Karen's Craft Creations

It has been a long time since I last posted a blog. My Mom has not been doing very well and I have been spending time with Doctors and other things for her.   On Jan. 1, 2013 she lost her battle with heart disease and went home to be with the Lord.   I will miss her very much, but I know that she is better in the hands of the Lord and no longer in pain.   She was a wonderful woman.   She was kind and giving, loving and strong. I am going to miss her in the kitchen or asking me to do some little something for her.   I know that if I work hard at being the same kind of woman she was that I will see her again someday. I will miss you Mom.  

I am attempting to get some early Christmas cards ready.   My daughter said that she needs about 10 and would like them all Santa.   Thanks to the Imagine and Santa’s village this will not be a problem.     I already have a few made.   I love using the building frames on the Imagine the fact that I can color them in to go with whatever paper I am using is awesome.   I always like to add a little glitter to make it sparkle along with a Dress it up button and some liquid pearls.  The paper is from the Paper Studio and Recollections Christmas stack. Thanks for stopping by hope you have a great week. I will be entering this in the following challenge: http://www.pinkcricut.com/2012/08/link-tuesday-17/?utm_source=Pink+Cricut+List&utm_campaign=33f494ef44-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=33f494ef44&mc_eid=6314330ece http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2012/06/sketch-172-our-final-sketch.html

I am trying to get my scrapbook together for last year and put in a few photos of my granddaughter’s birthday at the pool.   I used the H20 for the people and the titles and some CM paper that I have had for a while, I think it is discontinued.   This turned out super cute, hope you like it too.  Have a great summer, what's left of it.                                                          photos have been greened out to protect the children . Thanks for stopping by hope you have a great week.    I will be entering this in the following challenge: http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/challenge-103.html http://www.paperplaytime.blogspot.com/2012/08/ch-81-h...

I was thinking of a fun summer time card to make today and got my life’s a beach cart. I made a few cuts from it, using my gypsy, and then decided on the sand pail.   I have had this Flower Soft sand for a while and wanted to put it to good use. Hope you enjoy this card and come back again soon. Thanks for stopping by hope you have a great week. I will be entering this in the following challenge: http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2012/08/challenge-me-monday-123.html http://www.paperplaytime.blogspot.com/2012/08/ch-81-hot-spicy-die-cut-or-punch.html http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/challenge-103.html http://jandccreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/anything-goes.html

I got around to working on more of the thank you cards yesterday.   This is another cut from the art nouveau cartridge they all turned out so nice.   This is the design from page 28.   I made it with the same colors that in the book, but I think it would look good in light blue as well. Thanks for stopping by hope you have a great week.   I will be entering this in the following challenge: http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/2012/08/weekly-challenge-22-show-us-your-bling_6.html http://atcswithattitude.blogspot.com/ http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/2012/08/inspire-me-fridays-70-anything-goes.html http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/2012/08/challenge-19-anything-goes.html

I got around to working on my thank you cards yesterday.   Now that my daughter is working I am watching the grandkids.   We are having lots of fun swimming and playing around the house.   I love these cuts for the art nouveau cartridge they turned out so nice, this is the flower on page 31.   The first one I fixed using the template at 365 cards sketch 151.  The paper pack is DCWV latte matstack and some Martha Stewart pearls. Thanks for stopping by hope you have a great week. I will be entering this in the following challenge: http://365cards.blogspot.com/2012/07/day-151-super-sketchy-sunday.html http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/2012/07/weekly-challenge-21-anything-goes-with.html

Yesterday I had a chance to work with my gypsy a while and get some cuts laid out from the Art Nouveau cart. These cuts are just wonderful and they turned out nice too. I prepared my machine with a new blade so that the thin cuts would come out well. I put them in my gypsy on different pages based on color. That way I could load one piece of paper at a time and gets lots of cuts, 9 in all. I did the same thing with the florals embellished cart and hope to get some good cuts from there in the next few days. In the next few days I will be putting together some cards. I noticed that the poppy and the rose are very different in the way they stand out. I will be inking all my edges on the next set, it really made a big difference. My church is having a fund raiser for a new building and I am making thank you cards.   Hope you enjoy this, these are beautiful cuts.   The rose on page 24 and the water lily on page 27 were cut at 2 inches; all the others were cut at 3 inch...