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Make the Card Challenge #10

By KariV on March 29, 2021 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m participating in the Make the Card Challenge #10. It is a color challenge this time of purple, pink, teal, and lime!

Now, you probably think that I would make an Easter card….and that’s what I thought I would do, too! But I am surprising us ALL with this beautiful cupcake card:

I made a strawberry cupcake (PINK), with a (TEAL) cupcake liner, added some (PURPLE) frosting with a blackberry, and a slice of lime (LIME)! What a bright and fun cupcake, right?

I’m imagining there is a lime filling also. YUM! This could be an Easter cupcake, really…with all those spring colors.

I stamped this beautiful cupcake onto Bristol Smooth cardstock so I could use my Zigs to color it. I love these markers, so easy to blend on this smooth cardstock. I used these colors and a waterbrush to blend them out:

Cupcake: 200 S.Almond Pink, 230 Pale Rose, 026 Light Pink, 027 Dark Pink
Liner: 036 Light Blue, 042 Turquoise Green
Frosting & Blackberry: 803 English Lavender, 080 Violet, 084 Deep Violet, 027 Dark Pink
Lime: 041 Light Green, 045 Pale Green, 047 May Green, 051 Lemon Yellow

To finish it off, I added some Lavender cardstock as the frame and some pink enamel dots!

If you’d like to see just how EASY this is to watercolor, check out my video here:

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!

Check out the challenge and see all the details about participating yourself HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

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For Mom

By KariV on May 4, 2020 in Holidays, Mother's Day, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m sharing a project I’ve been working on for a while as a part of my AECP certification. I took a course from Nina Marie Trapini called “Polychromatic.” And, since mother’s day is coming right up, I thought I’d combine these ideas!

Part of the challenge was to color an image with a light or similar color ink to the image you are coloring. So I stamped out my images with a very light pink ink (rose blush from Altenew), then I colored them up with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in pinks, reds, yellows and oranges.

It’s almost like no-line coloring! I think they turned out so nice. I used bristol smooth paper to stamp the images, then cut them out.

I had plenty of images to create two cards. I used the sentiment from the same set (masking off a portion so I only used “I appreciate you”) and added a mom sentiment that was heat embossed in gold and blue sparkle embossing powders.

Gold embossing powder with gold splatters

I inked up this background using a die cut as a stencil…this adds a bit of geometric to the floral card.

For this second card, I taped off the background using post-it tape and inked on a soft blue stripe. Gold splatters add a happy touch. I was inspired by the stripes and colors of the current Altenew Challenge so I will also enter this in the challenge for the month. See the beautiful blues, yellows and oranges?!

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! Have you made some mother’s day cards yet?

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Lots of Color For Your Day

By KariV on April 18, 2020 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am sharing a project for AECP inspired by the class called “Color Your Day” taught by Therese Calvird.

I was really inspired by day 5, where Therese talked about all the ways your coloring can look different…depending upon what medium you used, what ink you used, or what embossing you used. So I thought I’d give it a try!

I inked up one of my favorite flowers from the Wonderland Stamp set in a variety of ink & embossing powders. One in clear embossing powder, one in white, and one in black embossing…then I watercolored them with Zigs. Then I also inked one with Amalgam ink to color with Copics. Can you guess which one is which?

This was an interesting color study, as different mediums and different inks really make a difference in the way the cards look.

Watercolored cards with Clear embossing, white embossing, and black embossing

I do think they have a different feeling, and I chose similar colors and coloring techniques to make them as similar as I could.

I used the same sentiments on all of them also, using some greys and black inks. (I thought the lighter cards needed a softer color sentiment, so I used gray ink).

I used a light blue color around each of the flowers to make it stand out more. I love the differences in these, and it was quite a fun study of color/mediums for cards.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! Give it a try to see how your cards have a different feel with different mediums & embossing powders. It’s a fun exercise!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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It’s All About the Details

By KariV on March 23, 2020 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am excited to share a video about adding fun details to a card. I first colored up my image on bristol paper using Zigs, then I added a bunch of extra details. This detail work is fun and EASY, and it adds quite a bit of interest to an otherwise fairly simple card.

I love this butterfly image…and those sentiments are ALL really good, too. Perfect for a time like this!

See all that fun detail work?! I love it. Watch the video below or in HD on YouTube:

I used four kinds of detail-adding elements: a white gel pen, a Copic multi-liner, Nuvo Jewel drops (translucent), and Zig marker. These are all great ways to add DOTS to your cards. Be sure to watch the video for the details.

Adding this kind of detail is something to try at home and see what you like! I can’t wait to see what you create.

Want to know a secret? That background was not going to be a stormy background. It was going to be a bright, watercolored background. But it morphed into this stormy background, with that angel butterfly staying calm amidst it all! We can all learn from this bright butterfly.

I hope you enjoyed this project today! See you real soon with another card to share.

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Beautiful Anemone

By KariV on February 21, 2020 in Paper Crafting

Hello, friends! Today I’m sharing a project that I have wanted to try for a while and I finally did! This card was inspired by the “Beautiful Details” class at Altenew Academy. This class is taught by Marika Rahtu and she is an inspiration! In one of the lessons, she stamped with Zigs on watercolor paper and added details with the same Zigs.

I was so in love that I wanted to try it myself. I love the way it turned out! Now, I know I need more practice, but I did take my time and spent quite a bit of effort….what do you think?

I only used four colors of Zigs for this project: Gray Tint, Gray Brown, Light Blue, and Shadow Mauve. I stamped the flower using the Shadow Mauve (I colored directly onto the stamp, then stamped it down using the Misti). Then I added details with the same color and then the light blue color.

For the center and the leaves, I used the Gray Tint and the Gray Brown. This took me some time as I kept adding layers and blending them out with my water brush.

I used the Wavy Grid stencil to add a subtle design to the background of the card. Then I popped up the flower with two layers of 3M foam tape, and the leaves with one layer of foam tape.