Tuesday 28 August 2012

Some Exciting News and a card for Merry Monday Challenge 30

Today is the day!!!  Today is the day I get to share my exciting news ... I am one of the (three) Guest Designers at the Dynamic Duo's challenge blog for September. Waa Hoo!!!! Lesley even made us the following banner to put on our blogs.


I have a rather simple card to share today - using the latest Merry Monday sketch from Always Playing With Paper.


I used the larger white card bases from Michaels, so my card is about 5 x 6.5".  I also used a printed tag from a paper stack by My Mind's Eye.  Wrapped it with a little Bakers Twine (love) and some punched out letters from the same stack. The fun thing about using a paper package, is everything coordinates without a lot of fussing on my part.
 

The sweet felt embellishment is from the Stampin' Up Clearance Rack. I'm getting a lot of use out of those for my cards this year!


The tag is popped up onto the printed paper panel, which is also popped up. I used Stampin' Up's Dimensionals for this - as they give it the dimension without too much height. I've mentioned before how much I love them - and any time I place a SU order - I order more. Whether I need them imminently or not!



I added some Stickles to the letters for holiday sparkle, then outlined each of the letters with my Sakura gel pen.  A little notched polka dot banner finished off this card - simple, but cute and still mail friendly. And right into my large card stash!!

 Thanks for stopping by today.







9 comments:

  1. love the tag on the card
    Elma

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  2. Once again BIG CONGRATS Karen! I was so happy to see that you would be joining us at Dynamic Duos! This is the sweetest Christmas card, love our tag ;)

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  3. Great news!
    So happy to have you in the team!
    Anni

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  4. Hi Karen!! HOORAY!!! Welcome to the Dynamic Duos team! I'm so excited to be working with you in the month of September! Love your fun Christmas card. That baker's twine is such a fun touch. Big hugs! :)

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  5. How adorable is this!? Love how you fancied up the tag with twine, felt & letters! Pretty papers too!
    Congratulations on your Guest Designing over at the Dynamic Duos blog! I am looking forward to seeing what you create!
    Also, Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Mondays! :)

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  6. Oh my...too cute! Love all the texture and embellishments & the sparkle is the icing on the cake.

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  7. What a cute card, I love the fabulous tag. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

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  8. Congratulations on you Guest Designer stint. I can't wait to see what you come up with. (No pressure.) Another great Christmas card, Karen! I love the tag and you've jazzed it up so prettily! Thanks for sharing with us again this week at Merry Monday!

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  9. Awesome work Karen! Love that tag and the fun flagged bottom. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday! So happy to have you at Dynamic Duos!

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Have a great day,
Karen