Handmade Christmas Card Gallery 2023

This year I created 40 cards using several different craft kits and themes. I tried different techniques with the sets and really had fun crafting them for family and friends! I love the vintage look of this craft kit from LDRS. I added some tearing, twine and glitter to play up the layered look of the background papers. This die cut set from My Diamond Press is my favorite from this season. It brings me back to the 80s with the look of clove studded oranges, potpourri, and dried flowers. I cut a bunch of the foliage in different greens…

Crafters Companion “Through the Looking Glass” Collection Card Gallery

I love the red white & blue color palette and collage style of this card making kit – all centered around Alice in Wonderland characters and imagery. I stamped a bunch of the sentiments that have some great font combinations and kitschy phrases, then I also stamped a whole page of the little imagery – Alice, pocket watch, playing cards, drink bottle, tea cup, cupcake, top hat – and colored them with some shading to add dimension. And of course lots of die cuts in black, gold, red and blue papers. After crafting my embellishments, I created my card bases…

Delightful Daisies Collection Gallery – Crafting Beautiful Cards

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…

Crafting Inspirational Cards with Vintage Butterflies & Victorian Ephemera

These cards use the beautiful Vintage Butterflies paper from Crafter’s Companion. It pairs well with the Letters of Love collection (postcard, postage, and writing themed) and almost any butterfly die. I cut out a few flower and foliage embellishments, added some glitter and inked edges, and I just love how the looks came together…