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Thank You cards galore!

By KariV on August 9, 2014 in Paper Crafting, Uncategorized

I’m always needing thank you cards and I thought I’d try a new embossing technique. When my husband saw it, he said “Will you make some for me?!” But all he wanted was the embossing…no hearts, no cute little animals. BORING!

So I make a bunch for myself with some of my favorite Paper Smooches little guys:

I think my favorite is the pelican.

I ended up using this one right away and mailed it in a bright yellow envelope…it looked so happy!

But I made even more! I just couldn’t stop once I got started. I just love these cards and this weekend I mailed almost all of them out.

Joining up with the Paper Smooches Anything goes challenge.

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Stretch Your Stamps 2 — Day 6

By KariV on August 9, 2014 in Paper Crafting

I was completely mesmerized by Donna Mikasa’s water painting technique and that’s the first one I tried my hand at.

I had some fun with this one, although I think I could use a little more practice! I used distress inks to bring in the color (picked raspberry, orange marmalade, mustard seed) and then “water painted” to remove the color from the petals. So cool!

Enjoy!

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Using mosaics up

By KariV on August 8, 2014 in Paper Crafting

I had some watercolor background mosaic tiles left over from the Shari Carroll card I made here (in the Stretch Your Stamps 2 class), so I thought I’d use them up for a birthday tag.

I think they work great on a tag! This is going to my niece who’s birthday is coming up this next week. I’ll attach it to something yummy, of course. 🙂

I love that little Paper Smooches tag. Linking up to the Paper Smooches Anything Goes Challenge.

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Stretch Your Stamps Day 3 — Stamped die cuts

By KariV on August 6, 2014 in Paper Crafting

This online card class is so much fun! I’m loving how to learn to “Stretch Your Stamps” and today I was inspired by Debby Hughes. She is a master at clean and simple, and I think my card turned into a little bit more…it actually may be a mix between Debby’s class and Stephanie Klauck’s instruction.

Here is my card:

I used Milo’s ABCs (Lawn Fawn) on the grassy hill to add some punch! The “hello” sentiment is stamped with VersaMark Onyx black ink, then embossed with sparkle embossing powder. The die cuts are from Simon Says Stamp…and I die cut the sun out of yellow cardstock and then inked up the edges with orange marmalade Distress Ink.

At first I used some Wink of Stella on the sunshine die cut, but I didn’t think it added enough glitter. So I brought out the stickles! Finished it off with some gold and sparkling clear (Pretty Pink Posh) sequins.

I hope you like this happy card! I tend to LOVE anything sunshiny! 🙂

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Stretch Your Stamps — Day 2 Ombre Backgrounds

By KariV on August 5, 2014 in Paper Crafting

I just love the Ombre look and Laura Sterckx hit it out of the park with her demo class in Day 2 of Stretch Your Stamps 2!
Here’s my take:

I had a lot of fun with this one! I only have a few colors of distress ink, so I tried to get them to blend nicely: Picked Raspberry, Orange Marmalade, Worn Lipstick and Festive Berries.

I used the “Happy” die from Simon Says Stamp and white heat embossed the sentiment on a black banner. Added some flat sequins with a dot of liquid pearls in the center.

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