Shopping Cart Finished!

Hello everyone, I have good news! Pedro, my husband finished the shopping cart for my website and it has been running for almost two weeks! We are very exited. The shopping cart is integrated with Google Checkout, this means that I never see your credit card information because it is all handled by Google (100% secure).

Please visit us as soon as possible and try out our new shopping cart =) www.carolliska.com

Santa's Truck

My Brother has a transportation company, AMX Trucking. He asked me to come up with a card for his clients and providers for Christmas. He wanted an 18 wheeler truck of course! With a "funny Santa" as driver. It was a real challenge for me, it took me almost two days to figure it out.

I found a very cute truck online which I colored with a red marker and put some deer antlers. I also added Santa's company name on the trailer "North Pole Trucking". Then I found the "funny Santa" on one of my clip art galleries, which I also colored with markers. I used my Cricut to cut out the city and the moon.

Now it was time to put it together! I glued everything and added some "snow." I think it looks great and closer to reality! After all, these are the people who make Christmas possible. Without them we weren't able to obtain food, cloth, Christmas presents, gas, etc. Hope you like it! Happy Holidays!

Etsy Store

Today I signed up to Etsy, which is a place to buy and sell all things handmade. This cool website supports crafters like me! Of course you have to pay a fee to be able to sell. I signed up because my husband is still working on my shopping cart for my website. He is a Software Developer and in his free time he works for me, meaning my website =). I hope that sooner you guys will be able to purchase directly from my website.

I never thought Etsy was such a huge thing, there are lots of peolple selling and buying. It is nice to see other talented people and their amazing ideas for card making and other type of crafts. I like to called it ART, because it is a gift to be able to create such amazing things.

Feel free to visit my Etsy store any time at www.carolliska.etsy.com

Hand Painted Little Princess

My little nieces love Disney Princess, after that I started loving them too! Brianna, which is the youngest one, turn four years on June 24th, so I sent her this Sleeping Beauty card.

My sister in law thought that the Princess was a sticker, but for her surprise it was hand painted with markers by myself! This card has a beautiful striped paper patter which I stamped and embossed with "Little Princess" and "Happy Birthday" tittles. It took me two hours and 30 minutes to complete it. I must confess that Aurora is my favorite Princess!

Birthday Paper Dress

This is one of my favorite cards I have made, I guess it is because is so simple but at the same time charming. It has an stamped and embossed happy birthday title and dress.

I need to confess that this is the second version of it. The first version was one of my first handmade cards, and I liked it too, but I felt it needed something different, so this time has a paper hanger instead of a handmade wire one, a brown background instead of white, and a single happy birthday title instead of ten.

Hope you like it!

To create

To create? According with the dictionary: to produce through artistic or imaginative effort.

I'm an Commercial Interior Designer and CREATE is a verb that I bring to life almost every single day. I need to create in order to be happy, so if I'm not working I'm making cards in paper or in my head. I love to make cards, this is my favorite thing to do besides working as an Interior Designer.

Every card I make is a creation 100% handmade. Everything is designed, stamped, cut and glued by myself, even my envelope seals!

I hope you enjoy my cards like I enjoy making them.