And this dog makes me smile every time! I did some inking, coloring with prismacolor and glittering. Here’s my card: This stamp set is from My Favorite Things. So cute, right? I was inspired by fall colors for this one! Entering: My Favorite Things Card Challenge (sketch challenge) & Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. May […]
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Learn to Jump
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 […]
Just Hanging Around
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” […]
Celebration Cake!
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 […]
Life is Good in a Tiki Hut
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 […]
Beautiful
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 […]
So Blessed
I’m using a darling stamp set by My Favorite Things called ‘Best Friends.’ I was inspired to create this card from the current MFT Color Challenge here. I paper pieced the dress, adding extra glitter and foam tape to the bottom of the dress (to make it more frilly!) I also paper pieced the dog’s […]
Hoppy Birthday
I can’t believe I have never used this Argyle stamp set from Lawn Fawn. It is so much fun to stamp, and it’s so cute! The inks I used are Simon Says Stamp in Fog and Audrey Blue. Then I took that blue ink and splattered some ink splotches on the background, making sure I […]
Have a beary amazing day
Nearly every time I make a card for my Dad, I use a different bear image. Today, I’m using the Lawn Fawn Dad set for the first time. I used my Akayashi Sai watercolor markers to color the bear, and some mustard seed distress ink to give a little color to the background. I love […]
I like you more than I like bananas
Today I saw this little monkey on my desk and I knew he needed to be made into a card. A shaker card with lots of bananas! I heat embossed the bananas on some watercolor cardstock. Then I watercolored with Akayashi Sai watercolor markers and used the MFT Cheeky Monkey stamp set. Finished it off […]
Hi I'm Kari. I'm a creator, a card maker, and a day maker! I am Lucky in love to a supportive husband, blessed to raise 3 kids (all moved away now!), and happy to be watched over by 2 dogs. I originally started this blog to remind me to be happy amid adversity, and I hope it inspires you, too!
