Texas Craft Connection

 This week's Craft Roulette parameters were the following: Project - Kid's Card Colors - Theater Element - Picture(s) Random - 1/2 and 1/2 I layered my card base with some rainbow gradient pattern scrapbook paper. I die cut a honeycomb using an A2 coverplate, but only used half of it to achieve my 1/2 & 1/2 parameter. The bear is die cut and colored with colored pencils. The cute little bee elements are from a MayMay Made It stamp set, which I fussy cut and colored with markers. To create a "picture" effect, I used a purple foiled frame  that I made on my Glimmer foiling system from Spellbinders and cut out with rectangle dies. The marble foil plate I used is from Altenew.  This was my 47th submission for Craft Roulette.

 I had so much fun designing and creating this mixed media birthday card. I love designs that involve colors and textures, so I was completely in my happy zone with this one. I used die cuts for the lettering. The background is ink blended using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar. I stenciled over the top portion of the back to achieve the small dots. The bottom portion is stamped using a water droplet stamp. I then finished off the bottom edge with a strip of washi tape. The butterfly and dragonfly are die cut pop up stickers. Drop me a comment and let me know what elements you like to combine for mixed media cards! Happy Cardmaking! ~ Pamela

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...