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Category: CARDS | Ink Blending >

hand made birthday card with a little mouse perched on top of a green and pink party hat blowing out three candles on his pink and yellow cake.

CARDS | Copic colored cards

Spellbinders Spring House Mouse Cards

Today, I’m sharing 2 Spellbinders Spring House Mouse Cards, using new stamps from the Spellbinders line. I just adore these little guys, and they are always so much fun to color

April 23, 2025 No Comments

hand made greeting card with a pink ink blended background and copic colored pink and green tulips overtop with two adorable white bunnies at the bottom

CARDS | cards for friends

Alex Syberia Designs Tulips In Bloom

Today I’m hopping with the design team from Alex Syberia Designs to celebrate the Spring Release and I have Alex Syberia Designs Tulips in Blooms to share with you.

April 18, 2025 14 Comments

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CARDS | Copic colored cards

Simon Says Stamp Ear-Resistibly Cute

Hey, card-making friends. Today, I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Ear-Resistibly Cute. A second card made with that stamp set, and to celebrate the FREE Online Class that Simon Says Stamp is hosting today.

April 11, 2025 No Comments

a hand made card with pink and orange flowers over green leaves with a teal splattered background and a love sentiment.

CARDS | Die Cutting Cards

Radiant Floral Dies Hand Made Card

Papertrey Ink was kind enough to send me the March release, and I had so much fun creating with their dies today and making this bright, happy card.

April 1, 2025 18 Comments

hand made card with a gold embossed flourish background and gold die cut leaf overlays with a gold glimmer foiled sentiment on black

2 | Cardmaking Videos

Alex Syberia Designs Press Plate and Stencils March Release Blog HOP and Giveaway

I’m participating in the Alex Syberia Designs Press Plate and Stencils March Release Blog HOP and Giveaway.

March 26, 2025 23 Comments

Green and Orange Glimmer Foiled Mosaic background hand made card with orange and green die cut flowers and leaves to celebrate St. Patrick's day

CARDS | Die Cutting Cards

St. Paddy’s Day Glimmer Cards

I have a couple of St. Paddy’s Day Glimmer Cards to share with you to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I combined a few of the new Spellbinders Clubs for these again. The main focus is the BetterPress Club of the Month, Mosaic Quilted Memories.

March 17, 2025 8 Comments

yellow, teal and green floral die cut card with a black and white die cut sentiment and clear rhinestone embellishments

2 | Cardmaking Videos

New Card Making Video – Adding Depth to Your Die Cuts

I have a NEW Card Making Video today – Adding Depth to Your Die Cuts. In today’s video I’ll be using some new products from Alex Syberia Designs Recent Release,

March 14, 2025 10 Comments

postage stamp style card with teal and purple butterflies and black cancelled stamp overlays on a teal background

CARDS | cards for friends

Waffle Flower Butterfly Blossom Release

Today is the day we have been waiting for, the Waffle Flower Butterfly Blossom Release is live, woo hooo…..

February 5, 2025 9 Comments

hand made card with a green and gold sky and a silhouette of winnie the pooh and friends holding hands off on an adventure

CARDS | cards for friends

Spellbinders Pooh and Friends Handmade Cards

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of creating Spellbinders Pooh and Friends Handmade Cards. Three cards covering Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore.

January 20, 2025 8 Comments

three hand made cards with pink flowers, blue leaves, glimmer background

CARDS | Die Cutting Cards

Spellbinders Stencil and Glimmer of the Month Plus Deluxe Caboodle Bonus

Welcome back crafty friends. I have 3 cards to share today with the Spellbinders Stencil and Glimmer of the Month Plus Deluxe Caboodle Bonus. So

January 14, 2025 7 Comments

CARDS | cards for friends

Life is Better with Friends Handmade Cards

Hi, card-making friends. Welcome back to my blog. Today, I have 3 cards from the NEW WAFFLE FLOWER RELEASE to share with you. I’m calling

December 5, 2024 6 Comments

2 | Cardmaking Videos

NEW Card Making Video – Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique

Today I have Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique to share with you. The Nature’s Botanical Release from Spellbinders and Susan Tierney-Cockburn is beautiful, and I chose the Botanical Wreath and Nature’s Botanical Garden BetterPress Sentiments to create with today. This is a super fast and easy inking technique and you are going to LOVE the results.

October 30, 2024 9 Comments

hand made friendship card with blue and green flowers with purple leaves on a white embossed background

CARDS | cards for friends

Purple and Blue Grateful For You Card

Today, we have Purple and Blue Grateful For You Card using new products from Alex Syberia Designs. This is the same stamp and die set as the last card, done with completely different colors and layered over an embossed background using a NEW Tiny Autumn Leaves Hot Foil Plate.

October 24, 2024 13 Comments

CARDS | Everyday Cards

Grateful For You Stenciled Card

I’m sharing a Grateful For You Stenciled Card created with three new Grateful For You products from this release. The 6 x 8 stamp set, the coordinating dies and the stencil.

October 22, 2024 24 Comments

CARDS | Cardmaking Ideas

Tim Holtz Halloween Cards

Today, I had a little break from work, so I decided to grab all the Halloween Dies I keep buying and have some fun. So today, I have 3 Tim Holtz Halloween cards to share with you. I can’t resist Tim’s dies and every time I watch one of his lives, I’m in there buying (I’m sure you can relate, haha). I have had so many work commitments lately that there has been no time to play. That’s making me cranky, so it’s a play day. hope you like them.

October 9, 2024 12 Comments

hand made card with a white die cut martini glass on a pink and gold embossed background with a lime wedge and curl and a flamingo stir stick

CARDS | BetterPress

Spellbinders Happy Hour Martini Cards

Today I have some fun Spellbinders Happy Hour Martini Cards to share with you. This new release is full of cocktail fun from a cocktail glass BetterPress background plate, 2 different shapes of glasses, three different themes of decorative dies, a beautiful set of decorative rectangles dies and an amazing set of sentiments that all foil/BetterPress and cut out at once.

August 25, 2024 7 Comments

Christmas cards in purple, teal and green with little penguins dressed up for winter in sweaters and touques

CARDS | cards for friends

Playful Penguins Twofre Christmas Cards

Today I’m sharing the Playful Penguins Twofre Christmas Cards. These are from the Simon Hurley Let It Snow release and the Twofre part is I created one background and with the help of one background die, made two cards with it. All the details are below, so let’s dig in shall we.

August 19, 2024 10 Comments

three hand made mixed media cards in teal and purple with stenciling and splatter and purple and teal die cut flowers

2 | Cardmaking Videos

5 Step Mixed Media Cards Video

Hey Crafters, today I have a 5 Step Mixed Media Cards Video to share with you, with step-by-step instructions for beginners in the Mixed Media card making or a quick refresher on some fun techniques. It starts with Heat Embossing, moves on to Ink Smooshing, then to Stenciling, then to Splatter with die cuts.

August 16, 2024 14 Comments

hand made Halloween card with a big yellow moon and a blue and purple sky with a flock of bats flying across it

3 | CARDS | Cardmaking tutorials

Simon Says Stamp Acetate Bats Halloween Cards

I have something a little different for you today, Simon Says Stamp Acetate Bats Halloween Cards. They sent me the Deco Foil transfers new this month, but I don’t have any black foil. So, I ink blended a spooky moon card front and added the Acetate Bats as an overlay. Super easy and a super fun way to make quick Halloween Cards.

August 9, 2024 10 Comments

hand made card with 4 postage stamp slots and a large flower embossed into it in pinks and greens created with new card making supplies from Alex Syberia Designs.

2 | Cardmaking Videos

New Card Making Video – Alex Syberia Designs Hand Made Postage Cards

I have a New Card Making Video – Alex Syberia Designs Hand Made Postage Cards to share with you today. I took the New Special Delivery Stamp/stencil/die bundle and created 4 NEW CARDS. I show you the step-by-step ink blending for each panel, and then at the end of the video, I show you how I assembled all 4 cards.

August 5, 2024 12 Comments

stenciled monstera leaf in three shades of teal on a white card background with a gold sentiment overlay, created with new card making supplies from Simon Says Stamp

3 | CARDS | Cardmaking tutorials

Simon Says Stamp Monstera Leaf Cards

visit the blog for a detailed card making tutorial on how to create the Simon Says Stamp Monstera Leaf Cards using new card making supplies from Simon Says Stamp

July 26, 2024 100 Comments

hand made Halloween card with a cartoon Frankenstein holding a goody bag, a little pumpkin and a big candy corn beside him on a purple background with a yellow moon and bats flying overhead.

3 | CARDS | Cardmaking tutorials

Simon Says Stamp Halloween Friends Hand Made Cards

visit the blog for a detailed tutorial on how to create the Simon Says Stamp Halloween Friends Hand Made Cards shared in today’s post.

July 24, 2024 10 Comments

hand made christmas card with a teal snowcapped birdhouse, lots of green and white foliage, two blue and gray birds and red Merry Christmas sentiment created with new card making products from Spellbinders

3 | CARDS | Cardmaking tutorials

Spellbinders Snowcapped Holidays Hand Made Christmas Card

Visit the blog for a detailed card making tutorial on how to create the Spellbinders Snowcapped Holidays Hand Made Christmas Card using new card making products from Spellbinders

July 10, 2024 14 Comments

hand made Christmas card with white ice skates and a bouquet of greenery and blue flowers on a pale green splattered background created with new card making products from Spellbinders

3 | CARDS | Cardmaking tutorials

Spellbinders Skating Into the Holidays Die Cut Card

visit the blog for a detailed card making tutorial on how to create the Spellbinders Skating Into the Holidays Die Cut Card using new card making products from Spellbinders

July 5, 2024 7 Comments

2 | Cardmaking Videos

NEW CARD MAKING VIDEO – Easy Stenciled Rainbow Sunshine Shaker Card

New Card Making Video – how to create the Easy Stenciled Rainbow Sunshine Shaker Card using new card making products from Simon Says Stamp

June 27, 2024 8 Comments

hand made card with a ombre blue ink blended background splattered to look like rain, a person holding a bright umbrella and a little yellow duck wearing blue rain boots created with card making dies from Spellbinders

CARDS | Cardmaking Ideas

Dancin In the Rain Hand Made Die Cut Card

visit the blog for details on how to create the Dancin In the Rain Hand Made Die Cut Card using new die cutting sets from Spellbinders

June 26, 2024 12 Comments

hand made cards with an ink blended background in pink blue and green and gold foiled palms created with new card making supplies from Spellbinders

CARDS | BetterPress

BetterPress Summertime Palms Greeting Cards

Visit the blog for details on how to create the BetterPress Summertime Palms Greeting Cards using card making products from Spellbinders

June 24, 2024 10 Comments

hand made greeting card with two large blue flowers on a vellum background with a large black and gold sentiment created with card making supplies from Simon Says Stamp

CARDS | Embossing Folders

Ink Blending on Vellum Card Stock

Visit the blog for details on Ink Blending on Vellum Card Stock using new card making products from Simon Says Stamp

June 23, 2024 19 Comments

CARDS | cards for friends

Spellbinders More June Club Cards

Visit the blog for details on Spellbinders More June Club Cards using new card making products from Spellbinders

June 21, 2024 6 Comments

hand made teal colored card peonies and butterflies embossed on a arched insert in purple, blue, green and yellow created with new card making supplies from Spellbinders

2 | Cardmaking Videos

New Card Making Video – How to use the NEW 3D Emboss and Cut Folders

Watch today’s card making video and learn How to use the NEW 3D Emboss and Cut Folders to create these three beautiful cards

June 14, 2024 10 Comments

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