I love glitter paper. Yep. I have a whole drawer just dedicated to glitter paper. So when the Holiday Card Class had a day devoted to shimmer and shine, I brought out the glitter! See that red glitter ampersand? It’s my favorite. I played around with some distress markers for the merry word and bright […]
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Stretch Your Dies — Masking & Dry embossing
So this was a fun idea to mask off the shape, then ink in the inside, then dry emboss the dots around the shape. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I loved making this card. I image those balloons are carrying that funny bird away! May your days be filled with sunshine,
Stretch your Dies (day 7) — Alphabet Dies
Jennifer McGuire showed us a great trick for getting alphabet dies all lined up. I was so happy…and I had to give this one a try right away. This one is a birthday card for my sister-in-law (she better not see this until after Wednesday!) I thought this one would make her smile. A […]
Stretch your Dies (day 6) — Inlaid Background using border die
I’m loving this Online Card Class: Stretch your Dies. I don’t have a lot of dies, so this is right up my alley. Today I was impressed with Debby Hughes’ technique of using a border die to make an inlaid background. I used a new die from My Favorite Things to do this. This was […]
Stretch Your Dies (day 4) — Patterned Paper die cutting
So I’m going a bit out of order! I am waiting for some packages to come in so I can finish up some homework. While I wait, I thought I’d just go ahead and post some other cards for class. Today we learned about using a small die cut to enhance patterned paper. Such a […]
OCC day 6 — Tri-fold Card
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 […]
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!
