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Learn to Jump

By KariV on September 19, 2016 in Paper Crafting

This sweet card is a one-layer card filled with sheep at sunset. (Sheep at sunset? That sounds delightful)

The “adult sheep” is teaching the “kid sheep” how to be fabulous by jumping. Lol. I had a great time with this card, masking and inking. I hope you like it!

I used distress inks for the background colors, and prismacolor pencils for the sheep. I also added some white gel pen to add a sort of “swoosh” to show the movement of the jumping sheep.

I think the little ones could jump over that fence too, don’t you? Lol.

Enjoy!

Entering (eep!): The MFT Superstar Challenge.

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Just Hanging Around

By KariV on September 16, 2016 in Paper Crafting

I got an opportunity to watercolor the other day. This monkey set from My Favorite Things is perfect for practicing. I pulled out my watercolors (including Tim Holtz Distress markers that I used as watercolor) and got to work.

Those leaves and sentiment are also watercolored. Then I added some Glossy Accents to the “hi” to finish things off.

Joining in the MarkerPop watercolor challenge.
Also joining the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

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Celebration Cake!

By KariV on September 14, 2016 in Paper Crafting

Concord & 9th is celebrating big! And I was the lucky recipient of some giveaway goodies this month.

Another reason to celebrate: they now have a new Challenge Blog (Wherecreativitymeetsc9.com) started by the fabulous Jessica Frost-Ballas. So I thought I would play along in the very first challenge!

The theme is “Celebration.” Here is my celebration cake card for the occasion:

You guys, this cake from the Happy Day set is SO MUCH FUN to watercolor! I knew I wanted to use my very favorite colors (turquoise and yellow) on this card. And I wanted a chocolate cake. Yum. The frosting in between layers is sparkly (is there such thing as a sparkly frosting? I don’t know…but on MY cake there is!)

And I painted on the stripes using a new-to-me method I learned from my Instagram friend, Alba. (Thanks for the tip, friend!) I used a ruler and just painted on those stripes around the cake. (Awesome)!

I used my favorite Sophisticated Script set from Concord & 9th to spell “Enjoy.” I want to make about 100 of these cards in different colors. That’s how delighted I was at stamping and coloring this image.

Happy Birthday, Concord & 9th and Happy Celebration for the new challenge blog!

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Life is Good in a Tiki Hut

By KariV on September 13, 2016 in Paper Crafting

The Lawnscaping Challenge is all about texture this time.

I haven’t used my “Life Is Good” set in a really long time, and I thought that little crab would enjoy some lemonade! I did some masking to make it look like the crab was holding the glass of lemonade. And then I made a “Tiki hut” for the background out of twine I had in my craft room (that’s the texture!)

A little Stickles on that ice cold lemonade makes it look so delicious! I did a little inking around the edges of the wavy paper (with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink).

This card makes me think of Hawaii. It might be time to visit. 😉

Enjoy!

Also linking up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

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Beautiful

By KariV on September 6, 2016 in Paper Crafting

The current Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge is with Concord & 9th! I am loving both these companies lately…and I have a few of their sets. So today I thought I’d see what I could come up with for this challenge.

I used the Beautiful die from Concord and 9th and the Bold Blooms stamp set from Essentials by Ellen.

I was also inspired by Jennifer McGuire to try heat embossing on water droplets!

Yeah, it’s a little crazy and organic, but I think it’s beautiful. Oh, I also silver embossed the sentiment about 3 times to get more dimension. It looks like a nice metal embellishment!

Entering the Ellen Hutson Mix it up Challenge. Thanks for visiting!

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