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Beautiful Spring Butterflies

By KariV on April 18, 2023 in Holidays, Mother's Day, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have some Beautiful Spring Butterflies to share…with cards 3 ways! I love it when you can stretch your dies in this way…and I still have more ideas for this die set. I fell in love with it even more when I started working with it.

Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

This die has so many possibilities! It’s an A7 size (so quite large!) and here I have created a Pop-Up Stand card, an A2 card with the butterfly “Flying off the card”, and a shaped card. I love that it is large enough to create a shaped card on it’s own!

For this card I used an alcohol inked panel for the background. I think it has just enough interest but not so much that it takes away from that gorgeous butterfly. I added gems and liquid pearls to embellish it.

Here is the shaped card! I just love a shaped card, don’t you?

And here is the pop-up pedestal card! Oh this is such a great design…if you add a rubberband to the center of the pedestal, it will “pop-up” every time. You can put this in an envelope because it folds completely flat, and then when you take it out of the envelope it will pop up into shape! Watch the video to see exactly what I mean.

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! I hope you loved these projects like I do!

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Birds and Birdhouse Pop-Up Cards

By KariV on April 4, 2023 in Easter, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have the brightest Spring Birds and Pop-Up Birdhouse Cards to share. I really fell in love with these birds and I couldn’t stop making colorful birds (patterned after REAL birds)!

I made so many birds and card samples, that I separate them into TWO videos! Watch them below or in HD on YouTube:

Just how cute are these birds?! I really loved to make them and I share a tip for choosing colors and creating your OWN in my video.

I love the little chubby birds and the smaller birds! And there’s a die for Blue Jays, too! Of course I couldn’t stop at just Blue Jays, I made two variations on that bird including a woodpecker.

In the second video I share how to make these pop-up birdhouses! The one on the left is completely foldable and fits in an envelope to mail if you want. The yellow one is more of a decor piece….and I’m using it for a place setting for Easter!

EVEN MORE CARDS!
I also share an A2 shaped card and another A2 card idea using this same die! I love it when you can stretch your dies like this.

I hope you enjoyed all these projects today! Thanks for stopping by!

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Spring Cards with a Stencil Technique

By KariV on March 25, 2023 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have some Spring Cards to share with a fun stencil technique.

Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

This technique works best when you have a stencil with a lot of larger areas, and a second stencil with a smaller design. For both cards I used the SAME stamp set…Punny Farm Goats from Miss Ink Stamps.

I love the chicken and chicks in this stamp set, AND it also has the cutest goats to choose from! I hope you will watch the video to see how to do this technique.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Adding Texture to a Stenciled Image

By KariV on February 14, 2022 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m over at the Hedgehog Hollow blog sharing a technique for adding a texture look to a stenciled image. I have combined product from the February 2022 Hedgehog Hollow Kit for this card, and it was so fun to create!

I created a video for you, watch below or in HD on YouTube:

Such a fun kit! Remember, if you want this month’s kit you must order before the 15th of the month, otherwise you will get NEXT month’s kit.

Read all the details over at the Hedgehog Hollow blog HERE.
See you soon with more cards!

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Spring Birdhouses

By KariV on March 30, 2021 in Holidays, Mother's Day, Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m so happy to share these Spring Birdhouses with you today. These can be made into slimline cards OR Pop-up cards and I’m going to show you how easy they are to make! Of course, once I started making them I just had to make a rainbow of birdhouses. (That’s the logical thing to do, right?!)

I have a video showing how to put these together and how to make both the card AND Pop-up card. I love them both…and you can stand them up to make a Spring decor piece, too! Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

For most of these birdhouses, I used the Woodgrain die cut…but sometimes I only EMBOSSED that woodgrain into the paper. It really creates a great look and it’s a bit of a variation from the die cut itself.

See that woodgrain embossed on this purple card? It is my new favorite background! I added some Layered Daisies dies on this one and the You Are Beautiful medallion, which is an incentive die when you purchase a qualifying amount at the Scrappy Tails shop.

The Mother’s Day sentiment dies are also among my favorites and I used them on these cards:

Left to right: embossed woodgrain background, White woodgrain die on cream cardstock, kraft woodgrain die on cream cardstock.

I love all the variety you can get with these Birdhouses and the Woodgrain background. Imagine all the colors you could die cut these from, OR emboss multiple colors of cardstock! I just couldn’t stop with these birdhouses!

The hummingbirds are from the Mama Birds Stamp set, and the other colorful birds are from the Spring Birds stamp set. I’ve listed and linked them all below if you want to check them out.

All the flowers used in all these cards are from the Layered Daisies dies. I love these because there are such a variety of flowers. You get some front facing flowers like the ones on the pink card, and some reaching up to the sun like the ones on the orange card! So many to choose from.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! I sure loved making them. Check out the video for more details on how to put these together and make them stand up! Thanks for stopping by.

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