Hi Crafty Friends,  Welcome to our April Karen Burniston Designer Challenge. Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all. Our challenge theme this month is ... "THIRST QUENCHER" - Create a project that incorporates a beverage. This could be coffee, tea, wine, beer, cocktail, mocktail, lemonade, etc.  As you can see by my card above, I went with the tea theme. I used the new Tea and Cof ..read more

Hi Crafty Friends, It's time to share another rebus puzzle swap with you! This month the theme is "Books Written by Nora Roberts" If you would like to solve my rebus puzzle, why not post a comment on my blog post with your answers. I will let you know what the correct answers are next time I post a rebus card here. How did you go solving my February Rebus which was "Movies Starting with the Letter A"  Here are the correct answers so you can check how you did. American Pie Air Force One Anchorman Argo Agent Carter Ace In The Hole Age of Consent Awakenings You can find all ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing two Easter themed Never Ending Cards I created for my two grandchildren. I figured they would enjoy the movement involved in this style of card. These cards using the new 5 x 7 Never Ending Cards die set from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Never-Ending Cards Collection. Here is a quick video to see my card in action. I used pink cardstock for the card for my granddaughter, I used digital papers that I found from Etsy to decorate my cards. In the past when I have made never ending cards I have used two layers of card, however many of the newe ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Earlier in the week I shared a Never Ending Card using dies from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Never-Ending Card Collection. When Sam released the dies, she also shared cards that could be made using these dies that were Showstopper card styles. I love when dies can be used for cards other than the purpose they were designed for. For this card I used the 6in x 6in Circle Never-Ending Card die set. You can find a tutorial on how to create this style of card if you have the die set here. To decorate my card I used papers and stamps from the Showstoppers 3 Co ..read more

 Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing a dragonfly themed Slimline Pop-up card I created recently. I started this card with the front ... using the Creative Expressions Dragonfly Edger die set. I have had this die for some time now, and it was great to get it out to play. When I was figuring out what size card to make, I saw how easily it would fit on a slimline card. I did make my slimline 4 inches wide to give it plenty of room. I die cut another dragonfly from white cardstock that had double sided adhesive tape on the front. I then covered the adhesive with Rose Copper Microfine Gl ..read more

Hi Crafty Friends, I was recently asked to make a 40th birthday card by someone and as you can see I was happy to do so. This gave me the opportunity to pull out one of the dies from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Showstoppers 3 Collection ... the Double Concertina Gatefold die set. I kept the front of the card fairly simple as the focus is on the inside. I added another of the circles to the front with a sentiment. I also added a butterfly from Text{ures}. On the back of the card, I added a white panel and added another birthday sentiment. This also gives us a place to add a han ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Thanks for stopping by my blog, today I am sharing a get well card I created recently. To create my card I used Heffy Doodle's Bed Heads stamp set, this is a super cute stamp set which has been sitting on my desk for some time ... I finally got around to using it. That's one of my aims for 2024, to use my stamps and dies I have previously purchased. I created a Centre Step Card using Creative Craft Products High Centre Stepper Card die set. I added the "Thinking of You" sentiment from Whimsy Stamps Slimline Heartbeats die set. For the inside of the card I added ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Thanks for dropping by my blog. Today I am sharing a Winged Pop Up Card I created using dies from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott's Showstoppers 3 Collection.   The die used here is called 5in x 7in Showstoppers Winged Pop Up Card die set,  this die set can be used to make a number of different styles of card. I made this style of card a year or two ago without dies, but I was pleased when I found out that I could use this die set to make them. It's always a lot easier and quicker with a die set and not having to measure. As you can see b ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends,  Welcome to our March Karen Burniston Designer Challenge. Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all. Our challenge theme this month is ... "BUNNY EARS" - Use a bunny, bunnies or even just the ears for a card of any theme. Here is a quick video to see my card in action. As you can see, I have created an Easter themed Slimline Card. Actually my card is more a DL card ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing two Gumball Machine Shaped card I created recently to give to my grandchildren for Valentine's Day. I haven't used the word "Valentine" on the cards, so they could be used for any occasion. My February Papercraft Society Box arrived the week before Valentine's Day, so I decided to pull out some of the supplies included in the kit to make two Gumball machine shaped cards to give to my two grandchildren for Valentine's Day. These are cute little cards, measuring approximately 3 1/4 inches wide by 5 inches tall. The gumball machine was made ..read more