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Hope Blooms

By KariV on April 10, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hi, today I have a soft and beautiful floral card to share with you. I just got a new stencil that I love and I decided to dry emboss it first, then add some color using distress ink and a little colored pencil.

Isn’t this a glorious flower? Here is another photo where you can see the embossing:

Sometimes I just need to to make a flower come alive with color! “Where flowers bloom, so does hope” is from the Peony Spray stamp set from Altenew. This stencil, called Poppy Bloom is also from Altenew and was perfect for today. So pretty, and the soft coloring was just like a hug for me. Hope on a card!

I hope you enjoyed this sweet and hopeful project today.

Wishing a very Happy 4th Birthday to Altenew!!

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You’re All Kinds of Awesome

By KariV on April 7, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello again! Today I have a sweet little project using a favorite new panda die from Neat and Tangled.

Isn’t he so sweet? I first used a stencil to ink up the background with distress inks. Then I die cut the panda into both the white panel and some black craft foam. I used acetate between the white panel and the craft foam. I added some sparkle with sequin glitter and attached everything together. The sentiment is also from Neat and Tangled.

I thought it would make the perfect card to enter into the Autism Awareness 2018 card hop with Veronica Zalis here.

I hope you enjoy!

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Wavy Words Banner Stamp/Die Duo

By KariV on April 4, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am so happy to share some projects using a new set by Our Daily Bread Designs. This product is called Wavy Words Stamp/Die Duo. I love that the words in the set fit perfectly in the banner die that is included!

Here are my happy projects:

The font is so fun on that Happy Birthday sentiment, don’t you think? If you look closely, you can see the embossing on that banner die. I die cut the banner, and then ran it back through my die cut machine using the embossing mat to get the best impression! (I’ll show you what I mean in the video below).

This next card uses the embossing technique with a die, as well as HEAT embossing on the Mr. & Mrs. Here I used one of my favorite colors of embossing powders: Liquid Platinum by Ranger. I used mostly white on white, with just a touch of blue Distress Ink in the background.

My last card is a favorite because it uses SUNSHINE!

To see how you can easily ink up an embossed image like this one, take a look at my video here or view it on YouTube:

Check out the blog for Our Daily Bread Creations here to see all the cards lined up! (so inspiring, in my humble opinion). Thanks for stopping by!

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Bunny Banner and Shaped Easter Cards

By KariV on March 28, 2018 in Easter, Paper Crafting

Hello again! Today I have a few more Easter projects to share using beautiful products from Our Daily Bread Designs. I used the same Hoppy Birthday stamp set to create a Bunny Banner and some Shaped Easter cards.

This banner was fun to make, but even more fun to display. I used all pastel colors with the star of the show in the center! That bunny is so cute.

The beautiful eggs are die cuts you can find here.

The next project is a shaped card using the same Boho Egg Die that I used above. This time, I used that cut out as a STENCIL and stamped the bunny over the top!

That Boho Egg die is sure beautiful…and look at how it performs as a stencil! I added a bit of colored pencil to the grass and daffodils, and a few Nuvo Drops to add more color. Isn’t this a fun card?

To make this egg shaped card stand up on its own, I just cut a portion of the lower part of the back of the card to be straight!

The last project is this shaped card using the Large Banner Die as the card base:

If you partially die cut the banner, leaving the top of the card in tact, it creates a banner shaped card base! So easy to do and it’s nice to have a different shape.

For this card, I took some finger daubers and added three different colors of ink to the Dazzling Doily stamp to create a softer look. Then I stamped the bunny image over the top. Some Nuvo Jewel Drops finish off the card.

I hope you enjoyed my banner project and shaped cards today. Will this inspire you to try some shaped cards of your own? Happy Easter!

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Easter Boxes with Our Daily Bread Designs

By KariV on March 22, 2018 in Easter, Paper Crafting

Hello! With Easter inching closer and closer, my mind is on all things bunnies and chocolate. So today, I’m sharing an adorable Easter Box using the new Hoppy Birthday stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs.

I love this bunny stamp, and I paired it with the Glorious Gable Box die to make this cute Easter gift box! To do this, I cut the die and before folding it to assemble the box, I stamped the bunny stamp, masked it off and inked up the background.

I created a movie to show you how to easily create this project!

On the back, I also used the gradient inking technique, and then I heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set.

I love this Glorious Gable box die….it not only cuts the shape, but also embosses the design to make it look fabulous! I’ll show you what I mean; Click below to watch the video:

I used some seam binding ribbon from my stash to finish off the boxes. I’m giving these to my granddaughters this year…one of them has the favorite color of Orange, and one of them loves Green! How perfect is that?

I hope you enjoyed this project today! Happy Easter!