Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques

Hi and welcome back!  Today I have a beautiful Thanksgiving card to share with you.  This happens to be one of my favorite stamps from Fun Stampers Journey.  For this card, I stamped the image with Dessert sand Memento ink and then colored it with copics.  I added the sentiment from the same set and…

Hello and welcome back to my crafty place.  Today I am sharing a simple card that I made for my son’s 18th birthday.  I chose Tim Holtz’s  Birthday Blue Print stamp set as my son just announced that he may want to be an architect.  I stamped the images in Memento ink which copic friendly…

Hello and welcome back!  I have a card to share with you today created from Kit and Clowder’s Oct/Nov coloring class featuring Lily of the Valley digital stamps.  I believe this stamp was created specifically for the class as I didn’t find it available on the shop, but it’s not too late to get the class!!!   The day…

Good morning and welcome to my crafty space.  Today I am sharing my first real attempt to add a background to a stamped image.  I totally borrowed this from Sandy Allnock, because I watched the linked video and fell in love with the stamp and her project.  I will never claim to have talent, and desperately want…

Hello and welcome back to my crafty space!  I’m sharing my design team project for Catch the Bug Challenge Blog where this Saturday’s challenge is an “anything goes” theme.  I chose to make a get well card in classic red/black/white which is one of my favorite color combos.  I like this card, because it is clean and…

Good morning and welcome back to my crafty place.  Today I bring to you a money card holder featuring an image from Pattie’s Creations Digital Images.  At my last craft show I had multiple people ask me for money holder cards, so this was my first chance to make one.  This particular card will be for…