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Sushi Cards!

By KariV on July 23, 2020 in Cooking Light, Paper Crafting, Recipes

Hello! Today I am here to share some fun sushi cards with a few favorite stenciling techniques. Have you ever struggled to create a scene card? Well, here are some easy techniques to make your cards shine!

I had so much fun coloring up these images. I added some extra details where I thought it was needed: like the lines on the shrimp, and the lines on the salmon wrap (which turned out a little looking like a pink eraser! Lol). But these details are fun and give so much extra interest.

For the rice, I used Cool Greys to dot the color on…to give it a feeling of rice granules.

Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

I’m using a simple window stencil on all three cards, then on the black glitter rays I used a DOUBLE stencil technique. (It’s sooooo easy, and yet it’s still one of my favorites!)

You may have noticed that for the way I positioned my soy sauce, I colored the liquid in the wrong direction! But most people won’t notice, and so I say JUST HAVE FUN with your coloring and don’t worry about the way it lands or the light source. You have plenty of time to worry about that later on…

I love the rainbow inking in a diagonal direction on this one. I think any way you ink the background will look adorable with these sushi characters. I mean, they are just so cute!

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!

I added glossy accents to the caviar and the California roll (or is it a Vegas Roll? Who knows….) and it catches the light and adds another element of fun.

I hope you enjoyed these sushi cards today! I don’t normally enjoy sushi, but I do LOVE them on a card! Lol. See you soon!

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Adding Face Emojis Three Ways

By KariV on July 17, 2020 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m up at The Hedgehog Hollow to share three different ways to add emoji faces.

I’m sharing ways to use stamps, stencils and dies to feature the emoji faces! Head on over and check it out HERE.

I hope you enjoy!

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3D Lily Card

By KariV on July 15, 2020 in Paper Crafting

Hello again! I am excited to share a 3D Lily card with you today, inspired by the latest course I took at Altenew Academy. I’m going to share with you my favorite way to add extra interest/texture to a layered 3D die, and my inspiration for the background!

First of all, I enjoy watercoloring my 3D dies to get so much variation in color. I love this technique and I share just how I did this in my video below.

Then I was completely inspired by Therese in this class, she uses patterned paper and I thought that would make a wonderful background for my card!

Here’s the video, watch it below or in HD on YouTube:

This lily die set is one of my favorites already! I love how easy it is to layer up a gorgeous flower, whether you ink up your paper, watercolor, or use colored cardstock.

For my first card I made different layers of color with watercolors, then cut out the images. I used some patterned paper for the background in a rainbow colorway, and added the hello sentiment die cut from the leftover watercolor I painted.

On my second card I used the negative pieces from the above lilies! I like to save all the pieces to create even more flowers (that are also so interesting)!

I pieced these flowers together to look like smaller flowers that haven’t fully bloomed yet. I love the variety you can get by using all the extra pieces! For the flower on the right, I die cut the very back layer, but then used the cut out pieces on top of that to finish it off.

For this background, I did some ink blending and watercolor splatters. I used a sentiment from the Hero Arts/Altenew collaboration set, matching the ink color to the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed…and if you haven’t used 3D dies I highly recommend them! I’ll be back soon with more projects.

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Peanut Butter & Jelly

By KariV on July 9, 2020 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have the sweetest little peanut butter and jelly jars for you, with some added detail that you won’t want to miss!

I’m working with the Hedgehog Hollow July 2020 Kit today, and the cutest food stamps and sentiments are included in this kit.

Just take a look at those peanut butter & jam jars!! So cute. But definitely needing some detail on the lids. So today I show you how to do just that.

Watch my video below or in HD on YouTube for all the fun details:

I finally got up the courage to use my NEW favorite blending brushes! I had them on my desk for a couple weeks before I finally put them to use, they were just so pretty!

And if you want even more details, don’t forget to check out The Hedgehog Hollow Blog and leave a comment to show some love.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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CAS card with Bold Flower

By KariV on July 6, 2020 in Uncategorized

Hello! Today I have a Clean and Simple card with a bold black and white flower. I was inspired by Laurie Willison’s Altenew class this week, (called Quick and Simple cards) as a part of my Level 3 certification.

That bold flower from this stamp set is one of my favorites! For this card, I first stamped the Block Print stamp in the background with a blue ink.

Then I heat embossed 3 sentiments from this stamp set in white on black cardstock. I was really inspired by Laurie’s first class where she showed a trick for making lots of sentiments with your Misti…so I gave that a try and stamped multiple sentiments with one pass.

I cut out small sentiment strips using my paper cutter and adhered them across the front of the card panel. Then I popped up the bold flower with foam tape.

The card panel is adhered to the card base with fun foam for a bit of dimension. This card was a complete joy to make and that background design really pops when it’s the only color on the card.