Trick or Treat!!!



I was in the mood for making another Halloween card tonight. They are so fun. The designer paper sure make things alot easier as I said before and this layout has helped me alot too. I am not a person who is good with colors but at least with Halloween you know what colors to use.

This card I used my Autumn Apparitions Set from Su and also some $1.50 stamps from Michael's. They come in handy so often. I also used some die dimensions that I got from Michael's also. They are by K & Company. They come in such a big package that I think it will take years to use them up. The ribbon I got at the $1.50 bin at Michael's also. I bought a few of them.

Well I am off to bed.

Got some new stamps in the mail today so you will probably see something else new tomorrow.

Good night

See you later.

Hugs

Karen

Happy Halloween!



I bought this designer paper awhile back and just couldn't figure out a way to use it that I was pleased with until I saw this pattern on Splitcoast the other day. I decided I like it so much that I was going to copy it. I think it is so cute and I love the layout. It came together so quickly. Patterned paper makes things so easy to do.

What do you think??

Have a great day :-)

Another Thomas Kinkade




I am having alot of fun with these new stamps from Thomas Kinkade. They are just georgeous images. I bought two but I was just telling my dh this evening that I think that I am going to have to buy more.

This one I stamped with SU Night of Navy on SU Whisper White and then colored in certain parts with my Primsacolor Pencils and Taltine. Then I applied some two way glue and added some gazzling diamonds. I am very pleased with how this turned out and I don't think that it is the last of these that you will be seeing.

Have a great weekend :-)

Karen

Card Sketch SC147




I have wanted to get a chance to do the weekly card sketch that is on Splitcoast for awhile now but for one reason or another I just never got to it. I started this card last night and finally got a chance to finish it tonight. I bought this stamp for Thanksgiving and had this image already colored but could never figure what layout to use in it and when I saw this one on Wednesday I knew that I would finally get a chance to use it.

I colored the image with my primsacolor pencils and used my taltine with stumps to color it with. I love the effect the create. The colors are so vibrant. I also got a chance to use my faithful cuttlebug. I just love that thing. There are so many things that you can do with it.

I am pleased with how this turned out so now it is time for you to tell me what you think.

Good night
Sleep Tight

See you later

Happy Birthday Everett!



This is a card that I made for my hubby for his birthday today. I really never thought that it would take so long so I came home from work and had hoped to have it done before supper so that I could give it to him and boy was I wrong. My poor hubby had to go to work this evening and work all night for 12 hours without even having a card from me for his birthday today. I felt so bad but I had to wait till he was gone to work to get back to doing this card. I found this pattern on splitcoast. It was just what I was looking for. My hubby is always fixing something around the house and if he is not doing things around our house then he is busy helping out someone in my family. What a guy he is! Gotta love him.

Tomorrow morning when he gets home I will give him the card. I told him that I was working on his card when I spoke with him this evening at work and he was fine with that. He knows that he always gets a special card for occasions now. I must say that he does appreciate them too. He has the cards that I gave him on the wall in our rec room.

I can't wait to see his face in the morning when he sees this. I have had those tools for years now and have always intended to make something for him out of them. There are three more yet so I will have to make something else out of them for another occasion.

Happy Birthday Ev! See you tomorrow morning! Loves ya!

I am heading off to bed now.

Have a great evening and see you soon!

Take care

Cheers!

Thomas Kinkade





Finally got my Thomas Kinkade Stamps Silent Night and Village Christmas. From the first time I saw these I knew that I just had to have them.

These were only simple to do but I think they are quite elegant. They remind me of some old fashion dishes that my parents used to have. I particularly like the ones done in Navy.

What do you think???

Stamp Camp Christmas Card



We made this card at Stamp Camp last Wednesday night. It was so much fun to make. It was done with a technique called criss-cross card. It is not that hard to make. We had alot of fun making it. We used SU designer paper and it co-ordinates great. I will definately be making more of these for sure. There are five different punches used in making this card.

What do you think?

Happy Thanksgiving!



Another contribultion to World Card Day. I am having fun with this. This Sunday is Thanksgiving in Canada and this year for the first time I am having my whole family over for dinner. All 14 of them. Yikes... Hope I can handle it. I am not used to cooking for that many. Looking forward to it though. Anyway, after rambling off on the dinner I forgot to say that I wanted to make something to put on the table that I made and somehow it turned into a card. I never intended that but just went with it. I am pleased though with how it turned out.

This is a set called Thoroughly Thankful and I have had it for awhile but never got around to using it until today. I colored it with the faithful Primsacolor Pencils and Tantine with stumps. That always works out well.

Tell me what you think.

Have a nice evening and Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy World Card Making Day!!


Today is World Card Making Day so I decided when I got up seeing that our time was so much ahead of everybody else's that I would make a Halloween Card. I am going to try and sell a few of them this year. I have been stamping for over two years now and have never bought any Halloween Cards.

I think this set is so sweet. I just had to try and make something with it.

I am not completely satisfied with this one but it is only the first of what I hope will be many more to come.

Today is another beautiful day here in St. John's so I need to get out and enjoy it. Fall is such a beautiful time. I love the colors and the crispness of the air. It is just a shame to not get out. Soon we will be stuck inside wishing that we can get out. You know that dreaded word "SNOW" could happen anytime now. Winter is not my favorite time at all. Actually I hate it for so many reasons. Driving in it, shovelling it, freezing in it.. The list is endless.

Have a great Thanksgiving Weekend!! Get our and enjoy the weather!

Cheers

Going Pink For October!



October is cancer awareness month. In recognition of this we are asked to change the color of our blogs for October to pink. If you would like this or any other badge you can find one here!

Have a great day!

Happy Halloween!!



I made this from the Halloween Stamps that I bought from Michael's. They are so cute and of course the price is right. Can't beat $1.50 for a stamp and that is now much the ribbon was as well.

I got up early today and no one else was up so I had a great opportunity to sit back and enjoy the sunshine and make a card for my collection.

I like it.

Tell me what you think!

Have a great day and see you soon!

I've Been Tagged ....

My best friend Debby was kind enough to tag me. Tks so much Debby

This is cute.. Let's see how interesting my answers are

It is called the name game:

1. YOUR GANGSTER NAME: (fav. ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Chocolate
Chocolate Chip (doesn't sound much like a gangster name to me)

2. YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letter of
last name) K-Gla (certainly different)

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) - Red Cat (don't think
that will get me much business)


4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) - Anne St. John's
(sounds like a soap opera name indeed)

5. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) - Smokey Protege (cool!)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of
your first) - GlaKa (strange indeed)

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put "The") The Yellow Diet
Coke.

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) - Tom Frank or Frank Tom
(Hope they give me a good car like a Mustang)

9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy)
Red Cinnamon Hearts (Interesting!)

10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names) June Patrick

Now that was fun. I look forward to seeing the answers to the game for the people that I tag. Don't worry if you weren't tagged you will be soon I am sure. This is going around.

Here is the people that I tagged Monique at Heavenly Creations and Lauren over at Kenny and Lauren and last but not least would be Kelly over at Kelly's Artistic Journaling.

And the winner is .....

The lucky winner is Linda SS and here was what she had to say:

"Your blog is great. I love the fact that your photo's of the pretty cards are clear & easy to view. The other thing that stands out to me are your descriptions. They tell the pertinent info such as the brand of stamp, but it's not overly wordy or boring. GREAT BLOG:)"

September 19, 2007 9:59 PM



Please send me your snail mail address and I will put the package in the mail to you.

Tks to everyone for commenting and have a great day :-)

New Michael's Stuff





Wow this is my second post of the day. I don't think that I have ever done that before. I was just sitting back playing around with the new stuff that I bought at Michael's today and came up with this little scene. I think that it is cute.

It was made with the Designer Mat Pad and the Die Cut Cardstock both by K & Company that I bought today. I don't think this will be the only one that you will be seeing on here. They will definately be others as I have had so much fun doing this one.

What do you think ???

New Halloween Stuff At Michael's
Hope that you all have your comments in for your chance to win the blog candy that I have up for grabs. I will draw for it tomorrow morning. I will get my daughter to pick a number and that will be the lucky one. Good luck to all who have left comments.

I was at Michael's today and they have some new Halloween Stamps and Ribbon in. Of course I had to have some. They also have sweet Halloween Slabs and Halloween Mat Pads which are just smaller versions of the slabs. For some reason this year I wanted to have some Halloween Stamps. They may just be something that I collect and just had to have or maybe I will use them alot. I am really hoping that I will use them.

Here is a piture of them ... Get yours quickly as they are going fast.



Have a great weekend !!

Blog Candy Anyone???


I think it is about time that I offered up some blog candy. My blog counter has finally reached over 1000 hits so I figured that it would be a good time.

In return I would like your help. Just leave me a comment letting my know what you like about my blog or what you think would be interesting to add to my blog.

I will make a random draw on Sunday, September 23 to pick a winner.

Good luck and happy blogging!!

Come back soon!!

Nice to see you.

Never finished any cards lately so I thought that it was time that I at least posted something to let people know that I am still around.

I guess there are just too many times that life takes over and we don't get the chance to do all the things that we love to do. Recently had computer problems also. Our computer kept shutting down and then the other night my dh was doing some drawings on auto-cad and the whole thing just shut down and there was nothing that we could do about it. We ended up phoning a company called Nerds on Site and they come to your house and they were the saviors of the day and fixed it for us. Turned out it was the power source was gone.

On another note ...

I guess I may be a bit behind but I discovered today that I could make an avatar of my very own on Yahoo. It took awhile to get it the way that I like it but I thought that it was fun. Tell me what you think???

This is a card that I made for a relative of my husband's who passed away. I always find sympathy card difficult to make but I am pleased with how this one turned out. I looked at this stamp and thought it could be the tree of life and thought that it was so appropriate.

This is a stamp that I bought marked down at Michael's. Not sure who manufactured it. The card stock is by paper craft and not nearly as nice as the thick card stock that Stampin Up make but I had none of these colors left.

The picture is not as clear as I would have liked because the coloring didn't come out as nice as it really is. I have been working on my shading on my cards lately and used a bit of a different technique for me on this one. I colored in the stamp with my SU markers and then huffed on it and then stamped on the cards stock. I then took my aquapainter and used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons by SU. I just love them. They are my favorite thing to use to color with. I like how the markers and crayons were a bit different so it make the shadding easy. You probably can't tell that by looking at this picture though.

Thanks for looking !

Have a great day :-)

I made this card for the Card Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. It has to be one of the nicest layouts that I have ever used. I did have trouble coming up with a stamp that I wanted in the middle but when I finally chose this one it all came together. I thought that the fish charms really went with the card. The only problem is that the glue that I used didn't dry clear. You know what I am going to have to do with the card eventually. Yes take it apart and do it again. I can't give someone a card that has glue showing through. It won't be a big deal to do but I will feel better when I get it done. I think I will go home again tonight and see what else I can come up with for this sketch challenge. There are so many other great cards on Splitcoast to look at for this challenge if you would like to take a look. Give the challenge a try and see what you can come up with.

I do find that doing these challenges has helped me alot with my creativity. I just find that I don't get at them enough. Maybe now that the summer is winding down and things are coming to an end that I will have more time to do them.

Have a great day and thanks for visiting :-)

This is the first time in awhile that I have been able to do any of the sketch challenges but this weekend was our Anniversary so I wanted to use my new set to make a card for my husband. I am not a real good picture as I had to use my daughters cell phone camera as I still don't have my digital camera fixed or should I say replaced yet. That is another story for another day.

Well this is not actually a new set but it is new to me. Someone was kind enough to sell it to me on the buy/sale/trade column on Splitcoast. I have bought alot of stamps on there. I find you get them at a good price and have never had a problem with a seller.

This card was done for this week's sketch challenge I am so glad to be able to post my cards on here again.

Recipe for this card:

Stamps: Coast To Coast
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: Primsacolor Pencils, Stumps, Taltine Odorless Mineral Spirits, Hemp
Paper: Sizzix Paper and Other unknown

Tell me what you think!!