Hello, fellow crafters!! I have a glittery, all die-cut card to share with you today!! As much as I love to color, there’s something magical about layering up die-cuts!! The mixture of colors and textures is so much fun work with!! I began by creating my background. I die-cut the detailed layer of the Present Time Die Set from gold glitter cardstock and the solid layer from red cardstock. I adhered them together with liquid glue and added them to an...

Hello, Crafty Meraki friends!! I hope your Thursday is off to a great start!! I have a clean and simple card to share with you today with a faux embossing technique!! I began by stamping the orchid from the Beautiful Mind Stamp Set onto white cardstock with InkOn3 Blackout Ink. I colored it with Copic markers, then cut it out with the Coordinating Die. For the background, I die-cut the Fern Leaf Dies several times from white cardstock. I arranged...

Hello, crafty friends and happy Thursday!! It seems that I am always trying to stock up on birthday cards!! When I saw the True Chimpion Stamp Set, I totally fell in love with these adorable monkeys and decided to create a birthday card with them!! To start, I stamped the monkeys, branches and flowers from True Chimpion with InkOn3 Blackout Ink and colored them with Copic markers. I added highlights with a white gel pen, dots of yellow gel pen...

Hello, crafty friends!! I hope your week is going well!! I have a mostly die-cut thank you card to share with you today!! I began by die-cutting the June Flora Para-dies, Crafty Plaid A2 Background Die and Stitched Scallop Rectangle from white cardstock. I added color to the flowers, leaves and stems with Copic markers. The sentiment, from the Sweet Friendship Stamp Set, was white heat embossed onto a blue cardstock strip. An A2 panel was trimmed from the same...

Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda here with you today sharing a birthday card with die-cuts on a plaid weaved die-cut background!! I began by die-cutting the flowers, stems and leaves in the Emma Meraki Flora Para-Dies from white cardstock and coloring them with Copic markers.   For the background, I die-cut the Crafty Plaid A2 Background Die from white cardstock. I trimmed approximately 1/8” strips of peach cardstock and weaved some of them through the die, while just adhering some of them behind...

Hey there, friends!! I hope you’re having a wonderful week!! Brenda here with you today sharing a sweet card that would be perfect for Mother’s Day!! I began by stamping the adorable giraffes and banner from the Mama Bear Stamp Set onto white cardstock with InkOn3 Blackout Ink. After coloring the images with Copic markers, I fussy cut them out. The Coordinating Dies are also available. I die-cut a circle from white cardstock and a scalloped circle from pink cardstock,...

Happy Thursday, friends!! I hope you’re doing well!! I have a colorful friendship card to share with you today featuring more colored die-cuts with the Scarlett Meraki Flora Para-Dies!! I die-cut the Scarlett Flora Para-Dies from white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. For the background, the Pagoni Mania Die was cut from white cardstock, then added to a panel of black & white striped patterned paper and black cardstock. I adhered the floral die-cuts and trimmed the excess...

Hello, fellow crafters!! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! I have a card to share with you today featuring some of the new products from the Meraki Cheer Release!! I started by die-cutting the Penelope Meraki Flora Para-Dies from heavyweight white cardstock. I colored them with Copic markers and added the stamen with a yellow gel pen. These dies are so much fun to color!! I can’t wait to use other mediums on them, but you know I LOVE my Copics!! Next, I...