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 […]
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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 […]
You are Fabulous
Yes, I think you’re fabulous. And I also thing card-making is fabulous. Put the two together and you have a whole lot of fabulous-ness! Today, my card is inspired by the Ellen Hutson August Pin-Sights Challenge I combined watercolored stamping, a beautiful die, glitter paper, and Nuvo drops to create this Fabulous card. I think […]
Thinking of Ewe
Here’s my last card entry for the MFT Camp Create Bonfire challenge. It’s a single layer card. These cards take patience, and lots of masking. I now think I might officially be crazy because I cut that fencing out of masking paper in order to get that white effect when I sponged on the distress […]
Hey, Friend
This little kitty and bird together are the most unlikely friends…but it works. The kitty has to hang on to the giant balloon in order to say hello to his flying friend. I used multiple sets for this. By Paper Smooches: Chubby Chums, My Peeps, and Happy Camper (for the friend sentiment). Entering the Paper […]
Go Wild
I love these stamps by WPlus9, and I was delighted to use them again for this week’s Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Let’s Go Wild. These cute Wplus9 critters are having a wild party with cupcakes. (That’s about as wild as it gets around here, peeps!) I used distress inks and a MFT stencil for […]
You brighten my cloudy days
This card is inspired by the Neat & Tangled challenge: Little Tangles: Shakers/Sequins I thought I was going to do a shaker card, but when it all started coming together, it turned into this: I used a variety of inks from Simon Says Stamp, matching sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and the Clouds stamps are […]
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!
