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How to Make a Double Z Fold Card

Posted on June 15, 2026June 14, 2026 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Double Z Fold Card project. Sometimes you find a fun fold that’s impressive enough to wow the recipient, yet simple enough that you actually want to make it more than once. That’s exactly how I feel about today’s Double Z Fold Card. Not only does it offer…

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Clean & Simple Floral Card Tutorial

Posted on April 27, 2026April 26, 2026 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Clean and Simple Floral Card Tutorial. Sometimes in cardmaking, it’s nice to let one element really shine. That’s exactly what we’re doing today with the Simon Says Stamp Etched Layered Daisy Stem. By pairing a brightly colored flower with an all-white background, the flower becomes the star…

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Can You Emboss Crinkle Cardstock?

Posted on May 19, 2025May 18, 2025 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s post Can You Emboss Crinkle Cardstock? This idea came straight from a viewer who left a comment on my Elegant White on White Cards video, saying how cool that paper would look embossed. I hadn’t even considered it—but now I had to try! In this post (and…

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One Sheet Wonder: 4 Cards from 6×6 Paper

Posted on April 28, 2025April 27, 2025 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s One Sheet Wonder: 4 Cards from 6×6 Paper post.If you’re anything like me, you probably have a huge stash of 6×6 paper pads—or plenty of 12×12 sheets just waiting to be trimmed down. While I absolutely love patterned paper, I often find myself unsure how to incorporate…

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Elegant Tulle Window Birthday Card

Posted on February 24, 2025June 10, 2025 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room! Today, I’m sharing an Elegant Tulle Window Birthday Card inspired by a discovery I made back in 2019 while going through my mom’s scrapbooks. She had saved a wedding congratulations card that she and my dad received, and what caught my attention was its unique tulle window. I was…

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More Simple Cards with Distress Oxide Backgrounds

Posted on November 4, 2024November 3, 2024 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s More Simple Cards with Distress Oxide Backgrounds! In today’s post, we’re diving into more simple card designs using Distress Oxide backgrounds. I’ll be working with two versatile sets of Tim Holtz Mixed Media dies and sentiment stamps to create unique, eye-catching cards. If you missed my original…

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Elegant White on White Cards: Simple and Beautiful

Posted on July 22, 2024August 3, 2025 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Elegant White on White Cards: Simple and Beautiful post. Today we are going to discover the simplicity and beauty of white on white card designs. I have been enamored with this technique for a while now. In my mind I didn’t own the “right” type of die,…

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Grow Through This – Purple & Kraft

Posted on September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Grow Through This – Purple and Kraft post. Today’s card started out with a desire to use craft supplies that have been sitting unused for a while. The medium of choice for this card is my collection of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The Flower I…

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Mini Slimline Envelope

Posted on June 25, 2023August 23, 2026 by Leen

Hello my friends, welcome back to the craft room and today’s Mini Slimline Envelope post! Last week one of my friends and co-workers had a birthday. Knowing her favorite color was pink, I had the perfect card in mind for her. The only trouble was the need for an envelope to fit a mini slimline…

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Flashback Friday Thinking of You

Posted on June 2, 2023June 1, 2023 by Leen

Hello everyone and welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Thinking of You card. In honor of the fifth anniversary of my mom’s passing I want to share one of the last cards that I made for her. Thinking of You Hello everyone! Today I’d like to share with you the card…

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