Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques

  • Dramatic and Bold Floral Design with Joy Clair Designs’ Truly Inspires

    Hello my friends! I have a pretty fantastic floral card to share with you with a dramatic and bold design for Joy Clair Designs today. I combined the Truly Inspires and Modern Duets digital stamps to customize my arrangement. Both stamps are beautiful on their own, but sometimes you just feel like mixing it up!…

  • Scrappy Tails Crafts All The Shop Hop

    Scrappy Tails Crafts All The Shop Hop

    Hello friends, I hope you will join us at Scrappy Tails Crafts for a fun All The Shop Hop today. It seems the theme this year for most crafters is to shop their stash and add strategically to it with their must haves. What I love about Sabrina’s products is that she creates products that…

  • Card Hoppin’ A Year of Fun Techniques:  Galaxy Background

    Card Hoppin’ A Year of Fun Techniques: Galaxy Background

    Hello friends! Today I am participating in a Youtube Hop with the folks from the Card Hoppin’ Facebook group. This group features a new technique each and every month and usually about fifteen of us participate. For the month of April we are focusing on Bokah and Galaxy Backgrounds. Evidently, I didn’t read the full…

  • Fluttering Around Background with Jacob’s Coat Technique

    Fluttering Around Background with Jacob’s Coat Technique

    Hello friends! If you been around a while, then I’m bringing back an oldie, but a goodie, but if you’re new to card making definitely stay with me. Today’s card features the Jacob’s Coat Technique using the Maker Forte’s Fluttering Around Background stamp. I just love vibrant neon colors on a dark background and I…

  • Popping Poppies- Two Card Designs One Stamp Set

    Popping Poppies- Two Card Designs One Stamp Set

    Hello friends! I have had the Popping Poppies stamp set in my stash for quite some time, and it needed a little love. Like I just had to have this set, and then I lost it in my abyss of a studio. Does that ever happen to you? I’m so glad to show the two…

  • Easy Daffodil Copic Color Blend with Joy Clair Designs

    Easy Daffodil Copic Color Blend with Joy Clair Designs

    Happy Easter everyone! I am so excited because my daffodils that I transplanted from my grandpa’s garden finally bloomed this year. For the last two years the green leaves came up, but no blooms. I’m thinking this is an awesome Easter surprise! Because I am so happy I decided to create a card using the…


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