by Crafty Carol | Sep 4, 2025 | Card ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
In my free live Craftalong on Zoom today we made a circle frame card. There’s no video for this card (I don’t record the Zoom session), but I have given instructions below if you want to have a go. I used the circular Stylish Shapes dies to make my circle frame...
by Crafty Carol | Sep 2, 2025 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
It’s a while since I made a slimline card, but as I had some slimline envelopes and because the Flora washi tape fits a slimline card so well, I made two slimline cards in my Live today. The first card is an eclipse card, where the die-cut letters are raised...
by Crafty Carol | Aug 26, 2025 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
In today’s Live, I made a simple aperture card using the large rectangular die from the Nested Essentials set and the large image from the Charming Day stamp set. Any medium-sized die and a similar sized image can be used to make this style of aperture card....
by Crafty Carol | Aug 21, 2025 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
This card looks incredibly complicated, but it really is not! Just follow the instructions (or watch the video) and make a truly WOW card for a special friend or family member. There is an inner panel that is threaded through an outer panel to make this double...
by Crafty Carol | Aug 19, 2025 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
For today’s Live, I used the gorgeous Extraordinary Flora bundle to make two panel flora cards using the products in different ways. These cards are entirely flexible and can be made for any occasion. I used the stamp for the background, then die-cut the washi...
by Crafty Carol | Aug 14, 2025 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
As you know, I love a fun fold card, especially one that has a surprise. This simple pop-up gatefold card certainly meets that requirement. It opens like a normal gatefold card but there is a pop-up element inside the card that appears when it is opened, as you can...
