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🌼 Clean & Modern Cardmaking with Denim & Daisies | Not 2 Shabby Mood Board Challenge 🌆

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A Summery Cardmaking Tutorial Inspired by the Not 2 Shabby July 2025 Mood Board Are you ready for a burst of creative inspiration? The July 2025 Mood Board Challenge from Not 2 Shabby Shop is here, and it’s gloriously summery ! I’m thrilled to share my latest cardmaking video tutorial as part of the Not 2 Shabby Challenge Team , where I turn the mood board's dreamy palette into a modern, dimensional card you can recreate or remix with your own flair. Would you believe I got so inspired that I went on a cardmaking roll?? I made 3 cards using this same clean & simple format! I LOVE an easy project that still looks like it took hours! Which card is YOUR favorite? Tell me in the comments below!! What’s the Mood for July? This month’s mood board is a summery mix of tropical yellows, lime-a-rita greens, and jet setter denim blues , with just the right sprinkle of paradise pink . Think a summer vacation blend of beaches, night life, tropical drinks, and the Big Apple—all wrapped up...
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Rainbow & Caffeine & Critters—Oh My!

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Hi crafty friends! Today I am sharing a suuuuuper easy card featuring the newest *limited edition* release from The Rabbit Hole Designs! It is a mostly one-layer card but packs a rainbow punch! 🌈 🤜 Read on and I’ll show you how to do it quickly and even step it up! 🧡 Isn’t this so cute?? Between the rainbow goodness, the clearly caffeine-addicted critters and the punny sentiment, this card just makes me smile! I started with a white cardstock US A2 panel (4.25x5.5) and used my mint tape from Scrapbook.com to mask off the top left and bottom right diagonal areas. It took roughly 3 strips of mint tape per side. I also tested the size by laying down my middle stamp to make sure the top and bottom hung off just a teeny bit. I wanted that contrast of the black on rainbow and black on white. After I finished masking, I used my Pinkfresh Studio inks and 1” “Magic” blending brushes to ink blend my rainbow. (If you want to take it a little slower, try blending just one color from darker or h...
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Grumpy Gift Tag

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Use code IreneFan10 for 10% off at A Colorful Life Designs ! Use code ARTEMISMADE1 for 10% off at Whimsy Stamps ! There’s a new release at A Colorful Life Designs and it is chock full of holiday cheer! Even so—I had to add a little teasing grump to the occasion and warn my hubby off of shaking his wrapped gifts. lol He loves to jiggle them and guess what’s inside, but now he knows not to jingle my bells! 😂😂 Project features the super versatile Snowfall stencil (make a wintry scene with it or highlight just one area like I did here!) and the fun & funny Christmas Coffee stencil . I moved my stencils around to get just the images and sentiment I wanted—don’t be afraid to do the same with your stencils!! I finished it off with a fussy cut grumpy gramps from the Whimsy Stamps Old Fart Grandpa Quick Card Fronts. I also ink blended with Candied Apple Distress Oxide and added some glitz with Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Kiss . Hope you like my grumpy little tag, and I hope it encourages yo...
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Blog Launch! 🚀

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Hiya crafty friends! Welcome!! I’m so glad you’ve found my artsy little spot on the interwebs! 😍 Although I’m not new to writing or journaling, I’m quite new to blogging so this will mainly be a space to share photos & brief summaries of the cardmaking & other paper projects I share on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. I may also do some pictorials (maybe…possibly?) and tell a joke or two because, well, why not? 😂 For now, this is just a short and sweet intro to my shiny new blog. More to come as I learn my way around this site. For now, I’m sharing a few of my favorite cards from the past year! Thanks for visiting! I hope you are encouraged to grab some paper & craft something that really makes you smile! 😍 🧡🧡, Irene @ArtemisMade1  @ArtemisMade1
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