I always find it a little difficult to make cards that aren’t “happy,” do you? It’s easier to make them as an everyday hello or as congratulations on an achievement. But, if you find it tough to get going on an emotional card, sometimes all you need to do is mute the colors a bit…
Years ago, I noticed that a few select family members were saving the handmade cards I had sent them and displaying them on their bookshelf or mantle for a long time after the occasion had passed. Since then, I started to send larger cards with extra embellishments to these special loved ones several times a year…
Hi everyone…I’ve bean thinking about coffee-I mean you…lol! Isn’t that always the way?? January is the longest month EVER!!!!! You are trapped between December which is a Christmas craft and card making extravaganza and February…Valentine’s Day. I have another non traditional Valentine’s day card to share. I made this using Classic Linen card stock(which is…
Hi Friends!! kel here today 🙂 with a super fun card to celebrate something good in someone’s life! I started with some beautiful Classic Crest cardstock in Solar White. I knew I wanted to focus on the stamping with this card because this Classic Crest cardstock takes so well to ink!! It’s so smooth too… one of my favorite…
Have you ever made giant paper flowers? I’ve been working on some (ahem, okay, bunches and bunches!) to decorate for a Valentine dinner. There are lots of great tutorials on YouTube for all kinds of paper flowers, and I’ve tried enough of them to feel capable of offering this tutorial full of practical tips to…
With the temperature still below freezing and snowstorms on the horizon, I thought a bright and floral valentine would be perfect for my loved ones this holiday. Using the bold colors of Astrobright Cardstock as my canvas, I created a subtle metallic background for this card that I thought resembled gorgeous Japanese silk fabric. Start…
Do you like to color? Me too! I felt like making a hand-colored floral valentine today, which gave me the perfect excuse to break out my new set of Polychromos colored pencils from Faber Castell. I picked them up because I wanted to be able to color on dark paper – something my Copic markers…
Hello everyone! This week we are making a simple wedding card using masking tape and die cutting techniques. Don’t forget to check out the video: I started with Astrobright terrestrial teal and cut it down roughly to the size of the card base (Cougar White, A2). Then I used thin strips of washi tape to…
It’s time to share a little love with the world…Valentine’s day is just around the corner…and I have another non traditional Valentine to share that I made with my new favorite color-Gravity Grape Astrobright-LOVE! The perfect purple! It’s also on sale this month at CutCardStock.com. I saw a card on Instagram that had paper weaving…
Hi Friends!! kel here today 🙂 with a super fun and bright card for a very special someone! I started with some super fun Astrobrights Cardstock. When I looked at this pack tonight I thought, this is a RAINBOW of colors to choose from, and then went “duh! Let’s do a rainbow card!” And apologies for being so…
Need a Valentine gifty idea? “A Book Of Us” is the perfect gift for your sweetie, friend, mom, dad, child, grandchild–pretty much anyone, and Astrobright Cardstock is a great place to begin. Stuff you’ll need: Astrobright Cardstock in your choice of colors. My example will have five layouts in five different colors, plus a simple…
As we near the end of January, my mind is focused on Valentine’s Day which will be here before you know it! Birgit here with you today with some flowers that will last, to give to your Valentine. Here’s a snapshot of the products I used: I started with an A2 sized card front which…