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Shaped Birthday Card & Video Hop

By KariV on March 22, 2023 in Gift Ideas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m creating a Shaped Birthday Card as a part of a GIVEAWAY Video Hop!

Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:
(Please check out all the giveaway information and hop instruction in the video description)

I’m creating a SHAPED card (birthday cake) with an interactive element with that Birthday Cake Chapstick gift!

I created a Rainbow Cake with Vanilla Frosting and a Caramel drizzle:

A Strawberry Cake with real-looking frosting and fresh fruit on top:

And a Chocolate frosted Yellow cake with Chocolate Chip cookie and candle:

To see how I created all these, including the inside of these cards, please see my video! Don’t forget to follow the hashtag and instructions in the video description for the hop!

Congratulations to my friend, Maranda for reaching 10K subscribers!

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!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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I’d Climb Any Mountain

By KariV on September 22, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hi there! Today I’m joining in on the MFT Card Design Superstar challenge for the coloring virtuoso category. I’ve been working on fuzzy hair coloring techniques with colored pencil, so I thought I’d try that out with these polar bears!

But instead of a polar bear, I turned him into a Grizzly bear that hikes! (this cutie is from the Polar Bear Pals stamp set).

This bear has a scarf because it’s cold on the mountain top! He would climb any mountain for you! And doesn’t he look quite fluffy?! He would give the best BEAR HUGS!!

For the background I used the Cloud Stencil from MFT (which is still one of my absolute favorite things in the craft room)! And for the mountain I ripped some paper to make a sort of stencil to create that jagged edge. I added an extra shadow below the bear to show the light is behind him.

He has planted his flag to let you know just how much he loves you! I cut the flag from the fishtail sentiment strips dienamics.

Hope you like this grizzly bear as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by!

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Joyful Monkey

By KariV on September 22, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello again! Today I’m participating in the MFT 2019 Card Design Superstar contest for the Clean & Simple category.

I was inspired by my nephew (who loves monkeys) and creates so much JOY in my life.

I used the Cheeky Monkey set and colored him up in bumblebee colors. Then I created some greenery and flowers using the In Bloom set. I love this set for some easy and beautiful floral arrangements.

Then, I added a JOYFUL sentiment from the Handwritten Holiday Set, which is another favorite of mine. Last, I die cut the panel with the Stitched Rectangle Staxs Dienamics and attached it to a top folding card base.

I hope this card makes you smile, too! Thanks for stopping by!

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Over the Hill Birthday

By KariV on September 22, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m participating in the MFT 2019 Card Design Superstar Contest: Innovation Master.

I had this idea to have some monsters peek out from behind some gravestones using a pull tab for action. It’s the perfect card for an Over the Hill Birthday (one foot in the grave). Lol.

The front of the card…I have a feeling we are being watched!

So first I set it up to have some of the monsters just peeking out from the gravestones….who’s lurking there?!

I set a pull tab mechanism up on a “pivot system” using small brads. I hid the black strip behind the black “grass” that I made with an older die from MFT called Icicle Border. It think it looks like a spookier grass! Lol.

I had to cut off the feet of this monster to make it work!

Poor monster. Sorry I had to cut off your feet.

When you pull on the pull tab, the monsters peek out from behind the gravestones!

Eep! Who’s sneaking around the graveyard?

I colored one side of the monsters darker, so it looks like the moonlight is lighting up one side…It’s a darker “night time” look for these scary monsters. For the gravestones, I used the Distress Marker Spritzer to give them a more stone-like appearance.

But INSIDE the card has a surprise too!

The pink monster POPS UP at you when you open the card!

It’s a great birthday card for an October birthday, don’t you think?!
Thanks for stopping by today, and wish me luck!

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One stamp, Five Polar Bear Valentines!

By KariV on January 11, 2018 in Favorite Things, Paper Crafting, Valentines

These MFT Polar Bears have got to be a new favorite! If you follow me, you already know that I have a soft spot in my heart for bear stamps (of any kind!) so I can make cards for my Dad…it’s become a thing. So yeah, I collect all the bear stamps I can find that I think he might like.

This year, I purchased this set called “Polar Pals” from My Favorite Things. When I got it in the mail, my 3-year-old nephew was with me and when he saw them, he exclaimed “Oh, I love polar bears!” Then he ran off with my stamp set! Lol. So I thought I’d better make a Polar Bear valentine for him.

I ended up making FIVE different valentines, using this stamp set and Stitched Alpha dies as the common theme. Here they are!

This was the card that started it all! I woke up one morning with the idea to have a bunch of Xs and Os in the background (white on white). Yes, I did quite a bit of die cutting that day!

Then, this cutie became one of the “Os” in this card. I colored up all the bears with Copic Markers. It may be hard to see…I used red glitter paper behind the die cut Xs and Os on this card, so it has a glittery pop!

This one HAD to hold up a heart! So, using that same glitter paper, I die cut a heart for him. Added a couple Xs and Os colored with the same Copic colors as his scarf, and put him standing on top of a snowy hill. The stencil background is a favorite of mine from Penny Black. And that frame is a new favorite from Our Daily Bread Designs.

This ice skating bear has got to be one of my favorite images from the bunch. I love it when a stamp set includes great images….so great that you love them all! Here, he is skating on a silver glitter “pond” with trees and snow in the background. I popped up the trees in the forefront so there is some good dimension to this card. Those Copic Colored Xs & Os really pop on the pink inked background!

And of course I had to make a shaker card! The cutest little red heart sequins are inside, along with a Valentine mix of sequins sure to make the recipient smile (I hope)!

I really enjoyed thinking of different ways to make a Valentine card with one stamp set! I hope you enjoyed and got inspired to make some of your own. 🙂

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