How to Turn Embossed Card Edges Into the Ultimate Liquid Pearl Guide Happy STAMPtember® 7th, friends! Trying to squeeze your Liquid Pearls in a perfectly straight, evenly spaced line can be challenging. One wrong squeeze and your pristine card baseline looks like a rogue constellation. We are using a brilliant unintentional built-in guide from the … Continue reading STAMPtember® 2026: Crafting with the Curled Blossom
Hello, Crafty Friends! Today, we are staging a peaceful crafting scene and making fall look exactly like a strawberry milkshake.I love building little miniature worlds on my cards, and the Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club for September 2026 is helping me with that. For this design, I constructed a gentle, sweet autumn scene … Continue reading Pink Pumpkins Belong on Your Next Autumn Card – Spellbinders Sept 2026 Clubs
The 17th Annual STAMPtember® Event for 2026 is Here! Hello and welcome to the blog party!! I am super excited to be part of the Simon Says Stamp 17th Anniversary Super Special Blog Party for the STAMPtember® Release!! Woohoo!! So much fun and so many new products!! To say Thank you for stopping by there is … Continue reading Simon Says Stamp | STAMPtember® 2026 Blog Party!!
The 17th STAMPtember® Event for 2026 is Here! Happy 17th Annual STAMPtember®, my creative friends! Clear your desks, warn your family that you might disappear into your craft room, and prepare your stamping and diecutting equipment. The absolute biggest, most thrilling month has officially arrived! For the next 30 days, we are in for a … Continue reading STAMPtember® 2026: Crafting with the Haunted Garden
Hello, crafty cardmaking friends! Crafting plans rarely go perfectly, and honestly, that is where the magic happens. Today we are hanging out with a fabulous, oversized vampire die set designed by Simon Hurley called Drac. He is wonderfully large, which naturally made me think: how can we make him move? So, we are putting a … Continue reading Putting a Sweet Spin on Drac | Spellbinders Drac by Simon Hurley
Hi, creative cardmakers! Sometimes handmade cards look lovely, but they lack that certain touch of tactile magic that makes people want to run their fingers across the paper. Today, we are changing that without making things complicated. I am breaking open the brand-new Simon Says Stamp September 2026 "Simply Shabby" card kit to create a … Continue reading Effortless Texture: Creating a Morning Glory Friendship Card with the Simply Shabby Card Kit
Hello, crafty cardmaking friends! Today, we are aiming for actual heavenly results. We are making a faith-based card featuring some genuinely delightful angels, and no, you do not need the patience of a saint to pull this off. For this project, I used three pieces from the Spellbinders Bibi's Little Blessings Collection. First up is … Continue reading Spellbinders Bibi’s Little Blessings: Making an Angel Card
Happy craftday, wonderful makers! . Trying to arrange a bunch of tiny paper balloons manually takes a lot of practice. One always ends up looking lonely on the left, while three others are aggressively crowded on the right. Waffle Flower Out and About Release . Thankfully, we are skipping that puzzle entirely today and making … Continue reading The Clever Cardmaker’s Guide to Perfect Balloon Clusters (No Measuring Required!)
Hello, crafty cardmaking friends! Today we are putting together an adorable Halloween card using the Spellbinders Classic Mouse Trick or Treat Accessories Die set. This is actually an add-on to the Classic Mouse Wedding set. Apparently, marriage changes you quickly, because our bride has already traded her elegant white gown for a giant pumpkin costume! … Continue reading Crafting with a Twist: Turning a Wedding Mouse Into a Halloween Pumpkin Cutie
Hello, cardmaking friends! Sometimes, the best way to cheer someone up is to hand them a little piece of sunshine. Today, we are making a bright, radiant geometric card only takes five straightforward steps to make. I am using the Altenew Geo Play Wreath Builder Stamp and Die Bundle. The absolute highlight of this set … Continue reading 5 Simple Steps to a Sunshiny Encouragement Card & Giveaway
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