Mind blown: a blog about paper crafting and cardmaking techniques

  • 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…

  • Joy Clair Designs and Pink & Main Collaboration

    Joy Clair Designs and Pink & Main Collaboration

    Hi crafty friends, welcome back! I’m so happy you’re here today joining the Joy Clair Designs and Pink & Main blog hop! It makes my heart happy to be part of an industry where two companies can support one another, how about you? I have three cards to share using products from both companies with…

  • Altenew Easy Ink Blending Techniques

    Altenew Easy Ink Blending Techniques

    Hello and welcome back! I’m glad you dropped by because I have two cards that I made while taking the Altenew Easy Ink Blending Techniques taught by Amy Lee. This is another step in my AECP and I thoroughly enjoyed the class because it taught me some new things and reminded me of techniques I…


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