Tag: the rocky mountain crafter
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How to make a realistic looking guitar shaped card.
Musical Notes By Bibi Cameron for Spellbinders Hello Crafty Lovelies, Have I got a treat for you. I absolutely adore shaped cards and Bibi Cameron’s newest release is called Musical Notes, as you can imagine it has all kinds of music related items in it. I made the large guitar die into a realistic looking…
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Sewing and Crafting: Fun with Fergus the Gnome
Designed by Sandi MacIver for Spellbinders Hello Crafty Lovelies, Ok, we all know that you make cards but do you sew, cross stitch, or embroider? If you do, this adorable little guy – Fergus the Gnome might be a perfect fit for you. What a cutie! I couldn’t resist making mine into a Halloween gnome.…
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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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Everyday Whimsey – Shaker
Hello Crafty Lovelies, I love interactive cards and could not resist making this shaker card. Part of the Catherine Pooler and Sizzex ‘Everyday Whimsey’ release is circle shaped dies called ‘Border Party Circles Framelits’ and they make it very easy to create shakers. On the last card I showed you, there was a stenciled panel…
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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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Country Christmas – Christmas Tree
Hello Crafty Lovelies, The country Christmas Barn set by Annie Williams and released by Spellbinders earlier this month has these gorgeous trees as part of the set and I couldn’t help but make a shaped card with them. I started with a triangle shaped base and cut out the 2 trees that come in the…
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Simon Hurley – Polar Bear Pals
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Those bears, that sky, OH MY! What a fun card! Simon Hurley’s Polar Bear Pals were just released by Spellbinders and what a fabulous die set. I set the 3 bears on some glitter paper shaped liked a snow mound. For Mama bear, I cut her patch of fur from felt to…
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Country Christmas Barn – Classic
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Ah, the classic red and green Christmas card. Red and green just feels cozy and warm and gives off the ultimate comfy Christmas vibe. So, todays card features the classic Christmas color combo, alongside the Country Christmas Barn die set by Annie Williams and released by Spellbinders. The sentiment is from the…
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Country Christmas
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Here is another card with the Country Christmas Barn set by Annie Williams and released by Spellbinders. I chose simple this time around. Just die cut 3 trees from the barn dies, adhered that to a shiny foiled background that was foiled with the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil system in green and…
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Country Christmas
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Oh my, oh my, it’s Christmas in July! And what better way to kick off the crafting fun than with a gorgeous barn die set by Annie Williams, called Country Christmas Barn, available at Spellbinders. Of course, I had to make something outside of the box with this gorgeous set, so I…
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Spellbinders – Steamboat Willie
Hello Crafty Lovelies,The Steamboat Willie Betterpress plate by Spellbinders in Collaboration with Simple Stories was so much fun to play with. In these examples I used hot foil but they can also be inked up and ran through your die cut machine with the BetterPress. You might be intimidated by having to glue each music…
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Spellbinders – Under The Sun
Hello Crafty Lovelies, The etched die set ‘Under the Sun’ by Spellbinders is of course supposed to be a sun but I thought that it would make a fabulous Yin & Yang. Once I had the faces cut out, I used the bottom of a glue bottle that was circle shaped to trace 2 circles…
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Say Cheese – Classic Mouse – Frames and Sentiments
Hello Crafty Lovelies,By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the Classic Mouse release by Simple Stories in collaboration with Spellbinders. I wanted to show how the ‘Frames and Sentiments’ dies could be used on their own. I made of set of cards, I anticipate I will be giving them as baby boy cards or birthday boy…
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Classic Mouse – Alphabet & Numbers
Hello Crafty Lovelies,Have you been eyeing up the new Mickey and Minnie release by Simple Stories in collaboration with Spellbinders? I’m sure by now your feed has been photobombed with so many wonderful examples and here is another one using the Alphabet dies. I started by die cutting the white from the ‘Black and White…
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Steamboat Willie
Hello Crafty Lovelies, It’s here, it’s finally here! What we have all been waiting for… a Mickey & Minnie Mouse die set. Since the copyright has expired on Steamboat Willy, Spellbinders and Simple Stories in collaboration released the Say Cheese Classic Mouse collection. The sweet Steamboat Willie characters are just so cute. I paired them…
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Spellbinders – Free Hugs Oscar
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Free Hugs Oscar is super cute die set that was recently released as part of the Cheerful Chirps collection by Spellbinders. I created a set of cards with this cute little fella. Using the Lemon Fresco 3D embossing folder I spritzed a piece of white cardstock and ran it through my die…
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Spellbinders – Amalfi Breeze
Hello Crafty Lovelies, The newly released Amalfi Breeze etched die set form Spellbinders makes for a fun and quick card. There aren’t a ton of dies with this one so it comes together quite quickly. I look forward to making more with different patterned towels. I wanted my girl to look like she was laying…
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Spellbinders – Flying High
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Spellbinders released the Cheerful Chirps collection a few days ago and the Flying High etched dies do not disappoint. The gorgeously detailed bird paired with the branch and a couple of different types of foliage really give the opportunity to create a less is more card or a more is more card.…
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Spellbinders – Citrus Spritz Etched Dies
Hello Crafty Lovelies, Spellbinders Citrus Spritz etched dies feature a gorgeous lemon and flowers, there is a coordinating 3D embossing folder called Lemon Fresco. I had fun creating the vibrant background for these cards. I started by spritzing some water on a piece of regular cardstock 5.5″ x 8.5″, putting it into the Lemon Fresco…
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Spellbinders – Pretty Birds
Hello Crafty Lovelis, Spellbinders released a collection called Cheerful Chirps and in it there are a few different bird variations. I had fun playing with the Pretty Birds die set. It’s all dies so there is not much to it other than gluing the pieces together. And the wonderful thing about Spellbinders dies is that…
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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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Alex Syberia Birthday Shaker Card
Well Hello Crafty Lovelies, I am so thankful you are here! I’ve been playing with a selection of Alex Syberia Designs stamps, dies, stencils and hot foil plates and can tell you that they do not disappoint. The products all coordinate beautifully and they are really fun to play with. This card feature the Brokeh…
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Easy Gift Tags
Hello Crafty Lovelies, I am so very thankful that you are here. Have you ever made your own gift tags? I find that they are very rewarding because you can make a lot in a very short amount of time. These tags were easy and fun. There is a video linked below. AT NO EXTRA…
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World Card Making Day 2023
Well hello there crafty lovelies, It’s World Card Making day today! (October 7, 2023). And I am so glad you are here. If crafting is your passion, I truly hope that you are able to carve out some crafty time this weekend. And it’s a long weekend here in Canada, it’s our Thanksgiving. Gobble, gobble!…
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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 Stamp Gang – July Color Challenge
Well hello crafty lovelies, I am so grateful that you are here. Today is a big day for me!! It was recently announced that I am on the design team for Lindy’s Stamp Gang for 2023 and this is my first ever blog post representing them. I am so very humbled and excited to see…
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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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8 Easy Ways To Step Up Your Card Making With Video
Hello my crafting lovelies, I am so very thankful you are here. I tried several different ways on one card to step up the various elements and see what kind of result I achieved. This card incorporates 8 different ways to step it up. I have included a little video below which highlights all of…
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Lindy’s Magicals Berry Sweet Tag
Hello My Crafting Lovelies, I am so very thankful you are here. I’ve been loving Lindy’s Magicals, have you ever tried them? They are so much fun to play with. They come in powder form and when you add water magic happens. Super saturated beautiful colors pop right off of the page in random patterns…
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Lindy’s Magicals With Junk Journals
Hello My Crafty Lovelies, I am so very thankful that you are here. Have you ever tried junk journaling? I admit, It’s not my usual thing but sometimes life can get heavy and it can be quite therapeutic to just get it out and on to paper in the form of junk journaling. Ask me…
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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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Watercolored Hearts
Hello crafty lovelies, I hope you are having a fabulous week. These watercolored hearts cards were so easy to create. I loved the multimedia feel of the watercolor and the hearts paired perfectly with the elegant sentiment to keep the beautiful hearts the focal point. I’ve created a reel and it is posted on FB…
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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…
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Jam Jar Shaker Card with Video
Have you seen April’s Club Sursee by Catherine Pooler? It is just the cutest set of jam jar stamps and dies. So many possibilities with this one. Even though I am deep into the moving process of our family home after many years here, with kids, pets, craft room, sewing room ….so much to do……
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Unboxing + How To Foil Any Stamp (Video)
Hi there folks,I recently tried this foiling technique and could not believe the results, I just had to have another play with it (I’m addicted!!) In this video I first unbox all of the goodies used to make the card panels and then I take you even more in depth on how to foil any…
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How To Make A Stencil With Dies Video
Hi Friends, The stencil trend is still very hot and if you don’t have any stencils or you want to get more out of your stamps & dies you have come to the right place, I show you how you can do just that in the video. AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU, you can…