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Dear Santa…Love Penguin

By KariV on December 13, 2025 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a Dear Santa Card from the penguins! Watch the video below or on YouTube:

I love these little penguins and the accessories and details that come with this stamp set. Look at those little antlers and candy canes!!

To mask off the ribbon, I used the Hi Swirl Die placement stencil with the Diagonal Stencil on top…then I was able to create those peppermint stripes! I cut the ribbon from red glitter paper using the Hi Swirl Frame die. It’s such a beautiful die set.

I cut the sentiment from the EIEIO Frame Die set (with alphabet dies), and the mini envelopes from the Lots of Letters die set. I just love those mini envelopes!

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 hope you enjoyed this holiday card today. Thanks for stopping by,

Kari

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Gilding Flakes on Designer Postage Stamps

By KariV on November 22, 2025 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am so happy to share a new video creating Designer Christmas Postage Stamps with Gilding Flakes accents!

Watch the video below or on YouTube:

I love creating postage stamps, and these Christmas inspired stamps hold extra glitter and shine! Today I used silver Gilding Flakes, but you could use gold or any color you want! Take a close look at the inside frame of the postage stamp….that’s where I added the silver gilding flakes. So beautiful.

I used a few stencils and the Postage Seal and Shaker Collection for each of these postage stamps. I also brought in some smaller dies: like the Lots of Letters mini dies, and the SWAK postage heart dies. For the full tutorial, watch the video above.

I think you can see how much I just LOVE putting these together. I can’t wait to create more!

I hope you enjoyed these designer Christmas postage stamps today! Thanks for stopping by!

Kari

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Christmas Gingerbread Syrup

By KariV on November 20, 2025 in Christmas, Holidays

Hello! I have some new cards and a Christmas Gingerbread Syrup video to share today…with some of my favorite new products.

Watch the video below or on YouTube:

This gingerbread syrup bottle is made with a die that came out at Halloween: the Potion Bottle die set. But this can be altered and decorated to use for Christmas and other holidays, too!

Here’s a bunch of cards I created with these bottles and the NEW Christmas Washi Labels. I love all these products, and it’s so fun to mix them up to create new looks.

You can even make shaped cards or TAGS with these potion bottles. Here are some shaker tags I created using my favorite Mix & Mingle Alphabet die set to create the Joy and Merry words. The blue one features the Christmas Washi labels.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! I really had a great time creating these.

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Pink S’mores

By KariV on November 10, 2025 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a charming Pink S’mores card to share. Watch the video below or on YouTube:

These new S’mores stamps are soooo cute! I loved creating this card using the Terrific Tickets die set and some coordinating stamps. The Christmas Washi stickers fit on these tickets!! I was so happy to find that out.

I hope you enjoyed this project today! Thanks for stopping by!

Kari

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Haunted Staircase & Giveaway Hop

By KariV on October 22, 2025 in Halloween, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello, today I’m sharing a Haunted Staircase card and a GIVEAWAY hop! I am so excited for this giveaway and hop because it’s helping my and some of my friends reach our big goals. For me, my goal is to reach 20K subscribers on YouTube (and 4K on Instagram).

We have lots of sponsor and prize giveaways:

Stop on by my video BELOW to see how to enter the giveaway, and while you’re there will you subscribe to my channel and help me reach my goal?! Also, subscribe to my friends’ channels and we can all reach our goals.