Use your Patterned Paper Scraps

 Here is another way to use some of your scraps.  Punch out some circles to make a pattern on your card front.  For my card today I added the 9 circles I punched from my left-over scraps.  I lined them up on the card front, adding a cute sentiment and a turtle sticker.  I did line both of these with some left-over black cardstock.  This is a simple cute card that would be great for a kid or grownup.

To see the video of this card beingcreated please head here.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you find things that inspire you.  I love this hobby so much, so I enjoy sharing my cards with all of you.  Hope to see you all soon.  If you wish to support me, please see the buy me a coffee link over on the right hand side of this page.  If you wish to support my channel by buying a card or two, please see the commissions section of my Buy Me a Coffee link or head over to my Etsy shop.  Have a great day!  Happy Crafting!

How to Use Difficult Patterned Paper in Cardmaking

 So, I saw this video by Maymay Made showing how to use those 12 x 12 papers that are difficult to use in cardmaking. It worked. Take your 12 x 12 paper, and cut it at 4 inches so you have 3 panels. Then take each panel and cut at 5 ¼. This makes the perfect panel. With my paper, I did change where I cut depending on where it would slice the image. For instance, I didn’t want to cut off a flamingo’s head, so I just cut from the bottom. That did cut the Toucan a bit but it still worked out great. There is very little waste when you do this. You need to try this too!

To see the video of these cards being created please head here.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you find things that inspire you.  I love this hobby so much, so I enjoy sharing my cards with all of you.  Hope to see you all soon.  If you wish to support me, please see the buy me a coffee link over on the right hand side of this page.  If you wish to support my channel by buying a card or two, please see the commissions section of my Buy Me a Coffee link or head over to my Etsy shop.  Have a great day!  Happy Crafting!

February Sheet Load of Cards Completed

 

I did not get to do the Feb Sheet load of Cards till after March 1^st.  I had everything cut out but just hadn’t put the cards together.  I used my Cricut this time to draw the main image and to complete the sentiment.  I think the Unicorn images were adorable.  If you would like to buy one of these, please see this link for my Etsyshop.  I think this would be a card that would make someone smile.

To see the video of these cards beingcreated please head here.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you find things that inspire you.  I love this hobby so much, so I enjoy sharing my cards with all of you.  Hope to see you all soon.  If you wish to support me, please see the buy me a coffee link over on the right hand side of this page.  If you wish to support my channel by buying a card or two, please see the commissions section of my Buy Me a Coffee link or head over to my Etsy shop.  Have a great day!  Happy Crafting!

 I have seen some other crafters using photo paper instead of Yupo to make some beautiful alcohol ink backgrounds.  I decided I would try that myself, but also I combined adding a bit of stenciling using distress oxides on top to make this bold background.  I made this background into a card.  To find that card you will have to go to my Instagram account.  I have a reel showing the inspiration for the card I made.  I hope you will check it out.

To see the video of this background being created please head here.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you find things that inspire you.  I love this hobby so much, so I enjoy sharing my cards with all of you.  Hope to see you all soon.  If you wish to support me, please see the buy me a coffee link over on the right hand side of this page.  If you wish to support my channel by buying a card or two, please see the commissions section of my Buy Me a Coffee link or head over to my Etsy shop.  Have a great day!  Happy Crafting!

Kendra's Card Challenge 13

 I have finally taken the time to work on Kendra’s Card Challenge 13.I decided to wait and show you all 15 cards once they were made.. 

I so enjoyed this.  For the paper and ephemera, I am using my 2021 Spellbinders Card Club Kit Wild Hello.  I do add a few odds and ends from other places as well but I pretty much stuck to using the items from the kit.  If you are interested in learning more about this challenge head on over to Kendra’s YouTube.  I will link it below.  This is a quarterly challenge.  I have done now I think two others.  They are always brilliant and so much fun.  Maybe you will give one of the challenges a go as well.

If you are interested in learning more about this challenge head here.

To see the videos of each card being created please head here to the playlist.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you find things that inspire you.  I love this hobby so much, so I enjoy sharing my cards with all of you.  Hope to see you all soon.  If you wish to support me, please see the buy me a coffee link over on the right hand side of this page.  If you wish to support my channel by buying a card or two, please see the commissions section of my Buy Me a Coffee link or head over to my Etsy shop.  Have a great day!  Happy Crafting!