Have you ever sat down to color in some stamped images and thought, “I don’t know about this… I really would rather do something a little easier?” Well that is me, nearly all the time, when it comes to coloring only because I still don’t have a ton of confidence in that crafty area. But […]
Valentines Two Ways: Simple & a Bit Stepped Up
I’m challenging myself in 2019 to do more with the supplies I have and one way I can do this is to show multiple cards that are created with essentially the same products and supplies. I can’t promise you I’ll do this every time because holy crap, apparently it takes longer plan out and film […]
Shell-ebrate Card (with some video singing!)
Today I’m sharing a simple card in theory, but this simple design has lots of moving parts that all add up to one thing: a cuteness celebration. Wait. Strike that. A cuteness SHELL-ebration. I had no idea when I entered the card making world that I, Cathy Zielske, would become a fan of all things […]
Card Share + Tutorial: Guest Designing for Neat & Tangled
Today I’m sharing my third and final card as the guest designer for Neat & Tangled. And today’s card is kind of special. It’s the, how does one say, pièce de résistance? But specifically, it is my ode to the one and only Laura Bassen, one of my true card making idols and all around card […]
One more Distress Oxides + Butterfly Card and tutorial
Because I am not through with butterflies and pink, orange and yellow, I have ONE more card to share today and THIS one, I’m fairly certain, will be going to my mama come Mother’s Day! If you recall, I made this card, and this card from the scraps of that card, and now I have […]
Always Be You (Distress Oxides + Butterfly Dies)
Ever make something and sit back and say, “OH, for cuuuuuuuuuute!”? I don’t feel I’m being overly cocky when I tell you this happens to me a lot. It’s been happening for years as a scrapbooker and now it continues as I’ve added cards into the creative mix. As a graphic designer by trade, I […]