Hello, all! For last night’s weekly livestream, I played with the new monthly kits from Hero Arts! It was a lot of fun to created with all the fun birthday themed items in the kits. The first card was made using items from the May 2024 Classic Kit, while the second card uses dies from the Premium Kit, as well as Hero Arts’ new neon liquid watercolors! Links in video: Enter to win the Classic kit HERE! Winner announced Monday, May 13, 2024. Use code KRISTINA24 at the Hero Arts shop to get two FREE Neon Liquid Watercolors with your $30 purchase! Offer valid through May 10, 2024. Online Card Cla ..read more

Hi all! Today I have a super fun card for you! I created a birthday card using Waffle Flower’s latest release, specifically the Birthday Wishes stamps and dies, Sea Foam stencil, Pocket Slot dies, and Beach Umbrella stencil and dies. Check out the entire Waffle Flower release HERE! I also created a DIY woodgrain texture using a technique from Gina K, inks, and a scoring board. So fun! Check out the video to see how it was all created! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated&nbs ..read more

NOTE: This post is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! Hi all! One of the easiest ways to make a die-cut heavy card match is to color all the pieces with ink. For today’s card I did just that! I used Simon’s new Daisy Oval Frame dies, plus the To the Happy Couple stamps and coordinating dies to create a matching color design. I also used the Dash and Dot stencil for some texture. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible ..read more

Hi all! Last night I hopped on YouTube for my weekly livestream. This time I plated with brand new stamps, stencils, and dies from Pinkfresh! I used the new Never Give Up stamps, coordinating dies, and coordinating stencils, plus the Overlapping Geometrics stencils. So fun! You can choose to watch the full length replay, or the edited replay. Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible). Supplies Compensated affiliate links used ..read more

I know we’re in the middle of Stencil Month 2024, but please forgive me. When inspiration strikes, you have to follow it! lol! For my weekly livestream I created a custom mail art envelope for my friend Christopher Alan, who is not only the founder of the crafting company Brutus Monroe, but also an avid LEGO fan! I thought he would love this LEGO inspirated envelope. And he did—he was in the live chat. :) BTW, registration is still open for the Brutus Monroe live event that I talked about in this live replay. It’s going to be tons of fun! You can choose to watch the full length replay, or the ..read more

Hi all! Today is Day 3 of Stencil Month! For this video I played with stencils and watercolor, specifically how to use watercolor powders with stencils. I tried out Nuvo Shimmer Powders and Lindy’s Magicals watercolor powders. Both products are great! I played with some specific stencils: Quilted Hearts from Waffle Flower (discontinued, see similar), and Waves, Geo Leaves, and Animal Print from Simon Says Stamp. The key to making watercolor work with stencils is Pixie Spray and a liberal amount of it applied to back of the stencils. As long as you have that, you will get great results! (Wond ..read more

For Day 2 of Stencil Month, I broke out Simon Hurley Solar Paste and played with the all the different colors of the pastes. At first I tried them with the Spring Boho stencil. After seeing how amazing the pastes looked scraped onto the cardstock with only a palette knife, I played with the pastes on their own. So fun! To finish off the cards, I used the Bold Smiles stamps and dies from Simon Says Stamp. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used whe ..read more

NOTE: This post is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! Hi all! I loved having a theme for the month so much that I decided to do a theme for April as well! So today is Day 1 of Stencil Month! I’ll be playing with stencils all month long. :) For today’s card, I used Simon Says Stamp’s Hearts in a Heart stencil set. In the past I’ve loved the tone-on-tone ink blending technique where the thru-stencil blending is more intense than the lighter application all over the area. To change it up a bit, I applied the same colors through the layered stencils slightly offset so that I’d get ..read more

It’s Day 12 of Color Month 2024, so that means it’s the last day for Color Month. But shhh! Color Month might come back again in the near future! ;) Today I used the new Flower Block stamps and coordinating dies from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release (also available as a bundle). This is such a great stamp set for using different colors of inks! Super fun and easy. I used two combos from Sarah Renae Clark’s Color Cube Volume 2. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affil ..read more

Hello! For Day 11 of the Color Month 2024, I created an interactive card using Lawn Fawn’s new Give It a Whirl dies. The first scene on the card is in black and white, and then when you “whirl” it, the second scene is in color. For the colors on the second scene, I used a card from Sarah Renae Clark’s Color Cube Volume 2. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible). I had an idea in my mind for my card, so I created the initial greetin ..read more