Where do you look for crafting techniques and tips?  Do you spend countless hours search the internet and/or Pinterest?  Well, you don’t have to look any further than your In Box for these techniques and tips.

Signing up for the Simply Said With Karen email list will ensure that each month you will have a new technique or a new ti[ to inspire your card making and/or scrapbooking and even decor items.

Of course there are other benefits to signing up for my email list, such as:

• Exclusive content from greeting cards to scrapbook pages to 3-D items such as gift boxes, bags, different types of gifts.
• For instance in my last newsletter, I had a detailed supply list and instructions to make a water colour rose using the Rose Wonder stamp set and a St Paddy’s Day Candy Box.
• Have you ever tried the Faux Metal Patina technique?  This technique was also featured in my latest newsletter.  Of course, there are always detailed instructions to help you recreate this technique.  The card that was featured using this technique showed you a possibility, however, you can use this technique for so many different cards.
• How about a tip that helps you easily use your Fringe scissors to get a clean cut?

As well as these benefits, I also provide information on Stampin’ Up! promotions so that you don’t miss out on any great deals or events.

My events are posted 3 months out so that you can decide which class you want to attend and plan your time accordingly.

Do it today! Fill in the form on the right hand side of my blog post and you are on your way to getting those crafting techniques and tips which are exclusive to my newsletter.

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Join the Simply Said With Karen Email List and have current information delivered straight to you Email In Box. However, you may ask, “Why would I do that?”.

Well, I am so glad you asked!  I will give you my top 3 reasons to join my email list.

Reason #1

Inspiration when you need it.  Sometimes we get into a funk with paper crafting and we search for new ideas on the internet, Pinterest or anywhere else we may think we can find ideas.  Each month the Simply Said with Karen newsletter comes straight into your email inbox.  You can grab a coffee or a tea, sit back and relax in your favorite chair and see what inspires you.  Each project in the newsletter comes with a full list of supplies and step-by-step instructions needed to create the project. And of course, if you get stuck, I am as near as your email.

Reason #2

Do you like gifts?  Upon signing up for my email list, you will be taken to a page where you can down load a a free gift.  It is a project created in video that guides you step-by-step to make a luminary.  Even if you don’t have the products that I use in the video, the project can be made with any products that you choose.  Plus, you will get other free gifts during the year to show my appreciation for you.  One of these free gifts is the 12 Weeks of Christmas series which delivers to your inbox, beautiful Christmas cards, gifts and wraps and tags that you can create.  As well, there may be other gifts that you receive throughout the year.

Reason #3

You will be notified of any Stampin’ Up! promotions, Simply Said with Karen classes and events, questions and answers and various techniques. The questions and answers come from real people just like you and I publish these because I believe that if one person has a question that they need answered then there are others that need the answer as well.

What Do I Have To Do?

You can sign up by using the form on the top right hand side of the page.  All you are required to do is enter your name and your email address. Once you have hit “SUBMIT”. you will receive a message asking if you really did sign up for the email list.  This is my way of protecting your privacy and preventing SPAM emails.  Once you have validated that you did actual join the Simply Said with Karen email list, you will be taken to a page where you can down load your FREE GIFT.

As I value the people on my list and I don’t want them to wait a month to get their first newsletter.  The next day you will get an email with the link to the latest Simply Said with Karen Newsletter.

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You can craft a creative Christmas and I am going to help you!  The 12 Weeks of Christmas will soon be coming to crafters inboxes – but only if….they have signed up and confirmed on the Simply Said With Karen email list by 1:00 pm PT on September 30th. Are you signed up?

You will receive 12 beautiful  projects that you can create complete with a supply list and step by step instructions to complete each project. You will receive 5 card ideas, 4 gift  ideas and 3 ideas for gift packaging and tags.  Woo Hoo!, you’re set.

Sign up Here so that you don’t miss a single project and you can craft a creative Christmas.

Today, I am sharing a project that you will not see in the 12 Weeks of Christmas emails.  The projects that come to you are exclusive and will not be on my blog, Facebook Page, Twitter or any other Social Media sites. So go ahead and craft yourself a creative Christmas with this card.

Recipe

Stamps: Happy Scenes, Guy Greetings, Snow Place.

Ink/Markers: Island Indigo, Marina Mist, VersaMark, Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Basic Grey, Whisper White Craft.

Paper: Whisper White, Marina Mist, Real Red, Whisper White Thick, Tip Top Taupe, Home For Christmas DSP, Window Sheets.

Accessories: Big Shot, Hearth & Home Thinlits, Softly Falling Emboss Folder, White Embossing Powder, Silver Cording Trim, Snowflake Elements, Ice Rhinestone Embellishments, Dazzling Diamonds, White Gel Pen.

Here are some tips for creating this card:

• To create the scene, mask off the lower portion of the Whisper White card stock. Tip a Post-it Note for the masking.  Include the gluey part so that your mask will stick to the card stock.  Using Sahara Sand, sponge a line across the top of the post-it note to create a horizon, then sponge the next layer up using Marina Mist ink and finally finish off the top with Island Indigo ink.
• When you rip the note for masking, rip for that there are up and downs because you are going to use this for creating snow banks.
• To create the snow banks, move your mask down a bit and sponge with Sahara Sand ink.  Move the bumps to different places on the card stock so that they are not in an up and down row.
• Stamp the card from the Guy Greeting stamp set in Basic Black ink and fussy cut.
• Stamp the trees in Basic Grey near the horizon and then stamp a little lower down.
• Using the snow flake stamp, stamp snow flakes in the sky using Whisper White Craft ink.  Add snow to the trees using the White Gel Pen.
• Using Multipurpose  Liquid Glue, spread a thin layer along the tops of the snow banks. Cover with Dazzling Diamond. Attach the car in the lower right hand side.
• Now build your window using window sheets, the window frame and border,
• Put a thin layer of glue on the Snowflake element and cover with Dazzling Diamonds.
• Cut the window frame and window box from Tip Top Taupe using the thinlits.  Cut a piece of the Home For Christmas DSP using the thinlit and attach to Tip Top Taupe.
• Die cut the window frame and attach the window sheet.  Finally attach to your happy scene,
• Stamp the “LET it Snow” sentiment on Real Red cardstock with VersaMark. Heat emboss with White Embossing Powder.
•  Loop the Silver Cording a couple of times and layer the Snowflake Element and the Iced Rhinestone Embellishment.  Place on the window.
• After dry embossing the Marina Mist layer with the Softly Falling Emboss Folder, the outside edges were sponged with Marina Mist.  Likewise, the window frame was sponged with Tip Top Taupe.
• Attach the sentiment underneath the Snowflake.

You have now created a beautiful and cute Holiday card.

Make sure that you are signed up for the Simply Said with Karen email list.

Now you can craft a creative Christmas.

Happy Scenes Photopolymer Stamp Set – 139821

Price: $26.00

Guy Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set – 137178

Price: $32.00

Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set – 139738

Price: $32.00

Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper – 139592

Price: $13.75

Window Sheets – 114323

Price: $6.25

Hearth & Home Thinlits Dies – 139666

Price: $25.00

Snowflake Elements – 139638

Price: $7.50

Iced Rhinestone Embellishments – 139637

Price: $6.25

Silver Cording Trim – 139620

Price: $6.25

Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – 139672

Price: $10.50

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There are more than 3 reasons to join the Simply Said with Karen email list, however, today I will give you 3.

1.  The Simply Said with Karen Newsletter (published monthly) is a great source of inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.  Inspiration abounds with cards, scrapbook/project life layouts, 3- D projects,  techniques that you can try, and question and answers to questions that we are asked.  New products are show cased and reviewed.  When a new product comes online, we all want to know about it and how it works.
2. Information on up-coming classes and events.  We schedule and plan classes 3 months in advance so that you can plan to attend and be creative.  It’s always a good thing when we can clear our calendars and do something we enjoy.
3. New and exciting promotions that Stampin’ Up! is providing us.  We always endeavour to give you the opportunity to take part in these promotions whether they are new products, exciting challenges, new clearance rack items and/or new catalogues.

Now that we have given you the 3 reasons to join the Simply Said with Karen  email list, here are the steps you need to complete.

1. Use this link to the “subscribe” page where you can find out additional information on the Simply Said with Karen email list.  “SUBSCRIBE”or use the form to the right and insert you name and email address and click “Submit”.
2. You will receive a message asking you to click on a link that will confirm that you did in fact submit your name and email address to subscribe.
3. 2 things will happen next, you will be taken to a “ONE-TIME Offer Page” where you have the opportunity to purchase a tutorial at a very low price.  Lower than what this tutorial would normally cost.  The second message you will receive is a “Thank You” for signing up for the email list along with the link to the “FREE” gift.
4. Shortly after, you will receive a copy of the latest Simply Said with Karen newsletter, so that you can get started creating beautiful projects and enjoying you creativity.

Now that you have 3 reasons to join the email list, don’t delay, SIGN UP now.

To receive the free gifts and the copy of the the latest newsletter, you must confirm your opt in.

The next Simply Said With Karen newsletter goes out next week.

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Make sure you stay up-to-date with new ideas for paper crafting.  Fashion and decor trends come and go and so do paper crafting trend change.  With each season fashion and decor change, well, so does paper crafting.

Often the trends in paper crafting mimic the trends in fashion and decor.  Today, the 2015 Occasions catalogue goes live as does the Sale-a-Bration brochure. As you thumb through these two catalogues, I am sure that you will find many changes and trends.

Why not stay up-to-date with the trends and join The Simply Said with Karen mail list.

The Simply Said with Karen newsletter is published each month and contains class schedules, links to blog posts, projects, techniques, questions and answers.  Each of the projects (could be a card, scrapbook page or a 3-D item) come with supply lists as well as step by step instructions.  I also let you know about the any specials and/or promotions that Stampin’ Up! is offering.

You may receive other emails during the month (I like to keep these to a minimum), with information pertaining to crafting and/or opportunities that may come along.

For more information on the benefits of joining the Simply Said with Karen Mail List, here is the  LINK and SIGNUP FORM.

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Crafting information is valuable as the art, products, techniques and many other variables keep changing.  We all have a repertoire of crafting information stowed away in magazines, Pinterest Boards, Blogs, Google searches and so much more.  Have you tried them out?  Do you know how to incorporate all this information into your crafting?

Here is one thing you can do to have all that information in one place.  Sign up for my emails.  You will get greeting cards to make, techniques to try, scrapbook page samples, 3-D gift items, tips on how to use the products and of course there is always a Q&A section.

You can file these emails away and refer to them at your leisure.

When your sign up for my emails, you will also receive a free gift.

Sign Up HERE

I have an example of the type of card that you will see in the Simply Said with Karen newsletters.  You will not find these projects anywhere else as I don’t post them to my blog, Pinterest boards or Facebook.  The projects in the newsletter are exclusive! You will receive a listing of the products used to create the project as well as detailed instructions.

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Recipe

Stamps: Happy Watercolor (c-133191 w- 133188, p 22 2014 Occasions Catalogue), Simply Sketched (c-129672, w- 129699, Hostess p 205 2013/2014 Annual Catalogue).

Paper: Watercolor, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Watercolor Wonder DSP, Calypso Coral.

Ink: Black Stazon.

Accessories: Markers: Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Sahara Sand, Blender Pen, Natural 5/8” Chevron Ribbon, Pearl Jewels.

A few details if you wish to recreate this card:

• Watercolor paper is ideal when colouring with markers or inks as it will not pill when you are coloring.
• The flowers are colored using markers along with Blender pens so that you can get the shading right.
• The image was outlined with the Sahara Sand marker so that the image is intensified and looks like a Drop Shadow.

Make sure that you receive the newest newsletter coming out the first week of April.  You must me on the mailing list to receive the latest crafting information.

Sign Up Now using this LINK.

Happy Stamping!

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Be informed of all things paper and sign up for our email updates and it is so easy to do.

When you visited the Simply Said with Karen blog, you may have seen a pop-up form float past your eyes.  You can fill out this form with your name and email address and click submit or you can complete the form to the right side of my blog.  Either way, you will receive an email asking you to confirm that you have signed up.  This is a way to protect your privacy and not have everyone just signing up your name to an email list.

 So what do you get when you sign up for the Simply Said with Karen email list?

When you initially sign up,

• you will receive a free gift
• lastest Simply Said with Karen Newsletter.

Ongoing communication will be sent to you periodically

• monthly Simply Said with Karen Newsletter with projects, cards, tips, techniques and questions and answers
• a mid-month communication only if there is something important to tell you
• periodically, you will receive a free gift
• current Stampin’ Up! promotions
• and so much more.

So don’t delay.

Within the next month, we will start the 12 Weeks of Christmas newsletter and we don’t want you to miss out on any episodes because we will not be able to send the ones you missed if you don’t get in at the beginning.

Now, Go Sign Up for our Email Updates then Check Out Our Face Book Page and give us a like

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Happy Stamping

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The Mosaic Madness is a great stamp set and punch but before I go there, I want to give you a reminder about joining our email list.

Reminder:  The Simply Said with Karen July Newsletter will be released next week.  As well as having beautiful projects for you to recreate, I am also launching the Simply Said with Karen Referral Program.

So what you say, well, there is something in it for those that take part in the program.

So to find out more, make sure that are on the Simply Said with Karen email list. 

You can check out all the benefits of being on the email list by clicking HERE.  It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.

1  Enter your name and email address in the sign up form

2. Submit the form

3. Confirm your acceptance when you have received the email

Now, it’s Mosaic Madness Time

Mosaic Madness when paired with the 2013-2015 In Colors makes for a great make and take card at a workshop, open house, class or club.  I did this card for a workshop that was held a couple of weeks ago. 

Because you may have all different levels of stampers and/or card makers at a workshop, the make and take needs to be not too easy or not too hard.  It was this view that I took when designing the card.  I also wanted to feature as many of the 2013-2015 In Colors as I could without overwhelming the card.

Stamps: Mosaic Madness (c – 130249, w- 130246, p123 2013/14 Annual Catalogue), Chalk Talk (c – 130634 w- 130634, p12 2013/14 Annual Catalogue)

Paper: Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Costal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar Reinker

Accessories: Big Shot, Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder, Mosaic Punch, 1-1/4” Circle Punch, Vintage Faceted Designer Button, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Baked Brown Sugar 3/8” Ruffled Stretch Trim, Tea Lace Paper Doily.

So how did I get the Baked Brown Sugar Bakers Twine?  Easy as can be.  Just put a piece of the Bakers Twiner into a few drops of Baked Brown Sugar reinker and you’ve got yourself a piece of Bakers Twine in the 2013-15 In Colors.

Mosaic Madness Stamp and Punch Bundle Clear – 132733, Wood – 132734

Purchase this stamp set and punch as a bundle receive a discount of  15%.

For the full details, visit the Simply Said with Karen online store HERE

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It’s likely that there would only be a few “no” answers.

On Friday, April 12th at 1:00 Pacific time, I am sending out a FREE gift to all subscribers on my email list.

You need to be signed up and confirmed to receive this gift.

Sign up now by going to

http://products.simplysaidwithkaren.com/subscribe/

You won’t be disappointed.

Happy Stamping

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Use Hostess Code YW6HYYZG when you order through my online store.  I will make a random hostess drawing on Monday so some lucky person will reap the Hostess Benefits. 

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The Simply Said with Karen email list has a number of benefits: 

• you will receive a monthly newsletter delivered to your inbox with exclusive content…that’s right, project ideas will not be seen on my blog, Facebook page and/or twitter.
• first notice of all new products exclusive to Simply Said with Karen.
• you receive a free gift for signing up
• plus, you will receive the latest Simply Said with Karen Newsletter
• and more…..

So, what do you have to do to be added to the Simply Said email list?

Put your fingers on your mouse and guide it quickly to the top right side of my blog. Add your name and email address to the form and click submit…easy?

You bet it it is.

And, your privacy is protected

Happy Stamping

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