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Tag: Distress Archival

How to Make a Diagonal Joy Fold Card: Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial

Posted on June 29, 2026June 26, 2026 by Leen

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…

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One Card Design, Endless Creative Looks

Posted on April 13, 2026April 12, 2026 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s One Card Design, Endless Creative Looks post. Have you ever seen the same card design over and over again and just had to recreate it? That’s exactly what happened to me. This beautiful design kept popping up in my Pinterest feed for weeks, and I finally gave…

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6×6 One Sheet Wonder: Two Card Sets

Posted on March 23, 2026March 22, 2026 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room! Today’s 6×6 One Sheet Wonder: Two Card Sets is one I’m really excited about. This is my third version of the 6×6 One Sheet Wonder, and this template turns one sheet of patterned paper into three cards—with just a small strip left over. While playing around with this design,…

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Easy Clean And Simple Layered Floral Birthday Card

Posted on March 16, 2026March 15, 2026 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Easy Clean And Simple Layered Floral Birthday Card post. Today we’re making an easy clean-and-simple layered floral birthday card using a floral die from Simon Says Stamp and Distress Inks. I’ll show you how I shade plain white die cuts to bring the flowers to life. Then…

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Six Floral Cards from One Simple Layout

Posted on March 2, 2026March 1, 2026 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Six Floral Cards from One Simple Layout post. A couple of weeks ago, I ran across a video from Jackie Bolhuis over at Klompen Stampers. After watching Easy Card Templates Using Designer Series Paper – One Template, Two Cards, I knew this one was a keeper. Then,…

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Beautiful Handmade Cards with Mamigami Paper

Posted on February 17, 2025February 16, 2025 by Leen

Welcome back to the craft room! In today’s Beautiful Handmade Cards with Mamigami Paper post, I’m taking the textured papers I created two weeks ago and transforming them into stunning handmade cards. If you missed it, I previously shared How to Create Textured Paper with Mamigami, where I explored this Japanese-inspired technique to make unique,…

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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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Thank You and Color Challenge

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023 by Leen

Hello everyone, welcome back to the craft room and today’s Thank You and Color Challenge post. One of the advantages of my day job is a fantastic discount on hotel rooms. When I do take advantage of that, I always leave a tip for the housekeeper. Recently, to add an element of surprise, I’ve added…

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UFO: Four Masculine Birthday Cards

Posted on September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 by Leen

Hello and welcome back to the craft room and today’s UFO: Four Masculine Birthday Cards post. What is a UFO you may be asking? Is it an Unidentified Flying Object? Not in this case. Today we are talking about UnFinished craft Objects. I have no idea how long these unfinished cards have been at the bottom of…

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10 Year Work Anniversary

Posted on September 10, 2023September 9, 2023 by Leen

Hello and Welcome back to the craft room and today’s 10 Years Work Anniversary post. September 4th 2023 was a very important day for me, it was the 10th anniversary at my day job. It has been a long and interesting employment journey. Of the original 15 other employees working there at the time, there…

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