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Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Carolina Allspice Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in total prizes)

By KariV on December 7, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Welcome to the Altenew Craft-A-Flower Carolina Allspice Blog Hop and Giveaway. Today I’m excited to be joining in because the Altenew Craft-A-Flower subscription is one of my favorites!

This flower was delightful to put together and I created a simple background to make that flower SHINE!

I have a video to share on how to put this flower together, as well as my card process. Watch it below or in HD on YouTube:

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!

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/13/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/15/2021.

Blog Hop Order

The next hop is at the amazing Michelle Short’s Blog!

Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win! I’d love to hear if you have ever seen a Carolina Allspice flower IN REAL LIFE?!? Thanks for stopping by!

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Altenew Build-A-Flower: Queen of the Lilies Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

By KariV on December 1, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Welcome to the Altenew Build A Flower Queen of the Lilies Blog hop. This new Build a Flower stamp set is quite majestic and I enjoyed building them up with inks!

I have 2 cards to share with you today using this stamp set!

Card 1: Soft Watercolor Background

For this first card, I used a soft blue watercolor background to really make those Queen Lilies pop! I stamped up the lily in white by using a soft grey ink for the first layer. For the center of the lily, I used yellow ink; and for the spots I used an orange ink. I LOVE how this lily came out.

Card 2: Pink Lily (No Outline)

These lilies are beautiful in all the colors, and for my next one I wanted a PINK lily that was a little softer…so I didn’t stamp the outline layer.

I also created a soft watercolor background for this card, but this time I used blues, yellows, green, and soft pink. Then I added that bold pink lily on top, together with some of the leaves.

I stamped this one with some beautiful pink inks from Altenew, creating a black stamen with orange pollen. The spots are stamped in a soft grey ink.

Imagine the different colors of lily you could make just changing up your inks!

I love that Altenew makes it easy to create stunning flowers with a layering guide inside the stamp set pamphlet.

This set is also available as a Build A Flower subscription, when you sign up for the subscription you will save 14%.

I’ve created a short video to show you just how easy this set is to get a stunning result! Watch it below or in HD on YouTube:

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/07/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/09/2021.

Blog Hop Order

Your next stop is the oh-so-talented Jenny Colacicco.

Don’t forget to comment to be entered to win! Let me know which card is your favorite today. Thanks for stopping by!

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2 Slimline Cards with The Hedgehog Hollow

By KariV on November 30, 2021 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have 2 slimline cards to share using the Hedgehog Hollow November Kit. This kit has a lot of slimline options so I couldn’t just stop at 1 card!

Card 1

My first card is made using the slimline cardstock in the kit. I inked on a cable knit slimline stencil (all supplies linked below) using 2 colors of ink: Tartan Teal & Everglades.

Then I placed the “Let it Snow” stencil from the kit over the top of my inked panel. I smooshed some clear sticky ink through the stencil, removed the stencil, and sprinkled on some Rainbow Sparkler embossing powder. After I heat set it, the glitter sparkle really stands out!

I matted the entire panel on my favorite color of cardstock: Welsh Dragon! Then I adhered it all onto a slimline card base.

Card 2

For my second card, I wanted some touches of red! So I stamped the vertical sentiment “Hot Cocoa” and the cocoa cup just over the top of that with Telephone Box ink.

I cut down this panel and added it to some red cardstock, and then green glitter cardstock.

For the back panel, I used the snowflake only from the “Let it Snow” stencil and inked on some Blue Raspberry ink. Then I stamped a small snowflake stamp from the kit in some Blue Moon ink.

I added that to some British Racing Green cardstock and put everything together!

Some light green gems finished it all off.

But I didn’t stop there! I used the corner Peppermint Sticks stencil on a slimline envelope using Telephone Box ink.

I will write the recipient’s name and address just below and to the right of the stenciled design.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! I’ll be back soon with more cards to share.

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Bear Hugs!

By KariV on November 27, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m excited to share a new release stamp set from Miss Ink Stamps. This one is called Bear Hugs and today I have created 2 cards.

I love this set, it reminds me of my Dad. Since it has almost been 1 year from the date he died, I REALLY loved working with this set. Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

How cute are these sleepy bears?!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Have you Hot Foiled?

By KariV on November 17, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am sharing my Hot Foil Press cards from my previous blog post…these cards were so fun to make, and I just HAD to create a video to share the process.

I am also sharing some new paper I found that works great for the Hot Foil Press. Hope you Enjoy! Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube: