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You’re My World Watercolor Card (Waffle Flower)

By KariV on October 1, 2017 in Paper Crafting

Hi! This is Kari and I’m excited to be sharing my first video using Waffle Flower products! Today I’m using the set called Hooray illustrated by Helen Dardik. This is a favorite set for me…the images are so fun! I shared this on the Waffle Flower blog a few months ago, and I thought I’d share it here for all of you.

I am going to show you how to create a “World” for a couple of these happy kids to dance on using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors, but you can use any watercolors you might have.

It is easy to create a sentiment using the Cutaway Alpha Stamp set. Here I added a few other sets to complete my greeting.

[VIDEO: You’re the World Watercolor Card]

Watch below or on my YouTube Channel.

I hope you enjoyed this project! Thank you for spending some time with me today. It means the world! 😉

Products used:
(affiliate links used where possible, with no additional cost to you)

Watercolors: Gansai Tambi Watercolor Set (36 color set)
Watercolors: Gansai Tambi Watercolor Set (24 color set)
Waffle Flower 271122 Hooray Stamp Set
Waffle Flower 271066 Cutaway Alpha Stamp Set
Waffle Flower 271101 Flora Cat Meow Stamp Set
Waffle Flower 271011 Be My Guest Stamp Set
Waffle Flower 271086 Bear And Bird Stamp Set
EK Tools Honey Bee Scissors
Versafine Onyx Black Ink pad
Ranger Clear Embossing Powder

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There’s Snow one Cooler Than You!

By KariV on September 19, 2017 in Paper Crafting

My last entry for MFT Card Design Challenge is for the Innovation Master.

Here I made a slider card using a magnet at the end. This way, this “PRO” snowboarder tumbles down the mountain and lands on his head every time! LOL.

And here’s this snowboarder in action:

Oh boy…this reminds me of: ME on a snowboard.

I hope you enjoyed this one! I get a chuckle every time. 🙂

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Can’t Bear to be Without You

By KariV on September 18, 2017 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m trying my hand at another MFT Superstar Challenge! This time the coloring Virtuoso category.

When I originally got these Polar Pals, I thought they could easily become a grizzly bear. I’m always needing bears for cards for my Dad (bears are his favorite)….so this one is for him. I started out stamping this bear near the center of the card, and colored him with bear-ish fur using Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Then I thought to myself…I need a background. Here’s how it all started:

It’s pretty intimidating to look at a blank white card and decide to make your own background with pencils. Enter Bravery! I actually created this background!! EEK!

Here’s the start of the background, and adding shading & different colors to the bear’s fur:

I also used Distress Oxides to help me out a bit. Oh, and I used a few MFT stencils to help me out with some shapes! I turned the TEARDROP stencil upside down to help out with some of the leaves…and I used the COWPRINT stencil to help create some of those stones. Isn’t that awesome!?

Now, let me show you the finished card. I ended up adhering it to a black card base for some contrast.

This card took me a LOOOOOOOONG time to color, but I’m happy with how it turned out. I hope you like it, too!

Wish me luck 🙂

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The Seagull Strikes Again

By KariV on September 18, 2017 in Paper Crafting

Hi! I’m sharing another reason I had to have the Seaside Seagulls from MFT.

This is a card I made for my husband. I was feeling a little snarky, and well….nearly EVERY time we go to the beach, a seagull targets my husband. It’s actually become a little joke now. So I gave this card to him and he couldn’t stop laughing!!

I’m sorry…is this too terrible?! Has it ever happened to you?

I used Distress Inks as watercolors to make the splatter, and to color up that sneaky seagull!

So I’m entering this into the MFT Stamps Superstar challenge for the Clean and Simple category. (Although I don’t know if this card should belong in a category that starts with “Clean”…. Lol.)

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You Are Mermazing

By KariV on August 29, 2017 in Paper Crafting

Oh, how I love mermaids. My sister & I used to watch the Little Mermaid all the time when we were kids. But we would watch an animated version of the movie, Marina was the mermaid’s name and the little fish’s name was Fritz, instead of Flounder. I think it is the one based on the Hans Christian Anderson story. It had a very sad ending (she turned into the foam on the waves of the ocean), but we loved it!! Have you ever seen this version?

Anyway, I was so happy to win the Mermazing Stamp Set from My Favorite Things! Here is the first card I have made with this set:

I used Modeling paste in pearl white, and colored it with Distress Inks for the background. Then I colored the mermaids with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. There is so much shine on this card! Notice the glittery mermaid hair. My mermaids would all have glittery hair, of course!

Entering the MFT Color Challenge here.

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