Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. When Yana asked me if I would like to design some cards with the New Spellbinders Yana’s Blooms, I jumped at the chance. She is such a nice person and so talented and this is her third release of products for Spellbinders. Having created with the last two, I knew this new set would…
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Hi friends and welcome back. Today I am sharing Card Making Techniques Video #85. This card is created with paper crafting products from Waffle Flowers and PinkFresh. The video starts with a quick copic coloring tutorial on the florals and then moves on to an Ink Blending and Splatter Background Technique using Hero Arts Reactive Ink Pads. It’s a start…
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Hey makers, welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Today I have 5 cards for you created with the Picket Fence Studios New Release for January. This is a fabulous new release with lots of fun products to play with and get your creative mojo humming. GIVEAWAY – I’m also having a give away to support this new release. I have…
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Hi card making friends and welcome to the Spellbinders January BLOG HOP. These hops are always so much fun as you get so much inspiration for the monthly Kits from Spellbinders, AND a change to win a gift too – Yeah! (see details below on how to enter). Today I’m playing with the January Large Die of the Month “A…
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Hey friends, welcome back. I have a New Card Making Tutorial Video to share with you today, Watercolor and Layering Die Cuts. A little mini piece of watercolor art built into a three layer city scape card. Today I’m using products from the Hero Arts December Release, and their new release will go live on Monday, Jan 10th. So watch…
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Hi card making friends and welcome back. Today I’m playing with the Spellbinders Monthly Kits for January and I have 5 cards to share with you. Do you ever get tired of red white and pink valentines cards? I kind of do, so I thought I would change it up this year and try some new colors, hope you like…
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Hi there and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Up today we have the Simon Says Stamp Sketched Rose Wreath cards. Yes, 2 cards, I decided to do one with a new color blend combo background and one white. The Sketched Rose Wreath set is a foil and cut die set which is very cool. You foil it all, and…
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Hey cardmaking friends, Happy New Year. Today on my cardmaking blog, I’m jumping right in with the Spellbinders new Large Die of the Month Kit for January and a Masculine Valentines Card. This die set can create a pocket in which you can slide a sentiment piece in and out. I chose not to do that but to use the…
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Hey cardmaking friends. Today I’m sharing a Simon Says Stamp Evening Blossom Card made with some new products from Simon Says Stamp. But first, I wanted to wish all you fabulous readers a very Happy New Year. Thank you for hanging with me for the past crazy year. Thanks for all your kind comments and fun emails. Thanks for using…
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Hey friends, welcome back. Today I have a New Cardmaking Video Warmest Wishes Card Kit 4 cards to share with you. This is the Simon Says Stamp Jan 2022 Card Kit and it’s so stinkin cute, you are going to love it. I created 4 cards for today’s video using different products from the kit. In the cardmaking…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back. Today I’m playing with the Clear Stamp Set of the Month Club from Spellbinders Color Outside the Lines. This adorable stamp set is a two step stamping set with a selection of outline florals and then a matching fill in stamp. Use them randomly, or create the words spelled out in the stamp set…
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Happy weekend cardmaking friends. Today I have two new cards to share with you created with the Spellbinders New Start stamp set. This set is full of butterflies and sentiments and I coupled it with the Fluted Classic Circles Etched dies, also new this month. These dies are fabulous, they create little cuts all around the outside border which creates…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have 3 New Hero Arts Cards to share with you created with more products from the December Release. When the My Monthly Hero card kits come out on the first Monday of each month, they are in limited quantities. Along with these releases, they also release new products that are available all year…
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Hey cardmaking friends. Today I’m sharing Christmas Cardmaking in GOLD. This is for the Picket Fence Studio December Release which was yesterday. So many fun new products, but I used just ONE of the new products in today’s card. – the NEW, Lots of Blossoms Stencil and I’m going to share with you how I created this beautiful card using…
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Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. It’s an exciting day today as I get to share the PFS December Cardmaking Release. There is a beautiful new selection of products being released today and I got to play with some and create some inspiration for you. As you work down through the cards, you may notice a repeating image. Like the…
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Hey cardmaking friends. Today I’m sharing the Spellbinders Hand Stitched Greeting Card. This is created with the December Large Die of the Month Kit from Spellbinders. This month there are three layered panels to cut. The base layer that you stitch on, the middle outline layer which I did in Gold and the top outline layer done in pink. These…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. I’m playing with some Spellbinders products today. The new December Glimmer of the Month Kit and the Fluted Classics Square Etched dies. As you know Glimmer Foiling is one of my favorite cardmaking techniques and this month’s kit is absolutely fabulous. I decided to combine it with another new product this month, the Fluted…
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Hey cardmaking friends, thanks for stopping by. Today I have two card shares using the My Monthly Hero December Card Kit from Hero Arts. Yes, my kit finally arrived, LOL. It’s full of fabulousness and I can’t wait to share some card ideas with you. The theme this month is all about friendship, moving home, new homes, new beginnings. It…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. As promised, I have round #2 of Spellbinders Sketched Florals and Frame card. This is the December Small Die of the Month kit. On my first card, I didn’t use the frame and I promised I would circle back and do that, so here you go. As far as I’m concerned, this loopy frame…
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it’s here! The NEW My Monthly Hero has been released this morning from HERO ARTS. Check out all the fun new dies and bits in this month’s kits, as well as the fabulous add ons. This month’s kit is perfect for those moving, traveling, missing you, thinking of you friendship cards, plus so much more! Unfortunately, my kit…
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Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I am sharing my last Christmas Card made with Picket Fence Studios Products for this year. Slimline Holly Christmas. I combined all my favorites on this card so it’s packed with interest, layers and bling. I hope you like it. I have a SLIMLINE CARD PAGE will all the details for making…
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Hey cardmaking friends, thanks so much for stopping in. Today I’m playing with the New Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit for December and it’s called Sketched Florals and Frame. The frame die is not used for this particular card, but I will in a future card for you. You can see the frame in the illustration below. CARD…
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Woo Hoo, DieCember has Arrived. Simon Says Stamp’s month long celebration of Dies. Here is a video sharing all of the fabulous new Die Releases on sale starting today. Unfortunately, with all the flooding and land slides here, my parcel has not arrived yet, but I’ll be back with some samples and inspiration as soon as it does….
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m playing with the New, Spellbinders Fluted Classics Dies. They come in 4 shapes, rectangles, ovals, squares and circles. These Spellbinders border dies add the perfect frame around your pretty art work. The dies are stacking, with additional square cut outs so that you can be layered, cut out frames, etc. The beautiful…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have two cards to share with you created with the Simon Says Stamp Santa’s Helpers Card Kit for December 2021. What an adorable kit this is, full of fabulous patterned paper, an adorable stamp set you won’t want to stop coloring and more fun goodies. A note: Sorry I didn’t have yesterday’s…
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Hi cardmaking friends. Today I have a Buffalo Check Tartan Video and 4 completed cards to share with you. I’m using this quick and easy background technique. The video is super short, but it’s the easiest way to show you the technique. All you need is the Buffalo Check background stamp from Hero Arts, a black and red Tombow Marker…
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Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have A Holly Christmas Card to share with you created with fun products from Picket Fence Studios. Today, I’ve added a smooth silky textured background to this card to add interest and depth. Paper Glaze and Paper Glitz are used in white which is striking but doesn’t take away from the pretty…
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Hi card making friends. Hope you are doing well. Today I have a new card making Stacked Stenciling – New Video to share with you and I create a Masculine Winter Birthday card with products from Picket Fence Studios. This is a tutorial for Splitcoast Stampers and they have a special upload in the gallery for you to share you…
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Hey cardmaking friends, Happy Monday (is there such a thing? LOL). Today I have two Spellbinders Die Cut Christmas Cards to share with you. I used many items from the new November Monthly Kits and I’ll add a list under each card for you. As you can see, I’m keeping with my pink, gold and white theme for this month. …
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Hi cardmaking friends and happy Sunday to you, hope your weekend is going fabulously. Today is the Picket Fence November Release of their fun new products and I have a pile of samples to share with you. I have a little reel over on my INSTAGAM Account if you want to see a short video of the cards. PS don’t…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have a GRUNGE CHRISTMAS card for you created with Picket Fence Studios A Christmas Flower Stamp Set. I’m up on the Picket Fence Studios Blog with this card today but I thought I would share it over here too. I decided to stencil a bit of a messy “grungy” background just to…
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