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Stampin’ Heat Tool – Essential of the Month

alpha — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:06:10 +0000

There is a certain kind of “crafty magic” that happens when you first try heat embossing. Watching a grainy powder transform into a glossy, raised metallic finish right before your eyes is what hooked me on paper crafting years ago! For this instalment of my Tool of the Month series, I am featuring the slender […]

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Campology Card Inspiration

alpha — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 23:20:16 +0000

Here’s a Campology card inspiration for Day 7 of our series. Today we are using the Toile technique for our Christmas card. Toile is a fabric printed with a repeating pattern. The standard for Toile is single colour and the theme is usually the scenic French countryside. It is usually printed in black, blue or […]

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Forever Fern Card

alpha — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:20 +0000

The Forever Fern stamp set is the star of today’s card inspiration. Today we’ll be using heat-embossing to make a clean & simple card. The images in this stamp set are gorgeous and elegant so there’s no need to go over-the-top with it. How about we keep it simple with this one. Do you also […]

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Trimming The Town Card

alpha — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 23:45:25 +0000

Our card inspiration features the Trimming The Town DSP, a new set of papers from Stampin’ Up! that are also found in the 2020 Christmas catalogue. First, what’s a DSP? That’s Designer Series Paper. They are double-sided printed papers usually in 12 x 12 inches but are also available in 6 x 6 inches. Coordination […]

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Dressed To Impress Card

alpha — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 07:13:35 +0000

Let’s use the Dressed To Impress to make a card. I love how the stamp set has a greeting for Mother’s Day. Also the shoes, lipstick and perfume bottle tug at my heart strings. It’s such a fun set to use. I want to keep the layout clean & simple by heat-embossing. Then after embossing, […]

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Gift Wrapped Bundle Card

alpha — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 05:45:31 +0000

The Gift Wrapped Bundle will inspire you to make cards for any occasion using a clean & simple technique. The Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Papers (DSP) that I used here is stack of 6 x 6 inch double-sided papers that’s ideal for card making. I love that there are 48 sheets in a […]

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Zoo Globe Graduation Card

alpha — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:01:52 +0000

Let’s use the Zoo Globe stamp set and coordinating dies to make a shaker card for our 2020 graduates. This year has been challenging for all our students. Remote learning was hard to navigate but it’s amazing how we all adapted quickly. I think a big congratulations are in order, especially to our graduates. Also […]

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Embossing and Paper Piecing Technique

alpha — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:37:58 +0000

Let’s learn the Embossing and Paper Piecing Technique. Do you have scraps of left-over Designer Series Paper? (DSP). One of the ways to use them up is a technique called paper piecing. I recommend DSP printed with dainty or small details for this project. I’m using the Beautiful Moments stamp set for my card. I’m […]

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White Embossing Technique

alpha — Mon, 28 May 2018 03:47:08 +0000

White embossing technique adds a special shine and gloss to your cards. Have you done heat embossing before? This is a fun technique using powders and a heat tool. You will also need Versamark (a transparent sticky ink) to help adhere the embossing powder to your card stock. How to emboss in white: Prepare your […]

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Merry Christmas

alpha — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 22:08:35 +0000

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope that you are celebrating and enjoying the holidays with your family and friends. My Christmas card for you is a simple and humble one. As I was making this card, I pondered about the story of a little boy born in a manger long ago to Mary and her carpenter […]

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