Kaliscards

We are having our 3rd Craftroomers hop of the year! Come join us on Instagram. The Craftroomers are a group of enthusiastic cardmarkers and guests who decided to come together to use their stash and share card ideas. Each quarter we go with a new theme and an Insta Hop sharing our projects.  This quarter, we are sharing Fall and Halloween cards, but not only. Baking and cooking is our alternative theme, not limited to Fall food.  For my project, I went nuts, with a Fall card. One layer cards are really my preferred technique and I had lots of fun mixing some @papertreyink goodies with those cute @gerdasteiner squirrels Products: Fall cloches and Measured in abundance (Papertrey Ink) Happy Fall (Gerda Steiner) Fall foodie phrases (The Greetery) Fall friends (Photoplay) Woodgrain layering stencils (Waffle Flower) Floral mosaic layering stencils (Honeybee Stamps) Ranger Distress Oxides: Speckled egg, Salvaged patina, Rusty hinge, Pumice stone, Weathered wood, Tumbled glass, Storm...

I'm sharing the second card I made with the @whimsystamps Halloween spells set illustrated by @crissy_armstrong. For this card, I also used the Betwitching bookcase set from @papertreyink. I think their pair nicely on this card. Products: Halloween spells stamp set, Book nerd stamp set and Deckle layers die set (Whimsy Stamps) Bewitching bookcase stamp and die set, and Fab-boo-lous sentiments stamp and die set (Papertrey Ink) Purrfectly wicked stamp set (Lawn Fawn) Ranger Distress Oxides: Spice marmalade, Ripe persimmon, Crackling campfire, Frayed burlap and Scorched timber #whimsystamps #papertreyink #cardmaking #handmadecards #diecutting

Have you seen the first Halloween releases from @whimsystamps? They are a delight. Today and tomorrow, I'm sharing cards featuring the Halloween spells set illustrated by @crissy_armstrong. For this card, I also used their Spell book stamp sets and Deckle layers die set for the cardbase, which is also complementary to their Spell book. The Spell book sentiments also work with last year's Potion bottle die set. All so versatile and so clever!! Products: Spell book stamp set, Spell book Potions stamp set, Halloween spells stamp set and Deckle layers die set (Whimsy Stamps) Fab-boo-lous sentiments stamp and die set (Papertrey Ink) Ranger Distress Oxides: Milled lavender, Seedless preserves and Villainous potion #whimsystamps #cardmaking #handmadecards #onelayercard

I have a fun shaker card today with those cute kitties from @craftystampco which I paired with one of the Halloween paper packs. Products: Kittyween stamp set and Vintage Halloween pattern paper (Craftystamp Co) Frightful frames and Fab-boo-lous sentiments (Papertrey Ink) #craftystampco #cardmaking #handmadecards #diecutting

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...