Holiday Card Series Wrap Up ( and apology)

Hi friends!  Today I have my final card to share for my Holiday Card Series!  OK- so that brings me to my apology.  I have failed at getting posts up for every card during this series, and that wasn't my intention.  I was so focused on getting them created, filmed, edited and uploaded to Youtube, that I clearly neglected my blog readers ( how ever many there are ) too.  My sincere apology for that.  I will be transparent with you that by the time I had the video all ready to go, I was too lazy to write up the blog post for them too!!

Well - what I am going to do is insert a link to the playlist, and you can pick and choose to see what ever card tutorial from the series.  I also have a photo to share with ALL of the cards so you can see those as well if you are not interested in watching the video.  I know some just like to look at the photo of the card to get the inspiration!  And, that is what I strive to do - give inspiration.

So - before I get to all that - I will share individually with you the 12th card in this series!

For my focal point, I used the Lil Inker Design Christmas Word Tree Die, and I love it!  I have several ideas on how to use this die, but this is what I zeroed in on today.  I, of course chose traditional colors, but I bumped up the look with glitter paper and glitter embossing powder to give extra shimmer and shine.

I wanted the die cut to stand out, so I cut it out twice with white card stock and once with black, and adhered them together with Distress Collage Medium ( new to me adhesive).  

For the inside I die cut a piece of Pure Poppy Card stock with my circle die from sizzix and stamped my sentiment from the SSS Inside Holiday Greetings with Versafine Black ink.

For all of the supplies for this card - they will linked below in case you are interested.  

Here is the LINK to the entire playlist of all 12 videos if interested!

And, here is a look at all of the cards created for this series! 

Thank you for watching and commenting on the videos and reading the posts ( when I posted ) and again I am so sorry for slacking on the posts.  I hope to do better next year!

Rainbow Birthday Balloon Square Card

hello!!  I wanted to share with you a fun colorful card I made using the Birthday Balloons Stamp set as well as the Big Scripty Greetings stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.  I stamped all of my balloons using Lawn Fawn inks!  Absolutely LOVE these inks!!  They are great for beginner stampers as well!!

For my background I used the new MFT Balloon String BG stamp and inked it up using Hero Arts Wet Cement ink - I didn't want to use a black....I felt it would be too much for the background, and I really wanted to have the balloons stay the "star of the show" if you will!

Once all my stamping was complete, I adhered my panel that I die cut using the Stitched Square die from Lawn Fawn and placed that onto my 5 x 5 inch card base. To finish up my card, I added some Clear Wink of Stella brush pen!!

Here's a close up of all that beautiful shimmer!

Below is my video tutorial of how I put this card together!!
Thanks for stopping by!!

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Square Shaker Card + Video!

Good Afternoon!!  Today, I am bringing you a shaker card tutorial.  I love shakers - they are so much fun, and the possibilities are endless when it comes to making them, and what you can put in them.  No wonder they are so popular.  For my card today I am using Mama Elephant's Sunny Skies stamp set as well as sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.  I recently picked up some of the new iridescent colors that Paulina has in her shop!

I started out by die cutting a piece of my favorite white card stock and a piece of the Sea Glass Card Stock from Simon Says Stamp using one of the frames from the Small Stitched Square die set from Lawn Fawn, and then I used the coordinating balloon die from the Sunny Skies set, and die cut two balloons from my white panel to create my window panel for my shaker.  I, then stamped onto my Sea Glass card stock the balloons from the stamp set using Lemon Yellow ink, and Raspberry Jam ink, both from Hero Arts.  I stamped the basket from the stamp set and the sentiment 'Sunny Skies Ahead'  onto my white window panel.  I then adhered a die cut piece of acetate to the back of my white panel to complete the window panel.  Then, I covered the back of the panel with foam adhesive before adding some fun sequins. 

I added the Sunshine Glow and Strawberry Burst Iridescent sequins to my windows, and then I removed my foam adhesive backing papers to expose the stick side, and then I adhered my stamped panel.  Success!  Time to give it a few shakes!   To finish the card, I die cut another piece of Sea Glass card stock with another square frame and adhered that to a 5x5 white card base.

If you are interested in seeing how this one came together - I have the how to video below.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Kari

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You Make....

It's the weekend!!  YAY!  Even better than that - it is the start of my vacation to relax and do something else besides work!!  :)

Today - I am here to share a card with you that I made using the Simon Says Stamp set Card Exchanging Friends.

I also used the new ink In Colors for 2013-2015 from SU!  So pretty - these colors together are so yummy!!  So up my alley!!  I stamped out one of the banners from the stamp set several times - and I used Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Baked Brown Sugar, and back to Crisp Cantaloupe.  My card is a 4.25 x 4.25 square card. I then wanted for each banner to have a sentiment in it - so I stamped " You Make" in the first banner and then continued down with each different sentiment from the same stamp set.  I adhered my stamped panel to a piece of Wood Grain card stock - also from Simon Says Stamp, and then adhered that to a Coastal Cabana card base.  To finish off the card and bring in more of the strawberry color - I added to bakers twine that closely matched that color.  

So simple  - yet colorful and fun!!  

Thanks for stopping in!!

Kari