by Crafty Carol | Mar 28, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
I’m a bit of a chocoholic. I am partial to an Easter egg or several and Lindt make the most gorgeous mini eggs. So I designed a box to hold ten of these mini chocolate eggs. I had to have several attempts and made two boxes with mistakes first which you can see in the...
by Crafty Carol | Mar 24, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
I love spring – it’s my favourite season. So I wanted to make a Daffodil Daydream Easter card to celebrate this gorgeous time of year. This is a fun fold card which is easy to make but has a real WOW factor. I used the now-retired Daffodil Afternoon DSP...
by Crafty Carol | Mar 21, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
Here are five more ideas for using heat embossing to make beautiful cards. Instructions for all the cards can be found below and/or you can watch the video to see me use the techniques in action. As a special bonus, there is one technique and card that is not shown in...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 14, 2023 | Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
The theme for this month’s Tech 4 Stampers blog hop is Birthday. But of course it’s also being published on Valentine’s Day, so it seemed appropriate to use a love heart theme for my birthday card! This card is a simple beginners card –...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 10, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Inspiration ideas, Instructions
It’s Valentine’s Day next week. I’ve bought my husband a box of chocolates, but I feel just giving him that is a bit staid and boring. However, thanks to ideas I saw from two fellow demonstrators (I think they were Jeanie Stark and Jean Dunn), I have...
by Crafty Carol | Feb 3, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
I love two-step stamps, where you use one stamp for an outline image and then another for the infill. But they can be difficult to line up properly, especially with bigger stamps or those with “appendages” that can float around and not lie straight. In the...
