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

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

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the June 2025...

Salutations, gentle crafter! It is I, Lady Vystledown of Crafting Daily Dose. Gather 'round for this month’s enchanting A Paper Pumpkin...

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the October 2024...

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the February 2024...

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the October 2023...

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the September...

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin' Up's monthly subscription box. September's "With Love & Gratitude” kit contained supplies for 8 treat bags and...

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin' Up's monthly subscription box. September's "With Love & Gratitude” kit contained supplies for 8 treat bags and...

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the August 2023...

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin' Up's monthly subscription box. August's "Meaningful Flowers” kit contained supplies for 8 cards--4 each of 2...

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin' Up's monthly subscription box. August's "Meaningful Flowers” kit contained supplies for 8 cards--4 each of 2...

While I myself am not an outdoorsy person, I have lots of friends and family who are, so I'm pitching this idea for a fun pop-up: I...

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the July 2023 Fun...

I don't know what the weather has been like where you are, but it's been really hot here in Texas, and we sure could use some rain! It's...

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin' Up's monthly subscription box. July's "Fun in the Sun” kit contained supplies for 9 cards--3 each of 3...