by Crafty Carol | Feb 27, 2025 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
Fun fold cards are not difficult once you have the correct measurements. I first saw a card made by Tami White, a US demonstrator called an accordion Z fold. I’ve adapted it for UK-sized cards, changed it a bit and I’ve called it a diamond accordion fold...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 25, 2025 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas
In my Live today I wanted to talk about how I gather design ideas for making cards. I will often use multiple websites from fellow demonstrators, YouTube, Pinterest and other social media channels to trawl for design ideas, but sometimes the simplest solutions are...
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...
