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 […]
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Merry Making Class Day 4
I’m back with a great card using all die cuts, inspired by Nichol Spohr! Ok, ok, there is ONE stamp on this card: the greeting! But other than that, this is mostly die cuts colored up with some Distress Inks. I love how it turned out! These are some new stamps and dies from Right […]
Flowers Everywhere
If you asked me a favorite place to be in all the places you could ever be….I would say in a field of flowers. I feel so peaceful with flowers all around. In fact, a favorite place to visit is the Flower Fields in California (in April or May). It it just amazing!! (Read my […]
Hey, Sexy Lady
Ok, so who wouldn’t love to get this as a birthday card? This Mama Elephant sentiment just cracks me up and I KNEW I had to use it along with one of their adorable panda bears. That is one cute dancing panda! I just can’t even stop grinning. I’m just loving their products right […]
SS2 Day 8 — Watercoloring with geometric stamps
Since I had a die cut of the word “Celebrate” already cut out, I thought I’d better use it for something! So I colored it pink and used the watercolor idea from Taheerah Atchia in Stretch Your Stamps 2 online card classes. It turned out a little “messier” and “splotchy” than I liked, so I […]
Stretch Your Stamps 2 — Day 6
I was completely mesmerized by Donna Mikasa’s water painting technique and that’s the first one I tried my hand at. I had some fun with this one, although I think I could use a little more practice! I used distress inks to bring in the color (picked raspberry, orange marmalade, mustard seed) and then […]
Stretch Your Stamps Day 3 — Stamped die cuts
This online card class is so much fun! I’m loving how to learn to “Stretch Your Stamps” and today I was inspired by Debby Hughes. She is a master at clean and simple, and I think my card turned into a little bit more…it actually may be a mix between Debby’s class and Stephanie Klauck’s […]
Stretch Your Stamps — Day 2 Ombre Backgrounds
I just love the Ombre look and Laura Sterckx hit it out of the park with her demo class in Day 2 of Stretch Your Stamps 2! Here’s my take: I had a lot of fun with this one! I only have a few colors of distress ink, so I tried to get them to […]
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!
