Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques

  • Extraordinary Clean and Simple Design

    Extraordinary Clean and Simple Design

    Hello my friends! How are you today? I hope well. I am so happy with the spring weather and seeing all of the bees out pollinating the flowers and the honeysuckle smells amazing. Can you tell I love all things Spring and Summer? Anyhow I have a clean and simple design to share today using…

  • A Golfing Masculine Mash-up!!

    A Golfing Masculine Mash-up!!

    Hello my friends! Nothing says masculine design like plaids, argyle, and golfing! I’m back with another Masculine Mash-up with Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps which reminds me of my father in law who spent most of his retirement in wild golf prints while on the course. I’m not sure I would have recognized him without golf…

  • Water Coloring With 3D Embossing Folders

    Water Coloring With 3D Embossing Folders

    Hello friends! Do you have a lot of embossing folders, but you’re not sure how to use them in new and fresh ways? If so you may be surprised to know you can water color with them. I decided to use the 3D embossing folder from Altenew called, Spoon Daisy using a polychromatic design. Polychromatic…

  • Monochromatic Die Cut Background Floral Slimline Card

    Monochromatic Die Cut Background Floral Slimline Card

    Hello friends! I hope you’re having a great week so far. I have to admit my head is somewhere on a beach and the colors of my card reflect that fact. I’m using nontraditional colors for my florals and a monochromatic background using Marker Forte‘s Around the Curve slimline die set. I’d love to know…

  • Whoa! It’s Your Birthday

    Whoa! It’s Your Birthday

    Hello my friends! I am very excited to be back with Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps this month. If you struggle with masculine card design, then you will want to stick with me throughout May for Masculine Mash-up! Despite it being the name of my series for SNSS, it’s also the name of the stamp set…

  • Peek-a-boo Window Card

    Peek-a-boo Window Card

    Hello my friends! I have a fun card to share with you using the beautiful stamp set from Scrappy Tails Crafts called Flower Shop. My inspiration came from my team member’s Deep Robbins recent project, you should check that out too! This appears to be a one layer card, but it has quite a few…


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