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Merry Penguins

By KariV on December 11, 2021 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m so excited to share with you this merry penguins card using my favorite penguins from Miss Ink Stamps.

Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

These sweet penguins have fun accessories you can use including: Santa hats, candy canes, fish, and reindeer antlers! It’s fun to mix and match.

I colored them up with Copics, and added some highlights with a white gel pen and stardust stickles.

This is a collaboration with Miss Ink Stamps and Ink on 3…join us over on Instagram for the hop and enter to win by hopping along and leaving comments on each stop!

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 project today! Thanks for stopping by!

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Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Carolina Allspice Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in total prizes)

By KariV on December 7, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Welcome to the Altenew Craft-A-Flower Carolina Allspice Blog Hop and Giveaway. Today I’m excited to be joining in because the Altenew Craft-A-Flower subscription is one of my favorites!

This flower was delightful to put together and I created a simple background to make that flower SHINE!

I have a video to share on how to put this flower together, as well as my card process. Watch it below or in HD on YouTube:

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/13/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/15/2021.

Blog Hop Order

The next hop is at the amazing Michelle Short’s Blog!

Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win! I’d love to hear if you have ever seen a Carolina Allspice flower IN REAL LIFE?!? Thanks for stopping by!

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Altenew Build-A-Flower: Queen of the Lilies Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

By KariV on December 1, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Welcome to the Altenew Build A Flower Queen of the Lilies Blog hop. This new Build a Flower stamp set is quite majestic and I enjoyed building them up with inks!

I have 2 cards to share with you today using this stamp set!

Card 1: Soft Watercolor Background

For this first card, I used a soft blue watercolor background to really make those Queen Lilies pop! I stamped up the lily in white by using a soft grey ink for the first layer. For the center of the lily, I used yellow ink; and for the spots I used an orange ink. I LOVE how this lily came out.

Card 2: Pink Lily (No Outline)

These lilies are beautiful in all the colors, and for my next one I wanted a PINK lily that was a little softer…so I didn’t stamp the outline layer.

I also created a soft watercolor background for this card, but this time I used blues, yellows, green, and soft pink. Then I added that bold pink lily on top, together with some of the leaves.

I stamped this one with some beautiful pink inks from Altenew, creating a black stamen with orange pollen. The spots are stamped in a soft grey ink.

Imagine the different colors of lily you could make just changing up your inks!

I love that Altenew makes it easy to create stunning flowers with a layering guide inside the stamp set pamphlet.

This set is also available as a Build A Flower subscription, when you sign up for the subscription you will save 14%.

I’ve created a short video to show you just how easy this set is to get a stunning result! Watch it below or in HD on YouTube:

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/07/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/09/2021.

Blog Hop Order

Your next stop is the oh-so-talented Jenny Colacicco.

Don’t forget to comment to be entered to win! Let me know which card is your favorite today. Thanks for stopping by!

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2 Slimline Cards with The Hedgehog Hollow

By KariV on November 30, 2021 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have 2 slimline cards to share using the Hedgehog Hollow November Kit. This kit has a lot of slimline options so I couldn’t just stop at 1 card!

Card 1

My first card is made using the slimline cardstock in the kit. I inked on a cable knit slimline stencil (all supplies linked below) using 2 colors of ink: Tartan Teal & Everglades.

Then I placed the “Let it Snow” stencil from the kit over the top of my inked panel. I smooshed some clear sticky ink through the stencil, removed the stencil, and sprinkled on some Rainbow Sparkler embossing powder. After I heat set it, the glitter sparkle really stands out!

I matted the entire panel on my favorite color of cardstock: Welsh Dragon! Then I adhered it all onto a slimline card base.

Card 2

For my second card, I wanted some touches of red! So I stamped the vertical sentiment “Hot Cocoa” and the cocoa cup just over the top of that with Telephone Box ink.

I cut down this panel and added it to some red cardstock, and then green glitter cardstock.

For the back panel, I used the snowflake only from the “Let it Snow” stencil and inked on some Blue Raspberry ink. Then I stamped a small snowflake stamp from the kit in some Blue Moon ink.

I added that to some British Racing Green cardstock and put everything together!

Some light green gems finished it all off.

But I didn’t stop there! I used the corner Peppermint Sticks stencil on a slimline envelope using Telephone Box ink.

I will write the recipient’s name and address just below and to the right of the stenciled design.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! I’ll be back soon with more cards to share.

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Bear Hugs!

By KariV on November 27, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m excited to share a new release stamp set from Miss Ink Stamps. This one is called Bear Hugs and today I have created 2 cards.

I love this set, it reminds me of my Dad. Since it has almost been 1 year from the date he died, I REALLY loved working with this set. Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube: