Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques
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Digi Choosday For The Boys
Hi and welcome back, we have a new challenge starting at Digi Choosday, and there’s no better day to shop since we have a discount code for you to Polkadoodles! The challenge given to the design team was to create a shaped card for the boys, and I accepted that challenge. I have a darling…
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Creating An Under The Sea Scene
Hi and welcome back to my crafty place! Today I have a fun and easy Under The Sea Scene featuring Fairy Hugs, Oscar! I just love Oscar and his cute tentacles, which makes creating an under the sea scene even more fun! To create my under the sea scene, I started by stenciling Distress oxide…
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Emboss Resist Watercolor Tag
Hi and welcome back. I have a fun tag today that I made using an emboss resist technique, featuring Botanical Banners from Brutus Monroe. Heat embossing was one of the first techniques that I fell in love with as a new card maker and I am still mesmerized with watching the powder melt. Does anyone…
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Bluebell Fairy Hugs
Hi and welcome back to my crafty space! I am so excited to announce that I have joined the Fairy Hugs Design Team! If you haven’t heard of Fairy Hugs yet, they are a small business based out of Florida that specializes in high quality clear stamps, glitter, and printed papers. I love the intricate…
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Adding Strategic Interest
Hi and welcome back to my crafty place. Today I am sharing a slimline card featuring Joy Clair’s Hope stamp set. Despite this being a clean and simple design it pulls a big punch (no pun intended). When designing a card or any layout it is very important to pull elements in that will catch…
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Crisp Autumn Days
Hi and welcome back, Joy here with a few fall cards to share with you from Brutus Monroe. I’m really trying to hang on to the last few days of summer, but I’m not going to lie I’m starting to crave pumpkin spiced lattes, and cooler, crisp weather. Both cards I’m sharing I think will…