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Hot Cocoa Gift Cards

By KariV on November 13, 2022 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m sharing Hot Cocoa Gift Card Holders using some new favorite products from Heffy Doodle!

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I have 3 different card ideas for this set (and that’s not all there is to do with this set), but I do hope this inspires you!

1. Front Flap Card

This first card is so fun…it has a front flap for your gift card AND you can open the card to write a sentiment too!

2. Fall Shaker Card

This is an easy way to make a shaker! I absolutely adore the Sparkle Mixes from Heffy Doodle: not only do they have sequins, but they also have GEMS!

3. Holiday Shaped Card

This hot cocoa cup makes the cutest shaped card! It’s so easy when you follow my trick I share in the video. And YES, that is corrugated cardboard I die cut for the holder!

There’s still plenty of room to add a gift card inside!

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 these projects today! I’ll be back soon with more cards to share!

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Have an Ice Day

By KariV on November 12, 2022 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m excited to be sharing one of my favorite penguin cards I’ve ever made! I do love penguins and especially penguins that make me smile, and this set from Miss Ink Stamps is a favorite.

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How cute are these penguins?!? I love them..and there are quite a few more penguin images in the stamp set, too. Today I chose 2 penguins and the snowbank for this card.

I started out by stenciling those trees using the treeline stencil. I used a variety of Distress Oxide inks: Tumbled Glass, Uncharted Mariner, Pine Needles, Peeled Paint, and Twisted Citron.

Next, I added some Grit Paste Snowfall and then added some extra glitter while it was still wet. I love a good glitter background!

While that was drying, I colored up those penguins and the snowbank. I embossed the sentiment in white and inked on some Uncharted Mariner ink for a “matching” sentiment.

When the background was dry, I put it all together with foam tape. I also added some glitter paper to the bottom of the panel for extra shine!

I hope you loved this project today! I’ll be back real soon with more cards to share!

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Sweet Gingerbread House

By KariV on November 10, 2022 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a Sweet gingerbread House in a snow globe! I just love this sweet image and I couldn’t resist coloring it up in pinks and light greens in a no-line colored look.

I used quite a bit of masking for this project…stamping one image at a time then masking off to stamp the next. I first stamped the lollipops, then masked them off. Next I stamped the gingerbread house and masked that off. Then I stamped the snowflakes.

After the scene was completely finished, I masked off the ENTIRE snow globe so I could add those starlight mints!

I love the A2 Starlight Mints stencil! I used pink and light grey ink here, but you could ink in a traditional red color OR try a light green for a wintergreen mint!

Next I heat embossed the sentiment with metallic embossing powder. I couldn’t resist adding a little deer from the What’s Up, Deer stamp set. He’s so cute!

I matted the entire panel onto some metallic silver cardstock and I love how it plays nicely with that embossing powder!

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

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Little Deer

By KariV on November 4, 2022 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello, today I am up at the Maker Forte blog HERE with some sweet little reindeer cards!

If you want more details, be sure to visit their blog. But I will share the video and some photos here!

How cute are these? There’s absolutely NO fussy cutting or masking involved! I think that’s an absolute plus when you’re working with small images like these.

I hope you enjoyed these tricks (like turning the word YOU into the word JOY!) Thanks for stopping by today!

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A Sad Farewell…

By KariV on October 28, 2022 in Halloween, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello, today I have a sad farewell to the Hedgehog Hollow Subscription kits. It’s appropriate that my last card is a Day of the Dead card featuring a Panda bear!

I lost my father the day after Christmas 2020 and I’ve been thinking about him a lot recently. His favorite animal (which is also my favorite animal) is a bear. So this card has extra meaning for me!

If you look closely at the background paper, you will see that I chose some of the same colors to color up my panda bear. All these papers (except the metallic) are from the last Hedgehog Hollow kit.

I added some Liquid Pearls in blue and green and pearl to the panda in various spots. When dry, the liquid pearls add such an interesting texture.

How perfect is that sentiment? I love the theme and the bear. One of my paper layer is a gold paper, to add a metallic element to the card.

Well, I will definitely miss the Hedgehog Hollow Kits! But there is still a lot going on over at Maker Forte, which is the new company Alexandra founded. So I hope you will continue to visit!

I’ll be back soon with more cards to share.

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