Mixed Media Fall Tag with Video! Watch now!

 Hello friends! I thought I would pop in to share the project I created Live on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Facebook Page yesterday! We made a mixed media fall tag with some new Wild Whisper goodies (don't forget to use the code DTKARLA to save 10% off at the Wild Whisper Shop 😉), Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Sprays and Inks, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Krafty Kolours Inks and P13 paper!! 

You can follow the steps I used to make any mixed media tags - I'm definitely going to do these up for Christmas and Winter!! 

I even used up the extra ink spray to colour coordinate a seam binding ribbon and a separate tag that we used for diecuts and stamping! 

Here's a look at the Video! I do a Live video each month for CSM, and you can find all the previous ones HERE!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

NEW Hummingbird Card Class in Calgary, Alberta!

Hello friends! I am soooo super excited to tell you about a class I'm teaching in Calgary, Alberta using the new Kraftin' Kimmie Happy Hummingbird Stamp Set and Chubby Clouds & Fabulous Feathers Stencils that will soon be available at Scrapendipity! This is going to be a fun class where you get to try some new and older techniques and come away with not only 3 beautiful cards, but lots of ideas for new things to try on your own!

We will be welcoming spring with three beautiful hummingbird cards using ALL NEW Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps and stencils! We will try out fun stencilling techniques, including the awesome Duo-gel with pretty foil, do some easy coloring, use our Distress Inks again, and brighten our day with these sunshiny cards! 

*Copics, Zig Markers & Pencils will all be available to use, but a list of Copic colours will be sent in case you want to bring your own! 

Date: Thursday March 19 from 6-8 pm

Cost: $28 for 3 cards (with envelopes that you can customize)

Location: 3400 14 St NW #208, Calgary,  Alberta

Call the Scrapendipity Store at 403-455-6772 to register

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to call the Scrapendipity Store at 403-455-6772 to register!! I can't wait to see you and share some crafty fun!!

Peace Christmas Decor Tag!

Hello! Well, Christmas is coming in 51 sleeps... yeah my 7 year old made me download the app! I figured I should do some stress-free Christmas crafting before that realization hits that you have 5 teacher gifts and 10 stocking stuffers to make in two days, lol. So, I was at a crop over the weekend and decided to enjoy making a lovely and peaceful tag using some fun supplies from the Southern Ridge Trading Company Shop. I pulled out a Chipboard Tag, 3x3 Star Stencil, Soda Fizz Stencil, Words Of Christmas set and Cedar Trees pack and got crafty! You can visit the SRTC  Blog for a How To Tutorial in case you'd like to see just how I made it.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog where you can find all the how-to details, closeups and supplies for this festive tag. Have a wonderful week friends!

Linked to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Birthday Pugs & Kisses!

Hello! Get ready for cuteness, because this adorable Gerda Steiner Designs Pug Digital Stamp is just that! I'm over on the GSD Blog today sharing this sweet card that will definitely make anyone's birthday sweeter.

Supplies: Pug Digital Stamp, Studio Katia Mosiac Hearts Stencil, SCT Sampler Pack supplies, Lucky Clover Distress Ink, Copic Markers, Gellyroll white gel pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs Blog for details and closeups - and have a wonderful week!

13 Days Of Halloween - Day 4 Diecut Treat Bags!

Hello! Well, I'm super excited about this new Halloween Series!! Every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to Halloween I'm sharing a project on my YouTube Channel. I'm on Day 4, and today I'm sharing 3 cute Halloween Treat Bags cut with my Cricut Maker.

Here are a few closeups. I added some white gel pen detail to give these guys a little 'life' 😉

Some Perfect Pearls Mist painted on adds just the right amount of rosy cheek blush.

And, I bit of black and white ribbon finish them off.

Here's the video where you can see exactly how I put together these cute bags! Be sure to like, subscribe and hit that notification bell in YouTube so you don't miss a thing 👻

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a super crafty week!!

Southern Ridge Trading Company - Valentine Card with Video!

Hello friends! I hope you're week is starting out awesome! With Valentines approaching in the next month I've been having fun creating some pretty cards and today I'm sharing a card from the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog using their beautiful Heart-O-Graph Doily Chipboard and  the 6x6 Heart Stencil. There is really anything you could imagine in the SRTC Shop! 

Here's what the inside looks like and how pretty the envelope turned out stenciled with Distress Inks and the SR Heart Stencil.

You can see just how I put this pretty card together in this VIDEO here!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have an awesome week, and don't forget to head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog for details, supply list and closeups 💓

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Card with Matching Envelope

Kitty Bee Designs - Get Well Soon Panda Card!

Hi! I'm popping back in today to share a cute Get Well card using an adorable Kitty Bee Designs Get Well Soon Panda 1 Digital Stamp. How can tiny bandaids be so darn cute?!! I'm still having fun using the awesome Paige Evans Pick Me Up papers and thought they'd be perfect with this cute card, making anyone who's under the weather feel a little bit better. I coloured this panda cutie with coloured pencils and added Glossy Accents to the little bandaid and cast to add some dimension before cutting him out on a YNS Stitched Tag Die. I really love how quick and easy this guy can be coloured up with a little shading.

I used a sentiment from Pretty Cute Stamps on a Spellbinders Tab Die along with a few cute Pretty Pink Posh heart stamps, which I also added Glossy Accents to. I really love the Bamboo Stencil from Little Birdie Crafts - it worked great with some Evergreen Bough Distress Ink to add a bit more colour to the tag. A beautiful Little Birdie Crafts handmade paper flower and some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins finish off this bright and colourful card.

Inside I used another sentiment from Pretty Cute Stamps and stamped three more tiny hearts.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop over at the Kitty Bee Designs Blog to see all the awesome inspiration from our Design Team, and the KBD Etsy Shop to see all the adorable images available! (PS. We also have a biweekly challenge blog - Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenges - where you can enter your own project for a chance to win a prize from our always amazing sponsors 💓)

Linked to: 

SSS Monday Challenge - In My Garden (flowers and bamboo!)

Word Art Wednesday - #324/325 AG

Die Cuttin Divas - #358 Tic Tac Toe (B&W image, 3 pattern papers, ribbon)

Special Day YNS Troll BirthdayTag!

Hi! I just wanted to share a quick little tag I whipped up for a little friend who was celebrating a birthday recently. I just love this adorable troll from the Your Next Stamp Insanely Happy stamp set, and combined with the 'special day' sentiment from the Whatnot Sentiments Four it was just perfect for a little birthday girl's gift!

I used some Distress Inks on a manilla tag and created a bright background using colours from the YNS Colour Challenge #78 (see below for link). As you can see, even though these colours would be perfect for Christmas, they also work for this too. A few gems and flowers and this little troll is ready to party!

Here's a look at the colour challenge I used over at the Your Next Stamp blog. There is also a sketch challenge you can try out, separately or combined!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're having a wonderful week and enjoying December. If you want to check out my Project Life App December Daily, be sure to follow me on Instagram where I'm posting them each day!! 

Linked to: 

YNS Challenge #78

SpiegelMom Scraps - Emoji Love Layout!

Hello! I'm sharing a layout over at the SpiegelMom Scraps blog today, and our theme this week is Emoji Love! There are some amazing FREE cutfiles available for you to download, and I just had to use the cute emoji's and sentiment with these silly pics of my daughter playing dress up, and the cool July sketch on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Sketchy Challenge site was perfect!

You can see the full details on this fun layout on the SpiegelMom Scraps blog, and don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off your purchases at the SMS Store!!

Supplies used:

SpiegelMom Scraps Gotta Love Emoji Sequin Mix

SpiegelMom Scraps Cork Confetti Stars and Hearts **PS The Cork Confetti will not be restocked - so get them while you can!!

Your Next Stamp - Whatnot Sentiments Ten and Waddles Bring On The BBQ

Shimelle Starshine Paper

Pink Paislee Take Me Away Ephemera

Distress Inks & Distress Oxides

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Linked to:

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine - July Sketchy Challenge

DL Art - Thankful Thursday July Linky Challenge

FFC #195 - Ag
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June Linkup

Word Art Wednesday - AG

Your Next Stamp - Challenge #67 with Phoebe & Pets Card!

Hi friends! I'm back today with my last post as Guest Designer this month for the fantastic Your Next Stamp!! I have had so much fun working with all the amazing products and designers, and I'll definitely be sharing more fun projects using YNS supplies in the future!

Today, I'm joining the team for Challenge #67, where you can choose to create a project using a sketch or a colour combination - or both!! You can see all the details on how you can enter to win a gift certificate over at the Your Next Stamp blog. Here's a look at the challenges:

And for my project, I've chosen to use both challenges! I used my Distress Inks to sponge on a resist background paper to create an ombre effect using the purples and grey from the colour challenge. I stamped on watercolour paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink so that I could do a no-line watercolouring technique using Distress Inks and Prima Watercolor Pencils using the super cute Phoebe and Pets stamp set.

The Polaroid frame is a Cricut diecut and I used a sentiment from the stamp set to add some fun to the front of my card - who could help smiling when they opened this card?!! I added a couple leaves of lettuce stamped on green paper with Distress Ink - popping them up slightly to add a bit of dimension.

Inside, another of the awesome sentiments and another adorable bunny!!

I grabbed a few SpiegelMom Scraps sequins and some Your Next Stamp Sparkly Gumdrop enamel dots for the finishing touches to my card!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and a big thank you to Your Next Stamp for having me as a Guest Designer this month! Be sure to head over to the Your Next Stamp blog to check out all the other Design Team members take on this challenge - and enter your own for a chance to win!

Linked to:

DL Art - Thankful Thursday June Linky Challenge

SpiegelMom Scraps - Masculine Congrats Card!

Hello friends! It's the last post of June for the SpiegelMom Scraps blog, and in keeping with our 'Take It Back June' theme I've created a Masculine Retro Congrats Card today! I layered a distressed tag over some cool 3D glasses themed paper from the Your Next Stamp 'For The Boys' 6x6 paper pad and added lots of embellies from the SpiegelMom Scraps shop!

Be sure to head over to the SpiegelMom Scraps blog post where you'll find all the fun details and closeups on this card! And don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off all your purchases at the SMS shop!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful, happy Thursday!

Linked to:
SSS Monday Challenge - Stencil It
SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #94 - Anything Goes w/optional twist - For Mom

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #94 over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #94

Anything Goes with Optional Twist: For Mom

Super big thanks to our sponsor for this challenge

 MMedel Illustrations and My Besties!

MMedel Illustrations - https://www.etsy.com/shop/MMedelIllustrations

and

My Besties - http://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

For this challenge I'm working with two adorable digi stamps from My Besties. The first one is the 4Besties Zen Art Dolls image, and I created a cute little card using this week's sketch from Mojo Monday. I coloured in this sweet little girl and her puppy with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are alcohol based and layered them on some patterned papers from a 6x6 paper pad.

I used some pretty sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps all around my card front and fussy cut out the flower images too.

I love how happy she looks, and the bright colours and layers make me happy too!

For my second project I used  Vintage Style Besties to create this pretty tag with a watercolour background using Distress Inks. I sponged on the inks and then spritzed them with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist to blend the inks and give the tag a glittery shimmer.

I used my alcohol markers again to colour in this cutie and a white Dylusions Paint pen for highlights. The Hello Sunshine sentiment is taken from a Recollections watercolour resist paper pad, so a bit of Distress Inks again created a fun effect.

I made a loopy ribbon bow and added a button and some sequins from 28 Lilac Lane along with a couple wooden embellishments.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Linked to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Going Dotty (sequin dots!)

FFC #187 - AG

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - May Challenge

Craftaholics R Us - Spring Colors/flowers

PDE Linky Party - AG
Word Art Wednesday - AG
Always Fun Challenges - #5 For Female/Mom
Pile It On - Animals

Mojo Monday #496