Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques

  • A Scenic View with Trevor and Bailey

    A Scenic View with Trevor and Bailey

    Hi friends! I’m getting a little therapeutic coloring in today! I recently went to a retreat and learned a simple scene taught by Barbara Sproatmeyer and wanted to see if I could replicate it by memory without cheating to see the colors we used in class. I think I did okay. I will let you…

  • Bon Voyage Gnomie!

    Bon Voyage Gnomie!

    Hello friends! I’m glad you stopped because it’s my favorite day of the week, DigiChoosday! Not only does a new challenge start, but there’s a new discount code for the Polkadoodles shop!! Yay! Who wouldn’t want this cute little gnomie floating around in their garden? I think he’s as darling as can be! I stamped…

  • Your Existence Pleases Me

    Your Existence Pleases Me

    Hello friends! I recently went on crafty retreat where Barbara Sproatmeyer was a guest instructor, and she is amazing. You may know her from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, and also as an illustrator for Whimsy Stamps, and if you don’t check her out. Barbara has started a new endeavor teaching live coloring classes via Zoom,…

  • I Miss Having You Around

    I Miss Having You Around

    Hi friends, I have a quick card to share with you, that I started on vacation, and then I quickly realized I didn’t have a die cutting machine. As many of you know, I despise fussy cutting, even the simplest of images, isn’t that sad? Anyhow my card features the My Monthly Hero Arts April…

  • This One is For The Guys: AECP

    This One is For The Guys: AECP

    Most of us, including me struggle from time to time to make masculine cards, but if you stop over thinking them they can be really fun to make. I think of my husband as a large child with more expensive toys, and that’s how I approach making cards for him most of the time. He…

  • Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

    Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

    Hello crafters! Thanks for joining me today for another fun card from The Rabbit Hole Designs! I am in love with this card, because I love hippos! I think I’ve shared before that I would have one for a pet, if that was possible! lol. But for now, I’ll settle for the beautiful Hippo Botanical…


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