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You’re the Beary Best

By KariV on February 3, 2024 in Holidays, Paper Crafting, Valentines

Hello! Today I have a Valentine Card to share with a new bear stamp set that I love: You’re the Beary Best!

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Today I colored up these cute images with Prismacolor colored pencils. Watch my video to see my tips for coloring with colored pencils and a blending stump. I just adore these images.

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 sweet project. This is a new part of my collectible BEAR collection! See you soon with another card to share.

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Try this Masking Stencil Idea

By KariV on January 27, 2024 in Holidays, Paper Crafting, Valentines

Hello! Today I have a new Masking Stencil idea for you to try! I am creating a Valentine card with adorable stamps and stencils from Miss Ink Stamps.

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I started out with a stencil that had much white space in between the stencil pattern. Then I used a MASKING stencil in a new way: to mask off the first stencil to be able to add ink to the white space! I hope you will watch the video to see what I mean.

I love this Snail image from the Snail Mail stamp set. Super cute! Today I colored it up in shades of pink and red for my Valentine card.

The love you sentiment features my FAVORITE alphabet die set! I used the placement stencil to line up the sentiment on my card.

I hope you enjoyed! See you soon with more cards and more techniques to share!

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Light Up Toucan Card

By KariV on January 26, 2024 in Holidays, Paper Crafting, Valentines

Hello! Today I have a fun Light Up Toucan Card to share, with a foiled background. This is a fun card and the light just dances off that foil.

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I started out with the NEW ESP (Effortless Shimmer Paper) from Crafty Meraki. This paper is beautiful…and you can use this paper as is OR you can foil it to add some pretty color and shine.

For this background, I used the Cupid’s Canvas Effortless Shimmer Paper and foiled it with some pretty pink foil. When I added the light, it really makes things sing!

I hope you will take a look at the video to see how to add the light EASILY!

Thanks for stopping by today! I’ll be back soon with more cards to share.

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Happy Sparkly New Year

By KariV on January 14, 2024 in Holidays, Paper Crafting

Hello! It’s Kari and today I have a Happy Sparkly New Year shaker card and video to share.

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See how sparkly that Cherry Pie Sparkle Mix is?! So pretty for this New Years sparkle card.

I chose a few of the dog stamp sets available at Heffy Doodle to make this party shaker card come to life!

A Lot of Happy stencil for the background inking is perfect for this card. It’s going to be a very HAPPY new year!

I hope you enjoyed this card share today. I wish you a very Sparkly and very Happy New Year!

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Shake It Up!

By KariV on January 12, 2024 in Holidays, Paper Crafting, Valentines

Hello…it’s a New Year so Let’s Shake It Up!! Today I have a mini slimline shaker card to share, with a bonus card. Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

This first card is the shaker card…and I colored up those yummy cupcakes with Copic Markers. I just love this cupcake set!! I colored THREE cupcakes, and didn’t have space for all of them on this shaker card, so since I had the cut out of the HUGS as well, I made a second card.

How good does that chocolate look on this cupcake with the whipped topping?! I love a fancy cupcake. I have loved using all these products today! I hope you will watch the video to see the process of putting these cards together.