Delicate Flowers

I was in Jo-Ann's and Michaels looking at clear stamps, but you can't tell anyone because it's a secret. I said I wasn't going to buy anymore stamps "this year", because I've got a couple of file cabinets full of them. But I found these great sets of memories, travel and laughter stamps and they were on SALE. So to not just file them away with the others, I rushed home and made some cards. Here's one of them:
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Black, Pink and Tulle

I am making some cards for the card class I'll be teaching August 13th at By Design Scrapbook Boutique. When I saw this black tulle ribbon, I began planning a card around it. I think tulle adds a certain elegance to anything. Combine tulle with black and hot pink and you've got a elegant card.
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Life is Better When It's Fun

When I saw this stamp, I thought to myself, how true. I also starting thinking about a card, something with soft summer colors. Can you tell that I'm hooked on card making: I see a stamp and think about the card possibilities. Hmmmm, might need a 12-step program. While I ponder that, I like the end results and I hope that you do.
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Is There a Doctor in the House?

If not, don't worry. I'm sure this sweet card will take care of what ails you. I wanted to play with my ScorePad, so I adding some scoring at the bottom of the card.
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Scallops and more scallops

I keep telling myself that I need to make a card, without using a border punch. Well, I failed miserably on this card. It was like my arm had a mind of its own; it kept going to the drawer where I store my border punches. I like the way the card turned out, so I won't be too upset with myself.
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Paisley, It is

I don't generally like the western looking patterned paper, but I saw this sheet of paper and it was screaming at me to make a card with it; so, I did. The dark colored cardstock looks black, but it's actually navy blue. Doesn't this make you thing of a picnic table? Hmmm, I getting a little hungry.
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A card catch-up day

I was supposed to complete a few cards before I left for vacation, but with trying to get ready for that and an out-of-town family reunion, I didn't get a chance to. Needless to say, I've been burning the midnight oil since I've returned. I am hoping for some scrapping time this weekemd; we'll see.
But anyway, here are the cards I completed this week. I just love this brown and Tiffany blue. I think these are my favorite colors of the summer.

Vacation

I was on vacation last week, in Cancun, with my whole family; yes that includes my mom and dad. It was easy getting dad to go, but my mother; well, that took some convincing. We had an absolutely wonderful time.

I'm looking so forward to working on the layouts from trip; I took lots of great pictures and managed to be included in a few of the pictures.
99% of the time, I'm a real "girly girl", but for the 1% when I want to get out and dirty and sweaty, here's what I enjoy doing with my son:

Pink and Green birthday

It's been a few weeks since I have posted anything, but I've been busy creating. I took pictures of the other projects and I tried a different method of uploading my pictures. The new method didn't quite work for me and I lost the pictures and the cards had already been mail. These were the only two remaining.
I bought 4 sheets of very pretty paper this past weekend at Archivers and I couldn't wait to get home to play with the paper. I made both of these cards from one of the double-sided sheets. I like the way they turned out. I may a little biased because pink and green are my favorite colors.
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Friday Night Scrap Fest

This past weekend, I had my very own Friday night scrapfest. I started about 7:30 that evening and scrapped until 2:00 Saturday morning and I had a wonderful time. I don't know what they put in Dr. Pepper, but let me tell you, it gave me the boost I needed; I'm sure the Pepperidge Farm cookies helped. I was pretty wired after that, so though I knew at midnight that it was time to stop; the creativity wouldn't stop and I hate to waste creativity.
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With God All Things are Possible

I needed to make a card for a friend this week, so I thought I'd use the CardPatterns' sketch for the week. I really like the sketch and I was pleased with the way the card turned out. I hope the card lifts my friend's spirit.
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A Boy's Toys

This is what my son's loves about visiting relatives in the country; he has plenty of open rode to ride in the dune buggy and on the ATV, with wild abandonment. He loves speed and there's never a thought of danger on his mind. I only hope that when he's riding, he here's my low voice in his conscience, telling him to slow down and to be careful. I told him this was going to be the summer of 'no emergency room visits'. We'll see how that plan plays out.
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The Kelly Girls

I created this layout about a month ago, for a class I was teaching and was waiting for just the right girly pictures. So what better girly pictures, then me with my mom and sisters. We're all very girly girls.

Play time in Black and White

What great paper, black and white, and what better to coordinate with it, then pink. I was playing around with some stamps last night and here's what I designed. I am going to get a lot of use from these stamps this summer. Now that school is out, and I'm no learning about the Civil War, water erosion, wave patterns and formation and right angles, or be the homework warden, I have so much more time to play. I think I was looking forward to the summer break almost as much as my son was.

1st Annual 2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown

Here is my take on the 2S4U sketch for the card showdown. I wasn't real sure about what I wanted to do with this sketch, but as I started playing, the card just came together. I think it's very festive and summery; I like the way it turned out.
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Thank You - 2S4U #27

I guess you can see from my site that I absolutely love these papers. I have used them several times, different designs. I have been needing to send a thank you card to my BSF leader, so I put some of this paper to the side for that. When I looked at the challenge sketch for 2Sketches4U this week, this paper popped in my mind again and some old ribbon that I thought would be perfect with it. Isn't the combination perfect?
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Thinking of You - CardPattern #16

I feel off the challenge wagon for a while, because I got busy with other projects and preparing for classes. But, I looked at the Card Pattern challenge for this week and really liked the sketch. It worked to my advantage because I needed to make a card to send me a church member, so I combined the need and the sketch and here's what I created.
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Class project

The ladies in my Sunday School class will be starting a random acts of kindness (RAK) project in June and I thought I would get a head start on my cards. Here's one of them that I made, now only 11 more to go, but they will all be equally as fun to make.
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Play Time

I was playing around a couple of weeks ago and whipping out some cards. I got so in to what I was doing, that I forgot to post them, so here they are. I didn't have a particular theme in mind or a certain ocassion, just wanted to make some cards. Sometimes those are the most fun to make.
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A week of scallops and stamping

Okay, so have you ever had a sheet of pattern paper that you just love, but can't figure out what to do with it? Well, this card was made from a sheet of paper like that. I worked on this card a few minutes every night for about 5 nights; this is the final version. I took the entire sheet of each piece of cardstock and pattern paper to come up with this and lots of re-dos; but hey, the re-do's don't count, only the final project; at least here at Karen Kreative Treasures. I'm glad I kept playing with it, I like the way it turned out and the stamp could not have been more perfect.

I have to tell you how much I love this pattern paper. I picked it up each time I went in to my LSS, but I couldn't figure out what would work with it, until I looked at the two-tone ribbons. This ribbon matches the cardstock and pattern paper perfectly, so you know I couldn't leave it in the store. That's right, I had to have it and with scallops of course. Summer is almost here ya'll and what better way to bring it in, then with beautiful summer colors. Orange and yellow together are one of my favorite summer combinations. The yellow pattern paper is actually textured, the circles are felt; super cool to play with and of course I had to work the scallops in there.

I was up late one night and I had a smile in my heart and thought I'd express it through a card, with scallops, flowers and ribbon of course. When I finished, I thought "boy that was fun and very satisfying. I hope that you enjoy it, because I enjoyed the time I spent creating it.

When I saw this stamp, it warmed my heart. I started thinking, I've got to make a card with this stamp. Gratitude is certainly an action work. I am grateful for so many things and I'm putting it into action because I want the people that I'm grateful for to know it. I want to make sure that they know I love them, that I appreciate them and that I cherish the friendship.

Laughs and giggles, who can't use more of that? Laughing always makes me feel good. Laughing cures what ails you, at least for a little while. Go ahead, try it. When I saw this plaid sheet of paper, the ideas started flowing. I love Scottish Plaid, weird huh, but I do. I like the way the card turned out.

Can you tell that I love this plaid paper? I do. I needed to send a card to a friend during her time of sadness. It was a hard card to make, but I know for me a card always brightens my day. So, I'm hoping this card will lift her spirits.

Cards for Class tomorrow

Here are the cards we'll be making in class tomorrow. I hope the ladies enjoy the cards as much as I enjoyed making them. I think we're going to have a great time.
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Mother' Day Weekend Class

I am teaching a class in the morning. What a way to start my Mother's Day Weekend, then doing something that I really enjoy. I think I'm just as excited as the ladies are. I just hope that they don't look at my blog today, because I don't know about them, but I still like those oh-uh moments when I go to a scrapping class. We're also going to make some cards; I'll post those in a separate post. It has been a busy week and on top of this, I had Mother's Day cards to make. I got the 5 I needed to mail in the mail this morning; I know, cutting it close. That's generally not my style, but what can I say.
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My Dad's Birthday

My dad's birthday is tomorrow and I usually struggle with masculine birthday cards, but this time it came very easy for me. I'm certain it had something to do with this beautiful pattern paper I found. I hope my dad is okay with the flowers on it; he's a real man's man.

April birthdays

April and May are full of family and friends birthdays, so in addition to planning for classes, I was whipping out lots of birthday cards. Talk about having a great time and burning the midnight oil; a late night Dr. Pepper and some Pepperidge Farm cookies helped to keep me going; though some days I felt like I was walking around in a daze, but I would do it all again, in a heartbeat. Here are a few of them:

Happy Birthday

Mr. Al, the owner of the Kolache shop in the neighborhood is always so nice and friendly when we go into the shop. He makes sure to put a couple of my son's favorite kolache's back when they start to get low. Joshua and I wanted to help celebrate his birthday, so we decided that I would make him a cheerful card. I hope Mr. Al enjoyed his card.