Die cut cards just make me happy, and when the die cut covers the whole front of the card, it multiplies the beauty and impact. Just add a sentiment and a few embellishments, and you have a little work of art to send a friend to brighten their day…
I crafted a beautiful set of cards using the Delightful Daisies collection from Crafters Companion. The items that drew me to the collection was the designer paper pad, the springtime color palette, and the pretty embossed daisy die cut. It was so fun and relaxing to experiment with different techniques to craft these cards. The way I like to work when making a big set of cards from a collection is to cut, stamp, and color a whole bunch of embellishment elements. Then I cut and fold multiple card bases, including some fancy fold types, and add mat layers with…
I spent a little time stamping out pretty images for some relaxing detail coloring. I like to make a big batch of images that I can color – just like a coloring book. Then blend in some ink into the backgrounds to take away the stark white paper and make the images pop. It’s so fun and easy to practice crafting little art pieces, and then assembling them into cards. For some, I stamped the images in a color instead of black. Then I added colored in, blending with the alcohol markers. Go to my tutorial about blending…
I love this Hunky Dory kit for making beautiful and quick cards for Christmas 2022. The kit includes letter size card stock for the bases, plus tons of gold foil toppers and sentiments. The floral illustrations have a modern country feel with mason jars, twine and vintage lettering. And best of all they craft together so easily! I tried crafting some stepper, easel and fold back cards to add dimension and lift the gold foil frames off the edges of the folds. For some of the smaller tag shapes, some ribbon adds texture. Some bonus cards: Using a topper kit…