Welcome to Day One of a blog hop to celebrate and showcase the Sending Cheer release from Simon Says Stamp. The card I’m sharing today features my new CZ Design Bells die set, and it’s perfect for the holidays! I also used the Wild Berry Vines Embossing Folder for a pretty textured background, and an […]
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Some fun ideas for tree dies
Today I have some fun ideas to do with one panel of trees featuring some of my newest releases from Simon Says Stamp that are part of the Sending Cheer release. The set I’m using today is called Simple Trees. Just a very basic set of silhouette tree shapes but there is so much you […]
Cathy Makes a Card: The Blog Post
I made a fun light up card today on my livestream. (Thanks to Amanda, at Pearblossom Press for her help!) If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream (October 7, 2026), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner at random by next week’s live. All […]
A smart hack for stencils
Today I’m sharing a quick hack for isolating areas on a stencil. It works perfectly for the stencil I have today, but you could adapt this technique for other multi-image stencils that you have on hand. Here is the second card I made off camera: I love the look of this simple strand of lights! […]
Cathy Makes a Card: the blog post
The giveaway for this livestream card is closed. The winner of the card is: Congrats, Terri! I will be in touch. The idea for today is that sometimes, a die set might not seem that exciting, but… once you see a few ideas, you start to realize the possibilities! Today’s livestream special is from Altenew! […]
My first look at the Glimmer II Hot Foil System
Spellbinders recently sent me the newly designed Glimmer II Hot Foil System and today I’m sharing my first look and some results from my experiments. The new design overall is much simpler and more streamlined, but it does the same things as the original Glimmer. Here’s my video: Other than the One-Go Press Plate not […]