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Welcome back to the craft room and today’s How to Make a Diagonal Joy Fold Card post. If you love cards that wow people the moment they’re opened, you’re going to love this one. The Diagonal Joy Fold Card is like getting two fun folds in one beautiful design. It looks impressive, but it’s surprisingly…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday For the Birds post. Of all the card making challenges I did back in the day, this was the only bird challenge I remembered participating in. Was it fate because I had just purchased a new stamp just weeks before? Perhaps! Let’s take a peek…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Gatefold with a Twist post. While I love making gatefold cards, I’m not a fan of how they never stay shut unless you add a belly band. I’m also not a huge fan of belly bands, since I can never seem to get them to…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Gatefold Card Challenge post. Back in August 2011 I participated in another StampTV Release Party challenge. I’m not sure what the other challenges were, but at the time the gatefold caught my eye. This was also the perfect time to use a newer stamp that…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Christmas 2011 Gift Tags post. We are so close to Christmas Day I can almost taste it! For the last few years, I’ve decided to stick to a simple plan for gift tags. If I have more than one design, they’re very easy to create…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday From a Cup to a Card post. You just never know when or where inspiration will strike. I found that out back in December of 2008 after grabbing an orange mocha from a local coffee shop one afternoon. The cup, while super simple in design,…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Multiple Challenges post. In August of 2011, I decided to participate in two more challenges. The StampTV challenge focused on bookmarks, while over at SplitCoastStampers the theme was Clean and Simple cards. Let’s take a look at what I created—plus a bonus card featuring two…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday My Card Sketch’s post. Way back in August 2008, I wanted to try my hand at designing a couple of card sketches. After playing around in Photoshop Elements, I came up with two different ideas. To test how they would work in real life, I…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Colored Pencils and Baby Oil post. Today’s Flashback Friday takes us all the way back to my early experiments with a fun coloring technique—using colored pencils with baby oil. One thing about me: I love trying new crafting techniques. When I first saw someone (probably Gina…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Tone on Tone Challenge post. Back in May 2010, I needed a graduation card for a friend and classmate, and it turned out to be the perfect excuse to try both the StampTV Tone-on-Tone challenge and the drop shadow stamping technique. I do want to…