tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24693072932851774222023-11-16T01:30:51.568-05:00love, inkbecause i love to ink!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-53676526230607398272013-02-10T20:04:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:04:30.824-05:00Return to Blogland.......WOW.. I cannot believe September 2011 was the last time I posted anything......... or that blogger has changed so much I don't even recognize it!! <br />
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Well, to say the least, it's been a busy year+! Many things have changed, and my life is busier than it's ever been!<br />
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I haven't had a lot of time to stamp or scrap in so long. I am ashamed to say that this year, I even bought all my Christmas Cards =(<br />
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But there is something in the works..... so if you happen by to see this post, maybe soon you'll be back to see something fun in the near future!<br />
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xoxo<br />
~Karenkarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-55473105377465080552011-09-08T08:45:00.001-04:002011-09-08T08:46:26.427-04:00International Lost Inker........Welcome!<br />Apologies are in order...... I cannot find this month's kit hosted by Imke.<br />I looked under all my piles of papers and stacks of books. Looked through my scraps of card stocks and such. I could not find her kit anywhere.<br /><br />It's here... hiding somewhere.<br />My excuse is that we have been extremely busy, and the house right now is in total dissarray.<br /><br />BUT! I DO have something for you today... that's something, right?<br /><br />I have the kit that I was unable to post a couple of rounds ago...... and here it is!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AYQLysBQ2SORNdGRZNqZRHo9ZvdmqBGdEa82o4bXmX6kKNshdno1w60fAVikLjOoH4nVhHqfPWlcd2sXnj5Kzc7pT8G-oZBMsBmxRigaewUC5OZo2DurEdGkAyw-81LLatm0QXSLSk-C/s1600/cards+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649965523470043282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AYQLysBQ2SORNdGRZNqZRHo9ZvdmqBGdEa82o4bXmX6kKNshdno1w60fAVikLjOoH4nVhHqfPWlcd2sXnj5Kzc7pT8G-oZBMsBmxRigaewUC5OZo2DurEdGkAyw-81LLatm0QXSLSk-C/s400/cards+002.jpg" /></a><br />I colored the image with Copics.. a skill I still haven't mastered, but I think i'm getting better.... I have considered giving up on them altogether, simply due to thier cost! But i still have them.... it's hard to let things go eh?<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649965526823889138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvziGZjEb_gdULY8VEIuGoYQ5aJlv115GUW5sF4kG_4GVdn5zLOqTZL_0LrlDZOhM2me-8kBuR-D5Dp1OZ76wbrHir19syTAJYww6THqRGmNmEHGR_zPSWS6N7gYm3DdDlLL7c-hHdb3G/s400/cards+003.jpg" /> </p>I made a 5x5 square card on a white base. Two things I have been obsessed with of late... larger than A2 sizes, and white bases. I get a great price on a pack of 100lb white stock that is great for card bases and so the penny pincher in me has gravitated to it everytime. It also saves me from putting a layer of white on the inside for writing too.....<br /><br />A few of the lovely embellishments from the kit, buttons, ribbon, dew drops and felt flowers... VOILA!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxDZeQN3g6k3PmIIBmrP5e5XOpEvYDI86UhfOXWYbjdfYrOMAExO09k3h1_1wrRVIMWOSpsiiSCY8PX4ej9PgMBUGPHgz6NW62OQZFH61jgqVXIj5iRnOZRsN02Y0RPPZYlyLEwhBrMr3/s1600/cards+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649965516933227506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxDZeQN3g6k3PmIIBmrP5e5XOpEvYDI86UhfOXWYbjdfYrOMAExO09k3h1_1wrRVIMWOSpsiiSCY8PX4ej9PgMBUGPHgz6NW62OQZFH61jgqVXIj5iRnOZRsN02Y0RPPZYlyLEwhBrMr3/s400/cards+001.jpg" /></a><br />I really enjoyed this kit.. it was easy to put together and quick to color... just don't mind her socks..... I realized they were probably socks after I had already colored them in as skin... oopsie?! LOL</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Now hop on over to the rest of the girls' blogs and have a gander at this month's ACTUAL kit!!</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~karen</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.ticketbelle.blogspot.com/">Michelle</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com/">Catherine</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://craftingcreationsbyimke.blogspot.com/">Imke</a></p><br /><p><a href="http://lovepapernstamp.blogspot.com/">Tanja</a> (having issues with Blogger so you may not be able to see her card)</p><br /><p><a href="http://paola-sama.blogspot.com/">Paola<br /></a></p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-37744538898164228652011-08-05T18:11:00.004-04:002011-08-05T18:12:51.412-04:00Friday Blog Winner!At least I'm on time to pick a winner winner chicken dinner!<br />The randomly selected winner is......<br /><br />Lauren's Glitzy Bits!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by the blog hop!<br />Send me an email with your address and I'll pop your prize in the mail!<br /><br />Thanks again!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-33716177737097098152011-08-01T14:51:00.007-04:002011-08-01T15:21:27.064-04:00International Inkers......<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635963206525410850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIat_JgmxR721hUJEi0fEsH0F516QKoBIhMafec4WNii1hnTOZ-UwyVxCqh4th5mJCfh-cGV-RIHSVLxuJchnIpLMaz8S0g1q9VS2Q08e96iXULoH4H4JelireaFbiiGYyP_dDP1ZWytk/s400/cards+003.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><p>Hi all! Thank you all for being soooo patient, and stopping by for my post, this round of the International Inkers.</p><br /><br /><br /><p>A long weekend here, and we packed up our car as soon as the quittin' bell rang, and we had ourselves a lovely weekend away. </p><br /><br /><br /><p>Now that I'm back, I'm ready to post & so sorry for the latest of it. Hopefully you all had a wonderful weekend, and enjoy the card I've made with Paola's kit!</p><br /><br /><br /><p>So.. what's in the kit?</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635963264194693154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUZeIBkRhEni-W037CPatZrZ1v0riiW7yJ0i84A5YfyxMQXu2nu09gJ6lRQBCbGNafOWV-wOkBVsFNY24EQFgb0A38DoOKQSOCVUHDNsBLSKjL7XcSmHnkHjukKLKnZw_qooQv0mJaosM/s400/Paola%2527s+kit.JPG" /></p><br /><br /><p>Stamps:</p><br /><br /><p>Are we there yet? (SU!)</p><br /><br /><p>The Journey (Tim Holtz)</p><br /><br /><p>Clear stamp (from Sandylion)</p><br /><br /><p>Accessories:</p><br /><br /><p>Ribbons, assorted mix; twine, mini clip, extra large red button, wood tag (by chatterbox), and a leatherette tag (by Jolee's boutique).</p><br /><br /><p>Assortment of PP:</p><br /><br /><p>K& Company, My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey - and a map page.</p><br /><br /><p>Now.. TADA!</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 353px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635963111846579794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaN378EHOdtvQPfO5v_v6MjzZ6WqqBbzXcXV604IQQcU3_9ilrg-9ZSqxwdKzdmel2MS-YtwZabicvYYjjC4pCkBE8hv7Qypy24p7WygwV_Mgk1UqzqvtShaatSKbWdhzFPVSs-RZLF4M/s400/cards+001.jpg" /> </p><br /><br /><p>I opted for a simple layout, colored the image with my copics, and then on the inside layered the lovely sentiment that came in my kit....</p><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHfkmNAb5f_g87CbY4uWcn_7hsLzbUmiTvwvDXxK5xn9xFU-vFdK3hIeB1ARWB3mncxsOHllNaoS2rhZk72ivrNoSqSYrgR8pAyf-_gbCfjiiN3T7vA6ga6Cu0Ufe9VfAj7LELk0bJDjJ/s1600/cards+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635963199349545746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHfkmNAb5f_g87CbY4uWcn_7hsLzbUmiTvwvDXxK5xn9xFU-vFdK3hIeB1ARWB3mncxsOHllNaoS2rhZk72ivrNoSqSYrgR8pAyf-_gbCfjiiN3T7vA6ga6Cu0Ufe9VfAj7LELk0bJDjJ/s400/cards+002.jpg" /></a><br />Again, I am so terribly sorry for the late post. It's what happens when you're getting rushed out the door!</p><br /><br /><p>For your patience, I will offer up a little extra prize. I'll choose a random post on Friday & that winner will get a little surprise in the mail!</p><br /><br /><p>Thanks again for stopping by! And just in case you haven't stopped by the other Inker's yet... here's where to go!</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://lovepapernstamp.blogspot.com/">Tanja</a></p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://craftingcreationsbyimke.blogspot.com/">Imke</a></p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://ticketbelle.blogspot.com/">Michelle</a></p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://paola-sama.blogspot.com/">Paola</a><br /></p><br /><p><a href="http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com/">Catherine</a></p><br /><br /><br /><div>To make up for my late post, I'm going to add a little extra prize!!</div>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-34786462095079329872011-04-25T18:42:00.009-04:002011-04-25T19:22:14.604-04:00Only a TAD?! Late........<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599658306185043986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-I2hJ7U36dvMyxRmwJnz-aNdqT8aXx5NKr2HcMPmLcDeeLpRjSpflevDLq40R4yS5CaSM5QOg1bpaiKX-BletxvC5BzjAvkVck2mlhnVpiz0tHADOyw6EsQNwR7ZT5EoDyD9bglZJWfc/s400/New+314.jpg" /><br /><br />My absolute humble apologies for SUCH a late post!<br />Would you belive that I have actually had this card done for weeks??????<br /><br />I have no other excuse than it being rather busy week and it just slipped right through the cracks, even though I was totally ready, AND reminded aswell.<br /><br />I am so sorry, and I sincerely hope that you think my little contribution to the 2nd in the international inkers series was worth a tiny wait.<br />So without further hesitation, here is this editions kit!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599658294513084226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3oHu7eUvgmW4V4po2GmQ9eL2XaO6RAjqZ6z7W9BuSdEfCa8U1q_IZPrzXFbrdM6K4-8gHf7_C1EwJJP5G8sYesXOnqDfYEndpTli7ENt40JGihudZRYsKk6tPnGBI7gsV_tsU-cLDM4Z/s400/New+310.jpg" /> Hailing from the USA, Catherine has supplied us with an adorable kit. So adorable in fact, that I literally ripped the package open & whipped up my card the very next day.<br /><br />What's in the kit?<br />- K & Company Urban Rhapsody pattern papers.<br />- May Arts Web ribbon in turquoise and cream<br />- Chipboard swirls<br />- blue buttons<br />- SU! Hodgepodge Hardware (in pewter) which she altered with Adirondack metalic Mixatives (in copper)<br />- The image is "Bashful from Sugar nellie, designed by Diane Duda<br /><br />Here is the finished card. I decided get some good square footage from the papers and such, so I opted for a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" square, and the easel card fold. The papers were so fun to work with, as everything went together so well. The embellishments were altered so perfectly!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599658308273719218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaCithz6623078jPV6HIxCLr8BhbnOOLzy8zuwmVNBgw1L_0YtY366tzv3qw7PVMOPOSOXx_qnokCTztIkvducaYw8njZtX0Tbcgx_bZvkuU-hH0WTwUGnen4VNZDtFtc5w_O3MXi2m9T/s400/New+313.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>In order to match the embellishments, I decided to do a little altering myself. I used the chipboard swirl and broke out my very neglected Copper Metallic ink pad and went to town covering the entire piece. I immediately sprinkled clear embossing powder over top and set it with my heat tool It looks fantastic and very similar to metal.</div><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599658303065160850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClCYGRKE10hkOrQPwNJzeqJLA_KaH2CTpBVOQfCd7epwm8XjmSNSC5MoxTzMrqdmZA1qOOg-tg8FeePVg-gycT-1WTaC8vwOHJB_E6mb8ie-GlS0N4Wk-BrD72cw8LYJM68jdngizy3n5/s400/New+312.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Thank you so much for stopping by, and I'm sure you have already been.. but if you haven't... make sure you visit the other inkers!</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ticketbelle.blogspot.com/">Michelle (USA)</a><br /><a href="http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com/">Catherine (USA)</a><br /><a href="http://paola-sama.blogspot.com/">Paola (CANADA)</a><br /><a href="http://lovepapernstamp.blogspot.com/">Tanja (GERMANY)</a><br /><a href="http://craftingcreationsbyimke.blogspot.com/">Imke (GERMANY)</a>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-34735517241890177652011-03-13T18:43:00.003-04:002011-03-13T19:09:19.159-04:00International Inkers Debut!!<div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 273px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583702233009640738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RP7nkBFEVZiucMVgQD1BnVZxA8dje-peyV7UE74LJ_XoS4RdJJ58gtAW_s1B8CD3nmW5cIftZGXQ_fVZZ2qjRu4Nbr7hXnzAIF1gu89EOBs6D3-yFFbJU5PD1PzTMtfNYl0wOyXH0t-l/s400/House+Pics+001.jpg" /><br /><div>Well, I'm a tad late on my posting, (we've been busy painting all weekened), but here it is!!</div><div></div><br /><div>Welcome to the first posting from a little group we're calling INTERNATIONAL INKERS! I was invited by a few of my very talented stamping friends from accross the border and overseas to join short little monthly kit share. </div><br /><div></div><div>Each month we are sending identical kits to each inker. There are 6 of us. 2 each from Canada, the US, and Germany! How fun is that??! Once each of us recieves the kit, we will create a project and post it on our blogs! As an added bit of fun, you can leave a comment on each of our blogs and one lucky poster will recieve the identical kit! (drawn randomly).</div><br /><div>So.. this month, the very talented Michelle, sent us adorable little robots with a smattering of pretty papers, embellies and some bling. .. I would have posted a pic of the kit itself, but I can't load it for some reason.. but you can have a peek at the kit on <a href="http://ticketbelle.blogspot.com/">Michelle's Blog</a></div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 304px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583702237145549314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQsIbjQ_UgFMFpNzuLFuP5xNTwZQTs8tap_5yYUUkZkpT-62f523e5IMfUcunH3quYsxOpHYMvqs9J90BeD0LMqxvBmBDej8-p7kG6Zt6KElOGfCOJ8ujH8abzjxgRvAR202YGymNw0qq/s400/House+Pics+002.jpg" /></div></div><br /><p>Well, there it is! My meager contribution to this talented group! I loved the adorable animals in the kit, and what wonderful companions they make! I colored them with my copics in Cool Grey #3 and #5. I thought it appropriate to cut out the layers for the dog and cat a bit crooked, just for the fun aspect of the images. They screamed for something abstract! I also settled on using the paper with the foiled design on it because robots make me think of metallic things! I popped them up on dots just to have them pop off the card a bit. I cut out the BEST FRIENDS sentiment from a sheet of the papers that were included, and i think the purrrrr-fect sentiment for the inside would be ..... "cuz opposites attract"..... what do you think?</p><p>Thanks for stopping by! Now off you go to check out the other (much more) talented Inkers from around the globe! <a href="http://craftingcreationsbyimke.blogspot.com/">Imke</a> (Germany) will be posting starting next kit, but head on over to........</p><p><a href="http://paola-sama.blogspot.com/">Paola</a> - CANADA</p><p><a href="http://www.paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com/">Catherine</a> - USA</p><p><a href="http://lovepapernstamp.blogspot.com/">Tanja</a> - GERMANY</p><p><a href="http://ticketbelle.blogspot.com/">Michelle</a> - USA</p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-23011918192255925742011-01-16T12:02:00.003-05:002011-01-16T12:17:40.597-05:00First Post of the YEAR!<div>WOW! It's been since October since I posted?! Geez where has the time gone?!</div><div></div><div>Well, we've been moving, guess that's the main reason why!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">I havent' even touched a stamp since we moved in.</span></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Living at the In-laws for a month, and then moving in to our new place on the 10th, and then hosting Christmas Dinner at our place too! It has been busy!! It's like every weekend we're doing something! This is the first weekend we've had a chance to just relax.. and well, we're not really relaxed either! Yesterday i was at RONA, and today, I might go back and pick up some paint to slather around.</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Or.. the other option would be to organize the stamping space ~ but I'm having such a hard time deciding how to organize it all!</div><div><br /></div><div>So.... I thought I'd start by posting a couple of pics. Please excuse the mess! and GET READY for.... OUR RETRO KITCHEN!<br /></div><br /><br /><p> </p><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562831224036645922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExFAx8UMU_q34vpaupj0yKSpOiCmHbPhWHqEHgT-XHuGoY54x0DfUxSyIuXMh3WTJY5BKGkOGjKv99gKZVFJb5-jodbrhLQr1ixCCXQ_-lhie-5s-QJnBV0vqH0IYGwv8lRoC35ww-aUx/s400/Kitchen+from+front+entrance.jpg" /></p><p>When you come up about 5 small steps from the front door, you will turn to your right, and this is the view into our VERY '70s kitchen. Right now, there are open boxes half empty, I have a fold out table that is doubling as a storage bench at the moment, and yes, recycling and bags everywhere. The kitchen, believe it or not, is so incredibly non-functional, it turns me off of cooking completely. It LOOKS like there's alot of space, and there IS.... but its not "Cooking" space. You could do yoga int here...... but entertain a party of 12? Well, doable... but difficult!! I'm still hoping for that winning lotto ticket so that I can demolish it and put in a new one!</p><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562831233384389586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPGTeD3zwEK1qaLZmYE9byNLrfyWVv4msSPaRgWReDC6QtCLgqJ7n6AqeKDSsC8PF3GQ9oVBB_OeB2vb-hck6HtYeC8FzkUXsXnCYIcb2DNf6Yu2ilD1ZgyIelf2iYh14q7Y2UWMig4KR/s400/kitchen+from+other+side.jpg" />The view from the other side. In this photo you can see the fold out table that is currently housing things that don't fit in my cabinets. Which of course, is alot since there is a major lack of cabinet space. See that dishwasher? yeah.. it doesn't work.</p><p>AND AHEM... in both photos, you probably have noticed those bulbous, tulip ceiling lamps... yes, they are JUST as hideous IRL, as they are in the photo. I sent my mother these photos and she told me she could not stop laughing at them. I mean, they really are hilarious!!</p><p>Well, there's a couple shots of the house.... I swear the rest of it is not as bad! But my mother did say I need to take some "BEFORE" and "AFTER" photos.... a mother does know her scrapbooker daughter eh? LOL</p><p>Thanks for stopping by!<br /><br /></p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-53251525071601329382010-10-31T10:26:00.006-04:002010-10-31T10:45:16.601-04:00Halloween Doggies on Bloggies!HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEN!!!!!!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by! Are you getting ready to greet all the ghosts and goblins tonight?!<br />I remember as a kid, I had a cabbage patch doll. Actually, I had a "knock off" cabby & it was a short haired boy. I wanted a girl doll so bad, I used to pretend she was a girl with short hair. I dressed "her" up in dresses & girly clothes. Each halloween, I sat her on the window sill before I went out trick or treating & dressed her as The Paper Bag Princess. I guess, that's a good indication of my future paper crafting fetish!<br /><br />Now, I have a living breathing little dog, which, funny enough, isn't much bigger than my knock off cabbage patch doll, to torture on Halloween.<br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534217320940367442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANOU3WUeBs_W7HEAIl0Fb2NH_oMuzDuJaWjx3A3oV1DfXufneWAm29FcoukHZHB11OKztyHEcUhqo-xivUMRWZFoZImj0_guCf5xGv7r3wwebVc2U5eyw2jk_zzhz2onLCU7vxTBCSkEd/s400/misc+086.jpg" /><br />I got Rockstar a little Halloween outfit, which is really difficult to take pictures of because its mainly black with glittery spider web designs all over. I got matching booties, which he just wants to chew! We had them on for a few short seconds and just after I clicked the above photo, I saw through my camera lens one orange bootie flying at my lens! I wish I caught that moment because it had Mike & I in stitches!<br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_lpoYlJakPA6Bo5GZUCUX93QvdELUYJboiHmR8OzjAESL2VezSFiqrOlcnVHJ642cQ1Bs2-2NlkkcMDWrQernwIeXzcvwNQqv-PXO0ew-nXZLHXnSmDeOrQKkac1pKAIRWGeU4QxoVu0/s1600/misc+087.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534217329439023410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_lpoYlJakPA6Bo5GZUCUX93QvdELUYJboiHmR8OzjAESL2VezSFiqrOlcnVHJ642cQ1Bs2-2NlkkcMDWrQernwIeXzcvwNQqv-PXO0ew-nXZLHXnSmDeOrQKkac1pKAIRWGeU4QxoVu0/s400/misc+087.jpg" /></a><br />It wasn't long before he abandoned both booties......... </p><p>Oh, there was originally 4 booties, but he already ate one...<br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534216570635006434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIy9iwbMaAAKiNBXhhtbBL7iLNyEslSvEpgmBfJtpa5MmVDepvFN0Gsy9VLMfs43tvXy8jUXuKCvbvS2XWUeSb223JM9yosGtJAHyylfcVpunVbuWqKOh90AHTW0-YVMvRwlWOkrxURcz/s400/misc+090.jpg" /><br /><br />You can kind of make out the sparkles in this photo. He sat and posed for us!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUexnKQHvW8pQD64vdW5NICggCG2QXcd2KQkU_Murdc9QnwjmTF3C4Ao325bQ4HXcRUGjHPPjWyBESwhM2n3BFwZetKtnGoFf1Kc1BGPw9yvNakrkt3jMwsEZcI5BT-NuKXe6S6cLFgjyX/s1600/misc+089.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534216565034250338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUexnKQHvW8pQD64vdW5NICggCG2QXcd2KQkU_Murdc9QnwjmTF3C4Ao325bQ4HXcRUGjHPPjWyBESwhM2n3BFwZetKtnGoFf1Kc1BGPw9yvNakrkt3jMwsEZcI5BT-NuKXe6S6cLFgjyX/s400/misc+089.jpg" /></a><br />He may look a little sad here, but he doesn't actually mind wearing a little jacket. He's a pretty small pup, and its getting quite darn chilly out in Toronto so we'll keep this on him tonight =)<br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhTTqQnD3tEnFUa7tIox5QNfWZTpnMD7qGVBCmmHF7G2TTerGaM4su6H2pADbU6XqlD_nW0blZUtL3q-gcGGmGcRMfpeXgP9sInHStylPibgrUezshJ0Q5uDC-Vj8CR7KGYwEvPgtiYvA/s1600/misc+088.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534216548918101810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhTTqQnD3tEnFUa7tIox5QNfWZTpnMD7qGVBCmmHF7G2TTerGaM4su6H2pADbU6XqlD_nW0blZUtL3q-gcGGmGcRMfpeXgP9sInHStylPibgrUezshJ0Q5uDC-Vj8CR7KGYwEvPgtiYvA/s400/misc+088.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><br />And finally, Rockstar's famous pose, with the one paw up ~ ready to shake your hand for a treat!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by today! And head on over to the other Doggies on Bloggies blogs for some more halloween fun!!<br /><br /><a href="http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/">LORIE</a><br /><a href="http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/">KELLY</a><br /><a href="http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com/">CATHERINE</a><br /><br />HAPPY HALLOWEEN & KIDDIES, STAY SAFE!<br /><br />XOXO<br />Karen & Rockstar wwwwroooooooofffffffff!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-70781215586712346412010-09-19T15:50:00.006-04:002010-09-19T16:33:30.912-04:00Cherry Cherry Yum Yum!!<strong></strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZ62VU9TjbIcpaj_SCbpJcISp2Peh8dnFS5xFV2T2josHbRPdUrWwjAe2IndvFQETXSsnoTN3X65i2gykEOLmKk_kTLozC4mOEVwIMhreFiWPEwDFuGGvbWo18oICg2f1hIbQnGdvZhrg/s1600/cards+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518717399178720386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZ62VU9TjbIcpaj_SCbpJcISp2Peh8dnFS5xFV2T2josHbRPdUrWwjAe2IndvFQETXSsnoTN3X65i2gykEOLmKk_kTLozC4mOEVwIMhreFiWPEwDFuGGvbWo18oICg2f1hIbQnGdvZhrg/s400/cards+004.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy Sunday ya'll!</span><br /></span><br />A joined a swap hosted by one of the girls from my SCS Souther Ontario group. We try and get together once a month for dinner, and what's sometimes ended up to be some pretty obscene chatter. Well.. _ I _ am present, so that's really not much of a surprise... right girls? LOL<br /><br />Krissie started a food themed swap and since I didn't have any food themed stamps, I decided not to join. But seeing as its Sunday and football season - I pretty much am confined to my stamping room, unless I want to watch a bunch of big men in shiny tights touch each other's bums. Okay, i don't hate football THAT much.... lol, but I would rather be stamping!<br /><br />So... I was rifling through my stuff and came accross a shapabilites that I had purchased a while ago. So I immediately thought of Krissie's swap and since we're meeting up on the 27th for dinner, I had time to join!<br /><br />I have been hoarding this DSP from SU! for quite some time, and if you follow my blog, you may realize that I have a hoarding problem with papers and images =) But when something comes together so easily, i'm happy to slice it all up!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvEYuU3ul163lhQmvnmlPGqxDj4Ra1Bh59VLNUSCRG0x_Si6QNf8eRUaJphzDqFNhzg-6oVXu934_Du6WXyhyy5PwugpmzIxn8vVmdlTEBfT47JHuhsCbA0BhWd7poapi6wWMVsd9yGCA/s1600/cards+006.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518716036478834018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvEYuU3ul163lhQmvnmlPGqxDj4Ra1Bh59VLNUSCRG0x_Si6QNf8eRUaJphzDqFNhzg-6oVXu934_Du6WXyhyy5PwugpmzIxn8vVmdlTEBfT47JHuhsCbA0BhWd7poapi6wWMVsd9yGCA/s400/cards+006.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><p>The layout I CASED from a card I had seen. If I remember correctly, it is from the site I purchased the shapabilties from. Ask me now what site that was?! No IDEA!</p><p>I also barely stamped a THING on this card. The cherry shapabilities are a great focal point, and I was stuck for a sentiment anyways. So I used a stamp from a CTMH set I had. It says Happy at the top and there are checkboxes for "day" "anniversary" "birthday" "holiday" and "go lucky". I think this card would be great for Happy Day!</p><p>It got me thinking about how obssessive I can get over stamping supplies. Do you ever find that some days, you seem to be more addicted to BUYING stamps than actually putting ink to paper? I do! I have several stamps and sets that I have never even used.......! (doesn't help that I watched Confessions of a Shopaholic for the 3rd or 4th time last night)</p><p>I have been ooohing and ahhing over the Cricut, Silouhette, electric Big shot, the Spellbinders presto punch, the Xyron Creatopia.. all these wonderful things that can do so much! I wish, I drool, and then I check my pocketbook! </p><p>So, I thought about the tools I have, that I LOVE and wouldn't want to stamp without... and that I have been creating without the "mega tools" for years. So what do i have today, that I wouldn't want to stamp without??</p><p>- 12" table top Fiskars rotary trimmer (Thanks to my most treasured sisters!)</p><p>- My 3M ATG gun</p><p>- Martha Stewart scoring board (which i bought not too long ago and has pretty much completely taken over from my Scor Pal</p><p>Don't get me wrong, all this thinking will probably not deter me from putting in another order for supplies in the near future, and I am STILL drooling over those "mega tools". </p><p>So if you had to go "back to basics" ~ what could you not stamp without?</p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>LAST SCRAPS........................</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyYlZ-dcC82HxIMeyfcSfPPL_lhjZlKLNCfMcmNzKuuZv_Yt-iAzaX3Atsec2X3mP8_fqoo8ydCdfueP7FSW0w78sibMMi_otmZ_K7lu1i2TYKefyTdGqPGiX3gvDaqnKhZrRE5DD6wOn/s1600/cards+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518717407728591938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyYlZ-dcC82HxIMeyfcSfPPL_lhjZlKLNCfMcmNzKuuZv_Yt-iAzaX3Atsec2X3mP8_fqoo8ydCdfueP7FSW0w78sibMMi_otmZ_K7lu1i2TYKefyTdGqPGiX3gvDaqnKhZrRE5DD6wOn/s400/cards+005.jpg" /></a> I had some leftover scraps from this project, so I whipped up a few matching tags. They're not all the same, but I'll be putting one in with each card randomly.</p><p>Thanks for stopping by!</p><p>~ karen</p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">Stamps: CTMH & Recollections</span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">DSP: Stampin' Up! </span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">CS: Stampin' Up & Cougar</span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">Tools: C-bug, Spellbinders Shapabilities</span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">Embellishments: Satin ribbon</span></p><p></p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-40467931261494687102010-09-07T21:47:00.002-04:002010-09-07T22:16:42.983-04:00Coasters anyone?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsV9lIOkf-NED39BeOfF_f3J-yO6n32ydZcRGCLD3OTi88PtRuuIqJHYOKcyYGjo9N6Yfkyag7MhvRLU4rJ0Cyw1_jV9f3Tncxr44rcT0AkoznsmPSlxZuoXeIFsQG8GOVUffpBQRUfRJA/s1600/misc+068.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514353856064156818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsV9lIOkf-NED39BeOfF_f3J-yO6n32ydZcRGCLD3OTi88PtRuuIqJHYOKcyYGjo9N6Yfkyag7MhvRLU4rJ0Cyw1_jV9f3Tncxr44rcT0AkoznsmPSlxZuoXeIFsQG8GOVUffpBQRUfRJA/s400/misc+068.jpg" /></a><br />Hi ya'll!<br />Hope everyone had a fantastic long weekend!<br /><br />Here is another project I made for the latest craft show. I have made coasters before. Many. For the first show, I bought an entire box of tiles and went to town, only to have nearly every one smudge and run when i sealed it. It was terribly discouraging, and I think I showed up at the show with a handful, IF that. <br /><br />Before the last show, I decided to try a different tile, and a different sealant. It worked!! <br /><br />My trouble then, was deciding what images were best for a coaster! I had done alot with swirlys and sayings, flowers and plant life - but I wanted something different and I don't know why it didn't dawn on me until a week before he show that I could use images of people and animals! I started with some CC Designs (Coffee Kiki, how more appropriate can you get?), and some Anyas and eventually got up the nerve to ink up a recently purchased Stampavie image. That's her you see there. The image is Gillian Roberts - "Being Together" from Stampavie. I think its one of the most adorable images I have ever seen.<br /><br />One of the best things about these is that your tile DOES NOT have to be perfect! The differences in markings make each one unique and you can find similar ones if you want to make a set. <br /><br />There's a few things I learned that might help a first timer, that I'll pass along so you can avoid some of the frustration I went through with the useless box I had!<br /><br />First, choose a very smooth tile. I like a smooth tumbled marble.<br /><br />Next, don't press too hard on your image, but use a juicy pad. <br /><br />If you're going to seal your tile (which I recommend and is a must if you are coloring), use a good quality poly. I used Verathane. Spray a thin quick layer, allow it to dry and repeat a few times for a good seal. Don't saturate your tile or else you will run the chance of your artwork smudging and running!! <br /><br />Color as much as you want to! I have used lots of mediums on my tiles. You must stamp your image with Staz On. Momento does not work. But color, the sky's the limit! I have used markers, copics (careful you do not touch the Staz On with your copic or it will blend your line). but my favorite is watercolor pencils. You get the watercoloring effect on the the tile and you can shade very well with it and add/take away color as needed.<br /><br />Go! Go! I wanna see you make one now!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-38810682241253808282010-08-31T20:51:00.005-04:002010-08-31T21:53:55.873-04:00When you're on a roll.......<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2vqo7Mk0vvDcj18nyNWrDyoV7MXodxJ1bAmbBAYzTDFHTpHpWpO-h7K-CwyfDnue1KdajOMxbTjv44WFb5IPAds0cTVBfpDJuP3anTJhuWir6e08_49s6NUP-kwJu6CfkREe9BakMicf/s1600/misc+058.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511742802915583890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2vqo7Mk0vvDcj18nyNWrDyoV7MXodxJ1bAmbBAYzTDFHTpHpWpO-h7K-CwyfDnue1KdajOMxbTjv44WFb5IPAds0cTVBfpDJuP3anTJhuWir6e08_49s6NUP-kwJu6CfkREe9BakMicf/s400/misc+058.jpg" /></a> Well, When you're on a roll... you're on a roll! When you're not.. well.. you're not!</p><p>I thought I'd show you what I've been working on this summer! I had signed up for a couple of craft shows this summer, and had been furiously trying to churn out cards. All in all, I made over 200 cards. I wish I SOLD 200 cards, but I did rid the stash of a number of them!! Here's a bit of a spread of some of the cards I made. I stuck to simple layouts and use up some of the DSP I have been hoarding. Now if I could only be so productive when I swap... or remember to send birthday cards... I would be golden.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511742812584899810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJoRghbmz6D4RN_jxkvO-BTJoly_GQWnULC_anwW1PHhel48Y4Nr5bFe2kfw5dLk4jL4y4JFCMTM-2WdGD2umR8FYyk_Lf-5MYlm3VtXXE9kwzbggfeVk5PrTZ4OpHYhxWoYfwdsNFOzW_/s400/misc+059.jpg" /> Here's one more spread, and shows some of the wedding cards I did up. I completely am in love with the 5x7 size white bases for wedding and anniversary cards. In fact, I am in love with 5x7 cards period! I bought a whole whack of envelopes in this size, so I see some bigger cards in my future. What do you think??<br /><br />Well, that's what I have been busy doing this summer!!</p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-17589394134436293532010-08-11T22:06:00.004-04:002010-08-11T23:04:09.452-04:00A little something......<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP6ZBV8rHuwMaKJPXju7KVFdpDY_HLdumr5itgk5Ct49w19ee7tMNuDABRPzieddb1JHqPIWIJdHMoQLPCdd8otHOFXx5wu92V8VRw4TA7yn2s_qcIC3q_sAvccoWvtnTbSb8lC64HpbC/s1600/cards+006.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504340850291718402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP6ZBV8rHuwMaKJPXju7KVFdpDY_HLdumr5itgk5Ct49w19ee7tMNuDABRPzieddb1JHqPIWIJdHMoQLPCdd8otHOFXx5wu92V8VRw4TA7yn2s_qcIC3q_sAvccoWvtnTbSb8lC64HpbC/s400/cards+006.jpg" /></a><br />A quick post today with a couple of things to share. I found this bird stamp in the dollar fifty bin at Michael's. There's another one that faces the other way with a different pattern on it and I picked that one up too so I'm working on a layout with the two birds. For now, here's something I whipped up. I'm just LOVING white card bases right now. I am in LOVE with PTI's white cardstock since its so heavy. I wish I could find some locally as the shipping is insane!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraXZBzf_9TuTJ6nITePRBKYpvXR7XkXRWhhVBiILqvXqP9SpZEw0GiUt0dzprEwJE7Ss6xwRVpjG5mqW92NclMPQzY-WnZaII6RJr4S-qXK9_bwp-mMQxfLVW3Tfc1uEYcHWe_jYcu80O/s1600/cards+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504340841487920354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraXZBzf_9TuTJ6nITePRBKYpvXR7XkXRWhhVBiILqvXqP9SpZEw0GiUt0dzprEwJE7Ss6xwRVpjG5mqW92NclMPQzY-WnZaII6RJr4S-qXK9_bwp-mMQxfLVW3Tfc1uEYcHWe_jYcu80O/s400/cards+005.jpg" /></a></div><div>The sentiment is from a CTMH set and the ribbon is from the dollar store. I recently have discovered CTMH after years of being curious about it. Now, I am still a rubber lover. My first preference I think will always be a wood mounted red rubber stamp. I was going to give up on clear stamps until I discovered that not all clear poly is alike! CTMH stamps are very pliable and they come off the backing without a fight. Unlike the cheapie dollar fifty bin stamps that come from Michael's, the cheapie Imaginesce and not so cheap Inkadinkadoo stamps that I have that I feel I have to fight with to get off the backing. There are a few other clear stamp companies that have this same particular texture & I'm starting to wonder if the material is different altogether?! Now if only I could find the "perfect" storage solution......lol</div><div> </div><div></div><div>Onto the next....! </div><div><br /> </div><div><div>Some time ago, I made a couple of quick kid's frames and gave them to bf's cousin for her kids. They were in place of a birthday card to accompany birthday presents. They loved them! She sent a message not long after asking if I would please also make a frame for her step-daughter and so I was quite happy to oblige. I picked up the frame at Michael's and a little tube of paint and anything I could find in my stash that was purple. I didn't want the frame to be too busy so i did up some flowers, used my new-to-me Sizzix lollipop dies for the letters and voila! I hope she likes it! (thought it will be some time before we see them next).</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504340841081311522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEArrZ9G5rKes8rxj0p2P2G4O4Tbhexe7BmdVrm5DnTAU1skW8Hf2h7JDuALLFeZKp9giP-GMD-wa4X4WvG4WgaxTydqmHECCI_U_RUCC31Y-4PZAHSrOaCQ3xgTFBAGXf73q2G2pDBr_O/s400/cards+002.jpg" /></div></div><br /><p></p><p>Well, that's me for today! Thanks for stopping by!</p><p></p><p>XOXO K</p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-27311500172149771002010-08-09T20:21:00.004-04:002010-08-09T21:04:18.594-04:00Card Kit Fun!Hello!<br />It has been so busy around here, which accounts for my lack of posting!<br /><br />A while ago, I was really getting into the card kit swaps. I ended up with quite a collection of all sorts of kits. And when I'm in a funk, its a great way to get my mojo going again. So - the other day when I needed some inspiration, I reached into my stash and pulled out this kit. Here is what the contents had in it:<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503571393210630290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmndQsTUDrqXkoQFHIKhaZbKBz7-CgPsrHeVwJRDycqoxgJg-SMiPVXjabZpjP5tg6XJ0vsWJT1Tu_SeisS8n3mNcCfsXO1H-IYQgoYOgIDgzGBgqfAoEB8SvRhD9siX946SuxY0eV7ti/s400/cards+001.jpg" /><br /><br />The kit consisted of a cute little fairy, and sentments - with some great papers and embellies... I pulled out some copics and here is what I ended up with.. whatcha think? I went a little outside of my comfort zone. I realized when looking through old cards that i'd made, that I rarely use more than one design of patterned paper on my cards. Well, this lovely kit helped me get over that one! Don't you just LOVE the matching ribbon?????!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503571404884419186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmnBA2n8QAQUPYLG6wQGk-993lEl5Ec_CMaraGpPAYhK-BQM2MwbR0VC6WJ7-OpgW6EQmqtl5PFuIvv-dTObDFSR2OjVk7Ydxx5cpAfRYYsNopB_MCf0Xj97o0lA6vqKgVl-YgeMU-Ftn/s400/cards+003.jpg" /><br /><br />I needed to snazz up the wings, and I'm pretty sure the inclusion of "fairy dust" in the kit was meant JUST for this purpose, so I used some crystal effects and shook on the sparkle. I love this stuff! Its not as messy as glitter, but gives you a twinkle all the same! here is a bit of a close up on the wings....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXMDwU69gAlc8GPe7xbHiY5TvwEZYAjdEp3fBn_6nhNRXTkjZ5g-j9-Z9c6yX_RhnJm6z_k3XCROdCu8BGpy_ZaTwyqRwum0-gb2Pc2frhx_j_2Hikv6pW26746NP_9gNShKbQL0tIxDs/s1600/cards+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503571416640971090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXMDwU69gAlc8GPe7xbHiY5TvwEZYAjdEp3fBn_6nhNRXTkjZ5g-j9-Z9c6yX_RhnJm6z_k3XCROdCu8BGpy_ZaTwyqRwum0-gb2Pc2frhx_j_2Hikv6pW26746NP_9gNShKbQL0tIxDs/s400/cards+004.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Thank you to all the kit swap hostesses over the last oh.. year and half I guess....! </div><div>Thanks for stopping by!</div><div></div>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-29587342593052209882010-07-05T21:41:00.005-04:002010-07-05T21:52:32.049-04:00WOW it has been a while!!It's been busy and then not busy around here.<br /><br />Seems time has been passing so much faster these days.. well, except for when i'm sitting at my desk at work.. then time seems to go by kinda slow!!<br /><br />Its been ages since I created anything worth showing, but here's a card I made a little while ago using an image I have been hoarding. I love <a href="http://www.thegreetingfarm.com/">TGF</a> images, and just recently bought some when they were on sale at <a href="http://www.scrappingreatdeals.com/">Scrappingreatdeals</a>. Before then, though - my friend <a href="http://www.inmymindseye.blogspot.com/">Kadie</a> sent me a few images and I have been HOARDING them ever since. Afraid to color them up and cut them out for fear I wont have any more to play with if I mess it up! But alas, they were too cute just to leave black and white! (well, off white).<br /><br />So here is a very thankful Ian for you today.<br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490604007912104754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFA74TYvXvKvW5pagUkgB8REdPAEjJ0O7-ssywaBEQaDgsFA1OXnOu1MLZx0PJIwUuEfMN5EH2JSRB0npx3bcqNltsiYsbCmpHAIk9PuuYNhRfKce2zf0Ob7RjajlCgWBmersvdyTpamzc/s400/ian.jpg" /> </p><p>DSP and CS is Stampin' Up. Ian is colored with Copic markers and yuo can't really tell in this image, but the stripes on his hat are higlighted with a browny red Spica Glitter Pen.<br /></p><p>Sorry about the quality of the image.. yep, I cheated and used the camera phone again.. bad bad me.... bad bad me....</p><br />On the upside ~ my crafting room has never been tidier! We are listing our condo again (please cross your fingers for a quick and profitable sale!!!!! ) so again, I had to tidy up and pack up. I do have some storage solutions now, though - so nothing had to get sealed away in boxes. I just have to be diligent, and put away everything when I'm done. Now, we can all do that can't we?..... can't we?????????<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-16944729035131205332010-04-03T10:14:00.003-04:002010-04-03T10:23:36.892-04:00Happy Easter!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqr2eliY6-b_rRbE2vb0ypPrqQBbxs6zNqWNPPuXotUcVNKtk27GkjpVJ9BPaEkKg5I80SSOJIHk4sBgAgXcm1Dm_oo1rygNODEh6p9HAmgtrb9BMSEeOwYk-9eU_iFktHQ_CdlWVZ5Wp/s1600/Picture+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455915960779177714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqr2eliY6-b_rRbE2vb0ypPrqQBbxs6zNqWNPPuXotUcVNKtk27GkjpVJ9BPaEkKg5I80SSOJIHk4sBgAgXcm1Dm_oo1rygNODEh6p9HAmgtrb9BMSEeOwYk-9eU_iFktHQ_CdlWVZ5Wp/s400/Picture+002.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /></div><div>Hi all! WOW its been busy around here!</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>I am now back to work so no more free days for crafty things! I still have to find some time to clear off the dining room table so we can eat off of it again. I'm sure Mike will be happy when that happens! LOL!<br /></div><div>Soooo.. we have a dinner tonight and I thought I'd whip up some quick easter treats for the kiddies. I WAS going to make pop cans, but realized that I hadn't bought enough candy to fill the ones I had! SO...... I searched and was inspired by the icicle boxes I was seeing online and made a carrot box. Now, Its not really looking like a carrot - so I'm just calling them "Carrot Inspired" hehe......</div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455915948483538034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ekNlVJ5zFh-xLMyDVW8efDoWcUwF6U0rgF3qjDPTbgrz99Z4gNnR_0YYrX1fpT6FZ-aUhaXr9jmIl1C-DvDB6ecwsqjIu47yE8_lolXF5QMyZW5VU9gYDCUrQ-N4Y9B7x3R-rbjAhNqv/s400/Picture+003.jpg" /><br /><div></div>So, its just a really simple box template I found online; I cut it out of orange CS and stamped it with the large swirl from SU's Baroque Motifs set. I punched a couple of holes in the top and tied green ribbons on them. The tags are cut out with a cuttlebug die and I used the Happy Easter stamp from SU's Well Scripted set.<br /><br />Hope you're all having a fabulous Easter Weekend!<br /><br />XOXO<br />Kkarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-39138012542564970792010-03-18T11:08:00.007-04:002010-03-18T11:53:45.101-04:00Green Madness!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToHkodaz4AsUMvnqnkSrdOlodFytFj9yYA_ZrmgaNCpviRfS34C05u8sP-T00z4w522l-PL7Gs4iTIqM3dcuV3nqoAYlY967fBu2C_kl1yC2a12djoRgSvtdIMl0iBvJw2G-8ZqEvm53S/s1600-h/Trouble+Travis+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 79px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450000411103967874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToHkodaz4AsUMvnqnkSrdOlodFytFj9yYA_ZrmgaNCpviRfS34C05u8sP-T00z4w522l-PL7Gs4iTIqM3dcuV3nqoAYlY967fBu2C_kl1yC2a12djoRgSvtdIMl0iBvJw2G-8ZqEvm53S/s400/Trouble+Travis+002.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>Well, the computer is finally up and running! Its been working fine since we got it back. So ~ today I thought I'd use it to post on this little neglected blog of mine!!</div><br /><div>The March theme for my sisterhood's monthly swap is GREEN. Which just happens to be a color I have a love hate relationship with. I LOVE the color, I HATE everything I make with it! LOL!! The theme however, presented a lovely challenge for me. First of all, I didn't own anything that I could color green. Okay, that's obviously not true. I don't own anything i wanted to color green - I wanted to buy something new (HEY HEY NOW! I know you do it too!). It gave me the perfect excuse to purchase one of the new images from High Hopes stamps by thier new designer - ya, I'm talking about Dustin Pike! So I decided that I would happily add Troubled Travis to my collection of rubber goodness.</div><br /><div>Now, this also presented a problem! I have never colored a dragon before! And most certainly not with my limited collection of Copic markers. So I pulled out every green I have (a total of 4) and a couple of warm earths hoping it would work out. One thing you gotta love about Copics is the ability to blend the colors and create the look you want. While I still think i NEEEEEEED more colors, the ones I have have served me pretty well for the short year that I have been coloring with them. So.. here is my card for the swap - hope you likee!! I whipped up a quick get well card. The sentiment inside is computer generated (OH YEAH I GOT MY PRINTER WORKING TOO!) and says "Hope you get your fire back soon!"</div><div> </div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449994037237008258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi360ZY2GXosyIoUC6B1Kp83C-Wx0gaXE7QUGPqzHbMM4zGoAeTII6jU8nSPMxHW173AeD2eQT7N2_7rSPZjgNQg_qITfst_TBpgIVvy0u1TE5B5u-dQ3n5H8Z3O0djMk5bkoPbhWKn9Vom/s400/Trouble+Travis+001.jpg" /><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Cardstock: SU! and some bright green freebie from my friend Christyne</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Ribbon: random green freebies from my friend Christyne</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">PP: My minds eye abby road</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Colored with Copics</span></div><br /><br /><div>~ Special thanks to Christyne for the freebies!</div></div>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-47993796002009839892010-03-10T13:52:00.002-05:002010-03-10T13:54:40.600-05:00I Spy.....with my little eye......KELLY"S BDAY BLOG CANDY!<br /><br />Click the link on my sidebar for your chance to enter!<br /><br />I have another announcement! We FINALLY have a working computer again.<br />We took our old dinosaur to the doctors, had her stripped naked & re-vamped with all sorts of goodies! The old laptop is officially "dead".<br /><br />So, I'm working diligently to get going on all things blog and stamp and email and what - not so you should stand by!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-27999628838965251242010-02-28T18:50:00.004-05:002010-02-28T19:04:43.820-05:00A post!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LPmPJ8hyiZ_UF14KC0B4N_3bqHf4nR8x_7qPkVVGaulF9ZEn7q-hNC8jP-FwD1AJFShzeJeQhsKXZBU2j8ujIeiLvGbO-Z0ioQ8JnAtM0w1tf3LSeys5ETDP_WqXjt4AN0fExz6-uULq/s1600-h/apple+emma.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443447719761616562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LPmPJ8hyiZ_UF14KC0B4N_3bqHf4nR8x_7qPkVVGaulF9ZEn7q-hNC8jP-FwD1AJFShzeJeQhsKXZBU2j8ujIeiLvGbO-Z0ioQ8JnAtM0w1tf3LSeys5ETDP_WqXjt4AN0fExz6-uULq/s400/apple+emma.jpg" /></a> <div></div><br /><div>I recently got my order from All That Scraps. OH MY it took ages to get here! About 3 weeks!! I dont know what it is with the postal service, but packages from the US are so unpredictable, and so expensive! If its not duty & taxes, its the cost of shipping itself, or the length of time it takes for a package to get here!</div><br /><div></div>Well, out of the stash, I pulled out Apple Emma from CC Designs. Quite a while back, my talented friend Kadie sent me a set of CC Designs stamps. I had never tried them before and they sat in my room for some time before I dared ink one up. Well, since that day I have literally fallen in LOVE with the images! So when I saw Apple Emma, and knew I had some cute apple papers from stampin' up in my stash - I just had to have her. Of course, all bf could say was "she doesn't have a nose or mouth... how is she going to eat that apple?" to which I replied... "well obviously she's meaning to share the apples, not eat them!" <br /><br />Excuse the poor photography. A while back my computer went kaptuz and I can't download any new photos. So this one's from the Camera phone and we know how poor those pics turn out!! It really doesn't do the image or the papers any justice at all! But I had to post something since its been so long!!<br /><br />All papers and cardstocks are from Stampin' Up and the image is colored with Copic markers.<br /><br />Now.. on a very happy other note, I am a hockey fan, so ......<br /><br />Congratulations to the Men's and Women's Canadian Hockey teams for winning GOLD!!!!!<br /><br />OH CANADA!<br />Our home and native land!<br />WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE!!!!!!!!!!!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-11771664764606888322010-01-20T17:40:00.003-05:002010-01-20T17:46:08.214-05:00High Hopes Blog hop....& othre stuffHi all!<br />Just wanted to send you a thank you for everyone who played along in the Inktegrity blog hop! If you haven't already, check the <a href="http://www.inktegrity.blogspot.com/">Inktegrity blog</a> to see if you're a winner! <br /><br />Sorry its taken me so long to post this, but my laptop went kaputz the day after the Inktegrity hop! GRRR!!! I've been without a computer until today!! I am waiting for the technician to tell me how much saving all my data will cost, if he can fix my laptop & how much THAT will cost, and if it can't be fixed, well, then I guess I'm SOL.. lol<br /><br />For now I'm using another ancient hunk o junk ~ but I am thankful to at least be able to be online! This computer hence, does not have any of my programs, digis, photos, etc. programmed onto it. Its pretty much a shell. So it will be another week at least, until I am able to upload any pictures! Without the net, I have gottena few cards done though! LOL<br /><br />Today is the 20th so don't forget to head on over to the <a href="http://highhopesstamps.blogspot.com/">High Hopes blog </a>and hop along! The new Dustin Pike images, IMHO are TDF! Go Go Go!!!!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-43514570234110104642010-01-14T06:00:00.004-05:002010-01-14T16:37:09.209-05:00Happy 6 monthaversary to Inktegrity!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FBP8qFyzxzjJS7w0AyoZwMmlglJwf3B3PO6zgpqkHIfuhtBs40lYtLOLtEt3PrIze02h26LuSdBSpko4yeWHb7EdvxRm76WQQcSEpF-l4oq2r4uDNQw7sy2xi8cHVJYFbLevU3lL9YQj/s1600-h/IMG_2628.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FBP8qFyzxzjJS7w0AyoZwMmlglJwf3B3PO6zgpqkHIfuhtBs40lYtLOLtEt3PrIze02h26LuSdBSpko4yeWHb7EdvxRm76WQQcSEpF-l4oq2r4uDNQw7sy2xi8cHVJYFbLevU3lL9YQj/s400/IMG_2628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426429892895383330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />WOW! How lucky am I?! First I win a top secret (well until today) image from Inktegrity, and then Joni asks me if I'll join the blog hop! Well, I'm just tickled pink!<br /><br />If you've arrived from Joni's blog, you're on the right track. If you want to start at the beginning, head on over to <a href="http://countyourbeautifulblessings.blogspot.com/">Dani</a>'s blog where it all begins!<br /><br />Thank you so much for coming to the celebration!<br />Inktegrity turned 6 months young this month, and they are celebrating with this month's new releases and some exciting news!<br /><br />Here it is! The image for this hop is the image I won during <a href="http://inktegrity.blogspot.com/">Inktegrity's</a> Mikey contest!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdihPvr2TTiJeEpem0VpGBn_yDMzDi2Y2F5jVwzhWLZLX9FTGYYEMUtcM8aUQ62cz1EWI5dUoycfRwM0Hj3Fb2ZZOs5CIMUB_oeLjoWJLpjC4irkTiN2ZqG4JMHpG8m-3u6bsaQu-RxmK/s1600-h/inktegrity+sneak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdihPvr2TTiJeEpem0VpGBn_yDMzDi2Y2F5jVwzhWLZLX9FTGYYEMUtcM8aUQ62cz1EWI5dUoycfRwM0Hj3Fb2ZZOs5CIMUB_oeLjoWJLpjC4irkTiN2ZqG4JMHpG8m-3u6bsaQu-RxmK/s400/inktegrity+sneak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427685901770914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I decided on an easel fold using kraft cardstock. Mikey is colored with Copics. I was surprised at how easily I got the banana's colored. I was a tad nervous I wouldn't have the right shades on hand! I had a blast coloring this up and it was easy to come up with a layout with this adorable image!<br /><br />Cardstocks and papers are SU & My mind's eye. Texture is from Cuttlebug's Distressed Stripes embossing folder. Accessories include some buttons and ribbon from my stash and 3 little Bella's baubles in a matching green hue. Lastly, I used SU's scalloped edge punch for the inside accent.<br /><br />There's MORE!<br /><br />Here's the exciting news: Comment on my blog and the blogs listed below, and you will be entered to win Wally the Whale from each of us! Yes, that means you have 13 chances to win: 11 DT blogs and 2 special friends who won the Mikey contest join us in the blog hop (one of those friends would be little ol' me!). Wally can be seen on some of these blogs so you'll have the opportunity to meet him along the way.<br /><br />Now head on over to <a href="http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/">Kelly's</a> blog to see her beautiful card, then end at the Inktegrity blog for one lucky winner to receive ALL 3 new images on this release, which will be available tomorrow in the store.<br />Happy hopping and thank you for joining us in this little birthday party!<br /><br />GOOD LUCK!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Hopping Trail...............<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://countyourbeautifulblessings.blogspot.com/">Dani</a><br /><a href="http://cherrytreestudio.blogspot.com/">Dawn</a><br /><a href="http://uselesscrafts.blogspot.com/">Diane</a><br /><a href="http://javablustamper.blogspot.com/">Jacquie</a><br /><a href="http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/">Jeanette</a><br /><a href="http://astickysituation.blogspot.com/">Joni</a><br /><a href="http://loveink.blogspot.com/">Karen</a> < ------- you are here =)<br /><a href="http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a><br /><a href="http://buckygirl.blogspot.com/">Laura Jean</a><br /><a href="http://stampitscrapitshareit.blogspot.com/">Melissa</a><br /><a href="http://papercraftyscreations.blogspot.com/">Sheri</a><br /><a href="http://jazzypaper.blogspot.com/">Tenia</a><br /><a href="http://primitivepaper.blogspot.com/">Tracy</a><br /><a href="http://inktegrity.blogspot.com/">Inktegrity</a><br /></div>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-75371468517578141682010-01-13T14:54:00.011-05:002010-01-13T19:49:08.250-05:00Winter Wonderland, High Hopes & Dustin Pike!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQQ832rJXUaNv8vYK6UaioFeSkBIuzQoEoDvNv0qt5EurTu46lonfSJZjqJ35YUULGbMxWhG1w5FBd16jH4bkA2DXaEh7OFZljrTTXzxio8hVznUJ6UZHw9MTi8wY0OOzzno2lxVb81dI/s1600-h/IMG_2633.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQQ832rJXUaNv8vYK6UaioFeSkBIuzQoEoDvNv0qt5EurTu46lonfSJZjqJ35YUULGbMxWhG1w5FBd16jH4bkA2DXaEh7OFZljrTTXzxio8hVznUJ6UZHw9MTi8wY0OOzzno2lxVb81dI/s400/IMG_2633.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426316963582480786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hello all!<br /><br />Quick post today to show you the card I made for a <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465763">Winter Wonderland</a> swap hosted by my friend <a href="http://handstampedfromtheheart.blogspot.com/">Christyne</a> on SCS.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRKrE9N-Po04cJkBPipfPa1kwH9e538IQoeHoiEHqVX-KzHlQJOmH4D72U_JpGU8tB-93GgXKTFJVKY69Cbou3lhxAeDhbn9XqVCcUS7jYgX4pwU6DvJ9WqPYuCTxZ0FYXD8OlGc0nu2j/s1600-h/IMG_2630.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRKrE9N-Po04cJkBPipfPa1kwH9e538IQoeHoiEHqVX-KzHlQJOmH4D72U_JpGU8tB-93GgXKTFJVKY69Cbou3lhxAeDhbn9XqVCcUS7jYgX4pwU6DvJ9WqPYuCTxZ0FYXD8OlGc0nu2j/s400/IMG_2630.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426317200718339810" border="0" /></a><br />I got this cute digi from <a href="http://www.angelslanding.com/stamps-crafts/">Angel's Landing </a>a while ago & thought what a perfect image for this winter-but-not-christmas themed swap!<br /><br />The image is printed on Whisper White with a laser printer, and colored with copics and SU! markers (the blue). i had a hard time deciding what colors to color the hat. Then I came accross this DSP in my stash from SU! and thought its perfect to go with the hat! So I colored all the little penguins up and cut out all the hats, they're stuck on with pop squares.<br /><br />The sentiment is computer generated. I used the fancy tags spellbinders and brushed irridescent glitter glue on top (the brand is not stickles but they're like stickles). The sentiment reads "brr-ingin' you winter wishes".<br /><br />Last but not least, a snowflake brad & scallop edge punched bottom finish off the card!<br /><br />Hope the girls like him (or her I guess!).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGn0kqo_C05qQemxHENOCcQgUNOx_mijM0KgKIWfqnDMlF5UKPssQKoTqhy6kkrNjjnxxJF9kRIyzImUAMIUC3Gu4bIFzg0TWKa8bnocVKIYng29Zrqva52PgPBqcLPwEiIPgjq9Qh6jk/s1600-h/IMG_2635.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGn0kqo_C05qQemxHENOCcQgUNOx_mijM0KgKIWfqnDMlF5UKPssQKoTqhy6kkrNjjnxxJF9kRIyzImUAMIUC3Gu4bIFzg0TWKa8bnocVKIYng29Zrqva52PgPBqcLPwEiIPgjq9Qh6jk/s400/IMG_2635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426319159838433730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >EDITED:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >I just heard the news! Dustin Pike is joining High Hopes stamps! I have been in awe of his cute cartoony dragons and other whimsical characters for some time and its so exciting that he'll be joining High Hopes!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Don't miss the blog hop on January 20th </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;" href="http://highhopesstamps.blogspot.com/">HERE</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >!</span><br /><br />thanks for stopping by!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-41261394940260639312010-01-11T20:23:00.006-05:002010-01-11T20:35:21.608-05:00Valentines Day Sneakie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tRknlNzYZyj-LNYmtkMM6g0w5-3fQ8tEvUgqwZHU3oQm3I1-bjMZZs8XXBAdRUCXOnIfOC5Jjw2nE6Rkfbxnl5ndpZqI2uUdV0OBYUkPue8dyNCUYpp5vmr7y-yxVmpiAcBF8ryMQlVV/s1600-h/what+is+this.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tRknlNzYZyj-LNYmtkMM6g0w5-3fQ8tEvUgqwZHU3oQm3I1-bjMZZs8XXBAdRUCXOnIfOC5Jjw2nE6Rkfbxnl5ndpZqI2uUdV0OBYUkPue8dyNCUYpp5vmr7y-yxVmpiAcBF8ryMQlVV/s400/what+is+this.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425659520737037410" border="0" /></a><br />Hello! Just a little something for you today!<br /><br />A little while ago, my friend <a href="http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a> posted about a contest on<a href="http://inktegrity.blogspot.com/"> Inktegrity's blog</a>. They needed sentiments for a new image that she has yet to release! <a href="http://www.shophandmade.com/store/Joni/">Inktegrity</a> posted a little snippit of the image and anyone who wanted to try, could post thier suggestions for what Mikey the monkey might say. I was pleased as punch when Kelly told me to go look on the blog because my little sentiment won!<br /><br />It's an adorable image and I'm so lucky to have won it!<br />Well, the image is not releasing until the 14th ~ so that is all you get to see for now.... hehe!<br /><br />Check out Integrity's blog for the release on January the 14th!<br /><br />~ thanks for stopping by!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-54513636970735119042010-01-07T22:32:00.008-05:002010-01-07T22:54:14.911-05:00Leftover Christmas goodie........<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIaeC-w34byj26jeNpj4r4-o2lR05JkA75rTV5SW_TFmuh4WuNVmrsWcLCCMBAy54U_2gL4vztI3WVUuXwp8yfCQcbKiDaBkXrekIHtpGgr-TZr1rY-YZkp5aN5GrAFwphGfP1pQ2NLdg/s1600-h/IMG_2537.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIaeC-w34byj26jeNpj4r4-o2lR05JkA75rTV5SW_TFmuh4WuNVmrsWcLCCMBAy54U_2gL4vztI3WVUuXwp8yfCQcbKiDaBkXrekIHtpGgr-TZr1rY-YZkp5aN5GrAFwphGfP1pQ2NLdg/s400/IMG_2537.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424210721498743058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I almost forgot to post this; but here it is!<br />We had a pretty busy Christmas this year. 3 family dinners. Boxing Day (that's the 26th for my american friends) was fast approaching and I needed cards for bf's mom & dad; and for his sister's family of 5!<br />I was tired, and just totally out of creative ideas, but I needed to do something! So, I decided instead of creating traditional cards for each person, I'd give away chocolate! That way, the lack of a true card would be overlooked. I decided on one for each family. 2. A number I could handle.<br /><br />These pockets are so easy to do up; so that's just what I did. I rummaged through my stash of papers and pulled out two sheets of SU! DSP in a Christmassy theme and did a simple diaper fold I Loaded them up with chocolate, candy canes and a couple of dollar scratch and wins.<br /><br />They did the trick! They were recieved with bold big eyes and oohs and aahs... as much for the creativity as the chocolate -but more so for the chance to win millions!!!! (er, well.... hundreds...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5v_Q0DxgxH8_LVkHa7Bqtq0NsPmuMtWt3cdPB23tM7Zbw2bIWZyqLR-FhZ0-HhYlZkElto-yIX-lXYFhzicp_pRYEFNkNWEQGa1iYV6Bg4pGz0wgnmSr6bwRY9GByj1l79m26Pu1qGb0/s1600-h/IMG_2539.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5v_Q0DxgxH8_LVkHa7Bqtq0NsPmuMtWt3cdPB23tM7Zbw2bIWZyqLR-FhZ0-HhYlZkElto-yIX-lXYFhzicp_pRYEFNkNWEQGa1iYV6Bg4pGz0wgnmSr6bwRY9GByj1l79m26Pu1qGb0/s400/IMG_2539.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424208705511761746" border="0" /></a><br />DSP, CS, ribbon, embellies - all SU! (except red rhinestones)<br />Tools; snowflake border punch from Martha Stewart<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4zEDDBqSU05wxtO-M7SP_KYcWjzzqPipmMzQ-UTV3onEXLfRqELalA6tMUoDjvoH_-wzjaiuHE8j6CrdfX1fVa7KmRvejCcNWziokZakUO2CuwHznrRpIL9qwruGl_axJjuYWVHSO8LK/s1600-h/IMG_2536.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4zEDDBqSU05wxtO-M7SP_KYcWjzzqPipmMzQ-UTV3onEXLfRqELalA6tMUoDjvoH_-wzjaiuHE8j6CrdfX1fVa7KmRvejCcNWziokZakUO2CuwHznrRpIL9qwruGl_axJjuYWVHSO8LK/s400/IMG_2536.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424208700707243506" border="0" /></a><br />All supplies used are SU, except the MERRY stamp (thankd Mary!) and the giant red flower (thanks Judy!) - and a little gold stickles for dots around the word "Merry".<br /><br />If you've never tried this fold before, you really should. All it takes is a sheet of 12x12 double sided DSP and you're off to the races!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-59004357572252903552010-01-06T22:51:00.007-05:002010-01-06T23:24:02.540-05:00New year, newly organized... kinda.HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!<br />I don't know about you all, but I am happy to start a new year. I have bright eyes looking to the times ahead & I"m happy to put alot of last year's troubles behind. It just seemed one thing after another went wrong for us. From the contractor screwing up our floors, to our new couches that were defective, clothes that shrunk (or waistline that expanded), just to name a thing or two. It was nice see the clock strike twelve and put all of that behind us!<br /><br />One of the things I wanted to do this year, is get more organized. I have been thinking about paper storage for some time. We had our condo up for sale, and it had not sold, so I said to myself, well - now I can take everything back out of the boxes they were in, and actually think about getting some storage solutions and organize the space.<br /><br />Well, partly that has come true. After Christmas, Michael's had thier storage cubes on sale for 50% off and so I used a little Christmas moolah to pick some up. This is the beginning of a beautiful relationship with my crafting supplies.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRihftWoK4Fo1cUJVIZcBFJlL0gZ7DB_Nd8CSz3B-GFcj0ZtimJeMe56hCC5OZTXjwr1VSyLjmFw9Gr2Q0LC3xZJE51Gz5ShKT-WwMXbdrtvzj5_137WomRcIizlhpU9FlOilJLYVPaGK/s1600-h/IMG_2579.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRihftWoK4Fo1cUJVIZcBFJlL0gZ7DB_Nd8CSz3B-GFcj0ZtimJeMe56hCC5OZTXjwr1VSyLjmFw9Gr2Q0LC3xZJE51Gz5ShKT-WwMXbdrtvzj5_137WomRcIizlhpU9FlOilJLYVPaGK/s400/IMG_2579.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423843513937051730" border="0" /></a><br />This unit sits in the corner of our den. Its made up of 5 cubes of different configurations and the whole thing can be switched around and changed if wanted. I used an old little shelf that's been around for a while and painted a number of times. I will eventually one day strip it back down to bare wood but for now it serves its purpose as my stamp storage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVO7QtPIkQ3aIDqptlEW-7XLwUzqwKZp-54zj_fwYKG5IYmXo7_zVHGvsN4jqCjfLuDVO5pZH7JBjNwkvIoy1yAVO8_64KCkd7Ij3XfPgCll6RKmR9Ax0Fup6KDlQpft_anlli3H5j-x-R/s1600-h/IMG_2582.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVO7QtPIkQ3aIDqptlEW-7XLwUzqwKZp-54zj_fwYKG5IYmXo7_zVHGvsN4jqCjfLuDVO5pZH7JBjNwkvIoy1yAVO8_64KCkd7Ij3XfPgCll6RKmR9Ax0Fup6KDlQpft_anlli3H5j-x-R/s400/IMG_2582.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423843521095250978" border="0" /></a><br />There is a now a place for my paper trimmer and my scor-pal, stampin' scrub and ATG within easy reach. I used the drawers to store some chipboard embellies, rub-ons, etc. and my cuttlebug stuff, and the stamp a ma jig that I bought that I haven't ever used yet. haha<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQNKe2dfztoC4aQsdhqmanXH8TBp3hCQkzTIw9k0BcHlmI4BMiLM6BD6PXQkEfVProRnkM0e7Hbz65Dr1eR4v_rJx0_E8xCki1AWxfc31HrqRpxqp5YggX5Bu36LIb05wauxwb35e8kO5/s1600-h/IMG_2581.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQNKe2dfztoC4aQsdhqmanXH8TBp3hCQkzTIw9k0BcHlmI4BMiLM6BD6PXQkEfVProRnkM0e7Hbz65Dr1eR4v_rJx0_E8xCki1AWxfc31HrqRpxqp5YggX5Bu36LIb05wauxwb35e8kO5/s400/IMG_2581.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423843517219655730" border="0" /></a><br />Some more drawers housing glues, ink pads (for now), envies and some prima flowers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEX_8mRve1Gwi7ygW7-ubx_pt1nYrMhAqYGvYUVIWYcGKpNlohUhkJ_S4DAzG2GZqbx1OoUe9NWKUO2dSPXllD5e57uj6Sdla7635De8bRxpcizGwAZyNEpY0ApFf0kUvjrMeJ1Bm-j9N/s1600-h/IMG_2580.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEX_8mRve1Gwi7ygW7-ubx_pt1nYrMhAqYGvYUVIWYcGKpNlohUhkJ_S4DAzG2GZqbx1OoUe9NWKUO2dSPXllD5e57uj6Sdla7635De8bRxpcizGwAZyNEpY0ApFf0kUvjrMeJ1Bm-j9N/s400/IMG_2580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423843510801158402" border="0" /></a><br />Finally some organization for my embellies. I have since organized this drawer by color. I also have a place to store my markers! WOOHOO!<br /><br />Now, I'm not showing you the rest of the room yet because well - its currently a catch all for everything that doesn't have a home, and things that DO have a home but haven't been put back yet. Its a disaster!!<br /><br />What I WILL share with you is the Secret Santa gift i got from a very special lady. This is the secret santa exchange I had with my friends from SCS. The lovely and talented Judy got stuck with me! I should really have posted this some time ago, but with the holidays, you know how things can get!<br /><br />She used PTI stamps and the template they have for this cute as can be 3-d house. It was stuffed full of goodies, embellies, candles, chocolate - all just for me! I was tickled pink when I opened this and it is still proudly displayed on top of my television. It gets me all glassy eyed to think of the time and effort it took for her to make something so detailed. I am sooooooo thankful to have met Judy, and all my other sisters on Splitcoast. Its been oh.... gee. I think we're closing in on 3 years now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih17j3T7jd5MHJXowCbSDpkcNsc_KJYcotkKB08DBykA-ymoNWI2-O5sRY4M8ilBu_q-5EWmwOg9CMwpV8PY4JIFNzdHJck_jT-DM1-g9iNVJWT4fA4YnJKOQJyUAOurX4qFWv_VeIvWTt/s1600-h/IMG_2515.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih17j3T7jd5MHJXowCbSDpkcNsc_KJYcotkKB08DBykA-ymoNWI2-O5sRY4M8ilBu_q-5EWmwOg9CMwpV8PY4JIFNzdHJck_jT-DM1-g9iNVJWT4fA4YnJKOQJyUAOurX4qFWv_VeIvWTt/s400/IMG_2515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423847168620269778" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the little house. Untie the ribbon and the roof lifts off!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUQfVO9LZxYrUdv2LOl8UP9hjtb4ESMt91FshWS4YM8WW9iVBZoIPX1KyIWmOh38rrZq2-MwJdoHQvc6XWr5OjbsOuzElPvXVaDNuw8AfUVwcy55VRP2Q1N5IG_W31jIFIOEAmZJGoKzV/s1600-h/IMG_2517.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUQfVO9LZxYrUdv2LOl8UP9hjtb4ESMt91FshWS4YM8WW9iVBZoIPX1KyIWmOh38rrZq2-MwJdoHQvc6XWr5OjbsOuzElPvXVaDNuw8AfUVwcy55VRP2Q1N5IG_W31jIFIOEAmZJGoKzV/s400/IMG_2517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423847159433182738" border="0" /></a><br />Dontcha just LOVE the card?? Its sooo adorable! and yep, that's her sunshiny face smiling back! how creative!!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VeodkueSSUivmexQ4PC0yo7xjW2B8vhv6CH1RnRiE-_QL8YO_f6MdDKx-l46AQyuJwMs7P5nTn9j0CXbmOhibneXIjFB6CVHMlG4zliEz8iFb9bzdy9-fuoajQT2POdSWtVm4pgeeYRP/s1600-h/IMG_2520.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VeodkueSSUivmexQ4PC0yo7xjW2B8vhv6CH1RnRiE-_QL8YO_f6MdDKx-l46AQyuJwMs7P5nTn9j0CXbmOhibneXIjFB6CVHMlG4zliEz8iFb9bzdy9-fuoajQT2POdSWtVm4pgeeYRP/s400/IMG_2520.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423847157823514898" border="0" /></a><br />And of course, all the yummy goodness that was inside! can't believe it all fit in there!<br /><br />And so, you see, although my year could have been better, there were alot of great moments too. I hope your year has started off beautifully and I wish you the happiest and healthiest year to come!karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469307293285177422.post-4490902707138850872009-12-23T23:51:00.002-05:002009-12-23T23:54:19.482-05:00A Very Merry Christmas.........Well, its almost Christmas Eve... i can't let the holiday go by without saying a Merry Christmas to you all! The next few days will be filled with some Christmas Cheer, some Turkey, some wine, and some sweets. I hope that for those of you who celebrate the holidays, that you have a fabulous and wonderful Christmas surrounded by love and joy. For those who don't, enjoy the few days to relax!<br /><br />Happiness of the Season, from my family to yours.<br /><br />XOXOkarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979559906516722224noreply@blogger.com2