Happy 4th of July to all my friends in America! It is a beautiful day to celebrate and today my little Paper Smooches monster wanted to get in on the fun. So this card was born: I used my distress inks and distress markers to watercolor. You may not be able to tell in this […]
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A study in Alligators and Distress Marker Practice
These Distress Markers are amazing and I’ve been learning some new techniques using water with them. I started out with a butterfly and three different colors: Then I graduated up to an Alligator from Paper Smooches! I’ve been excited to ink this guy up. And what started as a Study in Alligators practice sheet, turned […]
Benny-Saurus
Today we celebrated my nephew’s first birthday. We found a giant dinosaur stuffed animal for him and I just HAD to make a tag to match. Of course, I pulled out my Cuteasaurus stamp set from Paper Smooches (one of my favorites!) The snail and tree stump is from Forest Whimsy and balloons are from […]
Hello glitter
I don’t like glitter. Really. I love how it looks, but I hate the mess! So I found some great replacements that I’m loving right now: glitter paper and glitter tape! I couldn’t resist this extra whale I had sitting around for practice, so I turned it into a quick card. It’s kinda fun to […]
Where would I be?
Hello again! I have another fun card to share today using a new die from Lawn Fawn, their speech bubble die. This is such a neat die to use because the speech bubble is large enough to cover the top of a card front. I love it! That little owl is one of my favorites […]
Huge Thanks!
This is my second card I created for the Paper Smooches Picture Perfect Challenge. I discarded this background for the first card I created, but I couldn’t let it go to waste! So that’s how this adorable whale made it’s way onto this card. This little whale (from the Surf and Turf set) is embossed […]
Zebra & Giraffe card
Hello there! I recently purchased “Zoo Crew” from Paper Smooches and I just love that little zebra. He was the first one I wanted to ink up from this set. But last minute I added the cute giraffe so he’d have a friend. I created this for the Paper Smooches Picture Perfect challenge and originally […]
When the Moon hits your eye like a big Pizza Pie…
I just couldn’t resist making this card! It’s another for the Paper Smooches Designer Drafts challenge and this just hit my funny bone. You know that song, right? “When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie, That’s Amore!” And that’s how this card was dreamed up. Ha, ha! I don’t have a […]
Enchanted Mushroom Villa card
So for Memorial Day I made a card. You’d think it would be patriotic or red, white, and blue…but instead it turned into this Enchanted Mushroom Villa. No relation to Memorial Day!! That’s because I’m playing along with the Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge. Here’s the challenge designer draft: My first thoughts were to design […]
Sweet Bear card
I’ve been playing around with watercolors this week. I just received a new Paper Smooches stamp set in the mail…and I had to watercolor that bear! This one is a grizzly bear and he has stolen some poor camper’s marshmallows. I’ve found that I LOVE to watercolor with distress inks. The ink pads, that is, […]
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!
