by Crafty Carol | Nov 18, 2025 | Christmas cards and gifts, Gift ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
I bought a large box of Lindt chocolate teddies this year to make into gifts for family and friends, so of course I had to make some gift boxes for them! Here is the first. This Lindt teddy gift box fits five small Lindt chocolate teddies or similar sweets. It folds...
by Crafty Carol | Nov 11, 2025 | Build & Bloom blog hop, Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
Another month, another Build & Bloom Stampers blog hop. This month’s theme is Celebration. I’ve continued with a Christmas theme using the gorgeous Traditions of Christmas DSP. This is a simple card using two coordinating pieces of DSP with ribbon and gem...
by Crafty Carol | Nov 4, 2025 | Gift ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
This sweet little folded gift bag measures approximately 8cm x 5cm x 5cm (3’ x 2” x 2”) and can be used for a small gift for any celebration. I’ve made a few for Christmas and for other events! The folded gift bag is made using origami techniques. The only...
by Crafty Carol | Oct 28, 2025 | Card ideas, Christmas cards and gifts, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
For my Live today, I made two Christmas cards using products from the gorgeous Peaceful Garden suite. I used Night of Navy card for the card bases with Basic White inserts, and I used the Peaceful Garden DSP and Glimmer paper for decoration. To provide some added...
by Crafty Carol | Oct 14, 2025 | Build & Bloom blog hop, Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
Our blog hop has a new name! It’s now the Build & Bloom Stampers blog hop. I love the new banner. This month’s theme is Festive Season, which is great as I need to get all my Christmas cards made! I’ve used the Traditions of Christmas DSP and Christmas...
by Crafty Carol | Oct 7, 2025 | Card ideas, Christmas cards and gifts, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
I saw this card made by Verna Mullen of Stampin’ Notes – she has a free project sheet available on her website at https://stampinnotes.com/column-center-pop-fun-fold-card/ with US measurements, so here I will just give the UK measurements I have worked...
