Julie Ebersole gave a great class at Clean and Simple 4! She made a tri-fold card with a balloon die cut. I wanted to use this idea for my own kind of Valentine card. This is the front… I HAD to add some donuts (I think my hubby might prefer this one over the […]
OCC day 5 — ink patterns
I’m back with another card inspired by Online Card Classes Clean and Simple 4. Today it’s an Ink Pattern created with some washi tape and distress inks. I used a simple pattern for this one, since my sentiment is so large. Those white areas are where the washi was protecting the paper while I had […]
OCC day 4 — Faux Embossing
This faux embossing technique is really beautiful. The idea is, to die cut the words/images in the same color as your card base so it looks like it could be embossing. I love the look. Another great day at Online Card Classes Clean and Simple 4. Can’t wait for tomorrow! May your days be […]
OCC day 3 — Layered Inking
This may very well be my FAVORITE technique so far in Online Card Classes Clean & Simple 4!! Jennifer McGuire always knocks it out of the park! This is an awesome and new-to-me technique called Layered Inking. She inked the background with Hero Arts ink (or Wplus9 or Simon Says Stamp) and then stamped over […]
OCC day 2 — border die cutting
Today was another great day of instruction all about die cutting over at Online Card Classes Clean and Simple 4. I was intrigued by Kristina Werner’s Border Gap Die-Cutting method and so this was the one I chose to try out. I have to admit, when I was making this card it sort of morphed […]
OCC Day 1: Heat Embossing Faux Ceramic Tiles
It’s the first day of Online Card Classes Clean and Simple 4! I love these classes. So much creativity. Today I wanted to try the technique taught by the talented Julie Ebersole — how to make Faux Ceramic tiles with heat embossing. Here’s my take: Since it’s a little rainy today, I was inspired to […]
Merry Christmas Deer
This adorable deer can be found in the “Happy Camper” stamp set by Paper Smooches and I just love him. So I wanted to use him on a Christmas card. I stamped him on kraft paper and then colored him using colored pencils. You can see a bit of shine on their noses and their […]
Squirrel (Home for the Holidays)
One of my favorite card designers, Emily Leiphart, is having a “Squirrel Fest” over at her site and of course I had to play along! The rules are to make a card with a squirrel on it. I did a sort of winter/Christmas theme for this card: This squirrel is extra happy because he has […]
Holiday OCC — Day 6 Coloring
Today was a surprise day for the Holiday 2014 Online Card Class! I was so happy to see it, since I really thought the class was over! I was inspired by Debby Hughes, who showed us some coloring with colored pencils on kraft paper. She is amazing! She heat embossed her image (a poinsettia) in […]
Holiday OCC — Day 5 Tags
I can feel the end of the Holiday Online Card Class getting closer…and I really don’t want it to end! Today I was inspired by Yana Smakula’s tags. She cut out a snowflake on her gift tag and put some red paper behind it. It just so happens, that I had the perfect size snowflake […]
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!
