For Mom-Karen's Doodles

Monday again!!  It's time for another Karen's Doodles challenge and since it's not even a week to go until Mother's Day, we would like to see your cards for Mom for this challenge.

I have used the adorable Flower Girl image from Karen's Doodles and the sketch is from the Facebook Fans Only sketch from Seems A Little Sketchy!

As always, you do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image to play along with us, but if you do, you have the chance to win the top prize!!

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie

2nd - 2 images of your choice

3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Wishing you a wonderful week!  hope you have some time to sneak in to craft a wee bit!

Kelly

Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy

Happy Monday everyone!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Karen's Doodles.  This week, It's All About The Kids. This is one of the very first images I have of Karen's and still one of my favs, it's called Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy.

I have used some fun new papers from October Afternoon called Sarsparilla and the sketch from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch.  I just rotated it so that the button would fit!

I'm off to vote in our provincial election today and tackle my laundry pile!  Hope you have a fantastic week and thank you for taking the time to pop by!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly

~Make It For A Male

Welcome to Monday!!   I missed our challenge post as it was our year end skating carnival and there just weren't enough hours in the day, but I wanted to share my card with you and use it as a mid-challenge reminder.

I have used On The Run from Karen's Doodles for my image.  I haven't added a sentiment as this one will be going in my card stockpile.  I never have enough male cards, but at least I can add this one to my card bin:-)

I have used the sketch from Seems A Little Sketchy for my layout along with some fun Fly A Kite papers from MME.  I did leave off the flower or whatever embellishment that works because it just didn't work with my image panel, but other than that, it doesn't follow the sketch!

So be sure to pop on over to the Karen's Doodles Challenge Blog to see some wonderful cards for the males in our lives!  Then whip up your creation for your chance to win:

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie

2nd - 2 images of your choice

3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Then head on over to the One Crazy Stamper Challenge blog and play along with our April- Male Cards challenge!

Have a Happy Monday!!

Kelly

~Welcome Baby~

Happy Monday?!  The time change sure had me draggin' my butt his morning, almost ready for a snooze!!

We are back with another wonderful challenge from Karen's Doodles and a challenge for celebration too, it's our 100th challenge!  This time we are asking you to make a creation for Something Special.

I have made a card for a new baby boy!  Our vet and his lovely wife welcomed their first child, a sweet little boy and this is for them.

I used the adorable Peekaboo Boy for my image and some fun DCWV papers.  The layout is from Sketches By Carly, sketch #51.

Now you do not have to use a Karen's Doodles images to play along, but if you have em why not!  You will be entered to win first prize and Card of The Week!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly

~Celebrate~

Happy Monday!  I have another catch up card here for you today.  It's mid challenge for Karen's Doodles.  We are asking to see your Pastel creations...with an Easter twist.

I have used the adorable Bunny In Egg for my image, from Karen's Doodles of course and paired it up with the current sketch from Deconstructed Sketches.

So pop on over to the challenge blog and have a peek at my teammies creations, then whip up your creation.  You do not have to use Karen's Doodles image, but if you do, you could win top prize and card of the week honors!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly

P.S.  I have my linky followers widget in the top right corner now. Due to Google Friend Connect soon to be going away, I added this one if you would like to follow my blog there:-)

~Happy Day

It's a happy day around here for sure!  Only 2 more sleeps and we will be in Maui!!  We are all so very excited!  I have a fun new creations for you today for our new Karen's Doodles challenge.  Our challenge is Celebrate and this lady looks like she's doing just that.

I used Happy Feet Woman from Karen's Doodles store for my image and just clipped a wee piece from the Lie Of The Party paper pack from MME and used that for my sentiment!  I thought it worked with the cupcakes and all for a birthday card.  

I used the fun sketch from The Pixie Cottage for my layout.  The Pixie Cottage's challenge is 2 parts..one the sketch and this week, RED is the option, so I took advantage of that and really used some red!

Be sure to visit our Karen's Doodles Challenge blog as we have just welcomed 5 new and very talented designers to our team and would love for you to meet them!  Now remember, you do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image, but she has so many wonderful ones to choose from AND you could win top prize if you do, so why not!!

Happy Crafting everyone and I'll chat with you when we are home from Maui!

Kelly

****Just a little sidenote, I know that Google Friend Connect will soon be disappearing, but he fabulous Linky Tools that I use for my link lists over at Dutch Dare has a great new follower service called Linky Followers, so I have added it to my blog just below the search button on the right hand side.  It's great and free too!!****

~Elliot Valentine~

Welcome to Monday!  We had a fabulous weekend and I hope you did too! Kirsten tied for 2nd place at her skating competition and was delighted with her medal!!

I have a cute and cuddly lil critter to share with you today for Karen's Doodles Cute & Cuddly challenge.

I used Elliot Valentine from Karen's Doodles and paired him with Sweetheart papers from CTMH.  You really must check out the fab store Kare has and the wonderful assortment of Valenitnes/Love images that are available.  Now, we have moved to a bi-weekly challenge format, so you have tons of time to play along with us.  You do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image to play along with us, everyone is welcome, but you can win 1st prize if you do...so if you have 'em, why not use 'em!

I have made my card for the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes #105- Valentine's

Sweet Stamping- Animals

I have a fun little followers blog candy to share this week, so stay tuned!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly

Skater Girl

***Be sure to scroll down for some A Latte Love***

 Monday...again, oh how you reappear so quickly!!  We are back with a Karen's Doodles challenge again and it's a fun one...Paper Piecing!  I have to admit, I don't paper piece very often with digis images, but it was fun and really not so difficult, so I hope you will join us this week!!

 

My image is called Skater Girl and is from Karen's Doodles online shop.   The sketch is from this week's Sweet Stop Sketch...on time I might add:-)
I didn't add a sentiment at all as this card is for one of the figure skaters in our club who broke her leg on Thursday at skating.  We are having all of our other figure skates sign the card and have a super cute purple puppy stuffed animal and a balloon bouquet for her to make her smile!

Be sure to visit the Karen's Doodles challenge blog for a ton of fabulous Paper Piecing inspiration!  We are also having a design team call, so be sure to read up on that and apply to join our fabulous team!

Happy Crafting!
Kelly

Ho Ho Ho

Hello, hello!  We are on our Christmas holiday break and it's so nice to get to sleep in.  Both my kiddos have had a tummy bug since Thursday, so that has not been fun.  They seem to be on the mend today and for that I am thankful.

It's Monday, so that means we have a fun new challenge for you on the Karen's Doodles challenge blog.  We would like to see Spots & Stripes on your creations this time.  

I have used the super cute Santa Dog from Karen's Doodles fro my image and my sketch is from Sweet Stop Sketches.  This week there is a spin and that is to use chipboard...my letters are sparkly white chipboard by Heidi Swapp.  I am also going to enter this over on the Touch Twin Challenge blog as well, their challenge is Furry Friends and this guy fits in perfectly.

I will be back a wee bit later to catch up with the Di's Digi Challenge post that I missed on the weekend that I missed when my kiddos were hugging the toilet.

Happy Crafting for you all this week!

Clean & Simple with Bovine Betty

Happy Monday!  This is our last week of school and I am so excited there is only 5 days left until we are on Christmas holidays!

Our challenge for you over on the Karen's Doodles challenge blog is Clean & Simple and here is my take on that.

Bovine Betty Christmas is my image and of course it's available right now in Karen's store. I just added some fun, stripey paper from Jillibean Soup and that's all there is!  Some liquid applique I guess for the furry parts on her dress but that is Clean & Simple for me.  Remember you do not have to used a Karen's Doodles image but if you have 'em, why not!!  You can win 1 of 3 great prizes just for playing along with us this week.

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie (must use KD image to qualify for this top prize)

2nd - 2 images of your choice

3rd - 1 image of your choice.

The challenge this week at Paper Sundaes is Anything Christmas, so I will enter my card there as well:-)

Happy Crafting everyone!!

Non Traditional Xmas-KD91, PP74

Monday, Monday!  it's a short week for us as we are headed to Great Falls, MT on Thursday fro a long weekend to do some Christmas shopping!  The kids are excited to have a couple days off school to go on a trip!  

We have a fun challenge for you today over on the Karen's Doodles Challenge Blog.  We are looking to see your spin on using Non Traditional Christmas colors for your project this week.  There are some absolutely fabulous creations on the challenge blog.

I have used Christmas Moose from Karen's store for my card and paired it with some older Aspen CTMH papers.  The layout is from Paper Players #74.  This is my first time playing along with them but I liked the sketch and it worked well for my card, so I went with it!

Wishing you a wonderful week and thank you so much for taking the time to pop by, I love your visit and your comments!

Happy Crafting!!

Celebrate With Santa-KD90 & SCS 359

Monday, Monday!  Yes, it's Monday again as today definitely proved to be a Monday!   We have a very festive challenge for you at Karen's Doodles this week.  We would like to see your creations featuring good ole Santa Claus!  Here's mine...

I have used Santa Waving from Karen's Doodles along with the current sketch from Splitcoast.

Now remember you do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image to play along with us but if you do you will be eligible for the top prize!  So why not dust off your Karen's Doodles Santa images or head on over to the store and grab one to play along!

Happy Crafting!

ABAC Day at Karen's Doodles

Oh Monday, how quickly you seem to appear!  Luckily we have today off school, so I should still be snuggled up in my cozy bed:-)  

We have an Anything But A Card challenge for you today at Karen's Doodles.  I love these challenges because I get to see all the fun, creative creations everyone comes up with.

I have made a little gift bag using the very festive, Bovine Betty Christmas!  

The layout is based on the sketch from Jen's-November SFYTT ..I just added the flowers:-) I used some new Recollections papers I picked up at Michael's last week and ribbon and flowers from my stash!

Hope on over and check out the wonderful creations from my DT friends, lots of inspiration there for you...you can win 1 of 3 great prizes too just for playing along with us.  You do not have to use a KD image, but if you do, you are eligible for the 1st place prize!

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie

2nd - 2 images of your choice

3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Happy Crafting!

Quote It~SSSC141

Happy Monday!  We had a wonderful weekend... Saturday was busy but great!  I hosted a card workshop featuring CTMH Wonderland papers and then my mom, Kirsten & I went shopping for Landon's birthday...he'll be 6 on the 3rd and I can't believe my lil cowboy is almost 6!  Sunday was a hang out day, love those!

So here we are back at Monday, so that means it's time for another wonderful challenge over at Karen's Doodles.  This week our challenge to you is Quote It...so create based on a quote or use a quote on your card.

I love The Lion King movie, it's one of my favs and I always seems to be saying "no worries" so I chose Hakuna Matata, which means no worries!  This lady doesn't look like she has a worry in the world and thought it was fitting for my card.  She is called Happy Feet Woman and is available in Karen's store, along with about 300 other super fabulous, must have images!

I have used Karen's Sweet Sketch Sunday from yesterday for my layout along with some older Bella papers from CTMH as well.

Halloween night tonight, Kirsten skates and then we are headed over to friends for dinner and then we will take the kiddos out and about for some trick or treating!  Happy Halloween everyone, have a safe and fun trick or treating night!

Bigsby Christmas Stocking~ SS

Monday again!  We had a busy weekend, Friday night Lance and two friends helped sort cow/calves to get ready for our calves to sell on Saturday, so I cooked them up a steak dinner after all their work was done!  Then Saturday was sale day, so we were all off to the auction mart for that..however, Kirsten and I did duck out a bit early in hopes we wouldn't smell like the stockyards!  We scooted and got groceries and then I made homemade pasta sauce with a flat and two bags of tomatoes from the garden of a friend of our family.   So quickly the weekends fly by.  So here we are at Monday again already!

Our Karen's Doodles challenge for you this week is Animal Antics.  Show us your crazy critters!  As long as your creation has an animal as part of the main image, you're good to go.  Now as always, you do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image, but if you have 'em why not use 'em!  

You could win :

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie (card of the week and 1st prize only eligible for entries featuring a KD image)

2nd - 2 images of your choice

3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Karen is having a bit of a problem at the moment with her domain, but is working to get it resolved, so in the mean time, why don't you pop on over to the challenge blog to check out the fabulous work by my teammates!

I have used the fabby sketch from Sketch Saturday as well for my layout and some yummy JillyBean Soup papers, liquid applique and square rhinestones on my card.

I hope you have a super week and have a chance to do some crafting!

   

First Taste Of Snow~SS178

Oh wow, I'm a day late..almost 2 for my Karen's Doodles post and I'm terribly sorry about that.  It was Thanksgiving here in Canada yesterday and I've had a busy, busy weekend with not enough hours in the day.  But hey, it's done and I love it and I hope you'll play along with us this week.

We would like to see DISTRESSING.  I have used ink distressing on my edges as well as on the embossed snowflake panel and then used my edge distresser on the sides of my image.

I have used First Taste of Snow from Karen's store and paired it with some new Jillibean Soup papers called Christmas Eve Chowder that I picked up with my last Taylored Expressions KI kit.

The layout is from Sketch Saturday from this week.  Karen has a ton of super fun new Christmas/Winter images available, you should check our her store, buy a digi or two and play along with us.  You do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image to play along but if you do, you could win card of the week as well as the top prize!
1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie

2nd - 2 images of your choice

3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Now, my blog candy sure didn't have many entries..not sure why, these are some fabulous stamp sets from CTMH valued at $40..anyway, I have decided to choose 3 winners.  Clearliy if you took the time to leave your link, you mus of been interested in what I had to offer, so the first winner will receive the set of 2 stamps sets, and a fabulous assortment of charms, flowers, twine and ribbon and the 2nd and 3rd winners will receive one CTMH stamp set and some fun goodies!  I promise, you'll love it.

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

7
9
2

Timestamp: 2011-10-12 04:33:22 UTC

So we have Monika/buzsy as our first winner!

Followed by Lori A and Shelby!  Congrats ladies, if you can send me an email with your mailing address I will get your goodies packed up and sent out to you this week!

Happy Crafting!!

 

Birthday Fairy & A Blog Hop Winner

It's Monday again!!  Man the weekends fly by.  I went to see Keith Urban on Fridau with my sister Kristy and my sister Kim and her boyfriend Colby came as well and it was a fabulous show!!

So Mondays mean it's Karen's Doodles challenge time again!  This week we are asking you to use Pink & Brown as the main colors on your creation!

I have used the super fun Birthday Fairy from Karen's store for my card, papers from CTMH and the sketch is from Sweet Stop Saturday!

Now, I have used random.org to choose a winner from the Karen's Doodles Blog Hop.  You win the image Christmas Wonder that I used on my card here.  So from all of the comments left, 

Julie's Crafty Creations
Julie won the whole shebang so I have re-drawn and my new winner is  
Bonnie Brown!

 Please email me and I will send your digi on over!

Check out the challenge blog to have a look at the rest of the wonderful DT creations!

Now remember, you do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image to join in the fun with us, however, if you do, you could win card of the week as well as:

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie

2nd - 2 images of your choice
3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Wishing you a wonderful week!!

Happy Crafting!!

It's Blog Hop Time With Karen's Doodles

Good Monday morning to you all and thanks for popping by to visit me today!  I sound a wee bit excited for a Monday morning don't I??  Well that's because I am excited!  We are having a Christmas Blog Hop with Karen's Doodles to showcase the amazing images she has drawn up in time for the festive season...it is right around the corner you know!!

Each of the DT is showcasing one of Karen's fabulous new Christmas images and you will have a chance to win on each of the DT's blogs as well as a chance on our Challenge Blog to win the whole collection! That's 13 new images!



The image I'm showcasing is called Christmas Wonder and is now available along with all the other fabulous images in Karen's store.  The layout is from Deconstructed Sketches #19. Love Jenn's sketches and this worked perfectly for my image!

You have a chance to win this image just by leaving me a comment below.  I will choose a winner by random.org and announce the lucky person next Monday on my blog. 

Before you move on to visit Chris, who is next in our hop, you will need to collect my letter which is
 
On you go to see the crafty goodness Chris has to share with you!

Happy Hopping! Don't forget to hop on back to the challenge blog  once you are done letter collecting and enter via Mr Linky to win the entire collection!

Happy Crafting!!

~Check It Out~

Monday is here again, the start of our first full week of school...yikes!  Last week was only 4 days and the week before was only 2, so this is the first 5 day week for us:-)

I do look forward to Mondays though...well craftwise anyway!!  It's Karen's Doodles challenge time again!

This week our challenge for you is Check It Out.  I have used two checked pattern papers from DCWV for my card and paired it with Dance My Darling image from Karen's Doodles store.

I have used Karen's great Sweet Sunday Sketch from yesterday for my card and just rotated it to fit my image better.

Now remember, you do not have to use a Karen's Doodles image to join in the fun with us, however, if you do, you could win card of the week as well as:

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie

2nd - 2 images of your choice
3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Countdown is on...only one more week until the super fun Christmas image release and blog hop from Karen's Doodles!  Such a fabulous array of images, you're going to love them!

 Happy Crafting!!

Celebrate-KarensDoodles, SSSC133

 Good Monday Morning!  It's Labor Day here in Canada and we are enjoying a relaxing day together.  Well actually my husband has gone to a team roping event, so it's the kiddos and I!

Our challenge with a twist for you this week at Karen's Doodles is Anything Goes BUT you must use a Karen's Doodles image on your creations this week.

 

I know you have some Karen's Doodles images hidden away that need some love, so dig 'em out for this week's challenge.  You could win 1 of 3 great prizes just for playing along.  So even if you have one of Karen's freebie images, use that and maybe, just maybe you could add to your collection of Karen's Doodles images. 

1st - 3 images of your choice plus the card of the week blinkie

2nd - 2 images of your choice
3rd - 1 image of your choice.

Karen has some fantastic new images in her shop right now AND don't forget, we are having a blog hop Sept 19th and you will LOVE the Christmas collection Karen has ready, every single image is wonderful!!

I have used Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge sketch from this  yesterday for my layout! I really liked that one, so I am sure you will be seeing it again!

Happy Crafting!!