by Crafty Carol | Jan 17, 2026 | Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
I love the Woolly Friends bundle, which includes the stamp set and matching punch. But it can take a long time to stamp and punch each image seperately, as well as wasting cardstock! Here is a simple way to get your stamps lined up to stamp and punch easily....
by Crafty Carol | Nov 25, 2025 | Christmas cards and gifts, Gift ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
Who doesn’t love a simple folded no-glue box to make? I have made these square boxes in three sizes, 6cm (2 3/8”), 8.5cm (3 1/4”) and 11cm (4 3/8”) ,all from simple squares of Designer Series Paper. The lids fit snugly, and they will fit a variety of small...
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...
by Crafty Carol | Sep 4, 2025 | Card ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
In my free live Craftalong on Zoom today we made a circle frame card. There’s no video for this card (I don’t record the Zoom session), but I have given instructions below if you want to have a go. I used the circular Stylish Shapes dies to make my circle frame...
by Crafty Carol | Jul 24, 2025 | Card ideas, Craft with Carol LIVE, Inspiration ideas, Techniques
For my Live today, I showed two techniques for using blending brushes to give two very different effects. The first card uses coloured layers and a stamped image coloured with blending brushes as the focal point. The second card uses blending brushes to make a stripey...
by Crafty Carol | Jul 18, 2025 | Card ideas, Inspiration ideas, Instructions, Techniques
This card is a torn card, that is, the layers on the front are torn rather than cut which gives a lovely effect. This torn flower card is a highly flexible design. It can be made for any occasion and you can use any DSP or decoration you wish. I used some retired DSP...
