Make this quick and easy CAS retro camper card to kick off the season! When Kittie posted this card on her blog, we were SO excited to see how she combined our Retro Camper die set with one of the patterns from our Off The Grid 6 X 6 Paper Pad to make this awesome, summery CAS retro camper card. The bright colors say hot summer fun and we are here for it! A big bonus is that this card […]
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Not only can you make this beautiful quick and easy handmade card in mere minutes, it’s got a cost savings secret you will LOVE! What if we told you that you could make 24 of these stunners for about $2 each? TRUE! Our very own Kittie Carcciolo shared this knockout of a quick and easy handmade card on her blog and we just had to share it here. She used our Delightful Dahlia 6×6 Paper Pad and our Delightful Dahlia […]
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Come see how this card made with paper scraps created details that look like china! Wen you see this card made with paper scraps you are probably going to start going through your scrap stash to look for your own “china patterns”! Kittie created this card for us and she says she was inspired by a leftover strip of paper she had from another project she made with our Welcome Spring 6 X 6 Paper Pad. When she spotted it, […]
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Today’s fast and easy birthday card is so versatile and can be made so many ways! There is nothing like having the perfect fast and easy birthday card idea at the ready, especially one you can change up endlessly for a totally different and fresh look every time. Today, Kittie is sharing this card with us and we are amazed that just a few easy to make die cuts can come together so beautifully. Let’s take a quick look and […]
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Today we are sharing a handful of cards made with die cut flowers by our very own Associate Designer, Kittie! All of our designers have graced us with their cards made with die cut flowers and we love seeing all the ways they use these detailed elements – they are all so incredibly creative! We are extra blessed to have the talented Kittie Caracciolo as one of our Associate Designers meaning she contributes to the design of different products and […]
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Check out this embossed polka dot flower card from Kittie! We love cards with lots of texture and dimension and today’s beautiful embossed polka dot flower card from Kittie has it ALL going on! Kittie says “Making the background and the large white flower so pretty is as easy as running paper through your machine with an embossing folder!” Wow – who knew that using a design on a background and then one a single element could add so much […]
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Today’s handmade springy floral birthday card is packed with blooms! It’s our birthday month and we are celebrating big time! We were looking at some of the beautiful projects we’ve shared and felt like this handmade springy floral birthday card needed to be shown off. All those delicious blossoms, massed in the opposite corners, creates such a beautiful balance and frames the simple sentiment so perfectly! This card from Kittie was featured about a year ago and it’s such a […]
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Learn how to make this die cut spring wreath card and then switch it up for endless designs! Today we have this just beautiful die cut spring wreath card made by Kittie. We just love how she used our new Spring Wreath paired with our Fancy Decorative Nested and Small Tag dies for such pretty details! Kittie says “I love that this wreath set comes with all the different foliage sections and the tiny flowers that are sized perfectly for […]
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This handmade toy train Christmas card is so adorable and has the most amazing details! We are known for our including all kinds of extra components in our die sets to allow crafters to make things that are incredibly detailed, giving them so much more creative opportunity on their projects. Today’s handmade toy train Christmas card is just so breathtaking in real life and we cannot stop looking at it. As you might guess this is from our Exclusive Associate […]
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Make a Christmas bib overlay card in less time with a handy pre-made card base. Recently Kittie shared this Christmas bib overlay card on her blog and we thought it was so unique and pretty. Then when we saw her post an learned that she’d used a pre-made base from our friends at The Paper Cut, we just knew we had to share it here too. Event though the decoration is super simple, it overall has some extra impact thanks […]
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You just HAVE to see this adorable handmade retro camper Christmas card! We love that so many fun retro looks are hot right now and that inspired some of our designs. Kittie Caracciolo took one from our latest release and created this over the top handmade retro camper Christmas card and we are just sitting her with our mouths open admiring all her details! Over on her blog, Kittie shares every little thing to help you be able to make […]
Continue ReadingLearn how you can make FOUR holiday cards from ONE card sketch using some easy adaptations! The other day on her blog, our Exclusive Associate Designer Kittie Caracciolo shared a fabulous post on how to make four holiday cards from one card sketch – all different, all adorable and all easy! She shares lots of extra details in her original post so be sure to pop on over and check out all the goodness. First she shared a quick sketch […]
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This design for quick and easy handmade cards for Fall occasions can be used over and over! You know that our exclusive Associate Designer, Kittie Caracciolo, is world famous for her beautifully detailed cards made with die cuts and all her clever tricks for bringing them to life. Today she is sharing her take on creating handmade cards for Fall that add a touch of that die cut magic she has to the simple use of our new patterned papers. […]
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Here’s a great idea for easy Autumn cards that you can make in minutes! Today we have a gorgeous layout that you can adapt so many different ways for endless varieties of easy Autumn cards for any and all occasions. Kittie used one of the beautiful designs from one of our new Paper Pads with some basic dies and has created a design that can be changed up not just for Fall cards, but for any theme or motif. You […]
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See how you can make some truly beautiful yet simple handmade Fall cards in mere minutes! Today our friend and Rubbernecker Associate Designer, Kittie, is sharing her idea for simple handmade Fall cards that are just as gorgeous as the ones that use a zillion fun things and take an afternoon to design to perfection. As much as we may love a good capital-P Project, sometimes a simple but sweet card is just what we need, both to send AND […]
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Check out a gorgeous handmade western card with incredible details! Recently on her blog, Kittie shared this stunning handmade western card that we thought looked so much like a postcard we just had to share it. We recently added some new western themed elements to our shop and Kittie took them and RAN with them! Just LOOK at those details! Kittie used our Saddle and Wagon Wheel die set paired with the Deckle Hills, Deckle Frame and Picket Fence along […]
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Check out three cute handmade Halloween cards and why you don’t need instructions to make them! Today’s three cute handmade Halloween cards are from our Exclusive Associate Designer, the talented Kittie Caracciolo. Now, if you follow Kittie, you know she provides the most detailed instructions for the making of her gorgeous, intricate and detailed projects on her blog pretty much every time she posts. Recently, however, Kittie posted these three cute handmade Halloween cards that she’d created using one of […]
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This idea for handmade fall die cut cards is easier to make than it looks and it’s SO sweet! We card makers love all kinds of card making ideas, including beautifully detailed handmade Fall die cut cards like this one. It’s loaded with the sweet apples that are one of the gifts of the season! And when you look at this card from Kittie, you might think it is involved, takes forever, is too difficult….. just look at those fabulous […]
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Looking for Autumn card ideas in bright colors – this card shows off the season with no red or gold in sight! Fall cards don’t all have to be just brown and gold and red! Today Kittie is sharing one of her Autumn card ideas in bright colors that perfectly bridge the summer into fall season. This card is made using all dies and you just have to trust her – and us – when we say this is NOT […]
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This stunning clean and simple handmade Fall card is perfect for any occasion and great for batch making! If you are planning some kind of Fall get together and need a stack of cards to serve as invitations or thank you notes, this clean and simple handmade Fall card might just be the answer to your prayers. It’s also a perfect all occasion card since any greeting popped on the front will suit the fresh design, accentuated with just a […]
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Relatively easy to make, this fall leaf wreath card is stunning and can be used for so many card sending reasons! Kittie shared this gorgeous fall leaf wreath card a couple of years ago and we remembered it for its exquisitely simple design that lets those die cut fall leaves take center stage in such an impactful way. We thought it was a perfect card to share in this month’s Fall theme. Kittie shares more details in her post here […]
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