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Our Daily Marker Road Trip Review

By KariV on October 23, 2018 in Favorite Things, Paper Crafting

I had the blessed opportunity to attend the Daily Marker Road trip in Glendale a few weeks ago. Since I’ve been so busy with my son’s wedding (which was October 19th…yay!) I haven’t had a chance to post a review about it.

If you ever have a chance to attend one of these with Kathy Racoosin, DO IT!! I was so impressed with the day, the people I got to meet, and the prizes. I learned a lot, had fun in the make and takes, and met some new life-long crafty friends.

The event was held at Kim Hughes’ new store Our Creative Escape in Glendale. Kim is the designer and creator of Paper Smooches stamps! So she had some fun stamps for sale AND a few in our goodie bags! (Thank you, Kim!)

Here’s a couple photos of the space we got to work in…it was so inspiring!

See all those canvas paintings? Those are some of the samples of the classes that Kim and her husband teach at the store…painting on canvases. This looks so fun and I definitely have to go back to try it out!

There’s also a little store with some Paper Smooches and other papercrafting products! (I loved that little jar.) You can bet that I picked up a few Paper Smooches products while I was there. *Wink*

Kim is an inspiration to me and her illustrations and stamps are what got me back into stamping and cardmaking all those years ago! In fact, I have quite a collection of Paper Smooches and now I’m inspired to get them out and color more of them up!

One of my favorite of Kathy’s techniques is what she calls “Color Plucking” or “Color Mashing.” Here my new friend Trina tried it out with colors you wouldn’t THINK would go together….but look how beautiful her coloring sample is turning out! So cool.

Here are some pictures of my new friends (and some I already “met” on instagram and finally got to meet in real life):

Angela and Seeka! (they came all the way from California!)

Jean Chaney! (from Arizona, too!)

And of course, Kathy! She’s just awesome. It was still quite hot here (even though it’s October!) and Kathy had just put her hair up. Yep, Arizona life!

I met so many more and unfortunately didn’t take pictures of everyone, but wait! Here’s the famous group picture:

You might recognize Anita, Tricia, Trina, Seeka, Angela, Jean, Kelly, Hellen, Jody, Teri, Kim, Kathy….and lots more!

It was a super fun day. And I have one more tip from Kathy. I was talking to her about what to carry my Copics in to go to Boot Camp (coming up in November….yay!! Who else will be there?)

And she recommended this Mini Meori traveling case. So I’ve got another on the way! I hope it gets here in time for Boot Camp! I’m linking here so you can see what I’m talking about. 🙂

I hope you enjoyed this look at my experience with the Daily Marker Road Trip. I had such a great time! Next time Kathy is here I hope to make it again.

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A Look back at the October Release with Our Daily Bread Designs

By KariV on October 19, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I hope you’ve had a chance to see the entire October Release from Our Daily Bread Designs, because it is fabulous! Today I’m sharing two cards using some of the products.

First I had to create a card front using the beautiful Bethlehem dies set.

I used the Pierced Ovals dies to create the frame and inked it up slightly with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink. I heat embossed the back layer of the building tops with copper embossing powder before adding them to the kraft background. The trees are colored with copics. Isn’t this a beautiful scene?

To finish it all off, I added the Merry Christmas Caps die at the top.

Here’s a look at the inside of the card, where I stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Card Scriptures Stamp set:

This sentiment is such a beautiful way to say Merry Christmas!

My next project features the Diorama with Layers set. This is another new favorite of mine and this time I’ve paired the Brick Gate Border with the Neighborhood Border die.

Look at that sweet little neighborhood! I’ve added some chunky glitter to the rooftops to add a snowy feeling. The paper is from this set. The Pinecones Dies and Pine Branches Dies are must-haves, in my opinion!

The Brick Gate Border offers a way to ink up those bricks through the die when you leave it on the die cut piece! (That’s how I got all those individual grey bricks).

I hope you enjoyed these projects today and got inspired.

For more inspiration using the October Release and to see the other designers projects, be sure to visit the ODBD Blog here.

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Fall Card with the October Hedgehog Hollow Box

By KariV on October 18, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m a guest at the Hedgehog Hollow sharing how I made this fall card using the Ink Road stamps “Octobers.” These were created exclusively for the Hedgehog Hollow and they are beautiful!

Head on over to the blog post here to read about how it was created, including the faux wood background panel!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kari

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Sneak Peek and Pre-Release Special

By KariV on October 17, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello…are you ready for a sneak peek of the November Release from Our Daily Bread Designs?!? I’m so excited to feature the Retro Ornaments Dies and Retro Christmas Paper Pack that will be available soon!

Aren’t they beautiful! I love the vintage feel of these dies, and I cannot wait to show you more of the release!

By the way, that “Merry Christmas” die is a special promotion when you purchase any of these bundles as a part of their Pre-Order Special:

Check out the full sneak peeks of all the products at the Our Daily Bread Designs blog here.

Here’s one last look at a close-up of the beautiful Retro Ornament dies.

Love them! Thanks for stopping by!

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Cityscape Cards Two Ways

By KariV on October 12, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am excited to share with you some Cityscape Christmas cards…One is a diorama 3D card and one is an A2 size folding card. Here’s the Diorama card:

This is a 3D card that will fold flat to fit into an A6 envelope for mailing!

How festive do those skyscrapers look all lit up in green and red?! I love that. I used glitter paper to place behind the die to get that sparkly holiday lights look.

This new Diorama Die is a new favorite of mine. It is so easy to use and to layer with Christmas paper. I added some Alphabet Flags (from a previous release) to spell “Noel” and used that same sparkle paper behind those letters. To finish off this card, I added some glitter to the Pine Branches and topped it with a big, red bow (from this set)!

I love that you can also use these same dies to make an A2 size card:

Here I used the same City Skyline dies over an ink blended background. That beautiful sentiment is from the Christmas Card Verses stamp set. I created a frame with the Pierced Rectangles dies, and finished it all off with sparkly Pine Branches and a Pinecone from this set.

If you haven’t already seen the entire October release, head over to Our Daily Bread Designs to take a look. It’s a fantastic release and I love how versatile the dies are to use for a Diorama Card OR for a folded card.

Thanks for stopping by!

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