My dear crafty friends, it’s hard to believe it has been a year for me to be on the CutCardStock design team! Time really flies!! I’m so grateful for this opportunity to get to know many talented and passionate crafters. I got inspired all the time! And thanks to CutCardStock for the great products and…
Sympathy cards. Not fun to make but good to have on hand. Today I created several similar ones with different messages inside. These cards are colored with Copic Alcohol Markers. I’m new to Copics and certainly a beginner at using them. But to make things easier, I selected markers that were only a couple of…
Happy Friday my crafty friends! I’m going to show you a birthday card with the Astrobright Cardstock as the background. Here is the cardstock I picked Astrobright Solar Yellow. Then used another layer on top to break it into smaller areas. The cardstock for the top layer used is Classic Crest Solar White. Stamp and color the…
Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! The Astrobright Cardstock is on sale this month. I’m going to show you two love cards made from two shades of red Astrobright cardstocks (rocket red and re-entry red). Cut both cardstocks using the hearts frame. Use the other color as the background for the hearts. Foam tapes are used…
Hi my crafty friends, happy holidays! Hope you are enjoying your time with family and friends! Paper crafting is a fun activity to share your passion with your friends and family. Today I’m gonna show you a floral birthday card I made recently for a friend of mine. It used both die-cutting and watercoloring. Cut…
Happy Thursday my crafty friends! Today I’m going to show you the birthday card I made for my husband. It has been a family tradition that I make a card for the birthdays of my loved ones. I’m hoping in ten, twenty years or even more, they may take these cards out and feel the…
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…
Happy Wednesday my dear crafty friends! I have been searching for a good quality emerald cardstock for the 55th anniversary to complete my anniversary card set. Here are the cardstock (Royal Sundance Linen Emerald 80 lb) and envelope (Stardream Metallic Emerald A6 Envelope) that work perfectly for my purpose. This linen cardstock is 80 lb,…
Hello, my dear crafty friends! Happy October! I could hardly believe it’s already the last quarter of the year! Today I’m going to show you how printed watercolor images could be used for card making. This is the cardstock I love for printing watercolor images Royal Sundance FELT Brilliant White Cardstock. Its texture is like…
Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! It’s Lia at the blog today. Hope you are enjoying the colorful Autumn. Today I’m gonna show you two cards using the cut and emboss folders. Since some of the background color will be shown through the cut regions, I picked a bright orange cardstock (Curious Metallic Mandarin 111 lb)…
Hello my dear crafty friends! It’s Lia here at the blog today. I’d like to show you a cool technique called “ink smooshing” to make an autumn leaf. First put some distress ink on to a plastic board. You may use acetate paper as well. The colors I picked were festive berry, twisted citron and…