While scrolling through Pinterest and seeing some alcohol ink background cards, a totally unrelated card idea came to mind – to use some curvy dies and Ink Drops papers from Craft Consortium …

What a lucky girl I am!! I had the BEST time stamping with Sara and Shelli at Stampin' UP! last month while I was at the home office celebrating my $2 million sales milestone!! We created this Fabulous Fun Fold Christmas card - I promise to share more about my visit soon, but

Happy August! We are starting the month with a taste of fall! This fall card is fun to make ... lots of circles and glimmer paper and flowers! What could be better? The stamped image here is a pretty floral sketch from the Inspirational Sketches Stamp Set. What I like about it is that it doesn't have to be colored to look spectacular. Here I just added a small bit of color with a Peach Pie Stampin' Blend Alcohol Marker. Peach Pie is one of the new In Colors this year, and I really like it…

Hello stampers and happy Friday to you. Gone Fishing is a fantastic bundle with a LOT of stamps and dies. It also comes with great patterned paper. After stamping all the images and die cutting with all the dies, I came to the conclusion that this bundle is great value. Not only is it perfect for masculine cards, it also is very well suited to scrapbooking and gift packaging. Let's take a look shall we? Gone Fishing Bundle Here is an image of all the stamps stamped on a piece of white…

Miss Pinks Craft Spot featuring Stampin' Up! products by Sue Vine, Adelaide South Australia

How to cut paper for the inside of your handmade cards. White inserts are great for dark color card bases.

5 unique ways to use your dies for card making and beyond! I'm confident, that after today's video, you'll be looking at your dies in a whole new way!

Heidi Collins, On Y Go! Stamping, Paper Crafts Teacher on Instagram: "Let's skip the stamps! I made this card without any rubber stamping. Instead, I built the sled with die-cut pieces using the Sophisticated Sled set. I love the wood texture paper being the sled! I added a little crumb Cake ink to bring out the wood grain. Get this bundle beginning July 3! #stampinup #cardmakingreels #sophisticatedsled #diecutting #cardmaker #handmadecards #christmascard"

Welcome to the Pals’ July Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because we made some great projects that are “Mixing It Up” – adding texture that will really take your projects up a…