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My favorite things

  • Scrapbook and card making
  • quilting
  • needlework eg cross stitch, needlepoint, crochet are my favs
  • Children, grandchildren and great grandchildren
  • Angel collecting

Faith Word Book

Faith Word Book
Altered word book

Daughters

Daughters
Sisters

One of a Kind Sketch Challenge

One of a Kind Sketch Challenge
Grandson Michael

American Beauty

American Beauty
Hand Embroidery Feature

My Brother

My Brother
My brother and I

Loving You

Loving You
Rebecca and I
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

postheadericon Reflections January 4, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
WELCOME 2012!!!!

I have some layouts I created at the end of 2011 along with a couple of cards.
I am not making any resolutions for the new year as I never seem to accomplish the resolutions, so I would like to make some crafting goals, first I want to complete more challenges on some of my favorite forums, I want to make a kit club or manufacturer design team, I want to make more posts on my blog , I want to be more diligent in study
of the bible, these are just a few of my goals for 2012.

Now here are some layouts I did at the end of 2011.




This last one is an altered chipboard that I have hung in my scrap area for things.



Friday, November 25, 2011

postheadericon Reflections November 25th

Hello everyone,
I hope everyone had a blessed thanksgiving and enjoyed your day.
 A big shout out to the men and women who serve our country and those who have served and especially those who have been injured or given their life, thank you for my freedom.


I would like to share a few creations with you and feel free to give me feedback by a comment.
This is a card I made using some basic grey, twine a thank you stamp and digital flowers colored with Prisma, Crayola and also used some glitter pens.

This is a layout I made using a technique for flowers that are cut and layered I also inked the petals and used a glitter pen on them. The paper for flowers and background and chipboard letters are from Bella Boulevard Loverly collection. I used some misc rubons, buttons, brads and some twine.
I created this for Tuesday Techniques at Cookin Up Creations, you can check the blue plate special, you can check it out  HERE . Just go to the forum, blue plate specials and Tuesday techniques.

Friday, October 21, 2011

postheadericon Reflections October 21st

Wow would you like to win some of the newest latest and greatest products from Websters Pages,
just go here and enter:http://websterspages.typepad.com/webstershome/2011/10/wanna-win-websters-staff-favorites.html

Now on to today's post for Sew Many Cards  to see the design team entries just go to the challenge blog and don't forget to check out the great digi stamps in the store.

My first entry is for the sketch challenge:
This card is using the sew many cards stamp turkey with pie.

My second card is the last digi stamp for breast cancer awareness.
 I hope you enjoy these cards and will stop in at Sew Many Cards to see all the other cards the design team created.

Also don't forget to visit the Webster Pages great give away.

Blessings and feel free to leave me a comment, I love hearing from you.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

postheadericon Reflections October 18th

Today I am posting a layout and a card using lace from Martha Pineda's Etsy Shop . Martha is having a 50 percent off sale in her shop just use the code Move50 to get the discount.
These projects were created for the Clear It Out Challenge Blog and here they are. First is a layout and the trim I am showcasing is a black lace used in two places on this layout,
And a Halloween card and the black trim used once again is just perfect on this card.
Now don't forget head over to Martha's Etsy Shop and take advantage of her sale and get some fabulous trims, she also has fancy buttons too.
Please take time and leave me a comment too.....
Blessings........

Friday, October 14, 2011

postheadericon Reflections October 14th

Hi friends,
I am sharing some of my scrapping creativity for this week,
First of all for Sew Many Cards I have the following for you to enjoy, the first one is our challenge for this week, using eyelets. I used 4 eyelets and inserted some older twine and tied a button on top. I used  Duncan with letter and the sentiment is also from Sew Many Cards. The papers are from my stash.
Next is the dollar image for today at Sew Many Cards and it is a butterfly with ribbon. All month the Friday image is ribbon images for breast cancer awareness month. I colored this image with my prismacolor pencils and OMS. I don't recall where the sentiment is from and the pp is also from my stash and the backing of the sentiment is from the reverse of the pp.
Here are two layouts that I created this week, both for Cookin Up Creations Blue Plate Specials.This one is using the title of the song If I Saw You In Heaven and the picture is my son. The black lace is from Martha Pineda's Etsy Store,it is so pretty.
Below this is a challenge using lyrics from On Eagles Wings and is a favorite of mine.
 
I hope you enjoy my creations for this week, and I do appreciate all comments. Have a wonderful weekend, the fall weather is beautiful.

Monday, October 3, 2011

postheadericon Reflections October 3rd EEK

I can't believe it has been a month since my last post. I think I must have been a little under the weather not to mention the fact that we did have internet issues all month. We are hoping it is fixed now and can get back to our normal surfing and communicating with family and friends.

Since Saturday was World Card Making Day I did manage to create a few cards and would like to share them with you. The first one is a Halloween card called EEK and I made it for the   I Create For Fun  blog of which I am a dt member and I  am also entering it in the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge. The Girl Ghost and the word EEK! are digi elements from My Graphico. The lace is
from Martha Pineda's Etsy Creating is Fun shoppe!
 The second card I would like to share with you is a Fall Card, the leaves were all made with my Cricut and the Doodlebug Cartridge. The Ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and Cardstock is from Recollections and PP is scraps....
With fall upon us, I will be turning over a new leaf and will be posting more frequently and will have more projects to show......Many blessings and have a wonderful week......

Friday, September 2, 2011

postheadericon Reflections September 2nd

Welcome to the September New Release for Sew Many Cards. This month we have new halloween images and back to school images for you. You can win these new images and the one that I have showcased below. To win my image you need to leave a comment here on my blog, to win the new releases you need to go to the store and use the freebie ghost image and create a card and link it Here: also make sure you leave a comment on each persons blog. If you arrived here from Georgia's blog then you are on the right track.

The prizes are as follows:
1st prize: all the new images and $15 store bucks
2nd prize: all the new release halloween imaages
3rd prize : all the new release back to school images

Here is my card using Kasiah the withch:

The next person on the hop is the wonderful Zahreen

Craftin Mama

center>The Craftin Mama

Creative Scrappers

Cookin'up Creations

Sew Many Cards

Sew Many Cards
Design Team

Crochet Flowers buttons

Crochet Flowers buttons
xtra small, med,

Krafty Chickz

Krafty Chickz
Krafty Chickz

Inspriation for Treasured Dreams

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"
Matthew 6:21

My Scrapbooking Resume

MY RESUME

I would like to introduce myself, I am Karen Patterson and have been scrapbooking for five years. My daughter introduced me to the art as I love crafts and she knew I would enjoy the art of scrapbooking and card making and she was right, I am totally addicted to this craft. I have been involved in crafting for over 30 years and especially love the needle arts, crochet and knitting.



MY CREATIVE GOALS

My creative goals are to preserve as many family memories as possible, design for manufacturers, design teams for scrapbook sites, online stores, blogs, to publish my work in magazines and online paper craft magazines and in the process be an inspiration to others.



MY STYLE

My style is rather contemporary with clean lines but a lot of embellishing. I also love to incorporate my love of the needle arts industry in my layouts and cards. I love to try new ideas and see what works on my layout or card. I like to work with my own ideas rather than from sketches and lifts of others, I look at that piece of cardstock as my blank canvas just waiting to be made into something that grabs the eye or a beautiful piece of artwork.



MY PUBLICATIONS

Scrapbook News & Review E-Magazine, His Love layout, February 2009

Scrapbook News & Review E-Magazine, 6 layouts featured in 3 different styles, March 2009

Scrapbooking.com E-Magazine, Who Am I, April 2009

g.c.d. Studios Spotlight Gal, May 2009

AboutScrapbooking.Com, May 2009



MY CURRENT DESIGN TEAMS

Colorful Creations 2010-present

Sew Many Cards 2010-present

Clear It Out Challenge Team 2011-present

Cookin Up Creations 2011-present





MY GUEST DT SPOT

Kit Card Club November 2009

Paper Crafting Journey July 2011 and September 2011



MY PAST DESIGN TEAMS

From Here 2 Scrapternity Design team 2008-2009

From Here 2 Scrapternity Design Team 2010-2011

Susan digital creative team member 2008

Jaydens Mama digital creative team member 2008

Faith Sisters January 2009-June 2009

Faithfully Yours Ezine 2009-2010

Scrapbooking and Crafting Friends 2010-2011

Colorful Creations 2010=2011



HONORS

AUGUST MONTHLY CONTEST WINNER:
From Here 2 Scrapternity

JULY MONTHLY CONTEST RUNNERUP: From Here 2 Scrapternity



LAYOUT OF THE WEEK: I Am A Scrapaholic – Sept. 3, 2008, Sept. 10, 2008, Nov, 12, 2008



LAYOUT OF THE DAY: From Here to Scrapternity – July 28, 2008, Aug. 1, 2008, Oct. 21, 2008, 11/11/2009, 11/29/2009, 12/06/2009, 12/09/2009, 02/17/2009

4/27/2009, 6/25/2009



STAR FOR A DAY: Scrapattack Scrapbooking – Oct. 20, 2008, Nov. 21, 2008, Dec. 18, 2008, 1/31, 2009. 5/08/2009



PICK OF THE DAY: Serendipity Scrapbooks-June 3,2009



SHOUT OUT: Scrap That-June 23, 2009

g.c.d. studios

g.c.d. studios

Papercraft Planet

Scrap That

Scarlet Lime

Americana Arts

Americana Arts
The Americana Stars Memorial is being cross-stitched by Doreen Lynn Saunders and volunteers from around the country just like me. We hope you can make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation to help us complete the project by the 10th anniversary of this terrible event. You can read all about it by clicking HERE We thank you for your support.