If you know someone who is obsessive about their coffee this fun Coffee Cup Shaker Card is perfect! This card from Jo Herbert has a tiny shaker element inside the mug and the background is covered in glittery coffee beans, … Read More...
A Girl and Her Dog Layout
I love the use of grays and a soft teal blue on this beautiful layout from Tracy. The graphic floral prints and mostly monochromatic color scheme works perfectly around the black and white photo of a girl and her dog.… Read More...
Flower Digital Stamp for DIY Hand Made Cards
This beautiful floral digital stamp is one of those designs you’ll reach for again and again. The line art is clean, elegant, and detailed enough to feel special — but not so fussy that it becomes intimidating to color.
If … Read More...
Travel Page with Hidden Elements
Using Punch Boards from We R Memory Keepers Sandra created some little hidden pockets on her travel page. These interactive tag and envelope elements allow you to hide journaling or fun surprises on a layout. I love the large cluster … Read More...
CHI Hand-Held Steamer Review and Giveaway
When you think of crafting tools you might not immediately think of a steamer but it’s actually a really handy thing to have on hand. Since the pandemic hit I’ve had to work more on my sewing skills because I … Read More...
Interactive Glow in the Dark Halloween Card
Amy R. used a cloud stencil and white ink and some splatters to create her dark and spooky background for these fun ghost cards. The ghost are the best part though because they not only wobble but they also glow … Read More...
Tea Traveler’s Notebook Layout
To many drinking tea is an important part of their day, either having a cuppa waking up, caffeine helping you get through the day or unwinding at night. Patrica devoted a double page layout in her Traveler’s Notebook to her … Read More...
Seagull Shadow Box Card
Jenn used stamps and dies from Heffy Doodle to create this fun little shadow box card. She’ll show you how to use dies to create a quick and easy shadow box card that folds flat to fit an an envelope. … Read More...
Floral Swags Layout
Melissa used her scissors to fussy cut lots and lots of leaves and flowers from pattern papers by Coca Vanilla. She put them together on her layout to form floral swags to frame her photo. The title and rainbow she … Read More...
Halloween Slimline Card
Laura created this adorable Halloween card in a trendy Slimline style using dies, stamps and stencils from Studio Katia. She added color and texture with ink blending and splatters. It’s a great use of mostly dies instead of stamps to … Read More...
Campfire Page Borders
With many not wanting to take traditional vacations this year lots of us are getting out and enjoying the great outdoors with some camping or maybe just a fire in the fire pit in the backyard. Either way these campfire … Read More...
Coloring on Vellum
Lydia added a pretty spotlight of color in the center of her floral card using vellum. By stamping on one side of the vellum and coloring on the backside with colored pencils she achieved a soft blended look with out … Read More...
Masculine & Feminine Layouts w/ Same Papers
Lisa Dickinson has some great tips for getting more from your pattern papers. She used the same paper to create both a masculine page and a feminine page. By using the paper to create different design elements like flowers and … Read More...
Tips and Tricks for Ink Blending
Ink Blending has been a popular trend in card making for awhile now but I see a lot of card makers say they just can’t get the look they are wanting. Simon Hurley has some helpful tips like choosing the … Read More...
Harry Potter Layouts
Jo Boland used the new Witches and Wizards products from Echo Park to design some cool Harry Potter themed layouts. If you’ve been to the Wizarding World theme parks, visited the WB Studio Tour in London, been to see the … Read More...
Stamped Clay Earrings
I love seeing other crafters using a tool or product to create something completely new! Dina Kowal use her glimmer hot foil plates
that would normally be used for foiling and instead use them to stamp an impression into polymer … Read More...
Back to School Banner
If you’re kids are heading back to school or doing remote learning from home you’ll want to mark the occasion with photos. This fun banner can be a prop for them to hold or you can size it to use … Read More...
Cottage Scene Card
Lindsay combined several stamps from Top Flight to create this lovely Cottage Scene Card. By using a masking technique she was able to give depth and dimension seamlessly to her scene. I love the little bird nest embellishment she made … Read More...
Quarantine Cookies Layout
I must admit cooking and baking are not my favorite things to do (I’ve rather be crafting :)) but since we’ve been in quarantine my husband and I have tried to branch out and cook and bake things we’ve never … Read More...
Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Brush Marker Review
If you’ve watched any of my card making videos or tutorials in the last year you’ve probably heard me say how much I love Tri-Blend Markers from Spectrum Noir. They have quickly become my favorite alcohol based marker. So … Read More...