails

Karen

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It was my turn once again to come up with a sketch for the group. 

I used some retired Halloween paper from SU, and stamps

from the September Paper Pumpkin kit. 

I actually like this card, and I loved the kit from Paper Pumpkin. 

Here are some other things I made with that kit. 

The treat bag on the left is the 3d item in the kit. 

Love the greeting on the tag...Eat Me if you dare! How fun!.

Of course when I got this kit I was in the hospital with the knee replacement. 

Hubby brought it to me so I could see the kit. The first thing I saw when 

I looked at the fringe bags was cousin IT from The Adams Family. 

Now that is showing my age!  I made It's glasses with the 1 1/4 circle punch then

just trimmed them a bit. 

The hat was made with the ovals collection thinlits and was trimmed 

along the sides and the brim is a strip of cardstock that was also trimmed a bit at the 

ends. 

And how cute is this card? Again I used the stamps from the kit. 

Background is the brick wall folder with Hello Honey cardstock .

The leaf at the bottom is from a button pack I got at Pat Catans. 

Don't forget to check out the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog for more card ideas 

using my sketch. 

Stamping trails

Karen

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I used retired SU designer paper for the layer. 

Smokey Slate layer was embossed with the snowflake folder. 

Layered a white doily under the Smokey Slate layer. 

Greeting is from Making Spirits Bright. 

Don't forget to check out

Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see

other cards made with today's sketch.

I went to PT yesterday morning. Jim my therapist says I'm doing great.

He even got me to walk a little bit without the use of the cane.

So I'm off the walking and now using the cane. He said I'll be

using it for awhile. I'm hoping to be walking well by Christmas. Now

wouldn't that be an awesome gift to myself!

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. I had

to be quick about this card as the sketch wasn't posted before I 

had the knee replaced and I was was in a frenzy to get my blog

updated 3 weeks ahead of time. This sketch was posted this week so

I made a card using the sketch around 6 pm last night. 

Yes Kat, and sorry Amber but I just had to stamp. My

friend and her daughter told me not to go in the stamp room but 

to relax seeing how the knee has been giving me a lot of pain. 

But after going to my first out patient therapy yesterday morning I was moving

a bit better even though I was still in some pain. I can tell its getting

better, and hopefully by Monday I'll be able to sit and stamp a bit 

with my new "toys" which will be here on that day. 

Thanks to all my friends and family who helped make my birthday special for me on Wednesday. 

Hubby got my favorite take out for dinner and brought me a single red rose. 

And those new toys coming in on Monday was my birthday/retail therapy that

I so badly needed! 

Getting back to the card I used Mingle all the Way stamp set for the 

greeting, and retired Halloween designer paper that was cut into 1 1/2 inch squares. 

They are bigger than the sketch but I think they work well with the black lace

doily, and greeting. 

Don't forget to check out the other designers artwork at

Sketch Frenzy Friday blog.

Stamping trails

Karen

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Its another Sketch Frenzy Friday! 

I used some retired SU designer paper, black, and white cardstock. 

For All Things stamp set, banner punch, and the ovals collection to make

this Fall card. 

I also added some strings of burlap. Inside I carried over the designer paper

just across the bottom. 

Ink colors are Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede. 

Don't forget to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see other

cards made with this fun sketch! 

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. 

I used some retired things for this card. 

Jack of All Trades stamp set, retired Halloween designer paper, 

black lace doily, banner punch, and brown twine.

The black lace doily I picked up at Pat Catan's on one of the 4 trips

me and Kat made. On the last trip we also took my friend Marianne. 

I think Kat enabled her to buy some things also! 

Don't forget to check out the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog for 

other great card ideas using this sketch.

Stamping trails

Karen

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Can't tell you how excited I am.....

Tomorrow my baby girl is getting Married!!!

Okay back to the sketch. 

I used Papillon Potpourri, and Butterfly Basics. 

Base card Basic Gray, Vanilla layer embossed with the honeycomb folder. 

Tag layer is Blushing Bride (which of course Sarah will be doing tomorrow)

Designer paper is from the naturals pack. 

Don't forget to check out the other designers cards at

the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog.

I'll be back as soon as I can over the next few days to post photos of the 

wedding, but I'll be busy as I have two very close friends staying with me. 

Stamping trails

Karen

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Happy Sketch Frenzy Friday! 

The background for this card is from a swap I received recently. 

The technique is called wrinkled free distress. 

The how to's can be found on Splitcoaststampers. 

I only used one ink color Calypso Coral. 

Added a Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, and the layers are also 

done in Crumb Cake. Greeting from Butterfly Basics, 

and butterfly stamps are from Papillon Potporri. 

Don't forget to check out the other designers work

on the Sketch Frenzy Friday Blog.

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. 

***just a note***

There were requests for the sizes on the tea light holders I 

posted yesterday. Please go back to that post as I did update it 

yesterday for the directions. 

Okay back to the card.....

I used Basic Gray for the base card. Smokey Slate for the layer that

was embossed. 

Designer paper is from the natural paper pack. 

I added a bow to the center and a doily across the top and bottom of the

square.

Don't forget to check out the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. 

There are some great cards on the site that are using today's sketch. 

 

 

Stamping trails

Karen

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Happy Friday Sketch. 

Not to happy with how this card came out. Maybe it was the colors as

I'm just not loving it. 

Stamp set From the Garden, and I used the matching framelits. 

Colors: Mossy Meadow, Vanilla, Bermuda Bay, and Crumb Cake. 

Now because I had some leftover scraps from projects that will be posting tomorrow

I made another card from today's sketch.

White base card, and 1 1/2 strips of natural designer paper. 

Greeting from Butterfly Basics. 

Don't forget to check out other cards made by the Sketch Frenzy

Friday Design Team.

Stamping trails

Karen

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Happy Sketch Frenzy Friday!

I used the new Brick Wall embossing folder. Love that the 

bricks are so large. 

Stamp set Awesomely Artistic. 

I stamped the dragonfly on cardstock weight vellum with memento black ink. 

It was stamped and cut twice. The top layer is just the dragonfly wings. 

I wanted to give the "bug" a bit more dimension.

Closer view of the dragonfly. 

Be sure to check out the Sketch Frenzy Blog to see other cards using 

this sketch. 

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. 

This card took me only 3 minutes to make from start to finish. 

I was in a rush and grabbed what was in reach and put this card together. 

Base card is Sahara sand. Lower part was run though the brick embossing folder. 

Top part is Blushing Bride cardstock. 

The vanilla layer is a scrap I had that I used to punch out a circle for 

another project. 

Washi tape is holding down that layer. 

Stamped a butterfly using Papillon Potpourri stamp set with black ink on

Sahara Sand cardstock the punched. I layered a small piece of 

Blushing Bride under the circle to give the butterfly some contrast. 

Easy and quick!

I'm busing doing last minute things for the bridal shower. Today I'm 

baking cookies using my new cookie press. I'll give 

you a report on that tomorrow. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

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Welcome to another edition of Sketch Frenzy Friday. 

This week sketch was created my me. 

It is a very simple sketch, cause sometimes you just

don't need all those layers and embellishments. 

Plus when I made this late week I wasn't feeling my best. 

I do however love the card I made using this sketch. 

I used the new butterfly stamp set, and the honeycomb embossing folder. 

All stamping was done before running the layer through the folder. 

Don't forget to check the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see what the

other wonderful design team has done using this sketch. 

Can you believe that today is the last day of July? 

The bridal shower is just 8 days and a wake up away. 

So exciting!

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. 

But first I want to say Happy Anniversary to my friends

Kat and Joe. Hope you two have a wonderful day! 

The base card is black. Layer Blushing Bride. 

Smokey Gray designer paper is from the naturals 12x12 stack.

Stamp set Groovy Love. The heart was inked with Rose Red. 

Lace is from the Paper Studio. Its one of the ones I posted about on Wednesday. 

Had to use it! It matches the flowers in the designer paper. How cool is that! 

Don't forget to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see more great cards

using this fun sketch. 

Stamping trails

Karen

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Instead of doing any stamping on today's Sketch I 

decided to use designer paper....and a surprise embellishment. 

Inspired by a book of stamps I got at the post office I used

Market Day designer paper. 

The Summer Harvest and upc code is the larger sticker on the 

book of stamps. I did cut the sticker in half and place each

one on the cardstock layer before attaching to the card base. 

Don't forget to visit the Sketch Frenzy Blog to see

what the other designers have come up with.

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday!

I love how this card came out. 

Used scraps of Timeless Elegance designer paper. 

Also used Awesomely Artistic, and Watercolor Wings stamp sets. 

The dragonfly was stamped on the card with black ink, then I 

inked one with Garden Green cut and popped it over the stamped image.

Happy Birthday to my son John. He turned 27 today. 

Hope you have a great day John! 

Stamping trails
Karen

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Sketch Frenzy Friday is here again!

This card pushed me out of my comfort zone with the colors I selected. 

Base card white, Delightful Dijon embossed layer, smaller layers, 

Wild Wisaba, and white. 

The images were stamped with Melon Mambo. 

I got bold and daring across the top and added 1 1/4 jute ribbon that

I ruffled and attached with mini staples. 

So I decided to go back to my roots with my weight loss. 

Since the wedding in coming up in a few months and I need 

 

to get a handle on the eating I went back on the old Core program 

 

from Weight Watchers. 

 

Went to the grocery store yesterday morning and stocked up on 

 

all the things on the Core list that I know I enjoy eating. 

 

So wish me luck I need to get at least 15 pounds off. 

 

Stamping trails

Karen 

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Happy Sketch Frenzy Friday! 

I used An Open Heart stamp set for this challenge. 

Oval framlits used to create the center panels. 

The designer paper is actually from the Bohemian pack. 

Bird was colored with aqua painter using Island Indigo, and Crumb Cake ink. 

I used Sahara Sand lace to make the two rosettes. 

Don't forget to check the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see more

ideas to use this weeks Sketch.

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to another addition of Sketch Frenzy Friday! 

In my attempt at a different one word greeting I did some 

internet surfing. 

Ahoj means simply "hi" in Czech. 

Since I was using the Bohemian designer paper I 

did a search for Bohemian one word greetings. 

Ahoj is thought to have came from the sailors greeting Ahoy. 

Bet you didn't think you were going to learn something on my blog 

today! 

I used Little Letters thinlits die to make the letters with Blackberry

Bliss cardstock. 

The solid pieces were cut 2x1 1/4, and were embossed with the Bohemian embossing folder. 

Be sure to check out the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog for more

designs using this sketch.

Stamping trails

Karen

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. 

Embossing folder Lucky Stars

Greeting from Sprinkles of Life stamp set

Colors Coastal Cabana, Hello Honey, designer paper. 

You can see other cards using this sketch at 

the Sketch Frenzy Friday Blog

Had an awesome day with daughter Sarah on Wednesday. I have

pictures to share and I'll be posting them on Sunday. 

Stamping trails

Karen