I love the idea of giving family and friends something special to celebrate the the 250th birthday for the United States of America, so I crafted some interactive folio cards to commemorate this important milestone. They incorporate a lot of texture and maximize using a bunch of the red, white & blue paper embellishments in the pattern paper packs we all love. These examples use “All American” by Echo Park Paper Co. The final size is 7 x 5 inches and can fit in a standard A7 envelope. Begin with a red, white & blue double-sided cardstock…
I finally finished my Christmas cards for 2024 and sent them out on the 27th – it’s still the holidays right? I was so busy with all our holiday activities, but I’m so glad I took the time to work with the Christmas Rose collection from Crafter’s Companion, and was able to make 40 cards! I am so in love with this new collection. It has a vintage pastel glittery Christmas charm, and I could create beautiful cards so easily and really enjoyed the crafting process – a calming effect amid all the holiday…
I absolutely love this Enchanted Ocean Collection by Crafters Companion! It’s my new favorite and I was inspired to make so many cards. The collection is filled with ocean element dies and stamps, pretty “illusion film” to create iridescent backgrounds inside the intricate die cuts, and the most gorgeous papers. Each paper is filled with layers of ocean creatures and coral in a beautiful color palette. To start, I like to stamp, color and cut a whole bunch of embellishment elements to build my card layouts. My favorites of this collection are the coral die cuts…
The Crafters Companion Floral Creations die set is so fun with a huge variety of blooms to craft beautiful bouquets for cards. The set comes with a little divided storage box so you can cut and assemble a bunch and keep them for future card projects. I sat down for a session of die cutting with a mix of colored paper and after an hour or two, I had a big batch of blooms for my cards. I took inspiration from the sample on the box and crafted a background of a pretty floral paper frame and a more subtle…