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A Hand Stamped Rainbow Butterfly Card!

June 27, 2023June 20, 2023

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See how easy it is to make this colorful hand stamped rainbow butterfly card! Today’s spectacular hand stamped rainbow butterfly card is brought to us by Ricky, whose sense of humor always has us chuckling to ourselves as we read his instructions. Ricky was inspired to create this gorgeous project by June being Pride month. Ricky says “While we celebrate pride all year long, June is traditionally the month of celebration. Opening your world to all different colors makes it […]

Make Custom Paper For Die Cuts!

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

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Learn two easy ways to make custom paper for die cuts! Today’s beautiful card comes to us from Melinda and we are so excited to learn her tips to make custom paper for die cuts so every card you create can be uniquely your design! Melinda says “I just love this butterfly die – it gets a ton of use in my craft room. I also knew I wanted to use some other items in my craft stash that haven’t […]

The No Line Watercolor Technique – So Gorgeous!

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

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Use a simple no line watercolor technique to create absolutely gorgeous “hand painted” cards! Our Design Team – and now our customers – are LOVING this new Butterfly Flowers set and we are so glad! Today, Melinda has combined the main image from it with the no line watercolor technique to create a card that looks hand painted and just stunning. We’ve used this easier-than-it looks technique here on the blog before and we love that every project has its […]

How To Make a 3D Butterfly Card

March 30, 2022March 29, 2022

Use this easy technique for how to make a 3d butterfly card with any butterfly stamp! Allison has been on a roll and today she is going to show you how to make a 3D butterfly card using a new stamp and die set that is part of the new release coming in April, currently scheduled for April 5th. Mark your calendars because this release is LOADED with so many beautiful, fun and whimsical elements! You can, of course use […]

Repurposing a “Failed” Craft Project

November 24, 2021November 20, 2021

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A fun way for repurposing a failed craft project! So, WE wouldn’t have using this term but today Melinda wanted to share with us her latest take on repurposing a failed craft project. Honestly, we see NO “failure” here! But here’s what Melinda had to say “I have a pile of possible fails in my craft room and occasionally go through it to look for things I might be able to save and or aren’t as bad as previously thought. […]

Color Burst Powders + New Flower Stamps = GORGEOUS!

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

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Check out the backgrounds for these tags made with color burst powders! Today’s absolutely GORGEOUS tags made with color burst powders and one of our new floral stamp sets is a bonus project from Natasha and we are SO excited! Natasha says “I love the new Amazing Blooms stamp set! I wanted to create some simple, yet colorful gift tags using these beautiful layering stamps, along with color burst powders.” Let’s take a closer look at how she made these […]

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A Breathtaking Butterfly Birthday Card!

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

When we first saw this butterfly birthday card we had to take a moment and just appreciate how beautiful it is! The soothing background pattern of the watercolor style flowers, the highlighted oval that is the perch for a striking 3D die cut butterfly and that bold black sentiment…….it all just comes together in such perfect balance. And Renee, today’s designer, is sharing her whole how-to here so YOU can make it too! Renee used our Spring Blossom Watercolor stamp […]

Handmade Thank You Card Ideas

October 17, 2020October 19, 2020

We don’t know about you, but we love having handmade thank you card ideas handy because there are so many reasons to say “thank you”! Today, Allison is showing us one of these great DIY card ideas using one of our recently released background stamps and a fun coloring technique as the focal point. We love how she created sort of an ombre look from the outside edges of the card to the center! She did this by stamping the […]

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With Love Card

May 30, 2020May 27, 2020

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I wanted to make a feminine with love card so I paired the Nested Circle Scallop w/ Holes and the 2 Part Butterfly #3 along with the Large Ivy, Small Flowers #3 and Kittie Says Phrases #1.. The bright pink and green color combination is so striking against the white background. The hearts on the designer paper adds another element of love on this card. The Card Base and Sentiment Cut an A2 sized card base, the eyelet circle and […]