Sunday, February 5, 2017

Quick and Simple Friendship Valentine's Day Cards | Two Ways


Hi my friends!
Today I wanted to share with you two cards you can create quick and easy using one stamp set for Valentine's Day for any of your friends.  You also don't have to give these as Valentine's Day Cards, but anytime of the year!

I used the Heart Smile stamp set from Concord and 9th.  Their products have been some of my favorites.  They actually came out of the blue for me.  I knew they of course existed in the stamping industry, but since I've purchased some of their products, I've really been drawn to their stuff!  They have unique stamps and dies, and I love that about them!

I used my MISTI stamping tool to stamp the large solid heart, and I used two ink colors from Simon Says Stamp, Sunkist, and Rosie Cheeks!  I love these two pastel like colors!  














For this first card, I used the Rosie Cheeks color, and stamped it a few times getting a good saturated in color image.  I am stamping on my favorite white card stock, PTI stampers select white.  Once, I finished with this one, I moved onto the Sunkist color, and did the same.  I die cut both panels using the stitched frame from the Femme Frames die set from Mama Elephant.



I wanted to heat emboss my sentiments, so I used my powder tool first to prep the area of the heart, and then I stamped my sentiments and embossed in two embossing powders on each card, Gold and Liquid Platinum from Ranger.  I also added the arrow element to the Sunkist heart to added a bit more interest.

I backed the main panels with some PTI Hawaiian Shores card stock, and used the other die in the Femme Frames set to die cut the card stock.  

For the inside I stamped some sentiments from the Fun and Flirty stamp set from Paper Smooches, and added a heart to tie everything together.

For a final touch, I decided to add some shimmer with my Wink of Stella pen to the Rosie Cheeks heart and that completes both cards!

You can see all supplies used and the video tutorial below!  Thanks for stopping in today!  See you soon!



Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Making a Card : Sealed with a Kiss | Lawn Fawn


Hello Friends!!  Today I am sharing this card using the Lawn Fawn mini set, Sealed with a kiss!  This set was a Black Friday promotion only, but I am sure at a later date, LF will release this set for all to enjoy!!

I did a bit of shadowing on these two adorable seals with my C3 Copic marker and added some dot detail to really bring the seals to life.

I also used some more of the Simple Stories Winter Wonderland papers.



















I love the detail to the cheeks of that right seal!!  So cute!!  You could easily use a blush colored marker to add this, but it is fun to stamp it as well!!  

To see how I put this one together - I have the video below!  And, as always the supplies are listed below as well!  Have a great day!










Tuesday, January 24, 2017

3 CARDS | 1 6x6 PAPER PAD | Winter Wonderland by Simple Stories


Hey all!  I'm here to share with you that I am kicking off a new series on my #youtube channel called 3 CARDS 1 6x6 PAPER PAD.  I will feature a different 6x6 paper pad, and make three different cards with that same pad.  I wanted to do this series to use my pattern papers more, but also give ideas on how to use up those dreaded scraps we all have!

I won't be doing this as a back to back series, but more rather a once or twice a month thing on my channel.

For this set of cards I feature Simple Stories Winter Wonderland.  I love these papers and the color combination.  I also love the fact that they incorporate smaller patterns to create tags, and elements you could use on your cards as a sentiment and focal panel without having to use stamps if you didn't want to.

I show you how to do this very thing on Card #1 in this video!






For all the details on how I put these cards together, I invite you to watch the video!  All the supplies are listed below :)

Thanks for stopping by!!  See you soon!!

Kari