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Chocolate Covered Everything!

By KariV on May 22, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello and good day to you! Today I have a delicious chocolatey post for you…well, it’s a CARD so please don’t try to eat this one. Lol.

I’m using supplies from the May Hedgehog Hollow kit, which included these beautiful Waffle Flower images and a die designed from the Hedgehog Hollow creator herself! This is a card that has been in my head ever since I was out of town and as soon as I got home, I created it right away.

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I added a “Chocolate” drizzle to all the sweets and I just love how it turned out:

That “chocolate drizzle” is so fun and shiny that it was difficult to capture it in a photo! But look at that shine! I even added the “chocolate” to the Sweet die cut! (see below for what I used to “make” that chocolate). The cute striped paper is from the March HH subscription box, which is sold out.

Now if you brought me all these treats I might just declare “Well, aren’t you a sweet thing?!” That’s the reason I decided to use this sentiment.

If you haven’t seen the contents of this box, click here to view my unboxing! It’s a fantastic subscription box and I love each of them I’ve received so far!! And here’s the first card I made with the supplies in the box, too!

Another card that has been waiting for creation is this shaker card:

This entire card is a shaker! I embossed some clouds in the background then colored up those cute mice that are included in the box, and added those Pretty Pink Posh sequins from the box! This shaker card really has a fun sound when you shake it!

The sentiment is also included in the box, it’s the new sentiment set also designed by Alexandra! I just love all the options she gives for sentiments! I stamped the first portion in black ink, then the “sprinkles” I stamped using Distress Oxide raspberry ink. The background for the little mice was inked using Distress Oxide ink as well in Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover.

Such fun! I hope your day is full of sprinkles, too. See you next time!

For more information about the Hedgehog Hollow subscription boxes, visit the website here. I love that you can buy just one box if you want, or sign up for the subscription so you don’t miss a thing.

Oh, and if you were looking for how I made the “chocolate drizzle”….I used this pen:
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Sweet wishes

By KariV on May 10, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a Sweet card to share with you…these are all products from the May 2018 Hedgehog Hollow subscription box. These boxes are packed full of amazing goodies, if you haven’t seen them yet click here to take a look!

In this May box is a cute set from Waffle Flower, some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and a ton of other fun supplies to try. But I think I am the most excited to see the FIRST EVER die and stamp set produced by Alexandra of the Hedgehog Hollow! My card today features the new “Sweet” die that is such a good size…it almost fills my entire A2 sized card:

Those mice are the cutest! I die cut the “Sweet” die out of white cardstock and then I used silver embossing powder to make it shine! It reminded me of the old-time ice cream shoppes where they’d serve ice cream in the silver sundae cups. Love that!

For the background, I masked off stripes and ink blended using Distress Inks and Clarity Brushes to get that nice, soft color. I was inspired by the card included in the box for this background, take a look:

The mice were colored with Copics, then adhered to the card. I popped up the cherry and the ice cream sundae with Scotch 3M foam tape. After I took a photo, I decided it needed a “You’re” word added to the card, so it reads “You’re Sweet”….It just finishes the card nicely. 🙂

I hope you enjoyed this sweet ice cream card today! For more information, visit The Hedgehog Hollow.

Have yourself a delicious day!

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Big Bear Halloween Version, 4 ways

By KariV on October 30, 2017 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I have some fun Halloween cards for you using the “Boo” set from Waffle Flower, featuring one of my favorite characters: Big Bear! I use mostly Distress Oxide Inks to create these backgrounds and I really had a lot of fun!

This first one is the simplest to make: just stamp some black stripes for the background, color up your bear and pop him up using Scotch 3M foam tape! (This is my favorite and I buy it in a big roll!) I used the Plaid Play set to stamp these stripes in VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

[Here I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color the bear.] Then, I added the card panel to an orange card base, stamped the “Boo” sentiment in orange marmalade Distress Oxide ink and Voila! A cute Halloween card that didn’t take very long at all!

For the second card, I used the same stamp set, but got a very different look!

Oh, Big Bear, you look very cute with a cape! I just cut a small piece of felt in a “cape-like” shape and attached it to the car front using my favorite glue: Tombow Mono Multi glue. A little black twine tied in a knot makes it look like an official cape. Lol.

For the background, I used Distress Oxide Ink in Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, and Wilted Violet. (These are from the January 2017 Distress Oxide colors). I added some die cut stars in silver glitter paper, and a moon shape and sentiment from the Waffle Flower “Reach for the Stars” set.

I love those ghosts in the corner!

My third card uses Distress Oxide ink in Spiced Marmalade to make a puff of smoke behind Big Bear. I cut my own mask in a smoke shape using Post-It Full Adhesive sheets, then inked on the orange color. Add some sparkly Stickles and White dots to create a magical look.

The background is made with Distress Oxides in Broken China and Faded Jeans colors and splashed with water droplets. I masked the bear first before this ink went on…it’s an *almost* one layer card! The Boo sentiment is heat embossed in white on a black strip of cardstock and adhered to the upper left of the card. I like the black card base for this one.

And my last card is one of my favorites…Big Bear flying over a graveyard!! (This grave stamp set is from My Favorite Things)

The Distress Oxides are wonderful for creating a background like this! I also inked on the gravestones using the Iced Spruce color. To get the granite-like texture on the gravestones, the Distress Spritzer is key! I used a few grey Distress Markers in the spritzer on the gravestones BEFORE I cut them out. Don’t they look cool?

For the stars in the sky, I used one of my favorite colors of Stickles: here. It creates a silvery/gold star in the sky! Just add some dots and they dry to a glittery perfection.

I hope you enjoyed these projects! I’d love to hear if you send out Halloween Cards. I have to say, that I don’t normally send Halloween cards, but when you have stamps as cute as these…now I love to make and send them!

Happy Halloween!

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Merry Making Class Day 2

By KariV on October 12, 2017 in Paper Crafting

Today Jennifer McGuire inspired me in the Online Card Classes Merry Making course. She showed us how to score a heavy weight paper (110# is best) and then stamp on top. It leaves a beautiful white line through the image. Here’s my take:

See those scored lines? I think this looks even more beautiful in real life…but hopefully you can see a little of the lines. I’ll be back tomorrow with another fun project inspired by class!

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Merry Making Class Day 1

By KariV on October 11, 2017 in Paper Crafting

I’m happy to be joining in on the Online Card Classes Merry Making course this month! Today, I was inspired by Kristina Werner. She taught us a bokeh technique using Distress Oxide inks and water. Simple, but so beautiful! Here’s my take on the project:

I just love that little Arctic Fox looking up at the snowy sky! Such a fun card today. Thanks for the inspiration, Kristina! Loving class so far. I’ll be back with more tomorrow!

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