by Crafty Carol | Jun 22, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
I love making boxes for small gifts for friends and family. Here I’m showing you how to make a lovely sturdy square box that measures 3 1/4 x 3 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ (8 x 8 x 4 cm). I’ve used the gorgeous new Circle Sayings bundle of a stamp set with...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 15, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
I needed to make cards for my young great nieces who both have birthdays in the next few weeks, so I used the Hello Ladybug and Happy Hedgehogs stamp sets and coordinating punches to make two cute cards. I actually made a third, too, for my mum to give one child which...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 13, 2023 | Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
Another month, another blog hop! Time goes so quickly…. Anyway, the theme for this month’s Tech 4 Stampers Blog hop is embossing. Now I love embossing in all its many forms – dry embossing, inky embossing, and powders, but today I wanted to make a...
by Crafty Carol | Jun 8, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
In today’s post I show you my first two ideas for using Designer Series Paper (DSP) to make small gift bags. (Watch out for more DSP ideas soon!) We have such gorgeous DSP from Stampin Up! – they can make lovely gift bags. In this post and video, I show...
by Crafty Carol | May 26, 2023 | Craftalong Videos, Instructions
The lovely crafting ladies who attend my in-person Craft ‘n ‘Chat classes wanted ideas for cards for teenagers this week. As I don’t have teenagers in the family, I haven’t got any current sets that would be suitable, so I had to look out some...
by Crafty Carol | May 13, 2023 | Inspiration ideas, Instructions
Following on from the W fun fold landscape card I made last week, in our Craftalong this week I decided to play with making a W fun fold portrait card. It was fairly easy to adjust the measurements. No video this time but the measurements you need are below. I made...
