Hello everyone! I shared the new January Hedgehog Hollow kit with the geometric goodies, and today I have some cards using the OWL and WOLF to share. I watercolored these up using Zig Clean Color Real brush markers using my favorite trick! Embossing powder! Yep…it keeps the colors in the lines! Watch my video below […]
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A Look back at the October Release with Our Daily Bread Designs
Hello! I hope you’ve had a chance to see the entire October Release from Our Daily Bread Designs, because it is fabulous! Today I’m sharing two cards using some of the products. First I had to create a card front using the beautiful Bethlehem dies set. I used the Pierced Ovals dies to create the […]
Fall Card with the October Hedgehog Hollow Box
Hello! Today I’m a guest at the Hedgehog Hollow sharing how I made this fall card using the Ink Road stamps “Octobers.” These were created exclusively for the Hedgehog Hollow and they are beautiful! Head on over to the blog post here to read about how it was created, including the faux wood background panel! […]
Cityscape Cards Two Ways
Hello! Today I am excited to share with you some Cityscape Christmas cards…One is a diorama 3D card and one is an A2 size folding card. Here’s the Diorama card: This is a 3D card that will fold flat to fit into an A6 envelope for mailing! How festive do those skyscrapers look all lit […]
Pockets Galore with the Hedgehog Hollow
Hello! Today I couldn’t stop making pocket cards with the June 2018 Hedgehog Hollow box! I made 5 cards to share today. Yes, FIVE! I just kept on going (and I still have a dozen more ideas for this versatile box)! Even though this is a masculine themed box, there is still potential for feminine […]
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 […]
Merry Making Class Day 2
Today Jennifer McGuire inspired me in the Online Card Classes Merry Making course. She showed us how to score a heavy weight paper (110# is best) and then stamp on top. It leaves a beautiful white line through the image. Here’s my take: See those scored lines? I think this looks even more beautiful in […]
Merry Making Class Day 1
I’m happy to be joining in on the Online Card Classes Merry Making course this month! Today, I was inspired by Kristina Werner. She taught us a bokeh technique using Distress Oxide inks and water. Simple, but so beautiful! Here’s my take on the project: I just love that little Arctic Fox looking up at […]
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!
