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Sleepy Bear Card

By KariV on December 10, 2022 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am smiling at this Sleepy Bear card that I have to share. It’s a favorite bear stamp set (from Miss Ink Stamps) that I’ve paired with a favorite stencil.

See the video below or on YouTube:

Just how cute are these bears?! This card uses NO MASKING at all…I show you how easy you can build a scene like this in the video above.

I first stamped out all my images, then I stenciled on that sky in greens, blues, and purples!

Next I colored up all the images. I used some Blue-greens on those trees (thinking of a Blue Spruce here!

For some more magic, I added some white embossing paste through the Sparkles stencil on the top; and some glitter on the snowy scene on the bottom of the panel.

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Holidays!

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Holy Night cards

By KariV on December 9, 2022 in Christmas, Holidays

Hello! Today I am sharing a favorite couple of Holy Night sets from Maker Forte. I have created 2 cards to share today, with more details and information over on the Maker Forte blog HERE.

I absolutely adore the beautiful sets from Maker Forte, especially their Christmas sets!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Mailbox Gift Set

By KariV on December 7, 2022 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am sharing some favorite holiday products that I LOVE to create with. This is a Mailbox set that I made for family members this year.

Aren’t these mailboxes so cute?!? In the spirit of the holiday season, I created red mailboxes with lots of greenery in different colors. I got some different greens using GLITTER PAPER, INK BLENDING, and MICA SPRAYS!

I really think Spellbinders did a beautiful job in creating this array of products. I also used the peppermint stick and the starlight mint with the holiday add-on set.

For the sentiment on the mailbox, I chose to heat emboss in gold embossing powder using the stamp set. They also have a hot foil plate set so you can use foil if you would like!

I used a Postage Stamp Infinity die from Hero Arts for the layer just behind the mailbox. To add a little more interest, I used an embossing folder with a beautiful dot design on that layer.

The back layer is plaid Christmas paper! I love using plaid paper for Christmas and I chose a variety here to mix things up a bit.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! I can’t wait to give them to my family at our Christmas party. See you soon with more papercrafting projects!

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Deck the Halls!

By KariV on December 1, 2022 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a fun ornament card to share using a new Maker Forte stamp set. I love how large this ornament is, it really creates a full card just by itself.

For this stamp, I used some watercolor markers to color up the stamp itself. First I colored the leaves with a green marker and added some darker greens to just portions of the leaves. I spritzed that with water and stamped it down. Then I used a red marker to color the berries, spritzed the stamp with water and stamped it down.

To color the ornament, I used the A2 Circle Spotlight stencil to mask around the ornament and slowly ink blended on a couple green inks. I made portions darker to give it more dimension (so it looks more round).

Next, I added the ornament topper with a light grey ink and colored it with grey Copic markers. I added an extra sprig of greenery by the topper for more festive look!

I heat embossed both the sentiment and the topper with embossing powders. I used my favorite Rainbow Sparkler embossing powder for that “Deck the Halls.”

I matted the whole panel with red cardstock and added it all to the card base. That’s it!