Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to my blog. in todays project I am working on my December day by day journal. Now as a beginner in this craft this can be quite intimidation so I developed a way for myself to make it work. Instead of staring at blanc pages for hours (witch I did lol) I now just go for it. The beautiful dies and stamps from Elizabeth Craft Design make things easy though. They come with a lot of inspirational images on the back of the packaging… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to Inspiration for cards. I discovered a new addiction and that is making planner pages. Paper crafting is so much more than just making cards and I always knew that. However I never did anything other than making cards. When I was contacted by Esther Glas, the designer behind the Planner Essentials collection at Elizabeth Craft Design i was intrigued. She send me some of the Planner essentials sets and I started playing. I LOVE IT. by the time I am writing this I… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. For today’s Christmas card I am putting on my vintage hat again. I am absolutely in love with this card and how its turned out.Using the texture paste really gives this card dimension and makes it pop. The different colors of embossing pores really finish it of! If you want to see a step by step making of, please hop over to my YouTube channel: At the end of this blog you will find a full list of supplies that I used… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. today I am playing around with a lot of different inks to create two different backgrounds. the ink smushing technique is a lot of fun and packs a punch! it can really create a lot of depth. Especially when using different sort of inks. in this case I am using ink stains, mica stains, oxide inks and sprays and that really helps to create a layered effect as these all have different opacities. Now this die set form Concord and 9th makes… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. For this blog I need to give credit to Gina K. I got inspired by her Wreath builder however, as I can’t buy that here in the Netherlands, I made one myself with my Cricut. That’s the one that I am using for this card. Now to make this beautiful wreath I am, again using the S.A. Tim Holtz Winter watercolor 2 set. This set is so versatile that it can be used in many ways. I am so happy that the… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. After the lovely vintage Santa card, we made last week I wanted to keep things a bit cleaner and simpler for this card. I am using the Tim Holtz winter watercolor 2 set again for this card but in a completely different way. This time I am just using 1 color of ink to create a sort of watermark effect on the card base. That combined with some vellum and circle dies and this card is already done. Well… that could have been… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing the next card in my 2021 Holiday series. In this blog I am really putting the Tim Holtz 2021 Christmas release to the test! And I absolutely LOVE how this vintage Santa card came out. I don’t want to send it out! (But I will…) The vintage feel in this card really brings you back in time. And these stamps from Stampers Anonymous make it so easy to do it. (I am not sponsored…just an enthusiast). For this card… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters, welcome to my blog. In this blog I am taking the technique I used in my one of my previous blogs https://inspirationforcards.com/2021/11/05/simple-but-effective-one-color-card/ one step further. I am using two colors of Distress oxide inks and a Tim Holtz shifter stencil. The effect is really stunning, and the black silhouette stamping makes the colors pop even more. I really like how this card came out! If you would like to see a step-by-step tutorial of how I made this card, please head over to my channel to take a look! … Read More
Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to my blog! In this blog I am making a simple card but with a high impact! Just one-color ink and a big sentiment! I am using distress ink for this card, and these tend to blend a bit blotchy. At least with me… however I do like the bright and intense color pay of these give you. And because we are using a stencil over the blended background there is nothing to worry about. I really love the simplicity of this card, and… Read More
Hello my fellow crafters and welcome to my blog! Today we are going to start with my Holiday season series. And we are going to kick off with this beautiful sparkly deep red Christmas card! For this card I used the emboss resist technique. By embossing the stamped design with gold embossing powder before ink blending you get this stunning effect. I love how this card turned out! Just a few simple supplies lead to this pretty card that your recipient will love! If you want to know how to…. Read More
