Basic Card Making Techniques

Check out these simple birthday cards to make! Projects feature the Alphabet A La Mode dies, Bright & Beautiful designer paper and more!

3 Birthday Cards To Make

By Melissa Kerman / April 29, 2023 / 0 Comments

In today’s post, I’ll be sharing 3 birthday cards to make using various retiring, carryover, and new products! These cards use the Alphabet A La Mode dies which are one of my favorite products in the current mini-catalog. I’m so happy this item is sticking around in the New 2023 – 2024 Annual Catalog! These […]

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The April 2023 Color Challenge features Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana & Polished Pink. I've used the Greatest Journey Bundle for my project.

April 2023 Color Challenge & Blog Hop

By Melissa Kerman / April 3, 2023 / 1 Comment

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop and April 2023 Color Challenge! If you’ve already started the blog hop you should be coming from the talented Janneke Dijkstra de Jong’s blog post. If you’ve just joined in, make sure to do the full hop and see all the wonderful projects created by the Color Fusers Design team! […]

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Check out one of the easiest Watercolor Techniques ever! We'll use acrylic blocks, ink pads, a spritzer and the Greatest Journey Stamp Set.

Watercolor Technique with Acrylic Blocks

By Melissa Kerman / March 18, 2023 / 0 Comments

Check out my projects with an easy Watercolor Technique and the Greatest Journey Stamp Set! This watercolor technique is so addictive! I could not stop playing with this and ended up making 8 cards each with a unique watercolored background! This is just soooo fun! The images here were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink […]

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The Irresistible blooms bundle is gorgeous when paired with the emboss resist technique. Learn how to make this project here!

How to make a card with the Irresistible Blooms Bundle & Emboss Resist Technique

By Melissa Kerman / March 4, 2023 / 0 Comments

In today’s post, I’ll be sharing a gorgeous project made with the Irresistible Blooms Bundle which is a new Online Exclusive item! So, what that means is that the Irresistible Blooms bundle and other Online Exclusive products will NOT appear in a paper catalog probably ever! You’ll only be able to see and find these […]

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I am in love with this unique & easy card made with the Dainty Flowers Designer Paper and the Stampin' Up! Easter Bunny Bundle!

Unique & Easy Card with Dainty Flowers Designer Paper

By Melissa Kerman / February 4, 2023 / 2 Comments

I am in love with this unique & easy card made with the Dainty Flowers Designer Paper. Get this paper FREE with a $50 order during Sale-A-Bration! This card design came together so quickly and it was such an easy card to make. I sort of stumbled onto this design when I was noodling around […]

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Learn how to make a floating strips card with the gorgeous Fitting Florets designer paper and Framed Florets Bundle by Stampin' Up!

How to make a floating strips card!

By Melissa Kerman / November 19, 2022 / 0 Comments

It is actually very easy to make a floating strips card, even though it might not have looked that way in my video! LOL! In my recent Facebook Live video, I shared how to make a floating strips card with the gorgeous Fitting Florets designer paper and Framed Florets Bundle by Stampin’ Up! For this […]

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Today's Floating Elements cards were made for the November 2022 Color Challenge and Blog Hop. They're simple and fun to make!

November 2022 Color Challenge & Blog Hop

By Melissa Kerman / November 7, 2022 / 0 Comments

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop and November 2022 Color Challenge! If you’ve already started the blog hop you should be coming from the talented Sue Vine‘s blog post. If you’ve just joined in, make sure to do the full hop and see all the wonderful projects created by the Color Fusers Design team! The […]

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My Graceful Tiles greeting card design features a layout that was CASED from my Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial Bundle Storybook Gnomes card.

Greeting Card Design with Graceful Tiles & More

By Melissa Kerman / November 5, 2022 / 0 Comments

Today I’m featuring a greeting card design made with the layout used for my October 2022 Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial Bundle project. Each month, the Simple Suite Stampers design team publishes a tutorial bundle focusing on a particular theme. The October theme was the Storybook Gnomes suite of products. I made three variations of my […]

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Today's tutorial bundle project features coloring autumn leaves using Blends Alcohol Markers and the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper.

Coloring Autumn Leaves – It’s Easy & Fun with Designer Paper!

By Melissa Kerman / September 24, 2022 / 0 Comments

Today I’m featuring my September 2022 Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial Bundle project which includes coloring autumn leaves. For this project, I’ve used Blends Alcohol Markers and the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper. I love fall colors so coloring autumn leaves is something I really enjoy! Plus, it’s so easy with Alcohol Markers and black and white […]

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Learn how to use your scraps to make a bunch of quick cards. Projects feature the Soft Seedlings Stamp Set and an autumn color scheme.

6 Quick Cards with Paper Scraps!

By Melissa Kerman / September 13, 2022 / 0 Comments

In today’s post, I’ll be sharing some projects made with my “card salad” paper scraps. Are you wondering what “card salad” is? In case you’re not familiar with the term, it’s what I call the leftover paper scraps from a creative card-making session. When I create I almost always experiment and play with various color […]

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