CRAFTING DAILY DOSE

Want a fun colorful background? Add a starburst design to your card! This technique lets you arrange 12 triangles to form a striking pattern behind your focal image. I was inspired by a card made by Amanda Mertz a few years ago using a retired die that is no longer available, and I wanted to recreate the look. I dusted off my trigonometry and did the math so you don't have to! To get the correct angles, start with a rectangle that is 3-1/2" x 2" and cut it in half diagonally.

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the January 2026 Watercolor in Bloom kit. This kit included supplies for 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs. Kits always come with an exclusive stamp set, a mini ink cube, embellishments, and adhesives. As of today, refills are no longer available for this kit. I really love the envelopes that came with this kit, so I turned one into a card. I started by trimming

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin' Up's monthly subscription box. January's "Special Delivery” kit contained supplies for 9 cards, 3 each of 3 cards. Kits always include an exclusive stamp set, a mini ink cube, and adhesives. The intended projects are always fun, but I love to find different ways to use these versatile kits. Like many cardmakers, I have a special fondness for postal themes, and I hope these ideas will get your stamp of approval! For this first card, I used my own Bas

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin' Up's monthly subscription box. January's "Special Delivery” kit contained supplies for 9 cards, 3 each of 3 cards. Kits always include an exclusive stamp set, a mini ink cube, and adhesives. The intended projects are always fun, but I love to find different ways to use these versatile kits. The kit included 3 very large die cuts shaped like postage stamps. I used two of them as card fronts, as they were intended to be, but I created different version