Vintage Butterfly Collage Card – Send to a Special Friend

I just love the Vintage Butterfly Collection from Crafter’s Companion, and even use the components to enhance other collections. There’s a whole page of stamps and dies with a postal / tickets / labels theme that I keep on my craft table to create quick ephemera. These are so easy to layer in card front compositions. The paper pad is also so pretty with different colored butterflies flying across layered florals and calligraphy text. This is an example of a collage card that just came together so easily, featuring the collage style butterfly embossing folder. I also layered…

Crafting More Beautiful Cards with Intricate Die Cuts

I just love using intricate die cuts to fill the front of a card. They make such an impact and make recipients feel special. I hope you enjoy this latest gallery of cards! These Crafter’s Companion Every Day Nesting dies are fun thanks to their inside/outside frames. I absolutely love these Crafter’s Companion Create a Card dies with their embossed details that enhance the magical scenes even more. Check out the little fairy on top of the mushroom with his petal hat! When I compose a card that works well, I like to make multiples…

Crafting Homemade Macrame Cards with My New Favorite Die Set!

I absolutely love this stamp and die set by My Creative Life called Homespun. The macrame dies are so intricate and easy to cut out. Then I can get creative with fun dimensional embellishments. It’s like I’m weaving my own little macrame wall art. The sentiments like “I can knot thank you enough…” and “hang in there” take it to another cuteness level. I paired it with Crafter’s Companion Bohemian Collection, especially the Bohemian paper pad with its layered imagery of dream catchers, pretty beads, feathers, and florals in…

Send Some Handmade Cards “With Love”

I absolutely love this card crafting kit from Crafter’s Companion – Sent with Love. This set is a little different because along with the pretty layered pattern papers, it also has kraft paper and solid color papers for die cutting. The colors are a bit vintage but modern at the same time. All I had to do is die cut a few shapes in pink, red, green and turquoise; add a stamped sentiment; and glue them onto the card bases covered in the coordinating rose & lace background papers. I especially love the mini envelope that can hold…