Cardmaking in 5 Easy Steps - Cards & Coffee Time - July 07, 2026 Hello Crafty Cardmaking Friends! I have a simple five-step project that pairs those favorite and loved items sitting in your stash with some shiny new treasures. For this project, we are playing with a few pieces from the Spellbinders Timeless Textures … Continue reading Cardmaking In 5 Easy Steps – Simon Hurley Timeless Textures
Cardmaking in 5 Easy Steps - July 06, 2025 - Cards and Coffee Time Happy Monday! Today, we are tackling baby cards, mostly because looking at tiny paper onesies and miniature bibs is the closest thing to absolute bliss. My original plan was remarkably disciplined: sit down and create exactly one baby boy card. I … Continue reading Baby Cards Made Simple: One Recipe, Two Ways
Hello, Crafty Friends! Happy 4th of July! While everyone else is busy grilling burgers and dodging rogue fireworks, I am tucked away in my craft room enjoying a different kind of creative freedom. Today, we are celebrating Independence Day the only way a cardmaker truly knows how: by completely ignoring the rules of geography and … Continue reading The Inside-Out Tree: A Playful Twist on Your Spellbinders July 2026 Kits
Hello crafty friends! Welcome to the official kickoff of Christmas in July, a wonderful time of year when we ignore the summer heat and pretend we are sipping hot cocoa in our winter sweaters. Today, we are playing with the brand-new Spellbinders July 2026 Clubs. This is just the opening act, so prepare your eyes … Continue reading Let’s Light It Up Santa – Spellbinders July 2026 Clubs
Hello friends! Let’s be honest: usually, I am right here giving you a full, step-by-step tutorial on how to glue your fingers together. Today, we are skipping the heavy instructions. Instead, I just want to show off a little patriotic experiment that actually turned out looking like a million bucks. Bonus: Since we are skipping … Continue reading Sparklers, Stems, and Red, White, & Bloom: A 5-Step Patriotic Card Recipe
Hello there, crafty cardmaking friends! Sometimes crafting is less about a perfect plan and more about aggressively smearing ink until things look intentional. Today, we are channeling that exact energy into a mixed media card featuring the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Moth Study set and the matching Simon Says Stamp dies. To give this card … Continue reading Layering Text & Ink for a Beautiful, Dusty Attic Card Look with Tim Holtz Idea-ology – Moth Study
Hi, creative cardmakers! Sharing some pop art love using the Simon Says Stamp July 2026 Card Kit! Kits like this are hard for me because there is a theme that is unfamiliar to me or a theme that I do not relate with. But, I never back down from a challenge. I makes us better, … Continue reading A Pop Art Card with the Simon Says Stamp July 2026 Card Kit
Hello to my favorite paper-loving humans! Today, we are making a card that looks like it took hours, but secretly comes together in minutes. My crafty hands finally got a hold of the latest Simon Says Stamp Shine On release. Instead of hoarding the supplies like a dragon protects treasure, I actually opened the packages. … Continue reading Heavy on the Sparkle, Light on the Effort: A Simon Says Shine On Tutorial
Hi there, creative friends! Today, we are dishing up a card using the brand-new Hero Arts Coney Club release. Let’s be honest: sometimes a paper crafting release comes along and completely overrides your adult decision-making skills. That is exactly what happened when the new Hero Arts Coney Club collection landed on my desk. The star … Continue reading Frankly, This Hot Dog Card Is a Wiener (And How to Make It)
Hi there, lovely cardmakers! Welcome to my blog! We are rolling right into Day 1 of the new Simon Says Stamp “Shine On” release celebration! Today, I am sharing a fun coastal card using a simple five-step formula. I am playing with two items that belong together like peanut butter and jelly: the Happy Seagull … Continue reading Simon Says Stamp – Shine On Blog Hop – Day 1
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