Welcome back to the craft room for today’s DIY Gift Card Envelopes in Three Easy Designs post. Today I’m showing you three easy DIY envelopes that you can make with either pattern paper or cardstock. We’ll create a small envelope for cash, one that’s perfect for a standard gift card, and a larger version for…
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Vintage Floral Card with Distress Watercolor
Welcome back to the craft room! In today’s Vintage Floral Card with Distress Watercolor project, I’m creating something special for my sister. Since I’ll be mailing a larger item along with the card, I needed a bigger card base than usual. A 5″ x 7″ card is perfect for this project and gives me room…
Flashback Friday Thank You Daisy
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Thank You Daisy post. Seventeen years ago, when I began my blogging journey, there was absolutely no posting schedule. It was seriously hit or miss when inspiration struck and I found time to craft and share it. Recently, I went through my original blog to…
Flashback Friday One More Mini Album
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday One More Mini Album post. I have another fun little mini album/Christmas gift to share with you! This time, the album was a gift for my sister back in 2012. While I used the same paper pad for both this album and the one for…
Flashback Friday Another Mini Album
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Another Mini Album post. As I said in last Friday’s post, I made a lot of mini albums back in the day! Once you start making them, there’s no going back. Today’s mini album, a Christmas gift for my mom back in 2012, utilizes the…
Flashback Friday Mini Album
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Mini Album post. There was a time when all I made were mini albums. They are so much fun to create, and there are so many different variations on the same idea. Today’s adorable little mini album is from June of 2013. This book is…
Flashback Friday Scrapbook Expo Card Swap
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Scrapbook Expo Card Swap post. Before the pandemic of 2020 hit, my sister and I always attended the Colorado Scrapbook Expo. In 2017 we decided to step up our game and took full advantage of the 2 day crafting adventure. The card exchange was something…
Use What You Have – Paper Scraps
Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Use What You Have – Paper Scraps post. The other day I was once again cleaning up my craft space. This time I dug down deep enough into the pile to find two 12” x 2” Graphic 45 paper scraps. These pretty pieces of pattern paper have…
Flashback Friday Graduation Card 2
Good morning and thank you for joining me for another Flashback Friday Graduation Card 2 post. Last week I shared a card fit for a young man, Flashback Friday Graduation Card. Today we are going back to 2014 and the card I made for our friends daughter. Let’s jump right in to the post. Another…
Flashback Friday – Explosion Box
Good morning and welcome back to the craft room! Today’s Flashback Friday post is going back to 2016 with an Explosion Box. This pattern makes a box that is 4″ square when completed. Let’s get right into it. Explosion Box A few years ago I saw instructions to make an explosion box, but when I…









