Stampin up Workshop

Date for the diary 19th September.7pm-9pm

I am planing my 1st Stampin up workshop, it  will be small and very friendly only 5 places available. Great Lumley Durham We will be using the beautiful

Definitely Dahlia Clear-Mount Background Stamp the workshop will cost £18.00 I will provide everything you need to make these for 4 cards as well as coffee and cake you will go home with the 4 cards and the beautiful

Definitely Dahlia Clear-Mount Background Stamp worth £13.99.

Book your space now.

Its been a long time but I am back

Its been over 3years since my last post but i am back.

Lots of thinks have change i am now a grandma to my beautiful granddaughter Tabitha, my eldest daughter and son-law have move back to the Uk after 7 years living in Hong Kong which i am very please about. My youngest daughter is buy a new home with her boyfriend.

I have just  join Stampin up independent demonstrator which i am enjoying,and looking forward to sharing my cards and projects with all of you.

So here goes my 1st Stampin up card for you hope you like it all the stamps and inks can be found on my Stampin up website www.karenvarley.stampinup.net 

Supplies  Used

Stampin up stamp sets

  Definitely Dahlia

Sorry for everything 

Stampin up Ink pads

Tangerine  Tango

Pumpkin Pie

Daffodil Delight

Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin up

 white embossing powder

I have entered this card in the following challenges

cards und more one layer
crafty sentiments. Anything goes
try it on tuesday In my garden
crazy challenge. Inking is fun

Karen x

Happy Easter

Morning all new month new challenge over at the crafty bloggers network this month we would love to see your 

Die Cuts or and Embossing

so break out those cutting dies and embossing folders and show us what you got
The winner will receive 2 digital images of their choice from Rick's store

Supplies:

Image by Rick St Dennis 

Promakers

Embossing folder small spots

Happer Easter cut with scanNcut

Ribbon & paper from stash

Card for my Niece

Hi everyone sorry I have been missing for so long just don't no where the time has gone I have been away to see friends in Spain and London with Kirsty.

But I am back home with no more excuses.

We have a new challenge for you over at Just Some Lines this time we would love to see your Easter / Spring Cards or projects.Here is mine its for my Niece's 3 birthday.Its a bit different from me as it was made with my new toy I am loving my ScanNcut.

Supplies

Digi stamp from Just some lines

Card made with ScanNcut

Papers from Fancy Pants

Happy birthday stamp Hero arts

Gems

I have entered this card in the following challenges

alphabet challenge blog. Die cuts
crafty cats weekly challenge spring
get inky challenge. spring / easter
feeling crafty challenge anything for a child
art impressions stamps getting girly
creative knockouts for a child

50th birthday card for a very good friend

Through you might like to see the card i made for my friend 50th birthday.Her favourite colour is purple and she is of to Las Vegas for a holiday after the party tonight  so this is where I got the idea for this card.

I am sitting in my hotel room relaxing while the boys are off decorating the venue for tonight not to sure what they have been doing will have to wait until to night but i have a feeling it will be lots of balloons and baby photos.

Love and heart week 4

I everyone I am in London for a couple days for a very good friend 50th Birthday so this will be a very quick post.

We are on week 4 of our Love and hearts challenge over at Just some lines but you still have time to enter.

Supplies

Digi stamp from just some lines

Promarkers

Bow die from sue wilson just love them was very bad and got all 3 of them

Paper from my stash box

Gems 

New year Blog candy give away.

Thank you everyone for taking part the winner is Katelyn.

New Year New Blog look and a candy give away as my way off saying thank you to you all for the kind comments you left me last year.

To be it with a chance of winning 

1 Add the candy to your side bar and link back to my blog

2 Be a follower or become a follower

3 Leave me a comment 

This post has been pined so will stay at the top of my blog until 14th February

Love and hearts

Its week to of our challenge over at Just Some Lines this time I have gone for a supper cute elephant with a shaped card cut with a sizzix card die. 

Supplies

Sizzix card die

Elephant digi from Just Some Lines

Docrafts papers

Cheery Lynn corner die

Gems

Rose from Wild orchid crafts

Gone fishing

Morning all Crafty Bloggers Network is back after our Christmas and New Year Brake with a new challenge for you we want to see your male theme cards our sponsor this time round is Just Some lines.

Supplies

Fish digi image from Just Some Lines

Worm clip art

Promarkers

I am so in love with you

New month new challenge over at just some lines this month it all about love and  hearts we have a fab freebie this month just pop over to our blog to pick her up here.

For my first card this month I have used a great new digi stamp called Iam so in love with you.

Supplies

Cheery Lyn heart die

Just some lines digi stamp

Promarkers

Wild orchid crafts flowers

Sentiment made in craft artist.

I have entered this card in the following challenges.

Sugar friends

Short post from me today this is the second card a friend asked me to make the brief  was a thank you card for her best friend pink and girly so this is what i came up with I just love this Just some Lines.

Supplies

Digi stamp sugar friends from Just some lines

Promarkers

Spellbinder dies

Paper from my stash

Ribbon

Charm

Flowers from wild orchid crafts

Card candy

Pale blue Ink

I have entered this card in the following challenges.

sarahhurley365. Thank you

great impressions stamps. Use something new ( new digi )

crafty hands Tag it

natalie and amy.blogspot. make it girly

Thank you from the bottom of my heart

Morning all hope everyone has had a good week.Can't believe it Saturday again it has come round so quick.but it has so that means it week 4 for  Just some Lines  favourite colour combo this week i have gone with cream and peach.
I made this card for a friend to give her mum.

Supplies

Digi stamp from Just some lines

Promarkers

Spellbinders dies

Senitment from craft artist

Paper free from a magazine

Flowers from wild orchid crafts

Glitter & Liquid pearls.

Have entered this card in the following challenges.

cut it up challenges. in the woods 

the sweet pea stampers. flower power

emerald faeries. things with wings

adybugcrafts. give thanks

natalie and amy. one for the Girl

sarahhurley365. Thank you 

Cutie pies Feeling Blue.

Cutie Pies are back from our winter back with a great new challenge for the New year with 2 fab sponsor Just some lines and My mums craft shop. We are looking for your Blue cards.

I went with this sweet little image from Just some lines.

Supplies

Digi Stamp Just some lines

Promarkers

Spellbinders

Embossing folders
Sentiment Hero Arts

Border punch

Blue ink

Gems

I have entered this card in the following challenges.
kaboodledoodles. Uses blue
Whoopis daisy tic tac toe (digi,embossing & sentiment )
pan pastel anything goes

Sugar Friends

Hope you are all having a great weekend its a grey and wet weekend here in Durham so might get to play in my craft room this afternoon.

We are on week 3 of our challenge over at just some lines colour combo this week I have gone for Green & Yellow I have used a super new digi from Just some lines you can find it  Here its call sugar friend.hope you like it as much i enjoyed using it.

Supplies

Digi stamp JSL sugar friends

Spellbinders dies

Promarkers

papers from my oddment box

Sentiment hero art clear stamp

Ribbon & gems

I have entered this card in the following challenges

a day for daisies. uses yellow
fairytale-challenge blog. Use a bow
polka doodle. Anything goes girly
stamp in for the weekend. happy birthday

Just some lines colour combo week 2

Sorry i am late again with this post never very good with post over the weekend.Spent yesterday at a craft fair in Washington in the north of England not the one in the US. brought a couple of new die will be having a play with them this week so watch this space.

Todays card is a super little image from Just some lines call A little gift.

We are on week 2 of our colour combo challenge you can enter HERE

I have gone for Blue & Pink this time.

 Supplies 

Digi stamp from just some line

promarkers

Blue and White cards stock

Sentiment made in craft artist.

I have entered this card in the following challenges.

A touch of spring

Today I have a card to show you that I made at wednesday craft club it was the first one of the year it was so go to get the group back together it seams ages since we all caught up for some crafting and coffee and chat.we all had the same image up it all way amazes me how different they all look.

Supplies

Digi not sure where its from

Promarkers

Spellbinders Dies

LOTV Sentiment stamp

Ribbon

Embossing folder

I have entered this card in the following challenges.

my heart pieces digital stamp  Anything goes

Just some lines favourite colour combo

Happy new year to you all hope you all had a good Christmas we had a lovely time in Skye have add a couple of pics at the bottom of this post.

We have a great new challenge for you over at Just some lines this month we would love to see you favourite colour combo I have gone for red and blue.

I have entered this card in the following challenges

disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk celebrate 

cmc anything goes

crafty calendar lets celebrate

digitally sweet challenges anything goes

keep it simple anything goes

Cottage in Skye

Son-in-laws 30th birthday party New years eve.

Just some lines christmas or winter and blowing s christmas baubles

We have a new challenge over at just some lines  this month we would love to see you christmas or winter cards.I have used a supper cute penguin tree digi stamp.

Kirsty and I went to Sunderland glass centre yesterday to have a go at glass blowing a christmas baubles it was fun can't wait until wednesday to get my bauble back and on the tree.