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Christmas Cakes Card set

By KariV on December 13, 2024 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a beautiful Christmas Cakes Card set and video to share! I love a hot foiled background with a glittery cake, so today I decided I could create that on a card.

There’s only 12 days to Christmas and I’m celebrating with Crafty Meraki! Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

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’ll stop by to see the video! Happy Holidays!

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My Secret Formula for Stamping a Background

By KariV on November 8, 2024 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m finally sharing my secret formula for stamping a background! Watch the video below or on YouTube:

I’m using some favorites from Crafty Meraki: that butterfly die set is so beautiful!! And the Hi Hot foil plate and die is my most used sentiment for sure! I usually keep a bunch of hot foiled “Hi” sentiments at-the-ready for when I need a smaller sentiment for a card.

For the butterfly, I cut the back layer of navy cardstock, the middle layer from lighter blue patterned paper and vellum (yes, twice!) and the top layer from vellum. I cut the body from silver glitter paper.

I hope you enjoyed this project today! See you soon with more to share!

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Have you tried the BetterPress?

By KariV on October 25, 2024 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello, it’s Kari here with a new Christmas tag to share using the Press plates from Crafty Meraki. Have you tried the Better Press yet?

Watch the video below or on YouTube to see how fun it is to use 2 inks:

I love the new press plates and this one was so fun to color! I used GOLD ink first, then black right over the top of that. If you look closely you can see a little shadow of gold ink around the edges of the image. This is not necessary to do, but I LOVED the gold for this holiday project!

I colored it up with Copic markers and share all the details in the video. Then I cut it out with the Hugs Slimline tag die (shortening it with the technique I also share in the video).

I finished it off with some pink glitter paper and pink & gold ribbon, with a touch of pom pom yarn! Such a fun look.

Hope you enjoyed this project today! I’ll be back with more soon!

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Mini Slimline with Foil Peek-A-Boo card

By KariV on October 11, 2024 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I have a new Mini Slimline with a Foil Peek-A-Boo card to share today! My video is here:

https://youtu.be/ce_8ihowBnw

I adore the Sage Symphony set from Crafty Meraki and I used these images today! I colored them up with Copic Markers and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.

The Bar None Mini Slimline is perfect for this card, to show that foiled paper behind it just enough! I used green Lily Pad Decofoil for the Floral Filigree Effortless Shimmer Paper. So easy to foil and such an impact!

I put it all together for a striking card. I hope you like it, too!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Floral Border Wreath

By KariV on September 27, 2024 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m sharing a video and card with a gorgeous Floral Border Wreath! I love these sets and I have some TIPS for you to make it so easy.

Watch the video below or on YouTube:

I started out with the Flower Fest stamp set, but if you don’t like coloring or want an easy SHORTCUT, try the Flower Fest Effortless Artistry Paper! The EAP is already colored for you and all you have to do is use the coordinating die to cut them all out! (I’ve linked both below for you to check out).

I arranged my favorite flowers around a Glitter cardstock cut to A2 card size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2). Then I used a sentiment from the Gilded Expressions stamp set. There is also a coordinating die set for this so I can cut out ALL of the sentiments at once. I love this!

If you want FOILED sentiments, check out the Gilded Expressions Effortless Shimmer paper…where you can foil the sentiments, and cut them with the coordinating die!