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Rainbow Cards!

By KariV on June 11, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Today I’m a part of a video hop celebrating my friends Erica & Maria reaching some YouTube goals! This is a rainbow video hop and today I made 1 rainbow, and 2 cards with it.

Head on over to the video on YouTube to comment to win prizes:

I hope you enjoy these tricks I’m sharing to make 1 rainbow and 2 cards! Today I made slimline cards, but you could certainly use this technique for an A2 size or mini slimline card.

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 really enjoyed joining in on this hop! See you soon!

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Santa’s Sleigh

By KariV on December 11, 2020 in Christmas, Holidays

Hello! Today I have a fun card with the Sleigh Bouquet stamp set designed by Alex Syberia. This is a beautiful set and I loved working with it. I started with a watercolored background.

Then I stamped the sleigh TWICE. The first image I colored up with Copics. The second image I colored only the poinsettia and Fussy cut it out. I added it to the sleigh with foam tape to give it more dimension.

I positioned the sleigh and the presents on the background to make it look like the presents were falling out of the sleigh.

That sentiment was stamped on white cardstock that I colored with a matching green Copic marker. If you don’t have matching cardstock, it’s a great trick to get the shade you are looking for!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Pretty In Pink

By KariV on November 28, 2020 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a new stamp set to share from Maker Forte. It’s a design by Alex Syberia and it’s so beautiful! I paired it with the Winter Swirls stencil for a Pretty In Pink card.

To start, I used the Offset Stencil technique: I first inked on some white pigment ink over the Winter Swirls stencil. Then I moved the stencil just a little bit, and inked on some Candy Apple Red ink over the top. I used my favorite Tiptree Jam cardstock for this card panel.

I set the panel aside to dry as I colored up the gladiolas from this stamp set with Copic Markers. Then I fussy cut the image and added it to the card panel with 3M foam tape.

I white heat embossed the sentiment using Versamark ink. I love this sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Quick Watercolor Poinsettia Cards

By KariV on November 19, 2020 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Do you ever need a quick and easy Holiday card? Today I have two EASY watercolor cards using Kaleidoscope powder! I’m using the Poinsettia stamp set from Maker Forte. This set is beautiful on it’s own, but add a little watercoloring and you get some gorgeous cards!

I created a similar card design and stamped the poinsettias in the same spot both on the Tiptree Jam (pink) cardstock, and on watercolor paper. Then I heat embossed using some of my favorite Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

For the pink card, I “painted” on some Kaleidoscope powder in three shades: Aurora, Hubble, and Shooting Star. These are glittery and sparkly and they shine so pretty in the light. Here’s a picture you may be able to see the sparkle a little better:

For the watercolor cardstock, I used the Kaleidoscope powder on the first layer (underpainting) and then added some bright watercolors on top of that.

To see the how-to, watch the short video below or in HD on YouTube:

These cards were so fun to make and so QUICK! I think they took me under 20 minutes for BOTH cards. That’s a bonus in my book, especially for Holiday cards!

I hope you enjoyed these cards today! I’ll be back soon with more card making inspiration!

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Fall Floral card with Glazing

By KariV on August 29, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello there! Today I have a fall card using beautiful florals from the August 2019 Hedgehog Hollow kit. These florals designed by Alex Syberia are among my favorite florals ever and I keep reaching for them over and over!

I always find myself in need of Thank You cards, so I took the Thank you sentiment from the set and stamped it two times on patterned paper, then I backed it with gold glitter paper. I feel like Fall screams for gold glitter paper! Lol.

To get these deep, rich, fall colors I used alcohol markers in Pinks (yes! Pink) and yellows first. Then I used a technique called “Glazing”: I went over each floral petal with a light orange. All those colors together created this fall look! Try this glazing technique to see what colors you can get from your markers.

For the background, I used some patterned paper and it made this card come together so quickly!! I popped the top flower up with TWO layers of foam tape, and the smaller orange flower with one layer of foam tape. I love to get that dimensional look with different layers on my cards.

I’m often asked about the supplies I used, so here is the list using affiliate links when possible. When you purchase using these links, I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!