Well blog fans, I'm making a little dent in my Christmas cards!

Here is one I made using

Lg Wrapped up Kitty and Puppy (#17802)

From Eureka! Stamps and

Tree (#14501) from

QKR Stampede

I started this card by stamping the "Lg Wrapped up Kitty and Puppy" onto white cardstock and coloring it with FlexMarkers.

I fussy cut the image, adhered it to red cardstock and fussy cut it again.

Then I was trying to figure out what to do on the front of the card, I came across a piece of the vellum and thought it would work great with this cute image.  But it just wasn't working until I spotted the "Tree" image what I had already colored with water color pencils and fussy cut.

I don't have a clue what I had planned to use it for, but there it sat, waiting for me to use it.  So I adhered it under the vellum and I love how it looks.

I love the pine tree and the sprigs on the vellum together.

Don't ya just love when things work out like that?!?!

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?

Why not pop into the Eureka! Stamps or QKR Stampede shops and see what you might like to use to get started?  There are lots of wonderful images that you can use for Christmas cards in both shops.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you enjoyed your stay.

Come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

The Selflessness Project

Last week I came across this story

and decided to make a card to send out to Matthew for his project.

Here is the card I made at My Happy Place.

I used some distress inks for the background and FlexMarkers to color the

"Flying Girl Holder" (#21701)

"Oval Balloon" (#5201)

and "Heart Balloon" (#5204)

which are all images from Eureka! Stamps

The grass is stamped with

"Field Grass Right" (#38925)

from Biblical Impressions.

The girl and balloons were fussy cut and adhered to the card with foam tape.

I hope you'll read the story about this little boy and maybe make a card or two to send off to him for his project.

On their facebook page his Mom says they have already surpassed his goal and it is bigger than they ever imagined and I'm sure it's going to keep on growing!

Check out Eureka! Stamps and Biblical Impressions

 and see what you would like to use to make some cards.

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you will and

come again soon!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Happy Birthday with banners

Banners seem to be all over the blogosphere these days and I do love them.  I haven't done a lot with these little guys, but today I have a card for you with some banners that was inspired by one that

Kristina Werner showed on her blog.

I got all my paper from my scrap stash.

for the sentiment I used

"Happy Birthday" (#22803)

from QKR Stampede

I used embroidery floss to string the banners together.

This simple card would be great for a guy, don't ya think?

It would be easy to make up quick if you suddenly need a card.

It goes together in no time at all.  I left the inside blank to write my own message or stamp one when I am ready to use the card.

Thanks for stopping by today, I always appreciate comments and feed back.

Come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Upcycled Card

Hello blogger friends!

Today I have a card to show you that was very simple to make.

I used "Just a Note" (#6405)

from  Eureka! Stamps for this card.

I was playing around with papers trying to match up some colors and patterns, which I sometimes have a tough time doing.

My friend, Marie, had just opened a package of paper that she bought and gave me the "cover sheet"

You know the one, it shows little swatches of the papers inside.

Now I didn't have to hem and haw over what would match,

the work was done for me and I was upcycling too.

I punched squares out of the different patterns with a punch,

arranged and adhered them to a piece of paper from my stash.

I then ran it through the Cuttlebug in an embossing folder.

I love how it looks with the embossed flowers on the patterned paper!

This I adhered to a white cardstock base.

I used the "Just a Note" stamp on another scrap and trimmed it down.

Blue and pink embroidery floss were wrapped around it and tied into a bow then it was adhered to the card.

What an easy note card!  And I think it's quite lovely.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've gotten some inspiration.

Leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Get Well Card

Welcome bloggy friends!

Today I'm showing you a get well card that I made for a fellow crafter.

Doris comes to My Happy Place from time to time and her daughter, Jen is one of our regulars, who I have become good friends with.

Doris recently suffered a heart attack and I wanted to send her a card,

so I made this one for her.

For this card I used

"Crazy Kitty Set" (#32111)

from Biblical Impressions

and "Thinking of you" which is from a set I borrowed from a friend,

I believe it was by Inkadinkado.

"Crazy Kitty Set" come with this adorable cat and paws.

I stamped him onto white cardstock and colored him with FlexMarkers

and I think he is just adorable.

Inside I used some white cardstock and punched he edge with an

EK Success border punch.

I hand wrote " Peeking in to say I hope you are feeling better every day."

I sure hope Doris likes her card. I think she will, she is an animal lover and she loves handmade cards.  How could I go wrong?

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you will.

Come again soon!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

QKR Stampede July Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Today is the first QKR Stampede Blog Hop with the new

Design Team Ladies. 

I'm pleased to be joining them for this hop

and welcoming them all to the team. 

Although I'm not a "full" team member,

I will be joining them from time to time for hops.

I will also be posting projects made with my QKR images here on my blog and from time to time on the QKR company blog.

If you have just happened upon the hop, you will want to start at the beginning.  I know you won't want to miss meeting any of these talented ladies and seeing what they have to inspire you.

If you have come from Katie's Blog, you are on the right track.

This month for our intro hop the theme is "anything goes" so I have decided to show you one of the Christmas cards I've made.

(I'm trying to get done early this year.)

Sorry for the poor photo, the cardstock is foiled and even without the flash it has a glare. 

I know it looks kind of plain, but when you open those little windows,

that's when you see the best part of the card.

The images I have used are available through QKR Stampede as well as our sister company Eureka! Stamps.

"Christmas Balloon" (#ES16402)

was used for the first window.  I stamped it onto white cardstock and colored it with FlexMarkers, then covered it with Glossy Accents.

"Reindeer Balloon" (#ES2606)

was used for the second window.

Again, colored with FlexMarkers

 and a bit of Glossy Accents used on his bells and nose.

Snowman Balloon (#ES11805)

was used for the third window.

He was colored with FlexMarkers and covered with Stickles.

I hope you will take a minute to check out the whole

"Balloons/Holders" category in the QKR Stampede store,

 there are tons of great images, not only for Christmas,

but for other occasions too.

Now I'm sending you off to see what lovely project

Marleen

 has for you on her blog.

Thanks for stopping by, leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Pop up I "heart" U

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. 

Unfortunately, I don't know whose blog it came from,

so I can't give credit where credit is due. 

If you recognize it, let me know and I will give credit.

Pop up cards are always fun and not nearly as hard to make as you'd think.

This one is a little tougher to figure out a template for, but it's really just a matter of cutting and folding.

On the front of the card I used

"I am Blessed" (#36313) and

"Swirl Heart" (#32402)

both from Biblical Impressions

They are both stamped onto white cardstock, then I added some little self stick bling to the heart.

I used stones from a bling word that I found at one of the big box craft stores for a 50 cents.  You know how they have them marked down sometimes, because they are names or words that no one buys?

I buy them and just use the individual pieces, they cut apart easily with a craft knife or scissors.  So don't pass them up because your name isn't Yolanda, find the longest name or word you can find in the bin and pick them up cheap.

And here is the pop up inside of my card.

Isn't is cool?

Thanks for stopping by today, leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my card.

Then why not stop in to the Biblical Impressions online store

and see what great stamps you can find to go with a cool pop up card of your own?!?!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!