Hi crafty friends! I’m back with another pink Valentine’s Day card – actually, I think it would be a good card to give anytime of the year. I started with a piece of Astrobright Cardstock in Plasma Pink die cut down to 5-1/2″x 4-1/4″. Then, I took a piece of Neenah Classic Crest cardstock in Solar White and die cut…
By Amber Rain Davis Cover dies and precut & scored card panels can help us create clean and simple cards in a jiffy. At times, they’re a little too simple. Using metallic cardstock and adding some hand drawn outlines or a clear embossed background can add just the right amount of something special. These cards feature Stardream Metallic…
I’m getting ready for Valentine’s Day and creating cards for the grandkids. I wanted cards that resembled the little heart-shaped candies with different sayings on them. So that’s my inspiration and here’s what I came up with. The bright pinks and reds of the Astrobright Card Stock collection worked great for these cards. I used…
Love is in the air! Valentine’s Day will be here before we know it, so I decided to play around today with a card design. I’m actually teaching a brush lettering class in early February where we will make a card, so I wanted to come up with something that was relatively simple for anyone…
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…
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…
by Samantha Z Hello, everyone! I hope you’re having a wonderful day. I’m so happy to be back on the CutCardStock blog to share my latest card with you. Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it and I thought that it would be fun to make some cards for my friends. Today I’m…
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…
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…
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…
Don’t judge a card by its front cover. This card looks like a simple Valentine’s Day card, but just wait until you see the inside. I started with 2 pieces of Astrobright Cardstock. One piece of Pulsar Pink cut 5″ x 11″ and one piece of Re-Entry Red cut to 4.5″ x 10.25″. Then using…