Choosing Color Combos for Card Making + VIDEO

Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards are all about how I choose color combos for my cards… VIDEO You can watch the video on how I created these cards HERE or click on the video below… To create these cards, I stamped and embossed THIS heart image several times. I did a couple with gold heat embossing, silver heat embossing, white heat embossing, and clear heat embossing over black pigment ink. I used THESE layering...

Just For You Release Blog Hop

Hello, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS blog hop celebrating THIS new release. I started by die-cutting an older goodie bag die twice for each bag from white cardstock. On the front of half of the panels, I stamped images from THIS adorable stamp set. I colored the images in with Copic Markers and then assembled the bags. I stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set on one of THESE stitched...

DieCember Release Blog Hop

Hello, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS blog hop celebrating THIS new release. I have two cards to share today that are quick and easy to create and would be great for mass producing. I like to stretch the use of my dies and hot foil with them. I hot foiled THIS die with THIS glimmer foil on colored cardstock. I cut a mask from typing paper to cover the foiled...

Cozy Hugs Release Blog Hop

Hello there, crafty friends. I’m back with an interactive card featuring products from THIS new release… First, I created a quick background by doing some marble painting with paints. You can see a previous I did on this that explains the process HERE. As that was drying, I stamped THIS bat and used THESE dies to cut it out. I wanted him to be interactive so here are the instructions I followed to assemble...

Dream Big Release Blog Hop

Hi there, crafty friends. I’m thrilled to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. I have two cards to share featuring two new dies that are so fun… For the first card… I cut THIS die from several shades of colored card stock and assembled the pieces. For the background, I dry embossed THIS slimline die using the embossing mat in my die-cut machine. I love the texture it adds. Next,...

SSS Let’s Chill Release Blog Hop

Hello, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. I have two cards to share featuring THIS new stamp set… I started by creating the background with the Sunburst Die. I die-cut it three times from cardstock and once from vellum. I adhered them all together with the vellum piece on top. I applied yellow and orange ink on top of the vellum and made an impression...

Reverse Confetti June 2022 Creative Hop

Hello again, crafty friends. I’m excited to be a part of THIS Blog Hop. My card features products from THIS release… VIDEO I also have a video on how I created this card along with tips for conquering creative block! You can watch the video on how I created this card HERE or click on the video below… To create this card,  I started by die-cutting the Folklore Cover Panel from white cardstock. I love...

Reverse Confetti May 2022 Release + Blog Hop

Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card share features products from THIS new release by Reverse Confetti. It’s a special release because Reverse Confetti is celebrating their 9th birthday. Happy Birthday to Reverse Confetti! To create this card, I stamped the floral image from the Wildflowers Stamp Set on pink cardstock using pink ink for a tone on tone look. I die-cut the Big Polkas Cover Panel from white cardstock and adhered it on top...

Hot Foiling on Black Glossy Cardstock + Blog Hop

Hello, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. I have a card set to share that features hot foiling on black glossy cardstock… Now I am late to the hot foiling party and just started doing hot foiling on my projects and absolutely love it. I’ve been mainly using white paper for all my foiling and wanted to switch it up so I tried it on...

Hello, Gorgeous Release Blog Hop

Hello there, crafty friends. I’m thrilled to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. I have a card set to share that features pre printed sentiment strip backgrounds… I’m a big fan of the pre printed sentiments from Simon Says Stamp. They are intended to cut apart and use the sentiments individually, but I decided to keep the panel whole and use as a background. VIDEO I’m excited to bring more...