Do you know this man ...

I do, it's my Dad at his BBQ. This card is for 4 challenges and they are as follows.

1. Dare U 2 Digi stamp which is this fab sketch by Kim.
2. Is over at Digital Tuesday where there challenging you to use up all your scraps. LOL not a chance !
3. Papertake would like us to use our digi downloads.
4. Creative card crew are asking for the weather or weather related and what better than a BBQ for the Summer.

This card is made from bits out my scrap crate, yes crate. The paper was fee from a magazine, the ribbon and brads are all from my stash. I put a couple of pieces of card thru my CB using Swiss dots and then inked it with an amber colour. The main card is SU and the rest is bazill. The imgae is coloured with pencils and Sansador and I've added a bit of sunburn to his nose. Ooops sorry Dad. LOL. Jim is from the Digi stamp boutique. I put the sentiment at the top to look like the sun and hand wrote it.

Ta for having a look, any comments are welcome.
Love Karen xxx

That nasty "C" word ...

I saw this sketch over at The Pink elephant and it said "C" to me so I just had to do it. Sorry !
This is my fav "C" stamp, I think it's by Woodware (not sure). It's been used that much that the pick on the wood has nearly worn off. I stampec it 3 times in black versa and then embossed it with clear powder. and then cut them out loosing different bits each time. they are then deco'd and beads are added to the middle. The black squares have been put thru my CB using a snowflake folder. I used black Cor'dinations card for this and then sanded and glittered it.
All the card except the Cor'dination was from the Papermill shop. The Cor'dination was from my stash.
Ta for visiting and please feel free to leave a comment as they are always welcome, good or bad.

Happy crafting !
Love Karen xxx

Oh girlie, girlie...

is what I've called this card for the Sugar bowl challenge. You need to follow this wonderful sketch by Lilian. For those of you who don't know they ask you only to use Sugar Nellie stamps, so I picked this little cutie. She's coloured using my new 68p pencils from Asda (bargain). They are only short one's so I need to go and get another couple of packets. They're great with Sansador.
The lilac card is from the papermill and the darker shade is bazill. The patterned paper is laura Ashley. Everything else is from my stash.

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at my blog and the cards I make. Any comments are apreciated. Your welcome to pop in any time.

T T F N love Karen xxx

Knock, knock ...

just seeing if there's anyone in out there. Well I just don't know where the weekends gone, it's been so busy.
Yesterday morning we went to DS's school fair and won a couple bottles of wine WOO HOO ! Spent a fortune on absolutely NOTHING, as you do at these things. But a good time was had by all. Then last night we had a BBQ with some friends, which was lovely as tehy are very entertaining company and it's always a good laugh. And tonight it's back to work for me BOO HOO !
Well I'm off to do some crafting and ring me Father as he's just come back off his Jolly's.

Have a fab rest of the weekend and happy crafting.
Love Karen xxx

WOW Blog candy ...

over at Crafters Kitchen. Doesn't it look scrummy.! All you have to do is leave a comment on Jaks blog by 6pm Sun 28th June 2009, with a link to your blog. The draw will take place on Mon 29th June 2009 at 6pm.

Eaasy peaasy lemon squeezy eh !

Love Karen xxx

Super hero ...

Ben 10 is for this sketch over at Cupcake crafts Challenge. The main card is made from the card off the back of a pad of paper, the green card id from the Papermill shop and the card board is from a box. The brads and ribbon are from my stash. The image is a free one off the web and is coloured using pencils and Sansador.
The greeting is under the card circle. The card was punched with my cropadile and then inked in brown.

Ta for taking a look, please feel free to leave a comment and I hope to see you soon.

Happy crafting.
Love Karen xxx

Chasing butterflies ...

This card is for 3 challenges. Just Magnolia's theme is Summer and butterflies always remind me of Summer. Colour Create have got a colour combo for us this week. Pistachio, Aqua and Powder pink. And over at Truly Scrumptious it's this fab sketch.
The papers are LA and MM, the card is from the Paper mill shop. Everything else is from my stash. The sentiment is SU and the ickle flutterby is from a £1.25 set I got last weekend and the corner is from a set by Clear Stamps. Tilda and Edwin are coloured with pencils and Sansador.

Ta very much for coming over to take a look at my little piece of the WWW. Please feel free to leave a comment and pop back anytime, the doors always open.

Happy crafting love Karen xxx