Tutorials

Nauti and Nice

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

May 132 min read

Lakeside Retreat: A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop

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

May 84 min read

Something Old, Something New

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

Apr 172 min read

Burst of Color

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.

Feb 122 min read

Special Delivery: A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop

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

Feb 62 min read

Special Delivery #2

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

Feb 52 min read

Special Delivery #1

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

Jan 242 min read

Birthday Fancy Kit

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

Jan 102 min read

Handmade & Heartfelt Kit

Handmade & Heartfelt is the ultimate all-in-one kit because it even comes with a card holder for all your creations! First, here’s a closer look at the cards as originally designed, with few if any tweaks. When putting these together, you can use a shorter length of twine than what the directions say—12” is plenty. Of course I couldn’t resist playing with the beautiful pieces and creating some more ideas! This is the simplest alternative, just using one of the cardbases on it

Nov 9, 20252 min read