Fun Folds & Unusual Openings

Learn how to make an Easel Card with the Floating & Fluttering Bundle & the Daisy Garden Stamp Set with the Wax Paper Resist Technique.

How to Make an Easel Card with a Resist

By Melissa Kerman / June 12, 2021 / 0 Comments

Today’s post and video are all about how to make an Easel Card using some fun wax paper resist backgrounds. I love to play with variations of a given technique to experiment and see what fun effects are possible. At the end of the play session, I often get left with a bunch of pieces […]

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Simple Fun Fold Cards are one of my favorite card types! Plus, today's card is so easy to "make your own" using your favorite designer paper.

Simple Fun Fold Cards

By Melissa Kerman / April 16, 2021 / 2 Comments

Simple Fun Fold Cards are one of my favorite card types! Plus, today’s card is so easy to “make your own” using your favorite designer paper. Who doesn’t love a little surprise when they open a card? Simple fun fold cards offer the benefit of a surprise without a lot of work. Plus, when you […]

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How to make an M-Fold Card with the Pretty Perennials Stamp Set and the Paper Blooms paper. Get this paper free during Sale-A-Bration!

How to make an M-Fold Card

By Melissa Kerman / February 8, 2021 / 0 Comments

In today’s post, I’ll be sharing How to make an M-Fold Card with the Pretty Perennials Stamp Set and the Paper Blooms designer paper. You can get this paper FREE during Sale-A-Bration! This fun fold card is a club and free card kit project and is easy to make! It involves some simple scoring. I’ve […]

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Gilded Leafing with the Winter Woods Set

Gilded Leafing with the Winter Woods Set

By Melissa Kerman / December 20, 2020 / 0 Comments

Today’s project features a forest scene and Gilded Leafing with the Winter Woods Set. This card was inspired by my team member Kathi Cox, who recently shared a project in a team event with a die-cut window. I immediately knew it would be a super fun project layout to play with. Before I made this […]

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See 3 Projects with the Art Gallery Bundle plus other products in the Fine Art Floral Suite. This layout features a fun die-cut opening!

Projects with the Art Gallery Bundle

By Melissa Kerman / December 19, 2020 / 2 Comments

These projects with the Art Gallery Bundle are my first creations with these products and I’m in love! There’s nothing like playing with products to help them come to life. I liked this bundle before I started playing, and now I simply love it! These 3 projects with the Art Gallery Bundle were inspired by […]

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Today's post features 4 book binding fun fold cards, including one XMas card and three made with the Dandy Garden Suite and Gilded Foiling!

Book Binding Fun Fold Cards

By Melissa Kerman / December 12, 2020 / 2 Comments

Today’s post features four Book Binding fun fold cards, including one Christmas card and three made with the Garden Dandy Suite and Gilded Foiling! Unusual opening style cards are just the best so when I recently saw this simple layout I knew I just had to play with it. The card in the photo below […]

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December 2020 Color Challenge

December 2020 Color Challenge!

By Melissa Kerman / December 7, 2020 / 8 Comments

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop and December 2020 Color Challenge! I had so much fun with the December 2020 Color Challenge in large part because I got to play with my brand new Circle Celebration stamp set which is in the upcoming January to June mini-catalog. This is such a unique and fun […]

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Unusual Pop Up Gift Card Holder with Snowflake Wishes Set

Unusual Pop Up Gift Card Holder

By Melissa Kerman / December 3, 2020 / 0 Comments

In today’s post, I’ll be sharing an Unusual Pop Up Gift Card Holder made with the Snowflake Wishes Stamp Set. I just love cards and gifts that open in an interesting way and so when I first saw this unusual Pop Up Gift Card Holder layout I immediately knew I’d need to recreate my own. […]

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I just love these 3 unique Christmas card ideas! They're sneak peeks of the Nov. 2020 Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial Bundle. Get it FREE now!

3 Christmas Card Ideas to Love!

By Melissa Kerman / November 7, 2020 / 0 Comments

I just love the 3 Christmas card ideas I have to share today! Today’s projects are sneak peeks of the November 2020 Simple Suite Stampers Tutorial Bundle. I’ll be showing my design for the tutorial bundle plus, I’ve made my own versions of two of the other designer’s projects using the products I had on […]

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how to make a trifold card

How to Make a Trifold Card

By Melissa Kerman / October 31, 2020 / 2 Comments

In today’s post, I’ll be showing how to make a Trifold card. Check out my cards made with some of my favorite products in the current mini catalog! I just love these and they were fun and easy to make. In this post, you’ll see lots of photos but to learn all the details about […]

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