CRAFTING DAILY DOSE

A couple of months ago, I attended Stampin' Up's OnStage convention. It was an event filled with lots of oohing and aahing over pretty products and creative ideas, but the best part was connecting with friends I've made along the way. It's so much fun getting to visit with people I rarely have a chance to see and to meet people I had "known" only online. I spent a lot of the time hanging out with a big group of other Demonstrators who are all part of the same extended team, a

I love the gorgeous papers in the Scenic Coast suite! Not only are the sunset scenes beautiful, but there are also areas with an iridescent coating that shines and shifts colors, depending on the angle. To show off the papers, I created shadowbox cards inspired by a card Julie Salva shared at the Stampin' Up OnStage convention this year. For each card, I started with a piece of Secret Sea cardstock because it creates a dramatic contrast for the colorful papers. The dies from

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the April 2026 Lakeside Retreat 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 still available. This is a gorgeous kit, and because it coordinates with the Waterside Retreat suite, that opens up even more possibilities for

We have so many beautiful patterns in each pack of Designer Series Paper (DSP) that it's sometimes hard to choose which ones to use, but this card design lets you showcase all of them if you'd like! And it can work with any set of papers. The Heartfelt Hexagon punch is fabulous because it's easy to tile the pieces together, and it's large enough to fit many sentiments. I started by punching a hexagon on the front of the card. I pushed the punch in as far as it would go, and I