top of page
Handmade Cards by Karen Strickland
CardTherapy51
Search
Wishing You a Sweet Day Shaker
I wanted to use the My Favorite Things Cupcakes and Sprinkles Die to create a masculine birthday card. I went through my stash of...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 25, 20212 min read
Happy Birthday Balloon Background
For this card I pulled out the Photoplay Norbert and Tulla's Birthday Party Stencil and ink blended it with rainbow Distress Oxide Inks. ...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 25, 20212 min read
All the Cupcakes Collage
I've been using my stamps to great a background collage on several cards lately. I really like the look. This time I pulled out My...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 25, 20212 min read
Sweet Birthday Wishes Plate of Cookies
For this masculine birthday card I decided to use the Spellbinder Sweet Street Cookie Corner dies. I had seen the designer Tina Smith...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 25, 20212 min read
Candle Collage Happy Birthday - Make a Wish
I was in need of some masculine birthday cards. I decided to pull out the great candle dies from Elizabeth Crafts. They have different...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 25, 20212 min read
Hooray It's Your 16th Birthday Aurora
My granddaughter turns 16 next week. She is an animal lover and has a cat, dog, rabbit, and parakeet. When I saw these cute new images...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Moroccan Background Happy Birthday Ann
A young friend of mine was turning seventeen this coming week. Her favorite color is blue. I had this image already printed and die cut...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Bridal Shower Congrats for Megan
On Saturday I went to a bridal shower for the daughter of my neighbor. I wanted to create a card that would be similar to the invitation...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Ivory and Salmon Colored Easter Lily
This is the last card I made with my friends Easter Lily die from Honey Bee Stamps. This time I wanted to use ivory cardstock for the...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Orange Easter Lily With Sympathy
The most common color of Easter lilies is white, but there are also many other color variation, one of which is a pretty orange color. ...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Hot Pink Tipped Easter Lily With Sympathy
When you search on line for different types of Easter Lilies a beautiful white variation with hot pink centers. The flowers and leaves...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Soft Pink Easter Lily Celebrate
My crafty friend Denise recently purchased the Honey Bee Stamps Easter Lily Die. Once she had created a few cards she lent it to me....
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Sunset Ink Blended Background
These are the last two card I made with ink blending. This time red, orange and yellow Distress Oxide inks were used. The first card had...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Leaf Frame Ink Blended Background Thinking of You
For this card I used green and blue Distress Oxide Inks to blend a background. I decided to pair it with the Altenew Leaf Frame Die,...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Horizontal Strips Ink Blended Background Thinking of You
I liked the color combination of the ink blended background for my last card so much that I decided to create another. This time the...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Nested Chevron Blended Background Inlay Thinking of You
Since I still in need of more Thinking of You cards for my local Meals on Wheels and I wanted them to be more masculine in design I...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Layered Geo Cover Thinking of You
In creating Thinking of You cards for my local Meals on Wheels I wanted to have some that were more masculine in design. I pulled out...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Layered Plaid Thinking of You
In creating Thinking of You cards for my local Meals on Wheels I wanted to have some that were more masculine in design. I decided to...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Teal and Purple Alcohol Ink Thinking of You
These are the last alcohol ink backgrounds that I used for making Thinking of You cards for my local meals on wheels. I was able to get...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Rich Royal Alcohol Ink Thinking of You
When I called the manager of my local Meals on Wheels to let her know that I was going to be bringing by some handmade cards she said...
cardtheraphy51
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Contact: KarenJoyCreations@gmail.com
bottom of page