Happy New Year – Let’s Start with Something Beautiful

Published: January 1, 2026

Happy New Year – Let’s Start with Something Beautiful

I’d like to wish you all a very happy, healthy, and creative New Year. Thank you for all your support, kind words, and inspiration over the past year – it truly means so much and is what keeps the creative spark going.

We’re kicking off the new year with something soft, elegant, and full of vintage charm – our Scripted Spring Cardmaking and Papercrafting Kit. This collection has a gentle, timeless feel, with delicate scripted details, coordinating backing papers, and pretty sentiments that work beautifully together. It’s one of those kits that’s easy to dip into, mix and match, and really make your own.

The kit contains 13 A4 pages filled with soft vintage-style toppers, coordinating backing papers, and versatile sentiments, making it perfect for cardmaking, tags, journaling, and many other papercraft projects. Whether you enjoy clean and simple designs or more layered creations, this kit offers plenty of flexibility.

I’ve shared some inspiration cards and tags made using this kit to give you ideas on how you can use the elements in different ways. From simple makes to more detailed designs, I hope these examples spark your creativity and help you see just how versatile the Scripted Spring kit can be.

The above card is a Tower card with side flaps - if you want to see a video for this make sure to let me know on facebook

Elegant square Card

This one i had so much fun making - i just made up the fold using my Top score board it is quite cute as from the top it looks a bit like a heart.

The above card is a quirky Easel

Some simple gift tags - this would also make some lovely bookmarks too!

As we move into the new year, I hope it’s filled with creativity, crafty time, and projects you truly enjoy making. I have so many ideas.. i don't know where to start and i need your help to guide me with what you want to see - there are only so many hours in the day and i really want to give you content you enjoy seeing and find helpful so if you see something you like and would like me to do a deeper dive on how it was made be sure to let me know

Thank you for being part of this journey, and I can’t wait to see what you create.

Happy crafting and happy new year! Amanda xo

Happy Crafting A xo

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