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Crafting With Purpose: How Your Handmade Cards Can Help Others

  💕 Making Cards for Charity 💕 I've seen quite a few posts recently from crafters who are feeling a little disheartened. They absolutely love making cards, but don't want the hassle of selling them, attending craft fairs, managing orders, or dealing with the business side of things. If that sounds like you, please don't stop crafting! 💖 For many of us, crafting is so much more than making cards. It's our relaxation time, our happy place, our creative outlet. For some, it's even a form of therapy—a chance to switch off from the stresses and worries of everyday life for a little while. If crafting brings you joy, helps you unwind, and makes you happy, why stop doing something you love? There are so many charities and community organisations that would be incredibly grateful to receive handmade cards. Many sell them to raise much-needed funds, whilst others use them to bring joy to people who may be lonely, unwell, or going through a difficult time. Some ideas to co...
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Think Beyond A4: Creative Ways to Print Your Digital Papers - Printing Tips and Ideas blog Post

  Think Beyond A4: Creative Ways to Print Your Digital Papers - Printing Tips and Ideas blog Post June 17, 2026 Getting More From Your Digital Papers – A Simple Printing Tip One of the questions I get asked quite often is how to get more versatility from digital papers, so I thought I'd share a simple example using today's new releases from the Optical Illusions Paper Range – Amanda's Fab Foliage Collection . As an Amazon Associate, I may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made through my links. For the photograph above, I printed one sheet of each of the new Ivy Leaves designs to show just how easy it is to create different sized backgrounds and mats simply by changing your printer settings. Top Sheet – Large Ivy Leaves For the larger Ivy Leaves design, I selected "2 Pages Per Sheet" within my printer settings before printing. This reduced the size of the design and printed two copies onto a single A4 sheet. I find this creates the perfect scale f...

Cute stamped Puppy Card inspiration!!

  Good boy! May 13, 2026 A Cute Puppy Card With Lots of Texture and Personality Sometimes it is the cute and playful cards that make me smile the most — and today’s card is definitely one of those projects. I absolutely fell in love with this adorable little puppy image and knew straight away that I wanted to keep the design soft, clean, and textured so the stamped image could really take centre stage. One of my favourite things about this card is how much texture has been added while still keeping the overall look simple and fresh. The embossed paw print and bone background adds so much interest without overpowering the focal image, and I love how it ties the whole dog theme together beautifully. For the colouring, I used my Tim Holtz Distress Pencils which are perfect for adding soft shading and subtle detail to stamped images like this. I love how easy they are to blend and layer, especially for creating gentle fur textures and soft backgrounds. The adorable puppy image was stam...

Messy Finger Mondays — Inky Backgrounds, Texture Techniques and Creative Mixed Media Fun

  Messy Finger Mondays Are Officially Becoming A Thing I think Monday’s class is slowly turning into what can only be described as  Messy Finger Mondays  — and honestly, I am absolutely loving it. There is something so relaxing and creatively freeing about getting all of the waxes, mediums, inks, pastes, and messy crafty goodies out onto the desk and simply having a play. No overthinking, no pressure, just experimenting, layering textures, adding colour, and seeing where the creativity takes us. This card was created during last Monday’s session, and I really hope you like it. It is definitely something a little bit different and perhaps a little outside of the comfort zone for some of you, but that is exactly why I wanted to share it. I genuinely love so many different styles of crafting. One day I might be making tiny miniature projects, the next clean and simple cards, then elegant shabby chic florals, and sometimes I just want to add a little bit of grunge, texture, a...