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Christmas cards from DSP scraps

Christmas cards from DSP scraps

by Crafty Carol | Sep 30, 2025 | Card ideas, Christmas cards and gifts, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas

Do you end up with loads of scrap pieces of DSP that are just too big to throw away so you keep them? I do! So for my Live this week I decided to show an easy way to use up these DSP scraps to make some simple Christmas cards. To make cards like mine you need: Basic...
Make three Peaceful Garden cards

Make three Peaceful Garden cards

by Crafty Carol | Sep 16, 2025 | Card ideas, Christmas cards and gifts, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions

The Peaceful Garden suite caught my eye as soon as I browsed the September to December mini catalogue. The range of sentiments in the stamp set means it is suitable for just about any occasion. The dies are gorgeous, with two doves, sentiment frames, stars and foliage...
T4S September blog hop: Embossing

T4S September blog hop: Embossing

by Crafty Carol | Sep 9, 2025 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

This month’s theme is Embossing, which gives a lot of scope for many different cards. I thought about using an embossing folder to add a background, or to use my brayer and colour an embossing folder, or heat embossing…I love this topic! In the end, I...
How to make two Flora slimline cards

How to make two Flora slimline cards

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...
How to make a simple aperture card

How to make a simple aperture card

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....
Make a panel Flora card

Make a panel Flora card

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...
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  • Christmas cards from DSP scraps September 30, 2025
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  • Stamp-tacular sale! September 17, 2025
  • Make three Peaceful Garden cards September 16, 2025
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