The past couple of months I’ve created several tea cards, i.e. cards in which I incorporate a bag of tea. I always enjoy making this type of card, because I love sending a ‘hug in a mug’ over the mail … Continue reading
Broad ribbons can easily be turned into belly bands – or even pockets if you glue the bottom closed. In other words, they are perfect to hold a little tidbit, like a tag, a picture – or of course, if … Continue reading
Hello again my dear crafty readers! 🙋🏻♀️ It has been a while since I posted, for which I offer my apologies. This is partly due to time contraints and the overall ‘busy-ness’ of life, and partly because I’m more active … Continue reading
As you may have noticed, I like to send tea bags over the mail by way of sending someone sort of a ‘warm hug’. I’ve done several of these cards before, and I try to come up with new designs … Continue reading
This year I sent three Easter cards to friends and family. The first two I already shared in one of my previous posts. This week I’m sharing the third, which is a wallet card, or a tea bag holder card, … Continue reading
Tea bags are – in my experience – a fun gift to send with a Welcome Home card. This week I’m sharing my idea to send two, by way of what I’ve since dubbed a swing bag card: a double card with a … Continue reading
This week I’m sharing how to use your most beautiful photos and post cards – instead of design paper – to mat your cards! It’s not only lovely, but also very quick & easy. Think last-minute birthday cards, Christmas cards, … Continue reading
As you know by now – and if not, check out my previous post – I love to send my friends some tea over the mail. But I also figured out a way to send them some perfume, integrated into … Continue reading
This week’s card was created with Together, a 6×6 design paper pad by Mintay. It’s an older design paper collection, but you’ll have to forgive me not buying anything new any time soon, due to my rather large stash 😅 … Continue reading
In my last post I shared one way of adding a perfume sample to the inside of a card. In this post I’ll illustrate a second way of doing that: by way of what I would call an integrated belly … Continue reading
Over the years I have often shared design ideas for cards to send someone an original ‘hug-in-a-mug’, or in other words, how to incorporate a teabag in a creative way. I’d like to add to that a new series of … Continue reading
Happy New Year everyone! And let’s start 2023 with a lovely vintage 1-sheet card, its browns & grayish blues so suitable for autumn and winter, and yet its pink roses remind us that Spring is coming (well, eventually it will). … Continue reading