Hello! Today I have the cutest Snail Mail to share….delivered by snails! This new set is from Trinity Stamps and I just adore this little guy. He’s called Mr. Snailman and in this card I made him “Valentine snail”….notice his colors. The heart confetti is called “Skip-A-Beat” (eep…that’s too cute!) and it’s also available today. […]
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You are acute One
Hi again! Today I’m up on the Hedgehog Hollow blog with a cute Geometric Butterfly card. The sentiment on this card has me laughing…”You really are acute one.” It’s kinda a play on words about those triangles! The butterfly is actually two layers: And I created the background just using post-it tape and distress ink. […]
3 Ways to use a Silhouette Stamp – Sister cards
Hello! Today I am excited to share with you 3 Ways to Use a Silhouette Stamp using the set “Sister Time” by Our Daily Bread Designs. I have my absolute favorite go-to for using silhouette stamps, and that is to Distress Ink the background, then stamp over it in black ink. But today I have […]
Cards for Brother
Hello! Today I am featuring the new “Brother In Christ” stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs. If you have been following me, you know that I don’t make a lot of masculine cards and so this was a fun challenge for me. The first card was one I knew I wanted to make just […]
You Are Mermazing
Oh, how I love mermaids. My sister & I used to watch the Little Mermaid all the time when we were kids. But we would watch an animated version of the movie, Marina was the mermaid’s name and the little fish’s name was Fritz, instead of Flounder. I think it is the one based on […]
Day 5: a Rainbow Burst Sky
I absolutely adored a card made by Jennifer McGuire in Rainbow Maker class today. I didn’t have any glitter embossing paste like she used, so instead I used a sparkly embossing powder. After I finished the rainbow background, I couldn’t bear to cover up the gorgeousness so I used vellum for my images. You can […]
Day 4: Watercolor Smooshing
Today was a great day for the Rainbow Maker Class! I wanted to make every single card that was taught, and I probably still will. But for now I have an Ink Smooshing card inspired by Laura Bassen. I heat embossed the sentiment (from Reverse Confetti) with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. It is difficult […]
Day 3: Rainbow Die Cuts (Part 5)
Well, I couldn’t resist. I had so much fun on Day 3 of Rainbow Maker and I had to make ANOTHER card (or two!) Lol. This time I was inspired by May Park and I made this card using a Neat & Tangled die: Of course, when I made it, I had a separate piece […]
Rainbow Maker: Hugs Sequin Card
I was inspired by Laura Bassen (and Jennifer McGuire) to make this card: It may not look like it, but there are over 200 sequins (4 mm) on this card, each placed one-by-one! This was definitely a labor of love. I think it was worth it, don’t you? Loving this class so far. May your […]
Comparing Distress Ink & Distress Oxides: Watercoloring
[This is the second in a series of comparing Distress Ink vs. Distress Oxides. See the Blending comparison here.] The next question I had was: “Can you watercolor with the new Distress Oxide inks?” And, since it’s the end of shark week, I used sharks as my subject. I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper and […]
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!
