Krafting with Karen

Well the leaves are beginning to turn on the trees. 

 

I've been creating my own works of art leaves in my craft room. 

 

These were cut with Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die. 

 

First I cut the different card stocks to the size of the die, and

 

ran them though the Big Shot with the die 3 layers at a time. 

 

That saved my arm from cranking so much. I might have been

 

able to do four at a time, but then handle on the machine gets a little 

 

harder to turn. 

 

Some of the leaves were then embossed with different folders. 

 

I also used Ranger Distress rock candy crackle paint on some. 

 

Other mediums I used to decorated them, Perfect Pearls Mists heirloom gold, 

 

glossy accents, and gold ultra thick embossing enamel.  

Now what am I going to do with all those leaves ( I made 70 of them)

 

Here is one project. A friend asked me to create a 40th wedding anniversary

 

card in a fall theme. I thought right away of making a cascading card. 

 

 

Side view. 

 

 

and a overheard view of the card folded flat. 

 

Had to make a Hollo's run yesterday as the envelope

 

I thought would fit it was just a tad bit to small. So

 

glad Hollo's paper store is just around the corner from me. 

 

Stamping trails

Karen 

I finally got around to making one of these

open and twist cards. This one features a 

sewing theme. I stamped the

dressmaker stamp on the designer paper first, 

then built up different layers of ephemera.

 

 

Opening the card.

Fully open. I used different stamps, and Tim Hotlz distress

crayons to add some color. 

Here is a closer look at the front. 

We took a walk at the mall yesterday then went to Costco. 

I think I have to give up weeding and just let hubby do it. 

As the day went on my neck started hurting again. By the end of the night

it was full blown stiff, and I could barely move it. Spent the night in the 

recliner. I'm getting old! 

Stamping trails

Karen

This is the awesome card I received from Kat. 

Yes it looks wonderful on the outside, but take a look.....

 

 

At the inside. This is called pop and twist card. 

 

 

 

And here it is fully open. 

I took this photo of the opened card on a flat surface so

you can see the inside better. 

Thanks Kat! Love this card! 

Me and hubby spent part of the afternoon painting fire hydrants.

 

We got 11 of them finished. We still have two more cans of pain that 

 

the fire department gave us, so we are thinking we will be able to get 

 

all of the hydrants finished in our neighborhood. Next time I'll take

 

the camera so I can get some photos to post. 

 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Welcome to VC Rocs Fun Fold Blog Hop. 

So you are looking at this snowflake card and wondering where

is the fun fold?

Just open the card and there it is! This is called an explosion card. 

Some refer to it also as a squash fold card. I learned how

to make these a very long time ago. Actually it was one of the 

first folded cards I learned to make back when I got started stamping 

in 2001. Wow! Now that is a blast from the past. 

Stamp set used Snowflake Soiree (retired)

This is the first time I used designer paper inside an explosion card.

I normally used computer paper and just did an all over stamping on it.

The designer paper is much prettier, and quicker! 

Love the black snowflakes on the "This is Christmas" specialty designer paper.

This is a corner fold card. 

Done in Bermuda Bay, white, and black cardstock. 

Stamp set Jar of Love. The string/bow stamp in the set is designed to fit

the larger jar, but it can be masked to fit the smaller jars as I've done on this jar.

Inside view. You can see how the cardstock was cut on the front of 

the card to make the fold. Just click on the photos to get a closer look at the cards.

Last up is a fancy pull out fold card. 

I used a Nice Cuppa, and matching framlits. 

Here is a side view showing the card fully open. 

I made the tea bag tag, and wrapped the string around the inside layer.

I've seen these cards before but the inside fold (part with the lemon and hearts) was

left blank. I just didn't like that broken up look, and thought it flowed better with

white cardstock on all three panels.

Hope you have enjoyed the fun folds. 

Be sure to check out the VC Rocks blog to see

what other designers have made using Fun Folds.

Stamping trails
Karen

Well I finally got my spiderweb doilies that were on back order. 

I wanted to make at least one Halloween card with them before Halloween

was over. 

This is a pleated skirt fold. I cut the designer paper on a angle then scored several

times to get a pleated look. 

I then took the part that was cut from the designer paper to decorate

inside the card. Stamps are from Ink-a-dink-do. 

I wanted to also share a few photos from the Halloween party we went to last week. 

This is a kitty litter cake that I refused to even try. Although the braves 

souls who did eat it thought it was great. Looked to real for me. The baker

used a cat box and a pooper scooper to serve it. She also used tooties rolls that

were heated in the micro-wave then molded and shaped to look like cat poo. YUCK! 

Foggy punch that was made with orange sherbet ginger ale and

orange juice. Chad used dry ice to make it foggy. Was very good. 

loved the dip coming out of the pumpkin mouth. 

Creepy decor. 

 Me and Becca dressed in the same time period clothing. Of 

course she was sticking her tongue out. Silly girl. 

Arggggggggggggggg 

And the pirate ordering pizza over the phone! LOL

Happy Halloween!!!!

I'll be dressing up later to hand out the goodies to the kiddies. 

Haunting trails

Karen

Back with another fun fold card. This is a sideways Z fold. 

I used misc Halloween stamps that I had in my stash. 

Done all in black and white. 

See that lace along the lower half of the card?

That is washi tape. I thought it was cool the white lace on the black

background. 

I forgot to take a photo of the card closed, and its 

to late at the time of this writing as the card has long since been mailed out. 

Made just the one card. 

Well if things go according to the last  knee replacement I should be

released from the hospital this afternoon. 

Hoping to be back tomorrow "Live" and posting photos of the knee. 

Stamping trails

Karen

This is a double gate card that I made using a 5 1/2 x 12 piece of

double sided designer paper. 

Here is what the card looks like when opened. 

The stamps are from Inkabinkado, called Fall Fields. 

I didn't buy anything from the Holiday mini catalog this year. 

With the wedding and all we decided not to do my birthday order. 

So because of that I'm using some other stamps, and retired papers that

I've got on hand. The only thing that I'm really sad about is not getting the 

window die and matching stamp set. That one I really love. Oh well....

maybe I can put in an order later in the year. 

I like how the cat has leaves going on his back and tail. The mee..oow stamp

is from another stamp set that I found in my boxes of non-SU stamps. 

Well I should be in the hospital recovering from my knee replacement. 

I'll blog about that later as I'm typing this up days in advance as I wanted to have

the blog updated while I was recovering. 

Stamping trails

Karen

I have a fun fold to share today. 

Love this pinwheel folded card. 

Uses a 8x8 piece of designer paper. I used Birthday Bash.

Here is what it looks like as it begins to open. 

And here you have the inside. 

I used Celebrate Today stamp set. 

Colors: Tangelo Twist, and Night of Navy.

What to make one? Here is a link to the tutorial I used. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFVj3C6pn4

Stamping trails

Karen