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Pink & Lime Green Snowman

By KariV on November 1, 2019 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m here with a non-traditional Christmas card….well, at least the colors are a little different than usual! I chose pink and lime green (instead of the traditional red and green) for this card today.

I love the buffalo plaid background…so easy to do with a stencil! I’ve linked the one I used below. Here I used a few different pink inks to get that ombre look, with the darkest pink in the lower right corner.

For the sentiment, I used VersaFine Onyx black ink and clear heat embossed over it so I wouldn’t smear the image. (One of my favorite tricks when I use this ink!)

I colored up the images in pinks and lime green alcohol markers and fussy cut them out. Then I cut the scalloped frame with a lime green glitter paper. (I love a good glitter paper!)

To attach all the images and the frame, I used my favorite liquid adhesive (Nuvo Deluxe) and then popped up the snowman with foam tape for more dimension.

Easy and fun card. I really love how the background looks with these images!

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! I’ll be back with more fun holiday cards real soon.

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Snowman Loses His Hat

By KariV on October 25, 2019 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a new card to share with this cute Snowman image. I am using the October 2019 Hedgehog Hollow Kit in a new way…by altering the Interactive Die Cut to create a whole new look!

This is a cute kit, and I have a video showing you just how I made it and how I changed up the look of that interactive die. Watch it below or on YouTube:

I love that you can change up this kit and die to make it what you want. I hope this inspired you to look at your dies in a whole new way!

Check out the other cards I’ve made using this same die: here and here.

Thanks for stopping by!

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First Holiday card of the Season!

By KariV on September 4, 2019 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am sharing my first Christmas card of the season. Also, I have a confession to make. I don’t usually make Christmas cards to mail out. I know, I know…I’m a card maker that doesn’t make my own Christmas cards! Shocking. But I found that it stresses me out too much to make multiples during the busy time of year, so I just don’t.

But today I made a festive poinsettia card that turned out so fun! I was inspired by the Irresistible Inking Techniques class at Altenew Academy and I just had to try it!

Polka dots in the background make me happy!

This is an inking technique I HAVE tried before, but this time I got so much better results. The trick is to ink up your acrylic block, spritz it with water using a light mist spray bottle, then stamp it onto your background.

I tried this a number of times using a variety of paper to see what different results I would get. I tested out the number of times to spray the ink before stamping. I tried different colors and time to leave the acrylic block on the paper. And this is my FAVORITE one of the bunch.

To get this cool spotted look, I used 3 different colors of Altenew ink on my block: Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, and Purple Wine at the bottom. (This gave me a sort of Ombre look when I stamped it.) I spritzed it with TWO spritzes of water from a light mist spray bottle. (one was not enough, three was too much for my paper). Then I stamped it down onto Neenah Solar White 80# cover cardstock. This surprised me that I preferred the Neenah for this technique over a watercolor cardstock!

I stamped the poinsettia stamp using Versafine Onyx black ink, then I added just a touch of colored pencil. Just enough to give some color, but still see the spots. It reminds me of a speckled poinsettia….I love those!

To finish off the card, I cut it down a bit to add a strip of gold glitter cardstock on the edge. Then I added the JOY die cut out of the glitter card.

I have a list of the supplies I used below, with affiliate links when possible. When you click using these links I may receive a small commission. This helps me keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much!

Oh, I forgot to mention that I also added some Mercury Glass Stickles to the center of the poinsettia to give more glittery shine to the card. When it catches the light just right, it looks so pretty.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Owl Always Love you and Winter cards

By KariV on December 21, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am sharing my last cards as a Designer for Our Daily Bread Designs. I have absolutely loved designing for ODBD, and I will certainly miss all the fun!

My first card is for my friends at ODBD, using the Winter Greetings stamp set with that beautiful owl. (I’ll always love you, ODBD friends and team! And a big thank you to Kelley for having me!)

I love that this set has a variety of greetings for both winter cards and other sentiments! I used the Pine branches and Pinecones dies on this card (some of my favorites).

My next card shows the beautiful snowy trees from the December release called Peaceful Wishes.

I added some glitter to those snowy trees and used Distress ink to ink around the edges of this card. If you don’t have a tag die, never fear…you can use a rectangle die in a smaller size to make a tag! I love how it looks with some grey pine branches and a blue thread bow. The frame is from this set.

My last card is a favorite:

I cut out that PEACE word from this die, then colored it with Copic markers in a variety of violets. I added dots using a white gel pen.

Then I cut out the Snowflake Sky die and used it as a stencil. To make it feel soft and dreamy, I used Clarity brushes to add the Distress ink in Salty Ocean, and Tattered Jeans. Those Clarity brushes are wonderful!

I hope you enjoyed my projects today. I hope you have a very happy Holiday season and a Merry Christmas!

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Flourish Tree Three Ways

By KariV on December 14, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have three very different cards using the exact same die, the Flourished Tree Inset die from Our Daily Bread Designs.

The first one is very simple, just showing off that beautiful die:

After I finished, I thought it needed a little more pizzazz, so I added some green sequins.

There! That’s better. Just a few simple touches and you have a beautiful card. I used the Pierced Rectangle Dies to create a frame for the middle piece. The fun foam creates even more dimension behind that middle panel.

Then, I thought it would be fun to create a STENCIL from this die cut. So I cut two trees out of white heavy cardstock, and used one for the green tree stencil and one for the red tree stencil. Here’s my card:

It creates a beautiful stencil and I just alternated the colors and the direction of the tree! I added a white heat embossed sentiment from this set on black cardstock and a few clear gem stones to dress it up a bit.

After I was finished with this card, I saw those cardstock stencils and decided to create a card out of them, too! Nothing goes to waste around here! I simply cut around each of those tree stencils (they were already red and green from creating the last card) and added them to a Snowy Sky backdrop.

I added some vellum before adhering the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Holiday Words dies. I hope you were inspired by all the ways you can use this Flourish Tree Inset die!

For more inspiration on the December release products, visit the Our Daily Bread Designs blog here.

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