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Vibrant Colors and Background Dies!

Vibrant Colors and Background Dies!

Hi Crafty Meraki Friends, Aly here, and I am so excited to be a guest designer on the Crafty Meraki blog for the month of January. For my first card, I wanted to make a Valentine's Card but with vibrant rainbow colors. Come see how I made it! 

When I saw this background die, I just knew I could use it in so many different ways. To start, I ink-blended an A2 sized rainbow background using Rina K's Electro Pop inks on white cardstock. I wanted BOLD colors! I splattered some white gouache and Perfect Pearl on the background as well for some shimmer. Then I cut down the panel a bit and glued it onto an A2 sized white notecard. 

Next, I die-cut the Crafty Meraki Eccentric Hearts background die from white cardstock. I wanted more of the vibrant background to be on display, so I cut out the heart strips and glued only 5 of them on the front card panel. 

After my background was finished, I needed a focal point for my card. When I first saw the images from the Crafty Meraki Birds of Paradise stamp set, I knew immediately I wanted to use the image that looks like a mommy parrot hugging a baby parrot as a Valentine's Card or Mother's Day card. I stamped this image on a heart diecut with black ink as well as the sentiment "Love You" which I got from the Crafty Meraki Love FURever stamp set. I colored in the image with Prismacolor pencils in colors that I tried to match to the background. I also lightly ink blended around the edges of the heart with the leftover ink that was on my blender brushes. 

Because I take so much time making my cards, I have an obsession with decorating the inside of my cards as well as the envelopes. For the envelope, I stamped some of the images from the Birds of Paradise and Love FURever stamp sets in black ink. For the inside of the card, I ink-blended with the same colors along the right edge of the card, glued one last strip of white hearts from the Eccentric Hearts background die, and stamped a little butterfly in black. 

I had so much fun making this card. This card design has a lot of potential to be remade just with different colors or different focal images. I hope that you have enjoyed my first post and that I inspired you in some way today. I wish you all the most magical and crafty day!

Aly Ricke

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Desire Moreau

Desire Moreau

My name is Desire Moreau, I’m 42 years old and I live in Lyon, France. In late 2024, like many others, I wanted to secure my family’s future and I fell into the trap of a fake cryptocurrency investment group on Telegram. It started innocently, a woman named Claire added me to a private group called Omega Signals VIP. They posted daily proof of 15-30 % weekly returns, screenshots of luxury lifestyles, and live trading sessions. The admin claimed to be a former Goldman Sachs trader based in Singapore. Within weeks I felt I knew everyone in the group. They were kind, patient, and celebrated every time someone posted a withdrawal receipt (which were all fake). I started with €5,000, then added €18,000, then €37,000 more, almost all my life savings plus money I borrowed from my sister. In three months I had transferred €87,400 to various wallets they provided. When I finally asked to withdraw €120,000 of profit, the excuses began, tax fees, wallet upgrade, compliance hold. Then the group disappeared and my contacts blocked me. I was devastated, ashamed, and couldn’t sleep. I filed reports with the police and Action Fraude, but they said recovery was almost impossible. For weeks I searched online every night and discovered Alpha Spy Nest, a forensic digital investigations team specializing in cryptocurrency scams. I sent them a desperate email at 3 a.m. Within 24 hours, they replied. They asked for all chat exports, transaction hashes, wallet addresses, and screenshots. Their fee was reasonable and success-based. For the first time someone explained exactly what had happened, it was a classic pig butchering scheme run by a criminal syndicate in South-East Asia. For six weeks their blockchain analysts traced every USDT and ETH transaction through mixers, exchanges, and OTC desks. They built an airtight forensic report and worked with French cybercrime units and international partners. In September 2025, €72,300 was frozen in a Binance account belonging to one of the money mules. Thanks to Alpha Spy Nest’s evidence and relentless follow-up, the funds were released and returned to me in October, minus their agreed fee. I lost €15,000 forever, but I got back most of my money when everyone said it was gone forever. More importantly, I regained hope and dignity. Alpha Spy Nest didn’t just recover funds, they gave me back my life. If you’ve been scammed on Telegram or anywhere else, don’t give up, contact real forensic experts like Alpha Spy Nest, via: (www.alphaspynest.org).They are the reason I can look my children in the eyes again.

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Alexander Colton

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Quynh Huy

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Luca Bianchi

Luca Bianchi

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