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 […]
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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
If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream (Sept. 30, 2026), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner at random by next week’s live. The idea for today is that sometimes, a die set might not seem that exciting, but… once you see a few […]
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 […]
Cathy Makes a Card: The Blog Post
Welcome to the blog post for today’s livestream (Wednesday, September 23)! What a fun pair of holiday cards! Remember: Gina is getting 1,000 more kits and you can get on her Notify Me list by going here. If you’d like to enter for a chance to win the card from my live today, leave a […]
The only thing I can control in an algorithm-driven world
On Sunday as I went to post a video on my Cathy Zielske Design Facebook Page with a link, I learned that I can no longer post more than two links a month on my business Facebook page unless I pay $39.99 a month and become a subscriber to what is being called Meta One. […]