Tag: handmade card
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Catherine Pooler – Season’s Peekings
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Have you finished your Christmas cards yet? I got a super cute head start with this fun bundle by Catherine Pooler and it will be released today. Yay! There are so many fantastic goodies in this release; dies, stamps, patterned paper, sequins, a stencil, a cover plate and new ink. I just…
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Everyday Whimsy – Bloom
Hello Crafty Lovelies, I made a matching card set of 3 with the Everyday Whimsy release by Catherine Pooler and Sizzex. My 3rd card was made with some of the left over scraps from the my first card, I had a stenciled panel and trimmed it down to size so the off cuts ended up…
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Catherine Pooler – Everyday Whimsey
Hello Crafty lovelies, Catherine Pooler has done it again…. collaborated with Sizzex for a colorful gorgeous suite of products called ‘Everyday Whimsey’. There is a little bit of everything in this collection; shaped dies, stencils, stamps, sentiment dies, an embossing folder and when paired with the fabulous Catherine Pooler inks the sky is the limit.…
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Spellbinders – Deck Side Dreams
Hello Crafty Lovelies, I had the pleasure of creating with the Deck Side Dreams Die set by Spellbinders along with the La Dolce Vita Banners etched dies. I imagined a ship that was sailing out in the open ocean with a beautiful sunset disappearing into the night sky. I used the boat hull die to…
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Spellbinders meets Lindy’s Magicals
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Yana’s Daisies is a gorgeous new collection that was released this past week by Spellbinders Paper Arts. I absolutely adore Lindy’s Magicals and they also had a new release recently so it made sense to combine the two companies to create this bright and airy card. Nuneka, who is one of the…
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Card Challenge Theme: Outdoors
Hello Crafting Lovelies, Thank you for joining me. I am grateful that you are here. There is a weekend challenge going on and the challenge theme is outdoors. I created this card that showcases the gorgeous night sky by using Catherine Pooler re-inkers spritzed and picked up with watercolor paper. I created a video for…
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Pickleball anyone?
By now, I am certain we are all 1 degree of separation from a pickleball player if not zero, maybe it’s you. Pickleball is so popular and has exploded. I heard of pickleball about 16 years ago when I worked for a company that had started up in the UK and their kids, having moved…
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Humorous Card Challenge
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Thank you so much for stopping by. Do you ever participate in challenges? Crafting Roulette is still on my bucket list, I have watched a few times but have yet to participate. One day (sigh). But for today I am participating in a humorous weekend challenge. The topic is humor. I don’t…
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Foil Stamps and Stencils
Hello My Crafty Lovelies, It has been a minute! Or 87,600 minutes. Yes, it’s been a long while and I’ve missed you and being here. I have a fun video for you. It is a technique that I learned a few years ago and another way that you can stretch your stencils and stamps and…
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Easy Watercolor
Well hello there my crafty lovelies, It has been a very long while since I’ve written a post on my blog. Do you know what I did? I went and got myself a part time job. Now there just isn’t as much time to craft but hey… at least I have more money for craft supplies…
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Night Sky Edge to Edge Shaker Card
Hello my crafty lovelies, Thank you for being here. Do you have favorite things when it comes to card making? Such as your favorite techniques, favorite company or favorite tools & products? I would love to know what your favorites are. Drop me a comment on the video if you’d like. My top 3 favorites…
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Lindy’s Magicals Flower Wreath
Hello my crafty lovelies, I am very thankful you are here. There are many crafting powders out there and some are geared towards multi-media, well, lets be honest, probably most of them are. But I’m not really a multi-media artist, I mean … I have tried it and I don’t mind it but I am…
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Laminator Foiling Fun – So Easy
Hello my carfty lovelies, Thank you for joining me today. Do you ever have only an hour or so to create and think to yourself that is not nearly enough time so I won’t bother. This exact scenario has happened to me recently. We have family staying with us short term as their house has…
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Fixing A Background With Lindy’s Stamp Gang Sprays
Hello my crafty lovelies, I am so very glad you are here. I made this beach looking background a little while ago, it was in the running for another project that I was working on but I just didn’t love it as much as the other panel that won. Looking at it again a few…
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Berry Sweet Shaker Card
Hello my crafting lovelies, I am so very thankful you are here. I have the SWEETEST shaker card for you. It uses a line of products from Scrapbook.com called Berry Sweet and I paired that with Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magical Powders for high interest strawberries, they are my absolute favorite part of this card. The…
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New Catherine Pooler Gray Ink
Hello my crafting lovelies, I am so very thankful you are here. Have you heard??? Catherine Pooler Designs is about to release 3 new ink colors (available April 19/’23) they are all gray and they have already been well used in my craft room. There is an InstaHop on Instagram today (April 15,’23) with a…
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The Green Challenge
Hello my crafty lovelies, I know what you are thinking … this would be sooooo much cuter if it had other colors on it and not just green. I totally agree … BUT … it was a challenge. It’s not terrible, its just all green. It’s still fun, cute and playful right? Perhaps not leaving…
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Clovers & Blooms
Hello there my crafty lovelies, I am delighted that you are here! I’m sharing a colorful floral wreath made with stamps and dies that came in Club Sursee. For those of you that don’t know, Club Sursee is a monthly club issued by Catherine Pooler Designs. The Stamps and dies are to die for ……
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FREE COLOR WHEEL DOWNLOAD and Masking a Stamp That Doesn’t Have a Coordinating Die
Hello there crafting lovelies, I wanted to create a vine through the rainbow but didn’t have a coordinating die to make a mask…. so I made one by hand. The Apothecary Collection of inks by Catherine Pooler is absolutely gorgeous. I started with the colors that were mostly orange but then wanted a complimentary color,…
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Watercolor Fake-Out
Hello my crafting lovelies, Today I bring you this cool technique that I am naming Watercolor Fake-Out. The final result looks like I am a very talented watercolor artist but in reality the images are just stamped images. The products I used are part of the Boho Trends release by Catherine Pooler Designs, Smile Bright…
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Choosing Card Colors Using A Color Wheel – Free Color Wheel Download
Hello crafting lovelies, Have you got a color wheel? If so, do you use it to find the perfect color matches? If not, would you like one absolutely free? I used a color wheel to find the perfect saturated colors to blend on the background of this Valentines Day card. I have linked the free…
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Gradient Colored Background
Hello crafting lovelies, I am very thankful you came to check out this eye catching gradient colored background. It was fun and easy. It did take some time but was totally worth it as the colorful hearts really pop. Check out the video linked below to see how it was created. Happy Crafting! AT NO…
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Water Coloring on the We R Memory Keepers All-In-One Magnetic Platform
Well hello there my crafting lovelies, Today I bring you a beautiful spring floral card with so much sparkle and dimension… it’s seriously dreamy!! And I got a new tool that made it really easy. No more mess or shifting papers. Watch the video below for all of the details and crafty goodness. AT NO…