Texas Craft Connection

I'm a little late in getting this posted but hopefully it will spark a little Irish inspiration for your creations! Hope you enjoy! ~ Pamela Both cards were designed and created by Thomas @texascraftconnection

Can you believe Valentine's Day is nearly upon us? Enjoy some cardmaking inspiration and let us know what you think of these sweet cards.

 I recently made these cute Santa Suit Christmas Cards. They are an easy project that is great if you need to make a bunch of cards fast. My card base is an A2 size (5 1/2" x 4 1/4"). I covered that in red cardstock. I used white cardstock with torn edges and embossed with an embossing folder to create the coat "trim". The belt is made with a strip of black cardstock cut to 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". The buckle is made with two nesting square dies, using gold foil cardstock. You could add a sentiment to the outside or stamp your favorite Christmas sentiment inside. I chose to leave mine blank, so I can handwrite a personalized message inside for my recipients.  No time to make cards? You can find these Christmas cards and others in our Etsy shop at: https://texascraftconnection.etsy.com . Thanks for looking! ~ Pamela

 If you're a cardmaker or papercrafter, chances are you have lots of dies, stamps, stencils, embossing folders and many other fun crafty supplies. I have been looking for a way to organize all of my collections, so I can utilize more of my tools in an efficient way. In the process of researching, I discovered a great app that is designed for organizing "collections". It is very easy to set up and use and even allows for syncing between all of your devices. You can also add "friends" if you have team members that need to access supplies too. You can find it in the Google Play Store here... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.altova.mycollections&hl=en_US The app is called My Collections by Altova. I set mine up by collections of dies, stamps, stencils, embossing folders, and Betterpress/Hot Foil Plates. I have storage boxes for each of these items. I assigned numbers to each package and then entered that number into the My Collections app. If y...

 Christmas is fast approaching and we have been busy making holiday cards! In a world of everything digital, we love to send handmade cards to loved ones and friends for a more personal touch. It's just such a nice way to let someone know you're thinking of them, especially when it's handmade with the recipient in mind. Here is a card I made recently for Christmas. I think it turned out pretty good. I tend to start out with a vague concept and then it just materializes as I craft. I started with an A2 card base and built my scene up with die cuts. I popped some of the trees up with foam tape for a dimensional look and also popped up the clouds over the mountain tops in the background. The cute little vintage van is hauling a tree from the tree farm to some lucky recipient. The sentiment strips on the side of the van "Delivering Warm Hugs" is from Spellbinders . It is from the Merry & Bright Sentiment Strips Press Plate and Die Set for use with the Betterpress ...

An A2 sized step pop-up card was the project I decided on after a bit of inner turmoil caused by the wheel parameters on  Craft Roulette . A deep breath and moment of silence brought me the ideas. Using a card style I learned from CardzTv  by Mary on YouTube I got started. The season has finally begun to feel and look like Fall so the colors came easy. We have just gotten and tried out the Trick or Treat die and I thought it was fun to use as window signage. We did the Boo-tique letters on our Silhouette machine to finish the signage. I used an embossing folder to get the brick work done. Vellum for the window that has spider webs and a ghost behind it. The pumpkins were cut using 2 different die sets as well as the cat popping up from the custom cut pumpkin. I used colored pencils on the brick and pumpkins for colors and textures.  I would say the card turned out pretty good. Enjoy.  Until next time... Thomas