Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques
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Spotlight Coloring with Birds of a Feather
There’s something magical about combining thoughtful design with meaningful imagery, and today’s handmade greeting card does exactly that. This project features the “In Our Heart Always” stamp paired with the sweet “Birds of a Feather” stamp set from Pajama Crafter Stamps, creating a heartfelt scene filled with warmth, encouragement, and a touch of creative technique.…
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Sweet Safari Birthday Wishes 🦒🐘🎉
There’s just something magical about baby animals and birthday banners… and this card brings both together in the sweetest way! Today’s design features the adorable Cute Critters from the Savanna Babies stamp set, which paired beautifully with the Birthday Bash and Savanna Neutrals Paper Packs. The combination creates a playful yet perfectly balanced birthday card…
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Chalkboard Card Magic: Layered “Chalk,” Smudges, and Texture (Craft Roulette #306 Inspired)
There’s something irresistibly nostalgic about a chalkboard finish — the soft haze, the imperfect smudges, the layered texture. In this project, Joy leaned all the way into the messy magic while playing along with Craft Roulette #306, turning mixed media products into a dimensional, touchable chalkboard-style card. Craft Roulette #306 Parameters: Using Coal cardstock as…
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A Joyfold Card Full of Color and Creativity – Craft Roulette Episode #305
There’s always something exciting about playing along with Craft Roulette, and Episode #305 delivered such a fun and playful set of parameters! This week’s challenge pushed me to think creatively while keeping things bright, cheerful, and entertaining. This week’s parameters were: For my project, I created a Joy Fold card using the adorable Chicken &…
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Toadally Awesome Zipper Card
Craft Roulette Play Along: Drop Down + Mahjong + Go Wild We had so much fun playing along with this week’s Craft Roulette Challenge, and this one really kept us on our toes—in the best way possible! The parameters for this round were: To bring this project to life, we reached for the Toadally Awesome…
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Craft Roulette Play Along: Funny Bunnies Meet Twist ’n Slides
Tonight I had a blast playing along with Craft Roulette, creating a fun interactive card using the adorable Funny Bunnies Stamp Set paired with the brand-new Twist ’n Slides mechanism from Pajama Crafter Stamps. Interactive cards always add that “wow” factor, and this project delivered plenty of movement and smiles. Coloring & Design Inspiration I…