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Happy Friday my dear crafty friends~ Since all  gold  and  silver  cardstocks are on sale this month at  CutCardStock , I'd like to show you another card that uses my favorite gold cardstock of all, the  Stardream Metallic Fine Gold cardstock . These thank you cards are very easy to make, and they come in pairs. Prepare the gold and white ( Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock ) cardstocks in A2 sizes. Use the washi tape to cover the front of the white cardstock. With the "THANKS" die, cut the center of both cards out. Swap the letters between the two cardstocks to pop them out of the card. Glue the card front and letters to the card base to complete the cards. They are so simple to make, so I made a set of 8 saved for future uses. Thank you for stopping by. Please check CutCardStock on  Facebook  to get updates on sales and inspirations from the design team. And don't forget that all  gold  and  silver ...

Happy Friday my crafty friends! Hope all of you are enjoying the summer time. Summer and Fall are the wedding seasons. Do you need to make any wedding congratulations card? Here is one card I made using the gold and silver cardstocks. The front frame was cut using the  Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock . Any backgound cover die would do this job. Prepare the  Stardream Metallic Fine Gold cardstock  in A2 size (5.5'' x 4.25''). I love how the gold color pops through the holes of the frame. Stamp and cut the flowers and leaves for the card front decorations. I tried the sentiment "congrats" in both gold ( Stardream Metallic Fine Gold cardstock ) and silver ( CCS Silver Glitter Paper ) colors. It turned out that the silver one was more eye-catching. Glue all pieces together completes the card. I'd also like to try the  Mirrisparkle Glitter Silver Cardstock  as the background with gold sentiment. Thank you for stopping by. Please ...

Happy Wednesday, my crafty friends! Just hang in there! Today I'm going to show you how I made this thinking of you card with some  Pop-Tones cardstock  that is currently on sale at  CutCardStock . This cardstock is 65 lb cover weight with a wide range of colors to choose from. It's great for card fronts.  I picked the following two colors for this card:  Grapesicle  and  Black Licorice .  The Grapesicle cardstock is kind of the lilac color. I used it under the washi tape to give it a light purple background. The washi tape is translucent. So the lilac color has been softened to accompany the blue flowers, but not too overwhelming. The sentiment "Thinking of you" is cut with the  Black Licorice  as well as the  Stardream metallic fine gold 105lb cardstock  (my go-to gold cardstock). The black will go under the gold with a little bit of staggering to create a shadow effect. Glue all pieces together. All done...

Hello!! I am so excited to open my blog about my passion - card making! Hope to meet more crafty friends and have fun here.  Here is the first card I'm sharing with you. Step-by-step photos were taken during the process to show how this card was made. Some of the supplies are listed at the end of the post.  STEPS 1. Prepared card stock for the card base and card front. The size of the card was A2 (5.5'' x 4.25''). 110 lb cover card stock from Michael's was used as the card base, and 80 lb cover card stock from Neenah Solar White was used for the card front. 2. Getting ready for the heat embossing. Used the powder bag to prepare the surface of the card stock for heat embossing to avoid electrostatic charges and make the image nice and clean. 3. Stamped the images with VersaMark ink. Put super fine gold embossing powder onto the images and tapped off any excess powder.  4. Heat up the images with a heat gun 5. Watercolor the images. This is the...