by Crafty Carol | Feb 20, 2025 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
Did you know that it is easy to make your own coloured blended background for card making? All you need are ink pads in the colours you want and some blending brushes. Blending is a fun technique. I find it quite relaxing. It comes out best if you take your time when...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 13, 2025 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
Love is in the air! It’s Valentine’s Day today and I’ve made a last-minute Valentine’s arch frame card, so my husband has had two cards today! I used the new Everyday Arches bundle for this last minute Valentine’s arch frame card. This bundle...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 11, 2025 | Card ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
It’s blog hop time again! This month the theme is Springtime. It’s also Valentine’s Day at the end of this week, so I decided to use one of the gorgeous FREE Saleabration items to make this springtime Valentine’s Day card which will be given to...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 6, 2025 | Card ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
I first saw this flip fun fold card made by an American demo, Stamp with Melissa. It took a few attempts to get the measurements correct for us here in the UK, but I think I’ve done it! I demonstrated this card at my Craftalong with Carol LIVE on Zoom today...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 4, 2025 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
In today’s LIVE Craft with Carol, I made a torn aperture card using the Fruit Salad Designer Series Paper. This DSP is FREE with a £55 order this month and has gorgeous fruit images and patterns. Torn aperture cards are simple to make and can be made in many different...
by Crafty Carol | Jan 24, 2025 | Card ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
Here is the final male card for this series. This one uses current and new products, including my favourite new stamp set, One More Year. You can find a full list of products used at the end of this post. This is a simple card layout which can be used time and time...
