Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques
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Sunshine Wishes & Butterfly Kisses
There’s just something magical about crafting a summer day on cardstock—warm tones, fluttering wings, and soft textures that evoke memories of sunshine on your skin and butterflies dancing through the garden. That’s exactly what we captured with the Sunshine Wishes and Butterfly Kisses stamp set Using Copic markers, we brought our sweet scene to life…
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Happy Birthday America
We’re crafting in full patriotic spirit to honor Independence Day with a handmade card that celebrates freedom, creativity, and all things red, white, and blue. For this festive card, we’ll be using the July 2025 Card Sketch Challenge as our design inspiration and the beautifully vintage patterns from the Vintage Americana Paper Pack. To top…
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Some Beach, Somewhere — Craft Roulette Challenge
This week’s YouTube Live was a total escape to paradise with our “Some Beach, Somewhere” card! Using some of our favorite stamps from Pajama Crafter Stamps, we dove headfirst into summer with ink, stamps, and a whole lot of imagination. 🐚☀️🌊 We crafted along with the latest Craft Roulette challenge, and here were the fun…
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Buzzing Into Creativity with Bruno the Beekeeper 🐝🍯
Today’s Lunch and Chat with Joy was full of sweetness — and not just because of the honey! We spent our crafty session building a charming card scene using the Bruno the Beekeeper stamp set from Pajama Crafter Stamps, illustrated by the ever-talented Jane’s Doodles. Bruno is an adorable bear who’s all about the bees,…
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Sneak Peek + Craft Roulette Challenge!
I played my hand at this week’s Craft Roulette challenge, and the parameters definitely pushed my creativity in all the best ways:🎨 A7-sized card🎯 Include an arch💬 Use an interjection as an element🕶️ 1980s colors (cue the neon!) For the arch element, I die cut bold, neon arched tags that screamed 1980s Miami vibes. From…
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Celebration of Life: Can a Rainbow Express Sympathy?
Sympathy cards can be some of the most meaningful—and most difficult—cards to make. When someone is going through a loss, finding a way to express love, comfort, and hope through creativity becomes a quiet, healing gift. This week on YouTube Live, we explored the question:Can a rainbow express sympathy?And the answer is a gentle, heartfelt…