Our Latest Cardmaking Blog Posts

• Elegant Card with Matching Presentation Box
  By Carole Lassak

  I love bling and shine and glitter—and I got to combine them all with this project! The materials that I started with were Robin’s Nest Gold Fleur-de-li cardstock, Goldenberry Dew Drops, Daughter Mini Dew Drops, and chipboard embellishments from Want2Scrap. I started by coating the chipboard crown and flourishes with a thin coat of Duo [...]

  
  
  
  

• “The Game Is Afoot” — Sherlock Holmes Inspired Steampunk Related Card
  By Joe Rotella

  Are you familiar with steampunk? It’s a style that involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or “Wild West”-era United States—that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology, or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them. Gaslight romance or gaslamp fantasy [...]

  
  
  
  

• Trio of St. Patrick’s Day Cards
  By Carole Lassak

  Who doesn’t love St. Patrick’s Day?!  Such a festive holiday. And Robin’s Nest has some gorgeous papers and embellishments that are just perfect for creating your own unique greeting cards. For my first cards I teamed Robin’s Nest supplies with the versatile CraftGeek Autumn punch from Purple Cows. I began by building layers of color [...]

  
  
  
  

• Napkin Collage Cards Using Perfect Paper Adhesive (PPA)
  By Joe Rotella

  About two weeks ago, the Create & Craft team and I taught a collage frame class at Red Letter Journals in Grove City, Ohio. The class was inspired by the Botanical Paper Napkin Collage Frame I posted by in January. While the class was well attended, some of my “regular” students didn’t sign up. Turns [...]

  
  
  
  

• Small Heart—Big Impact
  By Carole Lassak

  Sometimes the smallest stamps have the biggest impact. That’s what I thought when I saw this Filigree Heart stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps! For this card I inked the edges of the card base, gold glitter paper mat, the rosette, and the brown cardstock strip with Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Ranger. I used the [...]