Craft with Carol LIVE: How to line up Softly Sophisticated stamps

by Crafty Carol | Feb 20, 2024 | Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions

Today in my live session on YouTube and Facebook I made a set of four notecards and also a frame card using the Softly Sophisticated bundle which is free with a £90 order for the remainder of Saleabration – but that’s only ten more days! Don’t miss...

Embossed vellum cards T4S blog hop February 2024

by Crafty Carol | Feb 13, 2024 | Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

Another month flies by! So it is time for another Tech4Stampers blog hop. This month the theme is Vellum. Well, that’s easy for me – my favourite way to use vellum is embossing, both dry and heat embossing and I’ve used both in this card. Plus I have...

How to jazz up gold foiled cards with vellum

by Crafty Carol | Feb 6, 2024 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions

Have you seen the Forever Love suite in the mini catalogue? It was the first suite to catch my eye. It has the beautiful Lifetime of Love bundle (stamp set and dies), gorgeous Forever Love DSP, Pretty Peacock adn Gold ribbon to die for and some beautiful Petal Pink...

Craft with Carol LIVE: Using card layout templates

by Crafty Carol | Jan 30, 2024 | Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions

Today in my live session on YouTube and Facebook I talked about using different template shapes and using them to try out different card layouts. If I’m struggling for inspiration I can try these out on a card to see what they look like matched with the colour combo...

How to make a simple layout Fluffiest Friends card

by Crafty Carol | Jan 26, 2024 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions

Today’s past demonstrates the gorgeous Fluffiest Friends online exclusive stamp set together with the Softly Stippled DSP which is free with a £45 order during Saleabration. The cards also showcase the fabulous Everyday Details dies from the new mini catalogue. I...

How to make a quick and easy desk calendar

by Crafty Carol | Jan 5, 2024 | Inspiration ideas, Instructions

For my first project of 2024 I thought I’d make a quick and easy desk calendar. I’ve used Pumpkin Pie cardstock. This is not my favourite colour but I have given myself some targets to use colours I don’t often use this year. The beauty of this project is that...