New Year’s Cheers With My First Digital Paper Collection

I am so excited to finally share a card made with my very first digital patterned paper collection called New Year’s Cheers. I drew all of the patterns in this set myself, including the cocktail glasses, the wavy line design, and the star pattern, and it was such a fun process bringing this idea to life. For today’s card, I followed a sketch from Sassy’s LLC Emergency Card Kit 21 and paired it with sentiments from Emergency Card Kit 20. I printed my patterned paper, trimmed it to fit the sketch layout, and layered the 4 inch square and coordinating strip onto a soft gray A2 panel to create a clean background.

To build the focal point, I die cut cocktail glasses from Spellbinders and ink blended the liquid portions to create a soft gradient inside each glass. I added a small citrus slice cut from white cardstock and lightly inked so it could read as either a lemon or a lime and balance the design. Once the drinks were assembled, I popped them up with foam adhesive and added a scalloped sentiment strip with a New Year’s greeting. I finished the card by adhering everything to an A2 card base and creating a small set of coordinating cards using both the star and wavy line patterns from the collection. The full process is shared in the video below, and I cannot wait to hear what you think of this new paper release.

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Dog-Gone Cute Mini Slimline Card with The Sassy Club Stamps

For today’s Fandom Friday, I created a mini slimline card using products from The Sassy Club inspired by a classic animated dinner scene. I started by stenciling a red and white checkered background using the Checkered Stencil and red ink onto white cardstock, shifting the stencil to extend the pattern so it would fit a mini slimline design. Once the ink was dry, I die cut the background using the mini slimline postage dies, keeping all of the pieces oriented the same way so the pattern stayed consistent across the card.

I stamped the images from the Lady stamp set with black ink, colored them with alcohol markers, and then restamped the images to darken the outlines before fussy cutting everything out. I added an embossed sentiment on a red banner die and splattered red watercolor across the background for extra texture. The images and sentiment were popped up with foam adhesive and arranged within the postage frames. To finish the card, I mounted the panel onto a red backing and adhered it to a mini slimline card base, then added clear glitter pops of color to the hearts and flame for a little sparkle.

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Recharge and Energize With Trinity Stamps

I am excited to be hopping along today to celebrate the January 2026 new release from Trinity Stamps on YouTube and Instagram. For this card, I worked with the new Recharge stamp set and coordinating dies, focusing on the battery images because I immediately had a colorful, playful idea in mind. I stamped several batteries onto scrap alcohol marker friendly white cardstock using Blackout Ink and added different charge levels by stamping lines at varying heights. I colored each battery with alcohol markers, moving from red through orange and yellow and ending with green to create a rainbow progression that feels like a battery slowly charging.

Once everything was colored, I used the coordinating dies to cut out all of the batteries and set them aside. I die cut a clean white panel using a rectangle from the Emergency Card Essentials die set and stamped the "Recharge and Energize" sentiment. I layered the sentiment with additional die cuts to give it thickness without foam adhesive. I adhered the panel to a top folding A2 card base, then popped up each battery with 1mm foam adhesive, spacing them evenly across the card. To finish the card, I added a coordinating sentiment from the set to the inside, leaning into the fun wordplay that makes this release so enjoyable.

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Loads of Love Valentine Train with Pretty Pink Posh

For today's throwback to my time with Pretty Pink Posh, I'm sharing a Valentine's Day card. I started with stamping my Valentine Train Stamp Set images on white cardstock with alcohol marker friendly black ink. My images are colored in with red, pinks and soft purple Ohuhu Art Honolulu Alcohol Markers. I used the Valentine Train Coordinating Dies to cut the images out. For this card, I wanted the train to be my main focus, so I decided to do a subtle, tone on tone background. 

I started with trimming a piece of white cardstock to 4x5.25” and die cut the XOXO Border Die five times from another piece of white cardstock. I glued them down to create an offset pattern and trimmed off the excess from the edges. This was then glued to the center of an A2 card base, also in white cardstock. Next I cut a Sentiment Strip Die out of white cardstock and used the same soft purple markers to color the paper and stamped “Loads of Love” as the sentiment for the card. I added my Valentine Train images and sentiment to my card with foam adhesive. 

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Another Orbit Complete Birthday Card with Trinity Stamps

Hi friends! Today I’m sharing a super fun birthday card featuring products from Trinity Stamps, and this one is totally galaxy inspired. I started by stamping the images I wanted to use from the Another Orbit Stamp Set with a black alcohol marker friendly ink, then colored everything in with my Ohuhu Honolulu alcohol markers. Once the coloring was done, I used the Another Orbit Coordinating Die Set to die cut all of the images. I also stamped the sentiments using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, including “Happy Birthday” (die cut with the coordinating die) and “Another Orbit Complete” stamped right inside the little flag on one of the images for an extra cute detail.

Next, I created my background using an A2 panel of white mixed media cardstock and ink blended a dreamy galaxy using Simon Hurley create. Stellar Inks in Guppy, Later Gator, Tropical Tango, Midnight Snack, and Black Widow. After my ink blending was finished, I splattered on black luster, bleed proof white paint, and clear shimmer glitter to give the whole panel a starry, dimensional look. Once everything was completely dry, I die cut the panel with the rectangle die that has the angled cut detail, then die cut the smaller angled section again from black mixed media cardstock. To bring it all together, I die cut a thin strip using a die from Emergency Card Essentials Die Set #1 from silver glitter cardstock and glued it on top of the angled cut area like a sparkly connector. I adhered the finished panel onto an A2 card base, then popped up my astronauts, moon, planet, and the “happy birthday” sentiment with 1mm foam adhesive. To finish the scene, I added the comet and three stars with liquid glue for a little extra galaxy magic.

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Live. Love. Lurk. - A Mini Slimline Mothman Appreciation Card with Emily Moore Designs

Thanks for joining me in my craft room today for a Fandom Friday project that also happened to fit perfectly with Craft Roulette Episode 301. I’m featuring brand new moth products from Emily Moore Designs (the Make a Moth sets), and the second I saw these adorable little moths, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I turned them into a cryptid-inspired appreciation card (because yes, I will always have a soft spot for Mothman). The parameters for Episode 301 were an appreciation card, colors that include Apple Farm, silhouette, and an old product. My silhouette piece was easy because all my moths are die cut from black cardstock, and for Apple Farm I brought in red for those glowing eyes and a bold red watercolor background. For the “old product” parameter, I used my old laptop to create and print my own custom sentiment.

To make the card, I die cut several moths from black cardstock using the Emily Moore Designs dies and layered all the pieces to assemble the moths. I also die cut tiny circles from red cardstock and glued them on as eyes to give the whole card that iconic spooky-cute vibe. For the background, I used Popsiclesticks mini slimline stitched layered dies and cut the smallest panel from gray watercolor pattern paper and the largest panel from red watercolor pattern paper (both from Scrapbook.com). I layered those panels together to create a bold red and black mini slimline backdrop. Next, I created a custom sentiment that reads “Live. Love. Lurk." in red font on black, printed it out, and die cut it into a banner shape. To assemble, I adhered the gray stitched panel onto the red panel, then popped up my moths with one millimeter foam adhesive so they look like they are flying across the card at different angles. I added the sentiment banner toward the middle, then adhered the finished card front to a mini slimline card base (6.5 x 3.5 inches). This card makes me laugh every time I look at it, and I love how it turned out as an appreciation card with a fandom twist.

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Chic Cat in a Purse with Scrapbook.com

This card came together as part of Craft Roulette Episode 300, and I used products from Scrapbook.com to meet the challenge parameters. I started by doing all of my die cutting first. I die cut a corkboard pattern from the Faux Finish A2 paper pad using the largest Nested Vintage Label die. I then die cut the shopping bag with handles twice from a light cream linen print using the Market Shopping Bags die set. From the same Faux Finish pad, I die cut the cat head and fur details from a gray wood grain pattern, and I cut the bow, sunglasses, ears, nose, and cheek details from a pink linen pattern. I also die cut the eyes, mouth, and sunglasses again from black cardstock and cut the collar from white cardstock. I lightly ink blended the bag pieces with Weeping Willow Stellar Ink, trimmed one handle, and glued it upside down to the front of the bag so the handle pointed downward. I glued the two bag pieces together so the intact handle stayed on the back.

Next, I ink blended the bow and sunglasses with Prom Queen Stellar Ink and stamped small hearts from the Howdy stamp set along the bottom of the bag. I stamped the sentiment "You Never Go Out of Style" in the same pink ink onto white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating Howdy die. I layered the sunglasses by gluing the pink frames to the black frames and added the black lenses inside. I tied the bow to the back handle so it looked like a scarf tied to a purse. I assembled the cat by layering all of the facial details onto the gray head and lightly ink blending with Black Widow Stellar Ink to add subtle shading. I glued the cat head and white stitched collar to the bag so it looked like the cat was sitting inside. I splattered black and white Luster Brush markers onto the cork label and let it dry, then popped the bag and sentiment onto the cork piece with 1mm foam adhesive. I attached a gingham print from the Oak Lane A2 paper pad to a top folding card base and glued the cork panel to the center. To finish the card, I added clear shimmer glitter brush to the sunglasses lenses and a little shimmer to the bow.

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