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How to jazz up a card

How to jazz up a card

by Crafty Carol | Jun 4, 2024 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas

Basic cards are fun to make using a basic cardstock base with a layer of DSP and some simple stamped or die-cut images as in the card below. But it is easy to jazz up a card simply by adding layers and embellishments to a basic layout and that’s what I focused...
How to make a daubed background card

How to make a daubed background card

by Crafty Carol | May 28, 2024 | Craft with Carol LIVE, Instructions, Techniques

I love foliage stamps so it was a no-brainer for me to get the Thoughtful Wishes bundle from the new catalogue. In this week’s Craft with Carol Live I used it to showcase some of our fabulous tools, particularly the blender pen and daubers.  To make the card you...
How to make simple hugs thank you cards

How to make simple hugs thank you cards

by Crafty Carol | May 21, 2024 | Craft with Carol LIVE

In this week’s Craft with Carol Live I used the gorgeous Hearts & Hugs stamp set to make four simple hug cards. I gave them a WOW factor by adding some simple doodle outlines. Sometimes simple is good! #simplestamping For the base cards I used the small...
How to make a reverse stamped Latte Love card

How to make a reverse stamped Latte Love card

by Crafty Carol | May 7, 2024 | Craft with Carol LIVE, Instructions

For my Craft with Carol LIVE today I made a card using the gorgeous new Latte Love suite which is available as an Online Exclusive suite or set of products. There is the Latte Love stamp set, matching dies that also cut out various other coffee-related items, a set of...
How to make a fold flat glue holder

How to make a fold flat glue holder

by Crafty Carol | Apr 30, 2024 | Craft with Carol LIVE, Instructions

One of my swaps from Rotterdam was a decorated pin for unblocking glue and it came with a link to instructions for making a fold flat glue holder box for our Tombow glue. Then one of our lovely demos, Liz Shannon, also shared instructions for making a craft desk fold...
How to make a double flap card

How to make a double flap card

by Crafty Carol | Apr 23, 2024 | Craft with Carol LIVE, Instructions

I got the idea for this double flap card from a swap from a lovely demonstrator, Emilie Raballand, at our recent On Stage event in Rotterdam. It’s exactly what it says on the tin – a fun fold card with a double flap. It is an easy fun fold card but is a real WOW...
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9B Glastry Road
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