KariV | Sunshine in my pocket

The Little Helpers

August 8, 2018 Paper Crafting

Hello! Today was back to school for many here in Arizona. Since I don’t have any littles at home anymore, I was inspired to create a card for “Back to Creating!”

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Here I use some of my very favorite recent sets to create this fun scene:

I used distress Oxides in the background and created some big water drops. I don’t usually add those water drops, but I felt like this card called for it!

The little fairies are from The Greeting Farm, and the paintbrushes are from Waffle Flower. Aren’t they the cutest? I do not have the dies for those fairies, so I just fussy cut them. I colored all the images with Copic markers. The Yippee sentiment can be found here.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

With Love Hedgehogs

August 2, 2018 Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have my first project to share using the August 2018 Hedgehog Hollow subscription box. This box is full of cute hedgehogs and a Global Love set that I know you will just love. If you haven’t seen what’s included in this box, see my unboxing video below.

But first, here is my card where I created a one-layer masked Hedgehog grouping all wanting to say hello!

Aren’t they cute!?! At first I wanted to make this card because of Alexandra, the creator of the Hedgehog Hollow boxes…she has 2 girls and they call themselves “the Prickle” (of hedgehogs). But I needed FIVE hedgehogs to make my card grouping look correct…so one of them could be gramps or grandma! Lol. (What do you say, Alexandra?!)

Just look at these cuties:

I colored them up using Copics in E50, E31, E27 and added R20 for the rosy cheeks! They are such a happy family. I colored up the envelope using some Cool Greys and added a glittery heart. The yellow heart paper accent is from last month’s Sunny Studio box…I love those papers!

I used the small flower images in the background, heat embossed in white so as to resist the background blue Distress Ink color.

I hope you enjoyed this project today! Below is the unboxing video…take a look here or on YouTube:

And for more information about these boxes, or to order your very own, go to The Hedgehog Hollow shop and check them out! I love these boxes and always look forward to seeing what company products she has in store for us!

May your days be filled with sunshine,

August Release with Our Daily Bread Designs

August 1, 2018 Paper Crafting

Hello and welcome to a preview of some of the August new release items for Our Daily Bread Designs! This release is a beautiful assortment of get well wishes and products to show gratitude for our dentists, nurses, doctors, and such. I have a few projects to share highlighting some of the new release!

First is this unique set called King of My Heart. It is a stamp AND die set, with lots of great sentiments.

The die is that unique heartbeat…and here I cut it with black paper, and then dry embossed it multiple times over the white background. The stethoscope is a separate die, which I cut and colored with copics. If you know a nurse or doctor, this set is perfect!

Next is another great die…it’s called Bandages, and there are a variety of sizes and shapes to choose from. I am showing just one of the bandages, which I cut out of white paper and then colored with Copics in E30, E31, and E33. I added a glitter heart that I cut with the King Of My Heart die. I used the Lever Card die (from a previous release) to make a fun, interactive card for this one.

and here’s the inside:

The Get Well Soon sentiment is just the right size!

My last card today showcases the new Happy Smiles Stamp/Die duo set and Doctor Bag die. I am absolutely in love with these sets! Just look how cute that little smiling tooth is holding his toothbrush!!

I used the Sunburst Background die to create a stencil on the background with Distress Oxide ink in Salty Ocean. I used Copics on the tooth and to add some shadowing on the Doctor’s Bag.

For more inspiration and to see the whole release, be sure to visit the Our Daily Bread Design New Release blog post here and take a look at all the designer’s projects!

I hope you enjoyed a small look at some of these new products. I’ll have more to share next week!

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Be a Mermaid

July 31, 2018 Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m stopping by to share a card I created using the new Ellen Hutson Mermaid stamp set! I absolutely fell in love with the sentiments and that mermaid tail.

Here I heat embossed them with silver embossing powder on Bristol smooth paper. Then I colored them all up using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. These watercolor markers are so fun to use and so easy to blend.

I used the MFT cloud stencil for the sky, and the Lawn Fawn waves dies for the ocean. That sand embossing powder is from Emerald Creek and is one of my new favorite embossing powders!! It has so much real texture. Love it.

I know I will have many, many more cards to make with this Mermaid set! Thanks so much for stopping by.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Quilts Have Feelings Too…

July 27, 2018 Paper Crafting

Hello! Let me just explain that blog title! When you make a quilt, the colors and styles of the fabric (or paper) give the quilt a certain feeling. So today I am going to show you three very different quilts that evoke different feelings…

This first one reminded me of hunting (or safari) so I decided to use some die cuts in black to add the details. Some deer and trees make for a great hunting feel! Then I added some embroidery floss in green and attached it to the needle from the Sewing Kit die…that needle was die cut from some silver foil paper.

Now compare the feeling of that quilt to this next quilt card:

This one is definitely brighter and very happy! I love the vibrant colors of these papers from this pack. The flower is the Aster die and I added the new Hugs die with a green shadow to match the leaves. I added some color to the flower with Distress Oxide inks and a finger dauber.

And my last quilted card to share is using these dies to create those Quilted Squares.

I used different papers from this paper pad to add a pop, and the Lattice Background die to emboss the background. The sentiment is heat embossed in white on a black background and is from the Walk By Faith stamp/die duo.

I really love all the looks you can get from these sets! The first one is definitely more of a masculine feeling, don’t you think? Hope you enjoyed a look at these projects today!

May your days be filled with sunshine,