by Crafty Carol | Jul 6, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
As you may have realised by now, I love a fun fold card! I first made this gatefold card several years ago so it was more than time I brought it out again. Thanks to the wonderful Jan Brown from whom I learnt this gatefold. The first card I made used the Regency Park...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 29, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
For this project, I wanted to use an item that is too often overlooked – the gilded leafing embellishment on page 141 of the current annual catalogue. It comes as a tub of beautiful gold flakes weighing just 3gm. This might not seem a lot, but believe me, it...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 22, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
I love making boxes for small gifts for friends and family. Here I’m showing you how to make a lovely sturdy square box that measures 3 1/4 x 3 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ (8 x 8 x 4 cm). I’ve used the gorgeous new Circle Sayings bundle of a stamp set with...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 15, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
I needed to make cards for my young great nieces who both have birthdays in the next few weeks, so I used the Hello Ladybug and Happy Hedgehogs stamp sets and coordinating punches to make two cute cards. I actually made a third, too, for my mum to give one child which...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 8, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
In today’s post I show you my first two ideas for using Designer Series Paper (DSP) to make small gift bags. (Watch out for more DSP ideas soon!) We have such gorgeous DSP from Stampin Up! – they can make lovely gift bags. In this post and video, I show...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 1, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas
My crafting ladies love using our beautiful packs of DSP – but they’ve ended up with lots of small scrap pieces. So they asked me for ideas for using these DSP scraps. One huge benefit of our DSP packs is that the colours all coordinate so beautifully:...
