CRAFTING DAILY DOSE

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

Birthday Fancy is one of my favorite current kits. The images are lovely, as are the sentiments in the included stamp set. There are a total of 12 cardbases, 4 each of 3 designs. The cardbases are printed on both sides, so if you wanted to cut them in half and mount them onto your own cardbases, you could easily make plenty of extra cards because there are lots of diecuts of various cakes and sweets and other layering pieces. The kit provides step-by-step instructions in the

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the December 2025 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 still available for this kit. This is a very simple fun-fold alternative that takes advantage of the beautiful laser-cut panel. Reorient