Adorable book boxes steal the craft show

Stampin’ Up has a cute new treat box style available in the 2024 Holiday Mini catalog, and it’s so much fun to cover I have already used all ten in the pack and ordered more! The Book Box measures about 2.5 x 4 total and it’s really fun to cover all the panels with patterned …

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Double Step fancy fold tutorial

Do you love fancy fold cards like I do? I just think they are so fun and unexpected. I love the simple ones that add a bit of wow without a lot of work. Here’s a design I just learned that is really quite spectacular and gives you lots of surfaces to cover with your …

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Wrapped mats take things up a notch!

Squee! It’s the little things, isn’t it? I love cards with little details like the popped-up flowers on this card (love me some dimensionals!) But there’s another cool detail that you can easily reproduce on any card with a matted main image, and it’s not only pretty but also a great way to show off …

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Cutest Cows with the cutest new fold

Isn’t this a fun fold? I love simple WOW ideas like these. I got this idea from my friend Anita and had to make some right away! Then I figured out you can actually get THREE cards from the two sheets of patterned 6×6 paper you will use to make one card! So I’ve been …

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Easy three-strip background

I’ve been using up pretty paper strips in my scrap bin and making a bunch of card backgrounds that I can easily grab to create a card whenever I have a minute. You will feel super thrifty if you try this! Love EASY and cool techniques like this? Follow me for more pretty but practical …

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Happy Defense Day to Mike! Taco Cards

Today is a big day for my family. Michael is defending his PhD at 3:30 this afternoon. If he passes (and he will, he’s a straight A student and they’ve been very impressed with what he wrote!) he will officially be Dr. Z! We are so proud of him and what a great example he’s …

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