🌸 Hand-Stitched Flowers on a Card | Tropical Summer | Mintay Papers Week 13

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Welcome back to another project for the Mintay Papers Challenge!
Today I'm sharing my project for Week 13 – Stitching — and this week's theme gave me the perfect excuse to add some beautiful handmade stitched flowers to a card! 🧵🌸

For this project, I created a shaped handmade card using the Tattered Lace “Harmony Foundation” cutting die set and the gorgeous 'Tropical Summer' collection from Mintay Papers. To incorporate the Stitching theme, I created five hand-stitched flowers with beautiful light pink petals. 

I chose the colours to coordinate with the layers of the card and the elements from the 'Tropical Summer' collection. The combination of light pink and teal creates a fresh, summery look, while the stitched flowers add a lovely handmade texture and a little extra dimension to the design. 

I love how the stitching becomes part of the decoration rather than simply being an additional technique—the flowers really help tie the whole card together. 

If you enjoy Mintay Papers, shaped cards, handmade flowers, stitching techniques, paper crafting and cardmaking tutorials, I hope this project inspires you to try adding some stitching to your own handmade cards. 

😊 Have you ever used hand stitching on a handmade card?
What would you stitch? 🧵🌸

Happy crafting! 💚✂️
#MintayCardChallenge
#MintayOneCardAWeek

A Window into Beauty | Dimensional Fancy Fold Card | Mintay Papers Week 12

Happy Monday!

I hope you have a fantastic day!

Today I'm sharing my project for Week 12 – Window as part of the Mintay Papers Challenge — #MintayCardChallenge and #MintayOneCardAWeek.

For this week's theme, I created a beautiful dimensional window card using kraft cardstock and the gorgeous 'Rust & Rose' collection from Mintay Papers.

I started by creating an arched window on the front of the card using a circle cutting die. I then decorated the card with background elements, paper stickers and die-cuts from the 'Rust & Rose' collection.

To create even more dimension, I used the “Cathedral of Colour Vol. 2” cutting die set from 'In the Studio' to create five decorative panels—one for the front of the card and four on the inside. When the card is opened, the layered panels create a beautiful dimensional scene.

I love how the combination of kraft cardstock, the arched window, layered panels and beautiful floral elements transforms a relatively simple card base into something really special.

This design can be adapted to different card sizes, colours and paper collections, so I hope it inspires you to experiment with your own window cards and dimensional designs.

Have you ever made a window card? What would you put behind your window? 🪟🌸

Happy crafting! ✂️

The Impossible Box! | Easy Gift Box from ONE Piece of Cardstock | #ButterflyCraftFest

Happy Saturday!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Welcome back to #ButterflyCraftFest! 🦋💜

It's time for Project 2 – BOX, and today I'm making a beautiful Impossible Box using just one piece of cardstock!

This clever little box has a built-in closing lid and is surprisingly easy to make once you know how. It's perfect for so many occasions and can be used as a beautiful gift box for jewellery, sweets, chocolates, small presents or handmade treasures. 🎁

The measurements can also be easily adjusted, so you can make your box the perfect size for your own project or occasion.

For this project, I used papers from LemonCraft – Happiness and Craft O'Clock – Lavender Mood to decorate the box. I finished it with beautiful butterflies from my own Butterfly Collection, which are also part of the #ButterflyCraftFest giveaway! 🦋✨

🦋 Want to get my Butterfly PDF?

There are two rules to enter the giveaway:

1️⃣ Watch all the #ButterflyCraftFest videos and leave a comment under each one.

2️⃣ Create a project based on ONE of the prompts from the #ButterflyCraftFest calendar, share it on social media using #ButterflyCraftFest and tag me.

That's it! 💜

I hope you'll join us, get creative and have fun with the butterfly theme!

🦋 Crafters taking part:

✨ Monika – PaperMona

✨ Katarina

✨ Denise

✨ Marta

Make sure you visit their channels and check out all their beautiful butterfly projects throughout the collaboration!

Thank you so much for joining us for #ButterflyCraftFest. I can't wait to see what you create! 🦋💜

Happy crafting!

No Dies Needed! A Beautiful 3D Dress Card | Mintay Papers Challenge Week 11

Happy Friday!

I hope you have a great day!

Welcome back to my channel! 💚

Today I'm finally sharing my project for Week 11 – Fabric as part of the Mintay Papers Challenge — #MintayCardChallenge and #MintayOneCardAWeek.

This challenge theme really made me think! I wanted to interpret Fabric in a slightly different way, so instead of using real fabric, I used a beautiful fabric-textured background paper from the “Holly Jolly” collection by Mintay Papers.

I used it to create a dimensional shaped dress card, then embellished the dress with a beautiful thread ribbon featuring pink flowers and green leaves. 🌸🌿

To add a little extra shine and dimension, I also applied Clear Overlay by Spectrum Noir to the top section of the dress. I finished the card with a touch of Distress Oxide ink around the edges to add some colour and definition.

And here's the best part:

✨ NO CUTTING DIES ARE NEEDED! ✨

The measurements can easily be adjusted to create a different size dress card, making this a fun project to customise for your own style and occasion.

I love how a simple piece of textured patterned paper can be transformed into something completely different!

I hope this project inspires you to look at your patterned papers in a new way and experiment with different textures, shapes and embellishments.

Would you have thought of using textured patterned paper to represent fabric?

Happy crafting! 💚✂️👗

Let It Shine! | Luxury 7x7 Card with Gold Stencil Butter | Mintay Papers Week 10

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

Today I'm sharing my project for Week 10 – Shine as part of the Mintay Papers Challenge — #MintayCardChallenge and #MintayOneCardAWeek.

For this week's theme, I wanted to create a card with plenty of shine, sparkle and elegance, so I reached for the gorgeous 'Rust & Rose' collection from Mintay Papers.

I created a 7x7 inch handmade card using gold cardstock to introduce a beautiful metallic element to the design. But I didn't stop there! ✨

To add even more shine and texture, I used gold Stencil Butter Frosting from Polkadoodles together with the Mintay Papers 'Stencil – Mixed 9 – 58'.

I also used the ready-made die-cuts from the 'Rust & Rose' collection, which made it easy to create beautiful layers and embellish the card while keeping the gorgeous Mintay artwork as the star of the design.

I love how the combination of gold cardstock, metallic stencilling and beautiful floral elements creates an elegant and luxurious handmade card.

This technique can easily be adapted to different colours, papers and stencils, so I hope it gives you some inspiration for adding a little extra shine to your own cardmaking projects.

What's your favourite way to add shine to a handmade card? ✨

Happy crafting! 🌹✨

Stripes with a Twist! 🤎 Masculine Woven Card | Mintay Papers Challenge Week 9

Happy Monday!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Today I'm sharing my project for Week 9 – Stripes as part of the Mintay Papers Challenge #MintayCardChallenge and #MintayOneCardAWeek.

For this week's theme, I created a 5x7 inch masculine handmade card using the beautiful 'Riviera Moments' and 'Birthday Man' collections from Mintay Papers.

Instead of simply using the striped papers as background panels, I decided to create a woven stripe pattern, adding texture and a unique focal point to the card. I used kraft cardstock and incorporated carefully fussy-cut elements from the 'Birthday Man' collection to complete the masculine design.

I love how this technique can completely transform patterned paper and create a handmade card with lots of dimension and visual interest.

The measurements and technique can easily be adapted to different card sizes and paper collections, so I hope this project inspires you to experiment with your own stripe designs!

If you enjoy masculine cards, Mintay Papers, fancy cardmaking techniques, fussy cutting and handmade card inspiration, don't forget to like the video, subscribe to my channel and leave me a comment. 😊

Would you try this woven stripe technique on a card?

Happy crafting! ✂️🤎

I Went Craft Shopping in London… Look What I Bought! 😍 | Craft Haul + Prague Finds

Happy Sunday!

I hope you have an amazing day!

Hello my crafty friends! 💚

I've just come back from an amazing trip to London, and of course I couldn't resist doing a little bit of craft shopping while I was there! 😍✂️

In today's video I'm sharing my London & Prague Craft Haul, showing you all the crafty goodies I brought home from my trips.

I visited Cass Art and Hobbycraft in London and found some lovely supplies, including craft papers, cutting dies, magazines and other crafting goodies. I also picked up a few crafty treasures during my time in Prague.

Come and have a look at everything I bought and see which items caught my eye!

I always love discovering new crafting supplies and seeing how they might inspire future projects—and I'm sure some of these goodies will soon make their way onto my craft desk. 😊

What would you have bought if you had been on this shopping trip? Let me know in the comments!

If you enjoy craft hauls, paper crafting, cardmaking and creative inspiration, don't forget to like, subscribe and leave me a comment.

Happy crafting! 💚✂️🦋