House cards

A long time ago I made a collection of cards for a magazine publication featuring Spellbinders Open House dies and a plethora of addons. I nearly forgot about these projects until I found the photos of the cards on my laptop – I loved every single card I made. Sharing them with you in this... The post Spellbinders Open House Cards first appeared on Yana Smakula.

Hello and welcome! Today's card features Karen Burniston's Fireplace Pop-Up and Holiday House die sets. Since the Fireplace Pop-Up came out, I've only used it once to make my "Haunted Mansion" Fireplace Pop-Up card. Now with Christmas just around the corner, I am making cards for family and decided to make a Christmas card using the Fireplace Pop-Up. For this card, I started with an A2 sized card using a smooth red cardstock. One thing I love about using Karen's dies is I can usually go…

Hey there, crafty friends! You know we love the sweet stuff here at TE and today we have something scrumptiously cute from Blog Team designer, Kay Miller. Check out her yummy card below... Kay's Notes: I have to tell you that I had the most fun ever making this card! I had a blast cutting

Happy Monday Crafty Friends! With the hustle and bustle of Christmas behind us for another year, I am excited to start working on other ...

Hello there, I am a little out of sync with my blog this week, still getting to grips with my new job but I am here with a fave card from recent times. I LOVE the From Our House to Yours and you can easily miss this set in the NEW Autumn/Winter catalogue as it's really near to the Thanksgiving and New Year things, I think it's page 57! I have a video on this card which is just further on my post and I have a cool trick to show you how I created the Happy New Home words with the Well Written…

Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge for December has each designer working with a different Pop 'n Cuts insert - fun idea!!... my insert was the House die, which I used in the Square Card with Ornate Edges base. I had in mind a gingerbread house, decorated with sweets, and I ended up doing a bit of hand-drawing to get the look I was after. For the top border, I used Tim Holtz Tinsel, and a tag from Karen's Gift Card Holder Framelits set, plus bits from my stash. (I didn't have the right…

Some of our dear friends are leaving England this week to go back to America. (I've had a very tearful time at church today...) We met them...