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Beautiful

By KariV on September 6, 2016 in Paper Crafting

The current Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge is with Concord & 9th! I am loving both these companies lately…and I have a few of their sets. So today I thought I’d see what I could come up with for this challenge.

I used the Beautiful die from Concord and 9th and the Bold Blooms stamp set from Essentials by Ellen.

I was also inspired by Jennifer McGuire to try heat embossing on water droplets!

Yeah, it’s a little crazy and organic, but I think it’s beautiful. Oh, I also silver embossed the sentiment about 3 times to get more dimension. It looks like a nice metal embellishment!

Entering the Ellen Hutson Mix it up Challenge. Thanks for visiting!

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So Blessed

By KariV on September 6, 2016 in Paper Crafting

I’m using a darling stamp set by My Favorite Things called ‘Best Friends.’ I was inspired to create this card from the current MFT Color Challenge here.

I paper pieced the dress, adding extra glitter and foam tape to the bottom of the dress (to make it more frilly!)

I also paper pieced the dog’s sweater so it matched the dress of the girl. This is a fabulous relationship they have, can’t you tell? Lol. Best friends.

Here’s a close up of her glittery dress and bow:

It’s difficult to capture the dimension of this card! She’s a cutie.
Thanks for visiting!

Entering the MFT Color Challenge.

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Hoppy Birthday

By KariV on August 21, 2016 in Paper Crafting, Uncategorized

I can’t believe I have never used this Argyle stamp set from Lawn Fawn. It is so much fun to stamp, and it’s so cute!

The inks I used are Simon Says Stamp in Fog and Audrey Blue. Then I took that blue ink and splattered some ink splotches on the background, making sure I covered that argyle border first so it stayed clean! I also used another darker blue for the background splotches (Gansai Tambi watercolor).

The kangaroo is colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Entering the Simon Says Stamp Make For the Border challenge.

Also entering the Lawnscaping Challenge: Punny Time

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Have a beary amazing day

By KariV on August 21, 2016 in Paper Crafting

Nearly every time I make a card for my Dad, I use a different bear image. Today, I’m using the Lawn Fawn Dad set for the first time.

I used my Akayashi Sai watercolor markers to color the bear, and some mustard seed distress ink to give a little color to the background. I love that Lawn Fawn paper I used on the bottom of the card.

This will be for my Dad for his birthday. Shhh! Don’t tell.

Entering the Lawnscaping Challenge: Punny Time.

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I like you more than I like bananas

By KariV on August 21, 2016 in Paper Crafting

Today I saw this little monkey on my desk and I knew he needed to be made into a card.

A shaker card with lots of bananas! I heat embossed the bananas on some watercolor cardstock. Then I watercolored with Akayashi Sai watercolor markers and used the MFT Cheeky Monkey stamp set. Finished it off with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

I think my granddaughter will love that little monkey.

Joining in with the Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday-Peridot challenge.

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