Thanksgiving Puppy Cards

Hello Everyone! Happy Thanksgiving Day!! Before I get started on festivities, I wanted to share a couple cards I made. These were just for mailing out a note to somebody. Here are the specs:

Pilgrim Hats - Designer's Calendar Cricut Cartridge

Marquee shape - Storybook Cricut Cartridge

Dog Stamp - Mr. Cricut Crazy Razel Stamp Set

Twine - Timeless Twine

Sentiment Stamp - PBD

Patterned Paper - All Seasons II

Glitter Paper - The Glitter Stack DCWV

D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder

Thanks for stopping by! Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! ~Emma

Episode 15 - Cute Graduation Card

Hello everyone! Welcome back to KatelynCo! Today I have a video for you. I received a request from Cindy H. about graduation projects. She specifically requested orange. Well, Cindy, I left some hints in the video for you, even though my project doesn't include orange. Sorry about calling you Crysti!! :) Hope you all enjoy the video!! ~Emma

Circus Thank You Card

Hello everyone!! Welcome to KatelynCo!! Today I have a cute Thank You card to share. This is a circus themed card. I just used the Create a Critter cartridge for this card. I loved the little peanut and circus tent, so I decided to use those. The face on the peanut is from Peachy Keen Stamps. It is from the Everyday Faces set. For the cross hatch on the peanut, I drew it on using my Cricut markers. I didn't want to cut that tiny piece. The banner I made by welding 2 signs together. I scored it with my trimmer to add dimension. The twine is Charcoal twine from the Twinery. The embossed background is the seeing spots folder that I inked. The stamp is from TPC Studio. I hope you have enjoyed this card! ~Emma

P.S. The winner for the vinyl has been chosen. Congrats to Lisa!! :) ~E

Say Cheese Scrapbook Page

Hello everyone! Welcome back to KatelynCo! Today I have a super cute layout for you guys. I created this layout with just the Create-a-Critter cartridge. That's one of the reasons I love this cartridge. It has titles and accent shapes all in one!! :) I created this page for some pictures of different photo shoots. Perfect for those shots that weren't quite perfect. :D For the geometric shapes on the left side of the layout, I just used all the little cutout pieces from my cuts. I embossed them with my Polka Dots Cuttlebug Folder. I also embossed the triangle mat at the top. I topped it all off with black and white doodling. :) I hope you all enjoyed this project!! ~Emma

Episode 14 - Simple Note Cards

Hello everyone! Welcome back to KatelynCo!! I think I'm getting back into posting!! I have a layout that I made to post tomorrow!! :) Anyway, I made this video with some very simple, yet effective note cards that I made! Hope you enjoy it! ~Emma

Tangled Birthday Card

Hello everyone!! Welcome back to KatelynCo! As you might have noticed, I haven't been posting lately. I have been super busy, and not much time to craft. But I have been doing a little more. I have a video to post later this week.

For this card, I used my Gypsy to create the tower. I simply found a tower on Happily Ever After, and recreated it using various shapes for my Gypsy (If you would like the file, email me at KatelynCo.EKS@gmail.com). I used purple ink to give it more dimension. I also inked the embossed background that I made using my Cuttlebug and Stylized Flowers folder. I hand-cut the banner and stamped it with Pink By Design stamps. The twine is Lilac color from the Twinery. The braid is made from regular craft yarn. I used a mini glue dot to stabilize it.

As another great thing, I am giving away a 10-pack of vinyl from Vinyl Couture. Leave a comment on this post and I will select a winner. I also have this giveaway on Facebook open to comments as well. Have a great day!! ~Emma

3 Turtle Cards

Hello everyone!! Welcome to KatelynCo!! I haven't been posting because I've been so busy. I have started something new with birthday cards. I just make as many as I need of one card. It's a great way to use your scraps too. :)
For these cards, I used TPC Studio Greetings Stamps and The Twinery's Charcoal twine. I also used my Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder. The turtle I cut from Create-a-Critter cartridge. I originally was going to do all the layers, but when I put them on, it didn't look quite right, so I just drew the circles on with a white gelly roll pen. I cut the bottom of the black layer with some decorative scissors to give it texture.



I also wanted to announce the blog hop that I am participating in later this month. I have some great blog candy to giveaway. :) Hope you all will join us starting at Jessica's blog (www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com). Hope to see you all then!! ~Emma

Froggie Birthday Cards

Hello everyone!! Welcome back to KatelynCo! I made these cards from inspiration of Leap Day. I made the square one below first. Then yesterday I was staring at scraps on my table and made another... just a different shape. :) I think these are some of my favorite cards ever!! :)

I used George to make the cute little flowers. The frog is from Once Upon a Princess and the stamps are from Pink By Design. I also used the Cuttlebug and D'vine Swirls folder. I am really loving this color combo!! Hope you all have a great day!! ~Emma

A Valentine's Recap

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!! :) For today, I am going to show you most (if not all) of the valentines that I made this year.

I thought I would start with my favorite. A fun, flourish heart from Celebrate With a Flourish was the perfect cut to finish this card up. Here's its post.

I made this valentine while I was trying out the Cricut Design Studio trial version (I like my Gypsy WAY better). :) I didn't make a post on this one. The patterned paper is from Hobby Lobby and the stamp is from TPC Studio.

Here is my second favorite valentine. :) I made this without a Cricut cut; however, I did use my Cuttlebug. Seems like I can't make a card without Provo Craft products. :D Here is it's post.

Here is a different color-schemed card. I used my Cricut on this one. :) I really like this stamp cut and will most definitely be using it again. :D Here is its post.

Here's the last one. I made this one to try out my Pink By Design stamps. I love the little 'angel heart'. ;) Here is it's post from July 2011. :D

I am a little late handing out my valentines, so there may be a couple more coming up. :D Tomorrow is a Valentine's Thank You card. :) Something different than usual, right? ~Emma

Retirement Series Part 4 - Shell Congratulations Card

Here's the last part of this series. Here is the card that I made to actually give to the retiree. :) I made it to sort of match the note cards that I made and the packaging. They have the same shapes, the same embossing design, the same stamps, the same colors. The only thing different about this is that I added some white dots, which I may add to the packaging. :) I hope you have enjoyed this series on gifts. I sure wish I had the Pink By Design Retirement set for this set of projects. ;) Don't forget to enter in my giveaway (sponsored by Vinyl Couture of www.vinylcouture.com) on the Facebook page. I will be picking the winner tomorrow morning!! Good luck to all!! ~Emma

Retirement Series Part 3 - Shell Thank You Note Card Envelopes Packaging

This is the 3rd post in my shell gift series. Yesterday I posted the packaging for the note cards which was a difficult job because they were so thick. Then I got the light bulb over my head. I decided to package the envelopes separately. I just included a note in each package. The one with the actual notes says 'Envelopes in separate package' and the one in the envelope package says 'Envelopes for thank you notes'. I used almost the exact same packaging. I just flipped some colors around. ;)

This post was a day late because I didn't get it done yesterday. But I will post twice today, just to make up. :) Don't forget to enter the giveaway on the Facebook page!! ~Emma

Retirement Series Part 2 - Shell Thank You Note Card Gift Packaging

Hello everyone! Welcome to KatelynCo! If you remember from yesterday's post, I posted a set of thank you note cards that I will be giving for a retirement gift. Today I am going to show you how I packaged those up.

I used the same color scheme that I used for the cards so that it would tie everything together. I used the same cut and everything. For the blue strip, I Cuttlebugged it using D'vine Swirls. I also used Pink by Design's stamps again. :) I really love those. :D

Here's a little closer look at my stamping/Cuttlebug/die cutting job.

I did run into one little problem. The cards with envelopes were too thick to fit into the bag. I would get them all in, but then I couldn't staple it like I usually do (check out this video to see how I put these together). My solution? Take out the envelopes and package them separately. See that post tomorrow. :) I still had trouble though, so I put a strip of ATG tape inside the bag to hold it together temporarily.

The giveaway for Vinyl Couture vinyl is still going on on my Facebook page. You will have time to enter until the end of this retirement gift series. Just a little hint; you might want to enter by Friday. ;) In the mean time, come back for the rest of the projects in this series! Until next time!! ~Emma

Vintage Valentine Video!!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to KatelynCo! Today I am making a Cricut-less (shocking, right??) for the Krafty Valentine's challenge on Timeless Twine's blog.



After I had finished the video, I realized that I had missed a part of the challenge. I had missed the scallop part. So I quickly took some scallop scissors, and cut the right edge of the card. I wished I had a punch that would have done a better job, but oh well! :)


Hope you all have a great day! Thanks for stopping in! ~Emma

Another Birthday Note Card Set

Hello everyone!! Welcome back to KatelynCo!! Today I'm going to share another card set that I made. This one included my card from yesterday, my teacup card, my purse card, and another card that I never posted. :) For this topper, I used the Cuttlebug folder Seeing Spots. For the stamp, I used Pink by Design's Vintage Greetings (did I mention that I REALLY like that stamp set??? :D). The twine is Caribbean from The Twinery. And the flower is from George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge. I hope you have been inspired by this project! I hope you all have a great day!! ~Emma

Colorful Hawaiian Card

Hello everyone!! Welcome back to KatelynCo!! :) Today I wanted to share a card that is perfect for mailing to those people that are not winter people and go to warm, exotic places to spend those 3 cold months. :D I actually had a ton of fun with this card. I was inspired by this card from Robyn (aka My Pink Stamper). It turned out to be quite a bit more tweaked than it originally was going to be. I used George and Basic Shapes to cut the pretty pink flower. The Cuttlebug folder is Seeing Spots. And the stamp is from (you guessed it) Pink By Design's Vintage Greetings. The twine is Lemondrop twine from The Twinery. I hope you enjoyed this card, and come back tomorrow for another fun project!! ~Emma

Birthday Note Card Set

Hello everyone!! Thanks for joining us this lovely Tuesday. :) Today I made this note card set. I used my Razzel (by Mr. Cricut Crazy) for all of the cards (this pack has a doggie theme). For the cards, I used three cards that I have posted already (here, here, and here). I had already mailed the purple with flowers doggie card in one of the posts, So I made a look alike to bring the number of cards in the pack to an even four. For the topper, I used different cardstocks that I had. They are cut slightly unevenly for a slight touch of fun. The 'Birthday Wishes' is from Pink By Designs Vintage Greetings. The flower was cut from George and Basic Shapes. The twine is Honeydew and Peapod from the Twinery. I hope you enjoyed this project and I hope you have a great day!! ~Emma

Guest Designing Post!!

Hello everyone! This is Emma from www.katelynco.blogspot.com, and today I have the opportunity to guest design for the amazing Tanner of www.mrcricutcrazy.com.



I made this card using his Razzel (super fun!) stamp set. I had a blast making this card because the little dogs on this stamp set are way fun to color! :) To get the inked and colored dog, I stamped the dog on white paper and on scrap paper. I then colored the one on white paper. I cut out the scrap paper one and attached it (temporarily) on top of the colored one. I inked around it with blue ink for the look seen in the picture. :) Fun, fun!! I Cuttlebugged (:D) the green layer with D'vine swirls folder. The twine is the Blossom color from The Twinery.

A big thanks to Tanner for letting me guest design on his blog. I hope you all have a great day! Come back soon for more great projects!! ~Emma

12th Day of Christmas - Christmas Thank You Card

Merry Christmas everyone!! Welcome to the 12th and final day of Christmas. I created this very simple Christmas thank you card for use after all the gift exchanging is done. It seems I am using candy canes and marquees a lot this year. :) I Cuttlebugged this simple card using the Seeing Spots folder. The 'with' and 'appreciation' stamps are from Joy's Life.com's Everyday Occasions stamp set. The 'Christmas' stamp came from Micheal's. I used a white gel pen to doodle on the edges and inked the embossing with red ink. I made this card in a hurry, so you can see little flaws, but if I had wanted it perfect, I would have bought it at the store, right? :) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! ~Emma

The 7th Day of Christmas - Gift Idea! Note Cards

Welcome to the 7th day of Christmas! Yesterday I shared a video of how to seal gifts in a bag. Today, I'm showing you what cards look like sealed.

I made these cards for a gift exchange I was in. I cut the hearts from George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge. The patterned paper is from the Boho Chic stack. The pink cardstock is embossed in the Cuttlebug using the Polka Dot folder.

I sealed all 4 cards in the bag and topped it with basically the same design, just flipped. I hope you've enjoyed this day of Christmas and come back tomorrow for more! ~Emma

Paisley and Flower Birthday Card

For today's post, I created a card using no Cricut. I have been using Doodlebug Design stickers a lot lately. I got 2 sheets of stickers for Christmas not long ago, and am using them up now. I used my Cuttlebug and Pink by Design stamps. I am going to send this to a 8 (going to be 9) year old and I think she will like it. Hope you all have a great day!