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Guinea Pig Love

By KariV on February 12, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a fun new stamp set to share from Jessica Lynn Originals. I adore her work! For today, I’m sharing her brand new set called “Playful Guinea Pigs.”

These cute critters have stolen my heart, and I couldn’t stop at just one card…instead I made FOUR cards to share today. Here’s my first one:

That Guinea Pig is dressed like a bee! It made me laugh and I thought he’d love some flowers to accompany him (the flowers are from the Bernese Mountain Dog set, which I will share with you soon!)

I colored him up with copics in E30, E33, E35 and added some glittery wings. Doesn’t he look happy?

My next card uses the thistles that are included in the Guinea Pig set, and I knew I needed a rainbow of thistles.

I love this sweet Guinea Pig. Here I turned him into a black/tan/white guinea pig, which is the coloration I’m most familiar with. I used a rainbow of Copics to color up the flowers and some dots in the same colors just above them. The sentiment is heat embossed in my favorite Ranger embossing powder to look like a metallic element on the card. Here’s a better look at the metallic:

I embossed the background with a wood plank embossing folder for some texture.

Next, I used the cute Guinea Pig holding a branch of leaves:

I call this my Valentine Guinea Pig. He brings treats to the one he loves! Lol. There is a small heart in the set that is perfect for adding those pink hearts to the background.

My last card features a lighter Guinea Pig with one of my favorite sentiments from the stamp set:

The sentiment actually reads “You are sweet as can BEE,” but I removed the last E so I could use it with this little guy. It would be perfect with the guinea pig dressed up like a bee, too!

Isn’t he just as sweet as can be?!

Thank you, Jessica for giving me the opportunity to work with your cute stamps! I love these Guinea Pigs and I’m excited to share some more cards with you very soon using Jessica Lynn Original artwork. For more information about these sets, visit Jessica Lynn Original here.

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Flourish Tree Three Ways

By KariV on December 14, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have three very different cards using the exact same die, the Flourished Tree Inset die from Our Daily Bread Designs.

The first one is very simple, just showing off that beautiful die:

After I finished, I thought it needed a little more pizzazz, so I added some green sequins.

There! That’s better. Just a few simple touches and you have a beautiful card. I used the Pierced Rectangle Dies to create a frame for the middle piece. The fun foam creates even more dimension behind that middle panel.

Then, I thought it would be fun to create a STENCIL from this die cut. So I cut two trees out of white heavy cardstock, and used one for the green tree stencil and one for the red tree stencil. Here’s my card:

It creates a beautiful stencil and I just alternated the colors and the direction of the tree! I added a white heat embossed sentiment from this set on black cardstock and a few clear gem stones to dress it up a bit.

After I was finished with this card, I saw those cardstock stencils and decided to create a card out of them, too! Nothing goes to waste around here! I simply cut around each of those tree stencils (they were already red and green from creating the last card) and added them to a Snowy Sky backdrop.

I added some vellum before adhering the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Holiday Words dies. I hope you were inspired by all the ways you can use this Flourish Tree Inset die!

For more inspiration on the December release products, visit the Our Daily Bread Designs blog here.

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A Forest of Trees

By KariV on December 7, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

There’s something just so serene about looking at a forest of trees. Today I have a few cards to share with you using some new stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs.

My first cards uses the new set called “Seek Me” and I think it is so dreamy. I created some colorful watercolor backgrounds and splattered white ink over the top. I used the larger stamp of the line of trees in the background using gray ink, then I stamped the larger set of three trees in front in a deep black ink.

The sentiment says “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” To me that feels so comforting and I just want to stare at these cards for a while.

My next card uses the stamp set called “Peaceful Wishes.” This is also a dreamy set, and I used some flocking to make snow on those trees:

The sentiment comes with that line on either side of the “and Happy New Year” and I simply extended the lines around the whole picture to create a box around those trees.

The fun flock is so easy to add…just put glue where you want the “snow” to be, and sprinkle on the fun flock. In real life it adds a fuzzy, snowy, dreamy feel.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today. I really enjoyed making them. The trees are so calming and that is perfect for this time of year. But you could really use these trees for any time of year.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Gingerbread Hot Chocolate

By KariV on November 29, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Did you know you can add gingerbread flavoring to your Hot Chocolate at Starbucks? I saw this the other day and I thought…well, that sounds interesting! I haven’t tried it yet, but these cards today are inspired by that idea.

Do you prefer whipped cream in your hot chocolate?

Or do you prefer marshmallows?

I used products from the November Hedgehog Hollow box to make these cards. But I cut the coffee cups from my Silhouette! The cute background paper is from the Limited Edition Christmas Box.

For more information about these cards and the products, visit the Hedgehog Hollow blog here.

Linking up to the SSS Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

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November Release for Our Daily Bread Designs

By KariV on November 1, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello again! I’m sharing some cards using the November 2018 release from Our Daily Bread Designs. This month is filled with poinsettias and ornaments and it is beautiful!

First up is this large poinsettia stamp and die set called “Merry Christmas.” This is my new favorite poinsettia of all time. It is so detailed and large enough to fill an A2 size card!

I love that this set includes the die to cut out that beautiful poinsettia.

The background paper is a part of the new Christmas Paper Pack 2018. I had to create a pink poinsettia just so I could use this dreamy paper featuring the blush colored florals. The banner die is from a previously released set here.

Next is the fun Poinsettia Box stamp. This one is so different from anything I’ve seen. Here I’ve paired it with some die cut florals and a sentiment “Joy” from the new Merry Messages die set.

I hope it makes you think of overflowing joy, like it does me! I love the look of the flowers falling out of the box 🙂

The last card I’m sharing today features the new Retro Ornaments set. I’ve already made a sneak peek card with this set using Copic markers to color them (find it here); and today I’m using the new Retro Ornaments Paper Pack with these fun ornaments.

Don’t these just scream RETRO? Lol. I have so many projects I have in mind with these fun dies.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today. For more inspiration using the November Release and to see the other designers projects, be sure to visit the ODBD Blog here.

Thanks for stopping by!

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