by Crafty Carol | Aug 20, 2026 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Gift ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
This gift card card uses an idea from the recent online Stampin’ Up! demonstrator class, Creativity Now. This card has a three-way opening card on the front with a pouch to contain a gift card, and it also opens like an ordinary card to provide plenty of room...
by Crafty Carol | Aug 6, 2026 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
We made this fun flip fold card at my Craftalong today. (If you’d like to join us next month, then please make sure you have signed up for my emails.) This card is an easy flip fold card, with a panel that flips round to show the reverse side as you open it. To...
by Crafty Carol | Jul 21, 2026 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
This month I’ve been using the Scalloped Bloom dies for my projects. I used them to make some simple flowers for this flowers card, adhered to a central strip of the gorgeous Bloom Boutique DSP. The large flower has four layers, the middle-sized one has two and...
by Crafty Carol | Jul 2, 2026 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
This simple aperture card can be adapted for any occasion using any set of nesting dies, any DSP and any small/medium image stamp set you may have. I’ve used the June Product of the Month, Wild Bunch (which has sadly now sold out), and the Scalloped Bloom dies...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 4, 2026 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
This simple panel card can be adapted for just about any DSP and stamp set you may have, and the design is suitable for any occasion you want to celebrate. I used the Boutique Blooms suite of products, which I’ll be using throughout this month. These cards use In...
by Crafty Carol | May 28, 2026 | Card ideas, Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
I saw a slimline version of a centre pop-up card with several panels and it gave me the idea for this card with one large centre pop-up panel. I had a couple of goes trying out different sizes for this centre pop-up card, but I’m happy with this final version....
