Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Crafting With Dragonflies - GDT Part 2

I'm back again this week as a Guest Designer at Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge Blog.  This is my second challenge of two as their Guest Designer.  I've had so much fun sharing my art with them for these two challenges.  Their Design Team is a sweet and talented group of crafters, and you will definitely enjoy sharing your art at their sweet challenge blog.  The theme of this two-week challenge is Make Your Own "Hand-Made" Embellishments/Flowers.
Karen Letchworth for Crafting With Dragonflies
I made this card using My Mind's Eye patterned papers, a Treasured Memories sentiment sticker from JoAnn's, some machine stitching, a Tim Holtz Adage Journaling Ticket from The Kraft Outlet, narrow olive seam binding and jute for my bow, and all hand-made and hand-cut flowers and leaves made from wool felt that I purchased at Prairie Point Junction.  There are some pearl accents in the flower centers.

These flowers are SUPER easy to make, and I challenge you all to give it a try.  You just cut thin strips of wool felt using straight scissors (cutting in a spiral circle) or pinking sheers; and then you roll them and glue them with a hot glue gun or tacky glue as you roll them.  You can also use paper to make these if you don't have wool felt.  I also have a tutorial showing how to make several different styles of felt flowers here:  Karen's Felt Flower Tutorial at TKJ
 
I'm sharing this card in the following:
Pile It On Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Embellishment Crazy
 
Craft-Dee Bowz Challenge Blog - October Challenge - Anything Goes with ribbon or trim (which I always use), and I just KNOW that the Craft-Dee Bowz tool would really help me make more awesome bows for my projects!   I'd love to win, and always enjoy playing along!
 
You are a blessing to me!  I thank you for stopping by, and I praise God for your kindness and sweet comments.  Your encouraging words mean so much, and for those of you who leave a comment, I will be by to visit your blogs and say hello to each of you as well.  I'm also happy to become a new follower of anyone who would like to follow my blog.  Let's be bloggy friends!

Have a blessed week,
karen

Monday, October 28, 2013

My Little Goblin

I'm not really much of a "Halloween" person, and so I wasn't quite sure how to approach this week's "Witches & Goblins" Challenge over at The Kraft Journal.  But, that's why it's called a "challenge", right?  So, I chose to make this cute (yet OH, SO spooky) little "Goblin" of sorts to share with you all.  Isn't he scary?  LOL
Karen Letchworth for the Kraft Journal
I started my card with a wonderful Kraft Blank Notecard and added some October Afternoon patterned papers, punch-out "goblin", and coordinating stickers.  I decorated my little "goblin" card with a length and bow made from Black Burlap Ribbon, and added some Orange Baker's Twine in the center of my button.  You will notice I used an arrow sticker that says, "this is me".  I am the scariest of goblins in the morning before I've had my coffee.   Look out!

I'm entering my card here:

Pile It On Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Embellishment Crazy

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge:  Halloween or Halloween Colors
 
I hope you all take a moment to stop by the Kraft Outlet to shop for some amazing new scrapbooking and card-making supplies, and then come play along with us in this week's challenge at The Kraft Journal.  We always LOVE having you all play along!
 
Have a blessed week,
Karen

Giving Thanks at Eureka Stamps

I've been designing part-time again for Eureka Stamps.  I absolutely LOVE their sweet images and wonderful sentiments.  For this week's "So Thankful" Challenge, I chose to simply use one of their (many) delightful sentiments - Digi #13103 - Thank You For Your Prayers".  I made two cards.  The second one is a card that I originally posted a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to post it again.  There are so many wonderful ways to use Eureka's wonderful sentiments on your cards and layouts.  I encourage you to stop by and pick up some new sentiments and maybe even some new images.  You will just love their selection of digis.  You can also enter the "So Thankful" Challenge this week at Eureka Stamps Challenge Blog for the chance to win 5 (five) of their wonderful digis. We would absolutely LOVE to have you link up your cards and projects this week that have to do with being thankful.
Karen Letchworth for Eureka Stamps
I used some vintage sheet music, light blue seam binding and jute for the bow, some dried flowers, mini pearl accents, Making Memories light blue trim, a Melissa Frances rub-on (thank you) and Eureka Stamps sentiment - Digi #13101 Thank You For Your Prayers.  I printed it on Buff Ivory Cardstock from the Kraft Outlet.
Karen Letchworth for Eureka Stamps
This second card (which I have shared previously) was made using Cosmo Cricket's Tea for Two line, half a cream doily, a mini polka dot envelope from Maya Road, lace trim, dried flowers, lots of buttons, a mini crocheted doily, some machine stitching, and again, the Eureka Stamps' sentiment.

I'm sharing this here:
Pile It On Challenge Blog - Challenge #43 - Embellishment Crazy

Paper Creator's Crafts - Challenge #16 - Pink or Blue - I made one card for each (my first is light blue, and my second card is primarily pink)
 
I hope that you will stop by the Eureka Stamps' Challenge Blog to play along in this week's "So Thankful" Challenge.  I would LOVE to see what you create this week. And of course, you're always welcome to also share your cards and creations in our challenge this week over at Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog where it's always Anything Goes. We have awesome sponsors and chances to win great prizes there as well!  Come and play with us!
 
Have a very blessed week, and thanks SO MUCH for stopping by!
Karen

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

God Is SO GOOD!

It's a good thing to remain grateful always.  Some days, some weeks, some months are better than other for all of us.  We muddle along doing what we do in life, and we often fall into a rut performing our little routines.  But we need to remember, even in the "down" times, that God is SO GOOD ALL THE TIME, and we are all SO very blessed.  I count my blessings often.  But this week I received some very unexpected blessings.  God answered prayer for me in providing a wonderful new DT Member to my team at Word Art Wednesday.  As the Blog Administrator, I see people come and go (always on good terms).  I never get frazzled over it.  I have to trust that God knows best, and that He will always provide for us when we wait on Him for His perfect timing.  I'm SO excited to share with everyone our new designer and this information is coming soon on the WAW blog.  Additionally, I was a winner in two different challenges this past week.  I won a new stamp at Mark's Finest Papers, and I won a $20 gift certificate to Freckled Fawn (WOO HOO!!) at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog.  I am SO blessed!  (By the way, thank you Beth F. and Gail S. for your sweet comments regarding this.  For people who have never even met me in real life, I sure am blessed to have such great friends who know me so well and look out for me.  I am SO blessed!  Did I already say that?)
Karen Letchworth for Word Art Wednesday
I used some gold patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket's Tea for Two line, some ribbons and trims, gold seam binding, half a cream vintage doily, a Heidi Swapp button, some little pearls gems, a Zva Creative pearl swirl, machine stitching, and the word art/scripture is printed on a journaling card that I picked up on clearance at Michaels (I got the package of 24 journaling cards for $1.24).  They work really nicely for running through the computer.

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges - Challenge #150 - Buttons and Bows
 
I hope you will all stop by Word Art Wednesday to play along with us this week.  We would LOVE to have you share with us.  My Design Team did SUCH an outstanding job this week on their samples.  I hope you will all stop by to take a peek at their work and to join us in the challenge this week for the chance to win some amazing prizes from Shabby Cottage Studios and Your Next Stamp.  You can enter the Anything Goes challenge here at Word Art Wednesday.
 
Be blessed,
Karen

Monday, October 21, 2013

A Fun Color Challenge at The Kraft Journal

I always love a good color challenge, and this week's colors in the Color Challenge at The Kraft Journal are just beautiful!  I started my project with one the Kraft Outlet's adorable Small Gift Boxes.  They are just PERFECT for decorating and giving a little present to someone special!  And at just $0.65, they are quite a bargain!  I decorated this sweet Small Kraft Gift Box by cutting some flowers from several layers of inked True Vintage Rummy Pages.  Atop the layers of flowers, I added some bows made from brown, blue and orange Baker's Twine as well as various colors of Natural and Pastel Hemp Cord.  There's a vintage button in the center, as well as a Tim Holtz Memo Pin that holds a cute little Tim Holtz Adage Ticket (love). 
Karen Letchworth for The Kraft Journal
There are lots of great products found at the Kraft Outlet that will help you with your crafting projects.  Why not grab some new goodies and come play along in our challenge at The Kraft Journal this week!
 
Blessings to you all,
Karen

Friday, October 18, 2013

More Punkins'

I will just come right out and admit it (for those who even care...LOL) - I made another punkin' card simply because I am SO in love with Freckled Fawn, and they're sponsoring a couple of challenges that I really wanted to enter.  Since I'm on the Design Team at Word Art Wednesday, I'm obviously not allowed to play along (or of course be eligible to win) in the challenges there.  I do, however, encourage ALL of you to play along there.  This week, we have TWO AMAZING SPONSORS, Freckled Fawn who is offering a $15 gift certificate, and a new sponsor for us, The Flying Unicorn Scrapbook Store who is offering a $25 gift certificate.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Flying Unicorn, they sell ALL the big name brands of popular scrapbook items.  It's a great week to play along at Word Art Wednesday where it's always an Anything Goes theme.  I hope you will play along.  But, since I cannot, I am going to enter a couple of other challenges that I found where I have the narrow chance of winning a prize from one of my favorite shops - Freckled Fawn!!
These are the challenges I found where I can enter my card:

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog - Challenge #169 - Pumpkin Patch

Curtain Call Challenge Blog - Challenge #15 - Gorgeous Gourds

Card Crafter's Circle - Challenge #97 - In The Pumpkin Patch

Thanks again for visiting!  Your comments means SO MUCH to me, and I can't thank you enough for the kind, encouraging and thoughtful things you say about my art.  God is SO GOOD to me, and has given me such wonderful bloggy friends, and I appreciate you all SO much!

Be blessed,
Karen

Pumpkin' Patch Sweetness

Hello my sweet bloggy friends!  Welcome back, and thank you SO MUCH for stopping by today.  I made this little Autumn Pumpkin' Patch card for a couple of specific challenges I wanted to enter.
I used a piece of patterned paper from my SUPER OLD STASH.  I also chose to use a vintage cream doily, a piece of burlap (under the pumpkins), some buttons, jute, baker's twine, Tim Holtz ink, a Paper Sweeties sentiment stamp, and Mark's Finest Papers pumpkin stamp.  I colored the pumpkins using my (limited) Copic collection.
 
These are the challenges I'm entering with this card:
 
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog - Challenge #169 - Pumpkin Patch
 
Mark's Finest Papers - Challenge #68 - Sketch With a Twist - I used a small piece of burlap for my fabric element.  The burlap is placed under my pumpkins which were stamped using Mark's Finest Papers Autumn Splendor stamp set!
 
Paper Sweeties Challenge - Challenge #12 - Color Inspiration - My sentiment is a Paper Sweeties stamp

Curtain Call Challenge Blog - Challenge #15 - Gorgeous Gourds - I had to make my gourds orange.  I just couldn't bring myself to make blue gourds, but so many other people sure pulled it off beautifully!!

Simple Salutations - I used a Mark's Finest Papers pumpkin stamp, and a Paper Sweeties sentiment stamp for my "sentiment" element for this challenge.
 
Thanks again for visiting, and have a blessed day.  I'd love to stop by your blog to see what you've created this week.  Happy crafting!
 
Karen

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Guest Designer Time

I've been blessed and humbled to be invited as a Guest Designer both this week as well as the week of October 30 to share my art with the talented Design Team Members over at Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge Blog.  They are such a sweet and creative bunch of crafters, and I was absolutely tickled pink when Hilde asked me to join them for a couple of their fun challenges.  If I had more free time, I would love to design for them full-time because they're such a fun, talented, and down-to-earth group of crafters.  You will really LOVE their sweet fellowship, and will also be inspired by their lovely art; so be sure to stop by and play along in their current challenge.  The theme of this two-week challenge is Nature, Leaves and Trees.
Karen Letchworth for Crafting With Dragonflies
This card was made using patterned papers, die-cuts and stickers from October Afternoon.  There's a little paint on the edges, and a Melissa Frances rub-on can be found up in the green tree.  That's about it - pretty simple!
 
Here is a link to Challenge #13 at Crafting With Dragonflies, and here is a link to another AWESOME challenge (Anything Goes with TWO AMAZING prizes) over at Word Art Wednesday.  If you comment there that you were referred to Word Art Wednesday by this Crafting With Dragonflies post, you will be given an extra entry in this week's challenge there.  This week's sponsors at Word Art Wednesday are $15 from Freckled Fawn and $25 from The Flying Unicorn Scrapbook Store.  You're always more than welcome to stop by and share your beautiful art with us.  Both challenges welcome you warmly!

I'm sharing this card in the following:
Hiding In My Scrap Room - Challenge #119 - Super Scraps Saturday - I used all scraps from October Afternoon on this card.  I try to use scraps as much of possible.
 
Have a blessed week!
Karen

Monday, October 14, 2013

Try Something New at TKJ

If you're anything like me, you might tend to stay in your "comfort zone" most of the time when crafting.  I don't often branch out and try new things, and I know this is something I really need to be aware of, and to fix.  With that said, I will tell you that this week's challenge at The Kraft Journal Challenge Blog was really  a good one for me.  The theme for this week is "Discover Something New", so I had to get creative.  Not only did I use some new products from the Kraft Outlet, but I also tried a new technique.
 
I thought about it for a while, and finally decided to use an old/repurposed household item to make something NEW for this challenge.  Believe it or not, this little Christmas gift holder was made using an empty toilet paper roll!  The first thing I did was to machine stitch the bottom of the toilet paper roll closed with a straight stitch, and then I covered the toilet paper roll with some Making Memories patterned papers, ribbons/trims, accents and stickers in addition to some awesome new Kraft Outlet goodies.  There's a sweet little Tim Holtz Adage Ticket (Wish) with a Tim Holtz Memo Pin through it.  Underneath the Santa sticker is an Oval Brown Kraft Label, and the three buttons are each tied with various colors (brown, green and red) Baker's Twine.  There's also some Recycled Kraft Tissue Paper stuffed inside the roll as an accent, but still leaves enough room to tuck a little treat inside.
Karen Letchworth for The Kraft Journal
 I really hope that you'll stop by the Kraft Outlet and treat yourself to SOMETHING NEW this week, and then stop by to play along in our fun new challenge - DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW!  I know that I sure had fun with it.  In order to play along and be eligible for the prize, you simply need to use either product(s) from the Kraft Outlet, or any "kraft" products.  This could be kraft paper, a kraft paper grocery bag, kraft tags, etc., or even......you guessed it - a toilet paper roll!  We absolutely LOVE seeing what you create, and we'd just love to have you play along with us.  Your creative projects amaze us every week.

Hiding In My Craft Room - Challenge #119 - Super Scraps Saturday - Everything used on this project is from my Christmas bin which is NOTHING but scraps and tidbits of leftovers from different Christmas lines.  I used scraps of paper, ribbon, and embellishments.  I LOVE using scraps, so this challenge was a breeze for me!
 
Happy Crafting!
Karen

The Warmth of Autumn

This week at Eureka Stamps Challenge Blog, we're celebrating Fall and the warmth and wonder of Autumn.  Our challenge for this week is Fall with jute, twine or string (no ribbon).  I love using jute, and it's perfect for the harvest look.  I started my card with a Buff Ivory Blank Note Card from The Kraft Outlet.  I highly recommend these cards (in cream and kraft at great prices) as your card base with matching envelopes.  They are a wonderful quality cards!  Next, I used some Autumn patterned papers from my stash, and it's always nice to use up old supplies.  I tied the jute around the card several times, and then tied it in a bow.  I used the Pumpkin Digi #2407 that I printed several times and used foam tape to give them dimension (it's much more noticeable in real life), and for the sentiment, I used Eureka Harvest Digi # 38502 which I matted, inked and embellished with some gems.
Karen Letchworth for Eureka Stamps
I also took a close-up picture of the sentiment so you can see how crisp and clear Eureka Stamps' digis are.  They really are top-notch quality digis.  The pumpkin I used on this card is one of several in their amazing shop.  They also have many wonderful sentiment digis which are great for card-making.  Sometimes, people forget that purchasing digital sentiments can be the perfect answer to having the right sentiment for your cards, and Eureka Stamps has so many wonderful sentiments at low prices.
Karen Letchworth for Eureka Stamps
As Autumn and Thanksgiving approach, I just really want to encourage you all to focus on the MANY blessings in your life.  I completely understand that we all have our problems, aches and pain, stresses, financial worries, family members we worry about, and so on.  But, our blessings BY FAR outweigh our burdens.  Most especially at this time of year, take the time each day to say thank you to God for all the simple pleasures that you might normally take for granted.  When you wake up in the morning, and you have two strong legs to stand up on, that's a praise.  Having hair on your head to comb, teeth to brush, and fingers to do your work are all blessings. God wants to hear us thanking and praising Him. Just stop and think about all the good things in your life - your home, your warm bed, the food  you eat, your friends and family, and the list literally never ends.  Just give Him the praise He deserves.  He longs to hear from you.  I really hope that as you begin to speak with Him and praise Him, that you will be drawn closer to Him and experience His deep love and provision for you.  It's called "Thanksgiving" so that we are reminded to give thanks, and it shouldn't just be one day a year.  God is good EVERY DAY!!  Let Him know how VERY much you appreciate all the things He has given you.

Fresh Brewed Designs - October Challenge - Pumpkins and Autumn Colors

Hiding In My Craft Room - Challenge #119 - Super Scraps Saturday - I used old paper scraps for this card including the scraps of paper I used to stamp my pumpkins.  It's an AWESOME challenge using up scraps!
 
I am very grateful for each of you!  God has given me so many beautiful friends (many who I've never even met in person), but I know that He sent you into my life for a reason, and that reason is so that we can be a blessing to each other.  I'm blessed by your visits, your comments, and just having you in my life.  Thank you for your friendship, and please know that I do praise God for you!   If I can be a blessing to you and pray for you about anything, please let me know and I will be more than happy to pray for you.  I also invite you all to share your art (any and all of it) in our challenges at Word Art Wednesday each week - always Anything Goes, and just wait until you see the amazing prizes we have again this week!
 
My Cup Runneth Over,
Karen

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

What Day Is It?

How many of you have seen that commercial with the big camel walking through the office saying, "What Day Is It"?  You know what day it is!  Right?  It's "HUMP DAY" and that always means it's right smack dab in the middle of week, and a great time for some mid-week encouragement.  I hope that you will all stop by Word Art Wednesday to be encouraged, enjoy our free scripture/word art file, to fellowship with us, and to link up and share your art this week in our challenge.  We, once again, have two amazing prizes up for grabs.  We have a $20 gift certificate from Verses Rubber Stamps as well as a roll of adorable October Afternoon 9 to 5 Washi Tape from this year's October Afternoon Warehouse Sale (where I spent almost $60 this year).  I absolutely LOVE OA, and I have a hard time saying no to their sale each year (or their products in general).
Karen Letchworth for Word Art Wednesday
This card was made using Cosmo Cricket's Tea For Two patterned paper.  This patterned paper was run through my Big Shot in a Tim Holtz ruler embossing folder.  Next, I added a vintage cream doily, and a journaling tag also from Cosmo Cricket's Tea For Two line.  There's some yellow clunny lace, a PTI button, a bit of ribbon, some jute in the button, and Tim Holtz ink everywhere.  I really like how this turned out.  I usually forget to use my embossing plates, and I'm always pleased with the texture they add.
 
I'm going to share this card in the following:

Twist of Faith Cards - Challenge #58 - Autumn Colors - My card isn't totally Autumn colors, but I still love to share my scripture cards at Twist of Faith
 
Thank you for stopping by to say hello!
 
God bless you,
Karen

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Pink & Brown

Hello again, and I'm SO glad you've stopped by.  I'm sharing another card before I head off to set up my blog post for tomorrow's new challenge at Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog.  I hope you'll ALL be sure to stop by and share with us this week for another great challenge.
This card was made completely from scraps of paper.  I touched the edges with pink acrylic paint, did some machine stitching in brown, added some lace, paper roses, wool felt leaves, a pink die-cut doily, an October Afternoon journaling sticker with a Making Memories rub-on (Thank You and Couldn't Do It Without You).  The patterned papers are from Pebbles In My Pocket, and there are also some tiny buttons on the sentiment flag.
 
I'm sharing this card here:
 
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Getting Dotty - I used pink and brown polka dot patterned paper
 
Sweet Stop Sketches - October 5 Challenge:  Inspiration Sketch
 
Pile It On Challenge Blog - Challenge #40 - Favorite Color as Main Color - PINK again, and this time I've accented it with brown. I just LOVE this color combination!
 
Dream Valley Challenge Blog - Challenge #67 - Buttons!!  I added tiny little pink buttons to me sentiment banner.   How cute!

Hobby House Challenge Blog - Challenge #5 - Roses - I used several gorgeous paper flowers on my journaling tag.
 
Thanks for visiting.  Have a great week, and don't forget to stop by Word Art Wednesday this week for a great challenge with TWO amazing prizes and an Anything Goes theme.  See you there!
 
Blessings to you all,
Karen
 

Monday, October 7, 2013

Buttons and Bobbits

Well, as I've told you already - I have A LOT of new things to share with you.  I've been trying to get everything photographed while keeping up with everything else I've got going on in my life.  This is another card I made with the Cosmo Cricket Tea For Two line.  I absolutely LOVE this sweet line.  The adorable sentiment (Thank You For Your Prayers) is a digital image from Eureka Stamps.
I'm going to enter this sweet little card in the following challenges:
 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - We're Going Dotty - How sweet is this little Maya Road kraft envelope with tiny blue polka dots?  You can find LOTS of great Maya Road products like this at Simon Says Stamp.
 
Sweet Stop Sketches - Sweet & Sassy - Sketch Challenge - I used a half circle on this version of the sketch, but still included my scallop and banner.  I've really had fun working with this sweet sketch!
 
Pile It On Challenge Blog - Challenge #40 - Favorite Color as Main Focus - Once again, I'm showcasing primarily PINK, but have accented with several other sweet colors.
 
Red Carpet Studios Challenge Blog - Challenge #54 - Pretty In Pink - I love using pink, and this sentiment goes perfectly to send to someone fighting breast cancer.  I know just the right person to send this to, and I pray that it will be a blessing to her.
 
Dream Valley Challenge Blog - Challenge #67 - Buttons!  I used tiny buttons to make the border on the mini envelope.
 
Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my card.  I hope you're all having a BLESSED WEEK!
 
Hugs,
Karen
 
 
 
 

Buttons, Bangles and Bows - Oh My!

 
Karen Letchworth for The Kraft Journal
For this week's Buttons, Bows or Bangles Challenge, Karen Letchworth really wanted to do something creative with buttons and bows.  She started with a fun burlap bag and added several die-cut flowers made from wool felt.  The centers of the flowers are accented with vintage "Buttons" tied with lots of Natural Hemp Cord and Red Baker's Twine to make the "Bows".  Karen cut her leaves from green wool felt as well as a few burlap leaves cut from a Burlap Tag (on sale - 20% off this week) to give her project a vintage rustic look.  Since she wasn't quite sure what a "Bangle" is, Karen added a Tim Holtz Memo Pin which holds a tiny heart-shaped tag.  For more information on this project, please stop by Karen's Blog, My Cup Runneth Over, to say hello.  And don't forget to do some fun shopping this week at The Kraft Outlet.  Happy Crafting!

Something New at The Kraft Journal

Hello, friends!  I hope you all had an amazing and relaxing weekend.  I know that I sure enjoyed mine.  The weekends just seem to pass far too quickly.  But nonetheless, I always make the most of them, and hope you all enjoyed yours as well.
Karen Letchworth for the Kraft Journal
For this week's Buttons, Bows or Bangles Challenge at The Kraft Journal Challenge Blog, I really wanted to do something creative with buttons and bows.  I started this week's project with a fun burlap bag to which I added several die-cut flowers made from Prairie Point Junction wool felt.  The centers of the flowers are accented with some of my vintage "Buttons" tied with lots of Natural Hemp Cord and Red Baker's Twine and jute to make the "Bows".  I cut my leaves from green wool felt as well as a few burlap leaves cut from a Burlap Tag (on sale - 20% off this week) to give my project a vintage rustic look.  Since I wasn't quite sure what a "Bangle" is, I added a Tim Holtz Memo Pin which holds a tiny heart-shaped PTI tiny tag die-cut that was cut from a Grungy Prim Tag, and the sentiment on the heart was stamped using Papertrey Ink's tiny tags matching sentiments stamp set.  The bag can be used as a decoration, and/or as a gift bag.

I'm entering this in the following challenge:
Dream Valley Challenges - #67 - Buttons - I used several of my vintage buttons in the center of my felt flowers.

Pile It On Challenge Blog - Challenge #40 - Primary Color/Main Focus Is Your Favorite Color - My favorite color is PINK!  I love to accent PINK on many of my creations, and accent it with blue, red, and cream.
 
As many of you know, I was blessed to be a part of the October Afternoon Warehouse Sale this year.  I have a few extras that I'm willing to sell at super low prices.  If you're interested in any of these, please leave me a message or email me.  They're ALL October Afternoon and come packaged just as you would find them in stores.
 
Sasparilla Ribbons (1) - $2.50 shipped
Farmhouse Ribbons (2) - $2.50 shipped (each)

Woodland Park Tin Pins (1) - $3 shipped
Farmhouse Rub-Ons (1) - $3 shipped

Woodland Park - (1) Here & Now Chapter Book - $5 shipped
Farm Girl - (1) Here & Now Chapter Book - $5 shipped
(These are 4x6" packages that include 4 divider tabs, 2 die-cut pages, and 9 double-sided patterned papers/pages. They're hole-punched for creating mini albums) SUPER CUTE!
 
I also have October Afternoon Holiday Style Ribbons/Trims, Flower Sack, Flag Banners and Journaling Cards, and I will sell all of this, including shipping, for $10.50
 
 

I'm Back at Eureka Stamps!

Well, as many of you are aware, I recently went through a medical ordeal involving my rotator cuff.  Because of the pain it caused me in using my right arm, I had to cut back on my crafting significantly.  I did a lot of work ahead of time, scheduled blog posts, and prepared well for my time spent in recovery.  I wasn't sure if I would be able to return to Eureka Stamps' Design Team at all; but since I've been recovering well, I have decided to work part-time once again on the Design Team at Eureka Stamps Challenge Blog.  I love working with their sweet images, and even more than that - I LOVE this sweet group of women on this Design Team. For this week's challenge, you can make and share ANYTHING you want.  It's an Anything Goes Challenge, which is always great!   We look forward to seeing what you've made this week - you can enter anything in this challenge.  The prize is five (5) darling images of your choice from the Eureka Stamps store.
Karen Letchworth for Eureka Stamps
This sweet little card was made using Simple Stories patterned paper, three different styles of washi tape, some sweet little enamel pebbles from V's Sweet Ideas, yellow acrylic paint, a seam binding bow, baker's twine, a button, and a My Mind's Eye journaling spot.
 
Come on by Eureka Stamps and Word Art Wednesday and enter these two SUPER FUN Anything Goes Challenges.   You can win some amazing prizes, and you can enter ANY of your art this week since both challenges are Anything Goes.
 
Have a very blessed day!
Karen

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Gift Card Pockets

So, as I shared earlier this week, I got to spend several days in my craft room this week with my sweet BFF of 42+ years.  We were busy creating all kinds of cards, gift card holders. mini albums and more.  I've been slowly but surely trying to take pictures of everything and share them with you.  I still have three mini albums to photograph and post.  But for now, I wanted to share with you all a couple more of these sweet little gift card holders we made.  These were also made using the Cosmo Cricket Tea For Two line.  This card also uses a snippet of October Afternoon wood patterned paper, a jar die-cut from V's Sweet Ideas, a Making Memories paper clip, a wooden heart from my super old stash, machine stitching (of course!), some jute, and a Melisssa Frances rub-on (Thanks So Much).
This second pocket has many of the same embellishments listed above, but also has a snippet of Making Memories (pink) crinkled/gathered ribbon secured with a Tim Holtz safety pin, a Papertrey Ink doily die-cut, and a Melissa Frances rub-on (Thanks a Bunch).
I'm entering these sweet little gift card holders/pockets in the following:

Red Carpet Studios - Challenge #54 - Pretty In Pink

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog - Say It With Stamps - On these gift card pockets, I used sentiment stamps

Have a blessed day, and thanks for stopping by!

Kraen

Friday, October 4, 2013

Pretty in Pink

Hello to you all, my crafty visitors and friends!  I've been doing a lot of scrapping this week, but just haven't had the time to take any photos of my work to share with you all.  Whenever I have out-of-town company, I get out of my regular routine.  I will be sure to share all my new projects with you all early next week when my life is "back to normal".   For now, I wanted to share a quick card I made VERY late last night.  I wanted to make a pink card to send to a special friend.  So, before I finally crawled in bed last night, I made this card.
 
I used up some different scraps of paper from my work desk by stitching them together, adding some ribbon, and a few embellishments.  The patterned papers are Rusty Pickle and Pebbles In My Pocket.  There are three different ribbons/trims used on the card, a Maya Road stick pin, and a cork stick pin from Michaels that I embellished using a sequin with a small gem in the center.  The white doily is from Martha Stewart, the journaling spot is Cosmo Cricket Tea for Two, and the rub-on is Melissa Frances.
 
I'm entering this card in the following:
 
Red Carpet Studios - Card Challenge/Pretty in Pink - I made this primarily pink card for a friend of mine who has been struggling/going through a difficult time in her life.  I chose this sentiment (You Can Do It) to remind her that she is stronger than she realizes, and that everything will be alright if she just believes in herself and keeps trusting God.
 
Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge/We're Getting Dotty - I used some polka dot patterned paper to achieve the "DOTS" theme - how cute!



Cut It Up Challenges - Challenge #29 - Think Pink
 
I really do hope you're having a blessed week.  If I can be a blessing to you in any way, please leave me a comment here on my blog, or on the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog.  Thanks for stopping by to say hello today, and please visit again soon.  I enjoy your comments.
 
God bless you!
Karen