Happy New Year! I can’t believe we are already into the second week of January. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Now it is time to get started on Valentine’s day cards. I love anything pink, so I can’t wait to be using that color in a lot of my projects in the…
Happy New Year!! Need some quick thank you’s? Here are a few ideas. I used the bright and bold colors in the Astrobright Card Stock collection to make these cards. Along with some die-cuts and ink blending, I finished them in no time. For the card base, I used the Cougar A7 Folded Invitations and…
By Amber Rain Davis Whether your friends and family are into coffee, tea, or hot cocoa these gift card holder cards are sure to bring a smile to their faces. These cards feature the festive We R Memory Keepers DIY Party 12 x 12 Cardstock Paper Pad, Honey Bee Stamps Coffee Cup Card Die, Altenew…
Happy Wednesday my dear crafty friends! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas is around the corner. Are you ready with your handmade Christmas cards? Hopefully, the card I’m sharing today may give you some inspiration. Here it is. I love these cute bitty bears! I colored them with Copic markers. The scalloped…
Happy Friday my dear crafty friends! With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner, are you busy with creating cards for your family and friends? Hopefully, our cards can inspire each other during this special time of year. Here is a Christmas card I made with an embossing folder, Distress Ink blending, and die-cutting. Prepare the…
I’m busy making thankful cards these days. I’ve said this before but I think it’s worth repeating. I love surprising people with cards on Thanksgiving. I know Christmas is right around the corner and of course I’ll send lots of hand-made cards out then. But, Thanksgiving is a great time to pause . . ….
I love decorating the inside of greeting cards. Many times I simply stamp a nice quote and add a few images. But this time, I surprised the recipient with a pop-up floral. I purchased a die-set from The Ton to create the pop-up floral. You can see below that I cut the different flower layers…
Fall is by far my favorite time of the year. I love when the weather cools down; the colors for fall are just gorgeous. I think I might actually like decorating for fall just as much as Christmas. Today I have some paper pumpkins to share. I have all of my fall decorations out but…
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…