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...
by Crafty Carol | May 10, 2024 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
I can’t stop making cards using the gorgeous new A Little Latte 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 12...
by Crafty Carol | Apr 26, 2024 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
One of our lovely UK demonstrators, Diane Marlow, shared a swap with me at On Stage and gave me the idea for this card. I’ve called it a reverse frame card – it uses a Stylish Shapes rectangle die to cut away part of the image and “sink” it into the card front,...
by Crafty Carol | Apr 19, 2024 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
I’m calling these reverse triangles cards and they seem very popular at the moment! They are a good way to use up a little of your DSP stash and are very easy to make, as you will see. All you need is some DSP that has coordinating and contrasting colours or...
by Crafty Carol | Apr 12, 2024 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
Huge thanks to our lovely UK & Ireland Demonstrator Support manager Helen Simms for this card idea. We made it at our monthly Craft and Chatter get together and I wanted to share it with you. I’ve called it a Rustic Trellis card as the cross pieces are placed...
by Crafty Carol | Apr 9, 2024 | Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
How time flies! It’s blog hop time again and this month’s theme is Boys and Men. I’m not alone in finding it difficult sometimes to think of good cards for the males in my life. One of my favourite stamp sets from the current Annual Catalogue is Birds Eye View. It’s a...
