Hi! I'm Karli. I'm a High School Spanish teacher, mom to two young men, and love all things paper crafting, basketball, and Hello Kitty. I'm super busy so how do I unwind? Paper crafting...it's my therapy! Not cheaper than a therapist, but way more fun! Oh, and eating chocolate totally helps too! Thanks for stopping by!
Today I have an 8th grade Promotion card for a talented young lady. But it's not just any ordinary card- it's interactive!- My fave card type 😍😍😍
Here it is:
I used a few products from Simon Says Stamp including this quintuple slider die that moves five elements at the same time!
Here's what it looks like when you pull up on the tab:
A sentiment is revealed and the graduation caps fly up! So fun! I would recommend that if you have this die you follow Jennifer McGuire's tutorial because her version allows you to conceal the mechanism much better and gives you a space for that hidden sentiment. You can find Jen's video ---> HERE.
Thanks for popping in to my little crafty corner of the world.
Today I have a baby boy card to share with you. As some of you may know, Kelly Marie and her husband, Mike, just welcomed a bouncing baby boy to the the Lawn Fawn family! I am so excited and happy for them because I know this has been a long time in the making.
Here's the card:
And the innies:
I used lots of stuff I've had in my stash for eons, so they may no longer be available. But, there's always new and cute baby stuff being released all the time- so no worries if you can't get these.
Guess what? Yep, there's a video tutorial on how this card came together. Click on the video below or check it out----> HERE!
I am back to share some thank you cards I created for my school kiddos. We finished Distance Learning FINALLY so I got going on creating 25 of these goodies.
I must admit, I don't particularly like mass-producing cards. It feels less personal. But in cases like this, it's what one has to do to be efficient.
Allow me to let you in on my typical card-making mind process...💬💬💬
I think about the person I'm creating a card for. I think about the reason/situation for the card. I think about their likes, their personality, little quirks, etc.- anything that will help me to personalize my therapy crafting session 😁. Then, I imagine what the card would look like... Then, I head over to my crafty stash and pick out some stamps and goodies that will bring the idea in my mind into reality. And that's it! I go about creating. So when I emerge from being "in the zone" I evaluate my crafty creation & if it doesn't make me smile, then I cannot send it. Thankfully, this doesn't happen very often. I think this is why as card-makers, we love what we do. Our crafty creations make us smile, then when the recipient gushes and loves it, we get a second wave of good feels, right? Right. So I guess that's what's missing for me a bit in mass producing cards.
So on to today's cards:
I can't say these were super easy to mass-produce, but they weren't hard either. Having a stamping tool like the one I used is definitely a plus to getting these done much faster. Well, instead of tell, I'll show you how these cards came together. You can watch the tutorial below or ----> HERE.
And a peek at the innies.
Thanks so much for popping in today. Hope you're all well and finding some time for a lovely crafternoon or two.
SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
Chalkboard- Stampendous
A Good Apple- Lawn Fawn
Spanish Scripty Sayings- Lawn Fawn
PI Graduation Girl- MFT
IB Knowledge- MFT
Notebook Paper Embossing folder- The Paper Studio
Inks: Green Hills, Orchid, Orange Soda, Aquatic- Hero Arts
Today I have a birthday card I made for a teacher friend.
Here it is:
I used the Hola Mexico stamp set from Waffle Flower.
I colored it with lots of Copic markers in rainbow colors. I popped up the dancer, the papel picado banner, and the piñata. Since I wanted to use as many of the cute images, I decided that a Slimline card was in order! For details, I added Stickles to the banners, piñata, her dress, and the hats.
Here's a peek at the innies:
The "felicidades" is a Tim Holtz' die. I didn't even know he created dies in Spanish until I ran across them by chance on Simon Says Stamp! I was so excited to see T!M created dies in Spanish *Ü* Felicidades means "Congratulations" or "Best Wishes" in this case for a birthday. In case you're wondering about the upside down (inverted) exclamation mark, in Spanish, an exclamation mark (or question mark) is used before the expression and after it. It alerts the reader, that there is an exclamatory ( or interrogatory) phrase coming up.
Guess what? There's a video of how this card came together.
Today I have a crafty haul to share. These are crafty purchases I've made
recently.
Here's the video to walk you through everything:
I know! It's A LOT! So needless to say, I will not be purchasing any more crafty goodies for a whiiiiile. :( In my defense, I got several things on sale. I'm talking 80-90% off! Did I mention how stressssssed I was with Distance Learning? Lol. Yep...I'm totally justifying this... *Ü*
If you have any questions on any of these, please leave them in the comments.
Thanks for watching and stopping by! Hope you're all in good health!
Hello crafty friends,
I know it's been way too long since I posted. That was right before the shut down happened and Distance Learning began. I just finished on Friday and cannot stress enough how relieved I am. I was glad to see my students (when they managed to turn on their video), but am worried for the ones I didn't hear from. I'm hoping it was simply because they didn't want to bother. My district made the decision to give all students, regardless of their grade at the time, a "credit" for their semester grade. So that meant that if they had an A, they got "credit" on their transcript. If they had an F, they got "credit" on their transcript. Ah well... more on that later...
Since I was crazy busy trying to learn a million tech things, I totally neglected my poor little blog. So let's catch up why don't we? Remember, I post regularly on Instagram, so that's the best way to see what I'm up to when you don't hear from me here...
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I used a few products from Simon Says Stamp including this quintuple slider die that moves five elements at the same time!
A sentiment is revealed and the graduation caps fly up! So fun! I would recommend that if you have this die you follow Jennifer McGuire's tutorial because her version allows you to conceal the mechanism much better and gives you a space for that hidden sentiment. You can find Jen's video ---> HERE.
