Category: Handmade cards

Spellbinders’ Butterfly Burst Card

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Hi Everyone, and welcome back! Today I’m sharing a pretty in shades of pink card featuring the new Spellbinders’ Paper Arts Butterfly Burst Etched Dies from the Paint Your World Collection. Now, I have to say that the butterflies in this collection layer and would have been gorgeous in a rainbow, but this card with… Continue reading Spellbinders’ Butterfly Burst Card

Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)

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Hi Artsy Friends! Today is a very special day for me. Altenew invited me to join their Eighth Anniversary Celebration Hop, and I couldn’t be more honored. I started crafting eight years ago around the same time Altenew released their very first gorgeous floral stamps, and I have been one of their biggest fans ever… Continue reading Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)

Catherine Pooler New Release – April, 2022

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Hi Everyone! Today I’m excited to share a fun infinity shaker card using new Catherine Pooler Ex Libris products. How adorable are these love birds? I used several different sheets of the new patterned paper for layers of interest and dimension. Also, I used the new Apothecary Ink colors as inspiration for coloring these love… Continue reading Catherine Pooler New Release – April, 2022

Spellbinders’ Paper Arts Glimmer of the Month Club – April, 2022

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Hi Everyone, and welcome back to the blog. I hope you are well in your part of the world. It is beginning to look and feel like spring here in middle Tennessee, and it makes me so happy to see the daffodils and tulips blooming that we planted last fall. As you know, I’m obsessed… Continue reading Spellbinders’ Paper Arts Glimmer of the Month Club – April, 2022

New Catherine Pooler Apothecary Inks

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Hello Crafty Friends! I hope you are well, and (if you live in my part of the world) enjoying the spring weather. Today I am excited to share the four new, gorgeous ink colors by Catherine Pooler releasing next week. These new inks are part of the Spa Collection which is a more muted, earthy… Continue reading New Catherine Pooler Apothecary Inks

Colorado Craft Company Anita Jeram Release – March, 2022

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Hello Everyone and welcome back! Today I am excited to share this Family Love card I created for the Colorado Craft Company & Anita Jeram Blog Hop. This fun family scene made me giggle, and I had to color it first. This crazy family portrait is just so full of love and kid craziness! Isn’t… Continue reading Colorado Craft Company Anita Jeram Release – March, 2022

Happy Easter Slimline Shaker Card

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Hello Spring Peeps! Today I’m sharing a fun slimline shaker card I created with the latest Catherine Pooler Celebrate Spring collection. How fun are those shaker eggs? I began by heat embossing cardstock with background stamps and white WOW Embossing powder, and then ink blended pastel inks before die cutting the eggs. I used Crater… Continue reading Happy Easter Slimline Shaker Card

Hot Foiling on Acetate and Metallic Cardstock

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Hi Crafty Friends, and welcome back. Today I’m sharing a fun technique using the new Spellbinders’ Paper Arts Glimmer Edge Butterflies and Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments. How pretty is this birthday card? I used the new butterfly glimmer plates to hot foil acetate with rainbow foil, and then die cut the butterflies for a pretty… Continue reading Hot Foiling on Acetate and Metallic Cardstock

Spellbinders’ Paper Arts March Monthly Clubs Blog Hop & Giveaway

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Hi Everyone, and happy Spellbinders’ Paper Arts March Blog Hop day! This is so exciting, because this month’s clubs are incredible. (LOL! They always are!) There is something for everyone this month from dies, embossing folders, kits, and stamps. How adorable is this month’s Clear Stamp and Die set? Oh my goodness! That little gnome… Continue reading Spellbinders’ Paper Arts March Monthly Clubs Blog Hop & Giveaway

Celebrate Spring!

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Hello and happy spring! I don’t know about you, but just as all of the spring flowers begin to peek out of the frozen ground, I get excited for all of the fun spring craft releases. The eggs, bunnies, and flowers stamps and dies are so fun! The new Catherine Pooler Celebrate Spring collection is… Continue reading Celebrate Spring!