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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 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…
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…
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,…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Timeless White on White Card post. A friend recently introduced me to the Simon Says Stamp monthly color challenges on Instagram, and this month’s theme—white on white—immediately caught my attention. Designing with a single color presents its own set of challenges, as you can’t rely on contrasting…
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…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Thank You Joy Fold Card post. Last week I decided to practice with my coloring skills. Using the Simon Says Stamp and Memory Box True Friend stamp set, I created this beautiful floral piece with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. If you missed that post, you can…
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Marker and Pencil Coloring Practice post. My crafting adventures have been all over the map recently. I seem to have a very short attention span when it comes to techniques. So, today I decided to sit down and work on my coloring. I have done projects recently…
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…
Hello and welcome back to the craft room and today’s Hello Friend Sheetload of cards post. It is a new month and that means it’s time for another Sheetload of Cards sketch from Alicia of Call me Crafty Al. This months sketch will yield 8 cards and, if you follow the directions as written there…