Wild Whisper Mini Hello Card Set!

 Howdy friends! I'm over on the Wild Whisper Blog today with a mini set of four cards that are sure to bring a smile to anyone's face - and would be perfect for birthday gifts or a start of the school year teacher gift! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Wild Whisper Blog to see closeups of each card and get all the details. Don't forget to use the code DTKARLA to save 10% off your purchases at the Wild Whisper Designs Shop, and have an amazing weekend!!

Watercolour Gift Card and Bag Set!

Hello my friends! I'm so happy to be over on the Wild Whisper Designs blog today to share a card and gift bag set using the beautiful new Pam Bray - Watercolor 12x12 Paper Pack, Floral 4x6 Stamp Set and Pine Dreams Embossing Powder from the Wild Whisper Shop. This was such a fun gift set to create! I love watercolouring with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, so I started out by using them to colour in the flowers from the stamp set, matching the colours to the lovely Watercolor Papers which are designed by the sweet and talented Pam Bray together with Wild Whisper. I used the DIY Gift Bag Cricut Pattern in Design Space to quickly diecut the gift bag - I love that I was able to showcase both sides of the 12x12 paper with the fold over edge design! I even pulled out my We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill to add a quick Enjoy sentiment to the matching gift tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Wild Whisper Designs blog to see lots of closeups and details, and don't forget to use the code DTKARLA to save 10% in the Wild Whisper Store. I hope you have an amazing weekend!!

Scrap Shotz - Baby Layout and Gift Card Set!

Hello! Well friends, I hope you've been having a great week. Today, I'm over on the Scrap Shotz Blog sharing more fun creations using the Scrap Shotz November Kit Club featuring the Jen Hadfield Along The Way Collection. I'm excited to get some more of Erica's baby pics done, since she'll be 7 this month!

Next, I created a gift card set for one of my daughter's teachers for Christmas! Here you can see both the front and inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Scrap Shotz Blog to see closeups and get all the details on both of these projects, and have a fun and crafty week and weekend ahead!

Linked to:
SSS Monday Challenge - "B is for..." Baby!
CSM December Sketchy Challenge

 

Canvas Corp Brands - Diecut Cards with Canvas Corp Papers and Cricut!

Hello peeps! Hope all is well with you and your weekend is starting off awesome. I wanted to pop in today to share a video I have on the Canvas Corp Brands YouTube Channel - 6 Cute Card Ideas Using Cricut & Canvas Corp Papers.  Canvas Corp has tons of amazing papers, but for this project I used two paper packs - Canvas Corp Solid Printed Cardstock Rainbow Paper Collection and Canvas Corp Lots of Color Paper Collection to create 6 quick, easy and fun cards with my Cricut that I gave to my daughter's teacher as an end of the year gift. Now she'll have some handmade cards she can give out to her friends!

Here's a look at the video where you can see how I created these cute and fun cards!

I had a lot of fun creating these bright cards and I hope they'll make someone else's day special!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a very happy and very crafty day!

Canvas Corp Brands - Coffee Challenge & Tattered Angels Video!

Hello! I hope you've all had a fantastic week! I'm sharing a couple recent projects I've created for Canvas Corp Brands, which includes 7gypsies, Tattered Angels and Canvas Corp. There are so many fantastic goodies these companies have - it's certainly not hard to create beautiful things with such a great selection!

First up is a Crew Challenge we had over at the Creative Studio blog - Tea & Coffee, and our challenge was to use real tea or coffee in our project! I love both tea and coffee, but if I had to choose then coffee would win 😉 so I created a gift set for my husband's birthday that used Canvas Corp Brand papers and canvas fabric along with Tattered Angels mists and real coffee grounds and beans.

I used the pretty TA Glimmer Mists to make a watercolour background and layered on some CC Coffee Papers before mixing coffee ground with UTEE to create a custom embossing powder to use on a CTMH coffee ring stamp. I used a PPPR coffee cup cutfile and the cool TA corrugated mistable paper to create this neat layered cup. A few pretty SpiegelMom Scraps sequins add a bit of finishing bling along with some real coffee beans.

Inside, I used the coffee ring stamp along with a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment and the Java Great Day by Pretty Cute Stamps.

My hubby has a couple stainless steel coffee mugs he uses to drink his coffee and tea and his hands always get cold so I wanted to make him a custom Coffee Sleeve that he could adjust to fit both mugs. I used the printed Canvas Corp 12x12 Beans & Bags Canvas Sheet and a Pinterest Pattern HERE to stitch this up for him. (Just as an FYI I would make the pattern a bit longer if I was to make it again.) He loved his card & gift when he opened them for his birthday!

The second project I'm sharing is 'How To Make 15 Backgrounds With Tattered Angels' over on the Tattered Angels YouTube channel. This was a fun project to make using Tattered Angels Mists and Paints. There are literally so many possibilities! Just think about how many projects you could whip up once you had a bunch of backgrounds completed. 

Here's a look at the video where I take you through all the steps to create each background:

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic weekend!!

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Scrap Shotz - Pick Me Up Card Gift Set!

Hi friends! I'm over on the Scrap Shotz Snap Shotz Blog today with a gift set of 5 cards featuring the Paige Evans Pick Me Up Collection that will be available at the Scrap Shotz store. Last week I gave you a look at the beautiful goodies in the collection and two layouts I created with it. This week I wanted to focus on the fun Swatch Books and show how easy it is to create beautiful cards with your supplies! Here's a look at all the cards I made...

Be sure to check out the photos of each one with closeups and details at the Scrap Shotz Snap Shotz Blog! Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a fabulous and crafty week!

SpiegelMom Scraps - Gift Bag, Shaker Tag & Card Set!

Hi friends! I'm over at the SpiegelMom Scraps blog today sharing a gift set that features an adorable purse made out of a 12x12 piece of patterned cardstock along with a coordinating shaker tag and a card - just perfect for someone sweet! Our theme this month is tools, and I grabbed a lot of fun tools to add neat elements to my projects. The purse was so fun and easy to do using this step by step video HERE. Then, I added a sweet shaker tag with an eyelet - remember those 😉?!!

With the coordinating paper I made a Christmas card to go with the set, and I can't wait to share this with someone for a holiday gift!

Be sure to check out the SpiegelMom Scraps blog for all the details, closeups and a look at all the fun tools I used- and don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off all your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps store!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week and weekend ahead!

Canvas Corp Brands - Cozy Moments November Challenge!

Hi friends! If you haven't checked out the monthly challenge on the Canvas Corp Brands Creative Studio Blog, you are are going to be so excited! There is a wonderful mood board and a challenge open all month long for you to link up anything you are inspired by the theme to create. This month the challenge is Cozy Moments, and here in Calgary, Alberta it has been really chilly - so definitely a challenge I have lots of ideas for ;) For this challenge I'm sharing a gift set I've created using Canvas Corp canvas coasters and papers, 7gypsies Architextures and Tattered Angels mists. You can head over to the Creative Studio Blog to see closeups and step by step details on how I created this set - perfect for gift giving or just keeping cozy!

Here's a look at the gorgeous inspirational mood board - we'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge. There is a wonderful prize pack to be won, no specific requirements other than following the theme, and the challenge is open until December 5th.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you're keeping cozy!!

SpiegeMom Scraps - Shaker Card and Bookmark Set!

Hello! I hope you've all been having a fantastic week!! I'm posting over on the SpiegelMom Scraps blog today and have been having lots of fun with my new Project Life Fuse Tool!! I created a retro card and bookmark and used that Fuse tool to make shaker pockets with both.

Be sure to check out all the details, supplies, inside of the card and back of the bookmark on the SpiegelMom Scraps blog!

Don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps store!

Linked to:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June Linkup

DL Art - Thankful Thursday June Linky Challenge

SSS Monday Challenge - Touchy Feely

Ori Kami Greeting Card Gift Set!

Wow! Can I tell you how cold it has been lately?!! It felt like -20* C with the wind chill today! At least I don't feel guilty about staying in and crafting ;) I did actually take my girls skating today, inside at an arena - and it was a lot warmer in there than outside.

I thought I'd share a new stamp set I got over the holidays - just in time to make a couple last minute gift sets! I thought these origami stamped images from the Altenew Ori Kami set were so awesome - I love finding things that are a little bit different! I paper pieced the stamps and layered them on some card bases covered with patterned papers and 3x4 journaling cards from a cut apart sheet in the Pink Paislee Take Me Away 12x12 paper pad by Paige Evans. The paper is so pretty - I could seriously frame it - and might!

I added sequins from the SpiegelMom Scraps Store and chose one of the pretty sentiments from the Ori Kami stamp set for the inside (shown in the middle photo below). For each envelope I added a coordinating stamped iamge and coloured it in with coloured pencils. I love how that looks on kraft paper!

I made two sets of 4 cards with matching envelopes each and tied them with a pretty ribbon before putting them into a gift bag with some yummy treats!

And here's a photo of my two littles having fun skating this morning!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're staying warm and cozy this weekend!

Linked to:

PDE Linky Party - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - AG #264/265

DL Art - January Linky Challenge

Craftaholics R Us - Create a Girly Card

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - New Something

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - January Challenge

SpiegelMom Scraps November Blog Hop!

I'm so excited to be joining the SpiegelMom Scraps team as a Guest Designer today to bring you some inspiration to Cozy Up and Create! There is a super fun Blog Hop going on to bring you tons of inspiration to start creating. You should have arrived from the SMS Blog - and if not you can pop over there to start your creative adventure! When you are a crafter, Christmas is one of those events where you want to get lots of things created to give to those special friends and family members, but you also want time to enjoy the holidays. Even though it's still early, by starting now you'll have time to make those special presents and even get in a few last minute ones - because we all know about that!

I love to give handcrafted gifts for the holidays, and I love to bake - so what better than to start thinking about packing some yummy and beautiful gifts for those loved ones on my list! I started off with a kraft cardboard box and added some pretty patterned papers from the Heidi Swapp Believe collection. This is paper that I've had for a while - one of those things I have hoarded because I love it, but I am really trying to work on using those things! I added some layered papers and journaling cards to decorate the front of the box and for the pretty tag. Then, comes the fun part - embellishing!! I'm sure you know there are tons of fun embellishments in the SpiegelMom Scraps Shop! I added the pretty sequins from the Holly Berries sequin mix as well as a few white sequins from the Wedding Bells sequin mix to my tag and tied it with the Natural Burlap String before adding a pretty red bow. On the front of the box I added Cork Confetti Stars, Cork Confetti Tiny Stars and the pretty Holly Berries Sequins again!

Here's a peek at all the goodies I packed inside my Christmas baking gift box! These fun SpiegelMom Scraps embellishments were perfect to add to my gift packaging - and the awesome Glassine Bags were wonderful for adding packages of tea, muffins and cookies! I used doilies, stamps from the Lawn Fawn Love You A Latte stamp set, Christmas patterned papers and lots of sequins, burlap string and cork! I think that packaging really is everything and makes even a simple gift so special!

You can see below a description of each of the elements in my gift packaging:

1. Layered patterned papers and journaling card on the outside of my gift box decorated with sequins and cork.
2. The tag for the gift box using a journaling card from the Believe collection, tied with burlap string and decorated with sequins and a stamped holiday sentiment.
3. Goodies inside the gift box tucked into glassine bags and decorated.
4. Mini Pumpkin Loaf (recipe below!) and Banana Bran Loaf, wrapped with patterned paper and decorated with a handmade embellishment topper.
5. Supplies: Holly Berries Sequin Mix, Wedding Bells Sequin Mix, Mini Glassine Bags, Medium Glassine Bags, Natural Burlap String , Cork Confetti Stars, Cork Confetti Tiny Stars.
6. Flavoured teas tucked into a glassine bag and decorated with stamped tags, a doily, sequins and a cork star.
7. A hand crocheted mug warmer with a stamped tag. I pinned the burlap string on with a safety pin filled with sequins for extra embellishment!
8. Mini pumpkin muffins and chocolate mint cookies tucked into glassine bags and tied with string and handmade tags.
9. Yummy chocolates inside these adorable mini glassine bags, which I first stamped using Stazon and then tied with string and a button. A little Glossy Accents holds on the shiny sequins.

Here's the Pumpkin Bread recipe, which I used for the mini muffins and mini loaf! It will have your kitchen smelling like Christmas in no time!

Here's the Blog Hop line-up, and next on the list is the very talented Lisa Kingston . Head on over to her fabulous blog to see the amazing project she has come up with after leaving a comment for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate!

SMS Blog 

Karla Yungwirth That's Me! 

Lisa Kingston 

Christy Harriman 

Sarah McClellan 

Hannah Lemieux 

Khristina Sorge 

Sara Scraps 

Katty Miranda

Evi Cortes 

Rachel Stewart 

Laura Rumble 

Felicia Young 

I'd love for you be in the running for the $10.00 shop credit, so be sure to leave comments on all the blogs to be entered! Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a wonderfully, fantastic, creative day! 

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - AG
Sunny Day Crafting - AG

PDE Linky Party - Anything But A Card
DL Art - Nov Linky Challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Nov Link Up
CHNC Christmas Challenge - AG Christmas
CHNC Extra - Nov Link Up

Halloween Gift Set with Kitty Bee Designs!

Howdy Friends! I've got some exciting news to share with you today! I'm a new Design Team Member over at the Kitty Bee Designs blog!!

For my first project, I decided to use the adorable Halloween Mr. Bitty digital stamp to create a card and treat box holder gift set!

For the card I used an orange cardbase and inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink before layering on some Jillibean Soup papers, a pretty doily and some awesome sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps. I coloured the cute bat and pumpkin digi image with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers and popped it up with foam dots to give him some dimension.


I found some awesome black ribbon in my stash and tied it around the border. The Happy Halloween sentiment comes with the image and I cut it apart to add it under my ribbon.

These cute tags were included in a Jillibean Soup paper ephemera pack and coordinate with the 6x6 paper pack. I added more Distress Ink and layered on some diamond sequins with a brad in the center - I think it totally looks like a bat ;) and a paper star and wooden bird with glitter.

For the treat box I followed along with a video from Chic'n Scratch on YouTube where she shows you exactly how to cut and score your cardstock to create this cute little box! I layered on another one of the Halloween Mr. Bitty stamps, printed smaller - one of the awesome things about digi stamps!! and cut it with a Spellbinders die and my Cuttlebug.

I filled the little glassine bags from SpiegelMom Scraps with candies and attached a Jillibean Soup label from that 6x6 paper pack and some washi tape. These cute little bags are food safe, and adorable ;) - and you can see them close up along with the sequins I've used in my YouTube video here on my New YouTube channel!

I added more of that awesome ribbon and a little spider web from the ephemera pack.

Here's one more look at this cute gift set! I love how it turned out and I'm so excited that I'll be bringing you more Kitty Bee Designs goodies in the future!

You can check out the Kitty Bee Designs blog here, the Etsy shop here, and the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge blog here where you'll find tons of amazing inspiration and a chance to link up your own projects! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have an awesome week!