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Free Floating Shaker Card with Greetings from Mars

By KariV on November 23, 2024 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am creating a Free Floating Shaker Card with Greetings From Mars! Watch the video below or on YouTube:

This is a fun stamp set, and I just love those little creatures. You should see how funny they look when they are “floating” around with this shaker card!

I created a foiled star background to give a nod to the “Mars” reference (like a galaxy). Don’t worry– there’s no heat involved in this foiling effort!

I hope you’ll check out the video to see the full process and how to put this card together.

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!

This could be a Christmas card for one of your weird relatives! Lol. Thanks for stopping by today! See you next time with more cards to share.

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Hot Foiled Gift Box

By KariV on November 22, 2024 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a new project and video to share…a set of Hot Foiled Gift Boxes! I am super excited to share the secret to getting this to work (because I wasn’t sure it WOULD work until I tried it!)

Watch the video here or on YouTube:

This is a project you really need to see! It is so much easier to explain it in the video, so go ahead and watch that first.

I started off with the beautiful hot foil plate called Jolly Holly from Crafty Meraki. I love this foil plate! I foiled some green onto a lighter green cardstock, some gold foil onto red cardstock AND some darker green cardstock.

Then, I put these boxes together and added a Metallic Bow from the Take A Bow Again die set. I just love how these little boxes turned out. They fit a good amount (5 or 6 easily) of Lindt Chocolates inside!

These little bejeweled boxes are so fun! I hope you can see some of the shine from the foil and the bows.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this project! See you soon with more to share!

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Ink Smooshing with Mica Sprays

By KariV on November 9, 2024 in Paper Crafting, Uncategorized

Hello! Today I have a fun project using Mica Sprays for Ink Smooshing! I’ve never used this medium for ink smooshing before, but found that it adds some fun pearl shine to a background.

Watch the video below or on YouTube:

I love this set from Miss Ink Stamps…these Axolotls are so fun! I used the coordinating dies for this one, and this time I was SOOOO happy to use them…cutting these critters out would have been a bear! See how the dies cut out the inside pieces too? So perfect.

For ink smooshing I used Distress inks and then Mica Sprays. See the video for how I did this. The EIEIO Frame die set has four frame dies and I used them ALL on this card. I also used the included alphabet dies to spell the word “ALOTL.” I just love creating my own sentiments like this.

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

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My Secret Formula for Stamping a Background

By KariV on November 8, 2024 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m finally sharing my secret formula for stamping a background! Watch the video below or on YouTube:

I’m using some favorites from Crafty Meraki: that butterfly die set is so beautiful!! And the Hi Hot foil plate and die is my most used sentiment for sure! I usually keep a bunch of hot foiled “Hi” sentiments at-the-ready for when I need a smaller sentiment for a card.

For the butterfly, I cut the back layer of navy cardstock, the middle layer from lighter blue patterned paper and vellum (yes, twice!) and the top layer from vellum. I cut the body from silver glitter paper.