Happy 18th Birthday, Taylored Expressions! 🎉🎂 Taylored Expressions recently celebrated 18 years with a special 18th Birthday Craft-Along Kit and live crafting party, and I joined in on the celebration! I always enjoy seeing how companies turn special milestones into creative experiences for their customers, and this one caught my attention because it wasn't simply a collection of products. The kit was designed around an actual craft-along experience, complete with prepared

There is always something new in the crafting world—a new release, a clever tool, a beautiful paper collection, or a product that suddenly seems to be everywhere. It is exciting and inspiring, but it can also create the feeling that we need to keep buying in order to keep creating. I know that feeling well. I can look around my craft space and see stamps, dies, stencils, inks, paper, and embellishments filled with creative possibilities, yet still find myself drawn to the new

As August comes to an end, I’m looking back at some of the Halloween cards I shared throughout the month as a Guest Design Team Member for This Calls for Confetti! This month’s projects were filled with everything I love about Halloween crafting—bold colors, spooky spiderwebs, playful pumpkins, interactive shaker elements, and lots of fabulous confetti. I created a dark and dramatic spiderweb card using vibrant pinks and purples, complete with black spiders and a simple “Happ

If you’ve been following Stellar Crafts by Pam for a while, you may remember Craft Your Stash. For a while, I was using my Craft Your Stash: Weekly Prompt Challenge list during my live cardmaking sessions. Each week gave us a new reason to dig through our supplies, pull out something we may have forgotten about, and actually use the crafty goodies we’ve collected. And then… life got hectic. My content changed, the list got pushed to the side, and Craft Your Stash quietly took

There’s something so inspiring about starting a project with a single piece of artwork and letting it guide the rest of the creative process. For this card, I used one of the Timeless Love Creative Cards from Brutus Monroe as my jumping-off point and recreated its romantic, textured feel using mixed media techniques and supplies from my stash. This project is all about layering—color, texture, and detail—while still letting the original creative card shine as the focal poin

Sometimes the simplest cards are the most satisfying—especially when they come together quickly and still feel polished and intentional. This koala Valentine is a great example of how you can mix a few favorite techniques and products to create something heartfelt without overthinking the process. For today’s card, I leaned into contrast, texture, and soft color to let the design do the work. Supplies Used: STAMPCLUBSUB Koality Time | Stamp Club Membership DIGITAL Koality Ti

Some cards just make you smile —and this one did exactly that for me. With a whimsical shoe-and-sock duo, a nostalgic notebook-paper background, and a little sprinkle of love, this card came together as a fun and lighthearted encouragement design that’s perfect for friendship, support, or just happy mail. Today’s card features products from Brutus Monroe and leans into layered patterned papers to add texture, movement, and personality. Project Overview This card started with