Friday, December 21, 2012

Snowflake Soiree

No snowflakes, just the Merry.  I love the Merry and Believe in this set.


Details:
Stamp Set --- Snowflake Soiree
Paper --- Raspberry Ripple, Chocolate Chip, Gumball Green
DSP --- Snow Festival
Accessories --- Handmade Holidays, Rhinestones, Glitter Paper, Woodgrain embossing folder

Happy Stampin'
Karen Colburn

Splitcoast Stampers CC406 and SC416

This is a combination for the Color Challenge, CC406 and the Sketch Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.

The challenge was to make a colorless card and the sketch challenge was:






Here was my contribution to the challenge:

Here is the info:
Colorless Challenge --- CC406
Sketch Challenge --- SK416
Stamp Set: Cherish Friendship
Color: White, Ivory
Paper: Naturals White, Whisper White, Silver Glitter
Accessories: Doily Tape, pearls, flowers, embossing folders

I had to add some color to the bowl of berries, so this is not totally colorless.

Happy Stampin'
Karen Colburn




Thursday, December 20, 2012

More Winter Memories

Love this set!


Stamp Set: Winter Memories
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler
DSP: Natural Composition Specialty
Accessories: Scalloped Tulle

Happy Stampin'
Karen Colburn

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Winter Memories

This is another great stamp for water coloring.  I love this type of stamp.



Stamp Set --- Winter Memories 127937 Clear
Paper --- Real Read Cardstock, Naturals White, Early Espresso
DSP --- Candlelight Christmas, Natural Composition Specialty
Ink --- Baja Breeze, Real Red, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green
Other --- Ribbon, Pearls, Paper Doily Sizzlet

Hint for using this die: Use wax paper in your sandwich between the paper and the die. Someone gave me that tip, and It works much better.

Happy Stampin,
Karen Colburn

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Splitcoast Stampers

I have been a member of Splitcoast Stampers for at least 6 or 7 years.  They have a massive database of card samples.  They also have different challenges every day.  Participating in the challenges stretches me as a stamper.  This is my contribution for SC414 the sketch challenge this week.

If you have not visted the site, check it out.  www.splitcoaststampers.com

This was this week's challenge.

 
This was my card.
 

Happy Stampin'
Karen Colburn

Wonderful Winterland

I have been looking for blogs and websites that have great sketches to help me create new cards with my own designs.  Check out "Got Sketch", they have great scrapbook and card sketches.  This is a card that I created from on of their sketches.

Wonderful Winterland --- 123819 Clear, 123817 Wood
Candlelight Christmas Designer Paper --- 126901

Colors/Ink-Paper --- Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake

Enjoy,
Karen Colburn

Full of Blessings

Stampin' Up has added new items to the Clearance Rack.  Check it out.  You can order from me at my Stampin' Up website.

I will be adding some new projects in the next few days and weeks.  I am back to blogging again.

I love to watercolor and this stamp set is perfect for that.

Full of Blessings  --- 128081 clear, 128078 wood
Orchard Harvest Designer Paper --- 126895 

Enjoy