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Creating a Focal Point With Small Items

Welcome back to another Creative Cardmaker post! Today’s card features a grouping of smaller items to form one large focal point! I’ve used the Tiny Tags stamps and dies, but you could group any smaller die cut or punched shape on a card, such as butterflies, circles, hearts, stars, etc. Grouping them together helps keep […]

 

Do the Splits: Designing With Split Sentiments

Hi, this is Danielle Flanders with another Creative Cardmaker post, and today I want to talk about a trend I’ve been seeing more and more of lately in cardmaking, which involves splitting up your card front to reveal a sentiment in between! It’s a fun way to add dimension and a little something unexpected to […]

Sundays With Lorraine

Hello, my crafty friends and welcome back to the Weekly Scrapper! It makes me smile knowing that you found a bit of time to get crafty. One of my goals for this year is to make sure that I take the time to do more of what makes me happy. Since art is proven to […]

Gradient Borders

Happy Tuesday! Danielle here with another card making tip! Today I’d like to share with you how to get this pretty gradient look using border dies. The first thing you will want to do is choose which cardstock colors you will want for your border. I have a rainbow effect going on here on my […]

Adding Contrast With Dark Backgrounds

Welcome to another creative card making post! I usually love using white backgrounds on my cards, but with fall arriving here in Colorado, I’ve been in the mood to be different and try some fall colors against a darker background. I love the contrast the darker background gives! For these cards, I selected a patterned paper […]