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Stamptember! Spooky & Mice

By KariV on September 13, 2023 in Halloween, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m excited to share my Special Edition Halloween Card video for Stamptember! Featuring the Spooky & Mice stamp set Whimsy collaboration!

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Just how cute are these costumed critters?! I did quite a bit of masking to create this card, but I think the results are worth it. Check out my video for all the details and fun!

There was one image in the stamp set I didn’t use for my card today, but don’t worry..I have a new card idea just for that image!

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 enjoyed this project today! I’ll be back with even more Halloween cards to share!

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Going Batty: Halloween Card Series

By KariV on August 21, 2023 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am excited to introduce my Halloween Card Series for 2023. I have a fun set of cards to share with 2 ways to create bats for your cards.

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These bats are the cutest bat dies, with crazy eyes you can color up any color you want. I used Purple, Green and red eyes for one card, and black eyes for the other card.

Card 1: Batty Grave

This card was so fun to make: with Mica Spray, Ink, Dies, and ink blending! I share the how-to in the video.

I popped up those bats with foam tape so there’s some great dimension on this card. That green ink really makes it look like a “green glow” and I think it’s so spooky!

2. Slimy Cave

This card uses a little more coloring to add some detail to those bats and the green slime. But don’t worry…it’s really easy and I show you exactly how in my video!

I die cut the “EEK” with green glitter paper and the shadows with cream and purple cardstock. This sentiment really shines!!

Did you notice all the beady little eyes looking at you from the background?!? Oooooh…there’s some more bats, or even something creepier in the background.

I hope you enjoy my Halloween Card Series! Hurry on back for more cards…I’ll be sharing soon!

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Coloring Unicorn Hair

By KariV on August 13, 2023 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m coloring unicorn hair and sharing all my tricks in my latest video. These unicorns deserved a day at the beach…you can see they are having a great time!

Watch my video below or in HD on YouTube to learn: How to color unicorn hair, how to make a beach scene, how to create fluffy clouds using a brilliant stencil design.

Just how happy are these unicorns because they took a beach day!? LOL. I think I need a beach day!

I started by putting together our beach cabin…and made the wood to look a little weathered with my coloring. Then I colored up those unicorn…don’t they look just magical?

For the background I used a variety of stencils. These stencils are a BRILLIANT design and allow you to put your cardstock right inside to get lots of multiple looks! You definitely need to check out my video to see what I am talking about.

I really love how this card came together. I hope you enjoy!

I’ll be back soon with more cards and videos to share!

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Easy Watercoloring

By KariV on August 12, 2023 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a card with Easy Watercoloring. I love to watercolor, and I love it even more when it’s EASY. This technique is so fun to do and you can do this even if you aren’t a professional watercolorist!

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I have some tips for easy watercoloring, today I am using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, so these tips will be for having great success using those watercolor markers.

Choose Bristol Smooth cardstock. This cardstock allows the Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to blend smoothly with a waterbrush!
Heat emboss your image. Here I stamped using black ink (Versafine Onyx Black) and then used some clear embossing powder over the top. This will keep the watercolor inside these embossed areas!
Choose 2 or three colors to blend and use a waterbrush in the lightest color first to blend into the darker color(s). It makes a beautiful blend

I used a gorgeous stencil (Latte Lace) for the background, using only TWO ink colors. I blended the Tumbled Glass and Squeezed Lemonade Distress inks together and they created a beautiful green.

The frames are from the Oh Happy Day die set. There are so many great options in this set! That’s where the sentiment came from also.

Watch the video above to see how this all came together!

I really love a calm watercoloring session, especially when it’s THIS EASY! I hope you enjoyed this project today. I’ll be back with more cards to share soon!

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Magical Castle Card

By KariV on July 22, 2023 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I have a Magical Castle card to share today, with a video! These are fun products from Miss Ink Stamps that I really love creating with.

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I have to admit, this was a really fun card for me to create. I love the Majestic Arch stencil, which includes two sizes of archways AND the masks are also included! That allows you to do fun techniques like ink the arch, add the mask and another stencil (in this case the Cobblestone stencil) to add around the edges! Check out the video to see just what I am talking about here.

While the mask arch was on, and the Cobblestone stencil was on, I added a Mica Spray for those splatters! It added some fun texture and shine to the castle walls.

I heat embossed that sentiment with white embossing powder…what a fun sentiment! I know many people I could send this to…LOL.

Both frames are from one die set from Miss Ink Stamps. I just love that there is an alphabet die AND multiple frames in one set to choose from. I didn’t use the alphabet die set this time, but you could certainly add your own custom sentiment using the alpha dies.