Kaliscards

The @simonsaysstamp STAMPtember exclusive collaboration stamp with @alexsyberiadesigns has just been revealed. Another gorgeous floral stamp available for a limited time, while supplies last. Don't wait any longer and grab the stamp or the bundle with the coordinating dies before it is too late! #simomnsaysstamp #alexsyberiadesigns #cardmaking #handmadecards #diecutting

Today, I'm sharing a fun rainfall card with the new @pearblossompress kit. If you've created rainfall cards before, you know they are a bit of work and this kit makes it so easy and much faster. First of all, it contains everything that you need in a pretty metal tin with a die that creates the rainfall thread guide for you. The kit also has a beautiful choice of seed beads with a silver lining, thread and needles, foam tape strips and detailed instructions! For the background, I used shaving foam! I had wanted to try it for a while and I thought the technique would be ideal for a sky background. I initially wanted to create a rainbow but it turned a bit too messy for the clean crafter in me. As usual with me, once the card is done, it is very hard to see the background, but IRL you do get to see swirls of blue and grey-blue. I used Speckled egg and Tumbled glass Oxide re-inkers. Products: Beaded rainfall kit (Pear Blossom Press) Tunnel clouds dies (Spellbinders) March cat (Pin...

Those are my very first Halloween cards of the season. Yay! I am determined this year to use my Halloween newbies and, though I'm very late kicking off Halloween this year, I really hope I'll manage to play with last year's treasures as well which I did not have a chance to use, including the crazy good Craftoween box. I had fun playing with @teamspellbinders Sir Skeleton, mixing him with that skeleton hand from a couple years ago which I just love, and on the other card, I used the August stitch die of the month. I did change the eyebrows for small rectangles to make this monster mummy more scary. And I also changed Sir Skeleton's eyes just to give him a different look. Products: Bad bone: Sir skeleton and Boos! Cocktails (Spellbinders Bones stencil (Stampers Anonymous / Tim Holtz) Boneyard die (Whimsy Stamps) Fab-boo-lous stamp (Papertrey Ink) Wrapped in fun: Sir skeleton, Fran-N-stitch and Make a monster (Spellbinders) Mummified stamp set (Mama Elephant) Ranger Distr...

Played some more with the cute kitties from @ecraftdesigns and couldn't resist making another Kali, in our happy place. Crafting started to fill my life at a time I needed to escape work. I feel a little nostalgic of those happy years I started crafting: I was in awe of the products and looking forward to new releases. Kali was by my side and very curious about my supplies, climbing on my desk while I would color.  Even if the magic of crafting is a little gone today, and Kali is no longer sharing my craftroom, cardmaking remains an essential part of my life and I am not sure I could ever drop it completely. Though, sometimes, I do wonder if I'm crafting because I want to or because I feel I have to. Whatever the reason, of all the hobbies I picked up in my life, cardmaking has always been the one that brought me the most peace, satisfaction and happiness. Products: Cats, Surprise box, and Living room (Elizabeth Crafts Designs) Crafty friends (Honeybee Stamps) Workshop portrait...

I made this card about 3 weeks ago, in the midst of our 5th heat wave, which was 3 past our last hottest Summers. I wasn't quite ready for Fall and Halloween cards back then, but with the Summer break way behind now, something wicked and fun coming our way is the best that could happen! So I'm kicking off Fall using the Fall gathering clear stamp from @sweetnovemberstamps which I got last year but wasn't able to use before Fall ended. I like those playful kiddos and the good vibes of this card, though the colors take us deeper into Fall than I intended. Check my reel on Instagram to watch all steps for this card. I'm also sharing a slower-paced video on my YT channel:  https://youtu.be/UzRYHA_JOiY Products: Fall gathering and Carve out some fun (Sweet November Stamps) Summer scene builder (Honeybee Stamps) Ranger Distress Oxides: Twisted citron, Rustic wilderness, Walnut stain, Mustard seed, Spiced marmalade, Crackling campfire, Pumice stone, Speckled egg, Iced spruce a...

I you like sewing and kitties, @craftystampco released a couple sets recently which you will love. I had lots of fun creating this fun card, making a custom quilted background and doing lots of paper piecing on the fabrics, using a few pattern paper packs from Crafty Stamp Co. Sharing a short reel of the making on Instagram, as well as a more complete video on my YT channel:  https://youtu.be/Zeq1XJO3UC4 Products: Stitched with love and Stitched whiskers + Pattern paper packs: Lemons & daisies, Lovely as a rose and Crafty time (Crafty Stamp Co) Stitched with love kit (Altenew) Quilted hugs sentiments (Waffle Flower Crafts) #craftystampco #cardmaking #handmadecards #diecutting

For this card, I mixed some Spellbinders dies from last year with new products from Simon Says Stamps, Waffle Flower and The Greetery. I heat set the raincoat with 3 layers of clear embossing powder to give it a plastic shine and for the buttons as well as all eyes, I used Trinity Stamps embellishments. This year, I managed to make quite a few projects using my newbies before the season was over, mixing with products from past years. I realized this is what I like best as it is very satisfying to be able to use the goodies right away, but also comforting to finally use my stash. It removes a lot of the guilt and anxiety, I find.  See how I created this card on my YT channel:  https://youtu.be/2IXxO9zU78E Products: Shipmates and Ahoy, matey (Spellbinders) Weathered pilings dies (Simon Says Stamp) Reel in die (Waffle Flower Crafts) Making waves stencils (The Greetery) Sea birds sentiment (Sweet November Stamps) #spellbinders #simonsaystamps #waffleflowercrafts #cardmaking #diecu...

I realized I haven't made a lot of ice cream cards this Summer. This is usually a theme I like to explore. Ice cream is my excuse when the weather gets too hot, and let's face it, there have been plenty of opportunities this Summer... though watermelon has also been a good and better friend this Summer, because let's admit that ice creams are not actually refreshing (either too sweet or too rich), but they definitely taste like heaven! I made an interactive card, using a set from @janesdoodles, with a pullup feature. I realized when editing the photos that I actually did the background wrong, using the wrong side of the cloud stencil. By chance, it is fairly hidden. I put the blame on that insanely hot weather. I think I need an ice cream! Head over to my YT channel to see how this card came together and how I created the pull-up element:  https://youtu.be/Sqm7s13fzvo Products: The coolest (Jane's doodles / Creative Expressions) So many scoops (Concord and 9th) Interact...

A quick card with these cute @lesiazgharda_stamps. I even used a background I had created for another card a few weeks ago, before deciding on going with lighter colors. The dark blues seemed really appropriate for this card and I'm glad I saved that background and could use it here. I don't usually save anything from my cardmaking process and I rarely create spare pieces. Products: The cat on a deck chair, Rabbit Boy on the Beach and Sunny Beach Collection (Lesia Zgharda) Reflection layering stencil set (Hero Arts: MH0626) Floating by sentiments and Just sentiments: Days of Summer (Papertrey Ink) Say cheese again die set (Lawn Fawn) #lesiazgharda #heroarts #cardmaking #handmadecards #diecutting