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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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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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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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. 
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. 
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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.
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.
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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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 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 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:
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.
Sympathy cards are never easy for me, but I always like for them to be very nice, soothing and comforting to the recipient. I will hold on to this and hope I don't have to send it anytime soon.
Just a note to say thank you and what beautiful colors to say it in. Summer is definitely on the horizon, so I thought I'd get an early start with the summer colors. It's amazing what you can do with pretty paper and the right Cuttlebug folder.
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I wanted to create an anniversary that would be pleasing to both male and female alike. The colors are masculine, but I think the butterfly gives it that soft look. I just love these crocheted butterflies, and then I remembered that I had some Tattered Angels spray that I'd been dying to use. I think the colors and the butterfly compliment each other well.
TFL, Good night
I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, but it's been really busy lately, I was preparing for a card class at By Design Scrapbook last week and I'm preparing for a scrapbooking class I'll be teaching next weekend. I will try to play catch up tonight. Here's the first card: a bright and sunny "thinking of you".
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