How to make a shaped Translucent Florals card

by Crafty Carol | Mar 12, 2024 | Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

It’s time for another Tech4Stampers blog hop. This month the theme is Flowers. I was delighted about this because it gave me the chance to use a bundle I had bought some time ago but never used. The Translucent Florals stamp set and dies first appeared in the...

How to make three simple greeting cards

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

I wanted to make some general greeting cards using two colours I have not really used before – Bubble Bath and Granny Apple Green. So I spent a morning playing with two of our gorgeous bundles, Thoughtful Expressions and Notes of Nature. I’ve provided...

How to make gold embossed Thoughtful Expressions cards

by Crafty Carol | Feb 23, 2024 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions

For this week’s Craftalong I wanted to design stylish cards that could be used for a multitude of occasions using the Thoughtful Expressions bundle and the gorgeous Everyday Detail dies. I’ve also used the beautiful gold embossed Nature’s Sweetness DSP, part of the...

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...