Season's Greetings

Hello, crafty friends! I have a pretty winter scene to share for Merry Monday. I am really like this technique.

I started with a piece of designer paper, using a wood grain frame and die-cut. I added foam tape to the frame and layered the outside piece and the centre onto the card base.

I added a simple sentiment strip, adhered with foam tape. the finished with tiny clear gems

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper, The Ton - sentiment strip, gems.

Did you know:Your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system. Don’t worry! Phagocytosis isn't harmful, but actually helps preserve your grey matter.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Christmas Cheer

Hello crafty friends, Merry Christmas, I have a simple design to share today.

I have been creating cards with simple designs for this holiday season, allowing the designer paper to be showcased.

I started with a piece of patterned paper, I layered that with brown cardstock.

I used a sentiment strip and adhered it with foam tape. I finished the card with tiny gems.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper, The Ton - sentiment Strips, gems.

Did you know: Earlobes have no biological purpose.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Merry Christmas

Hello crafty friends,  I have a layered card to share for Merry Monday today.

I have been making my way through my stash of Penny Black - Masterpieces made simple. There is such an elegance to them.

I started the card by layering the image with black, then added additional layers of white and black to create a frame.

The sentiment strip is adhered with foam tape, then I finished the card with micro gems.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Penny Black - Masterpieces, The Ton-Sentiment strip, gems.

Did you know: Birds always keep one foot on the ground when running.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Snowflake

Hello crafty friends, I have a quick and easy design to share today for Merry Monday.

I started the card with a panel of designer paper and layered that with black cardstock. I added some twine, then added the sentiment panel that is also layered with black cardstock.

I finished the card with some gems.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper-Photoplay, twine, gems.

Did you know: During the eruption of Vesuvius, the brain of a man in Herculaneum was heated and cooled so rapidly that it turned into glass, an extraordinary preservation method unknown before recent studies.

Happy crafting,

Nina 

Merry Little Christmas

Hello crafty friends, I have another clean and simple design to share for Merry Monday.
 
I started the card by layering a piece of patterned paper on black cardstock and foam tape, then the masterpiece image on black cardstock.

The sentiment strip is layered with foam tape, and I finished the card with some micro gems.
 
Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper-Simple Stories, Penny Black-Masterpieces, The Ton-sentiment strip, gems.
 
Did you know: Japanese honeybees literally slap ants with their wings
To ward off hive invaders, honeybees generally sting, bite and use their wings to create air currents.
 
Happy crafting,
Nina

Happy Holidays

Hello crafty friends, Just like that we are into December,  I have a monochromatic card to share today for Merry Monday.
 
I started with a layer of black cardstock, and I added panels of patterned paper, leaving a small edge around each panel.

I layered the sentiment strip with white cardstock and popped it up with foam tape.
 
I added the die-cut buck scene and finished the card with gems.
 
Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper -Simple Stores, Gina K Designs-sentiment strip, buck scene - Unknown, gems.
 
Did you know: The James Webb Space Telescope recently found mysterious "red dots" in the early universe, believed to be massive black holes shrouded in dense gas from the dawn of time
 
Happy crafting,
Nina

Snow Day

Hello crafty friends, I have a card filled with wintery scenes to share today for Merry Monday.
 
I started the card with a layer of black cardstock. I used scenic panels from a paper pack and but them to fit the card front, leaving a small edge for frames.

I added a small branch in behind a sentiment strip from the same paper pack. I finished the card with some gems.
 
Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper-Ciao Bella, branch-unknown, gems.
 
Did you know: In 2025, researchers discovered bacteria in Siberian "eternal ice," which can repair DNA damage and may hold secrets to anti-aging therapies for humans
 
Happy crafting,
Nina

Season's Greetings

Hello crafty friends, I have a simple design for this Merry Monday.

With the cost of stamps were they are at, it just makes sense to send a basic card out to those that get them mailed. So this year I have chosen to use simple designs, and let the designer paper do all the work.

I started with a piece of patterned paper, with this card it created a nice panel, I layered that with black cardstock.

I used a sentiment strip and adhered it with foam tape. I finished the card with tiny gems.
Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper, The Ton - sentiment Strips, gems

Did you know: A cloud weighs around a million tonnes.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Thank you

Hello crafty friends, I have a simple design for this Washi Tape Wednesday.
 
I am using a layering washi from AALL & Create for my card today.
 
I started with a piece of cardstock and layered the washi to form the image, I added a leave branch, then popped the panel up with foam tape.

I used a sentiment strip and adhered it with foam tape. I finished the card with gems.
 
Supplies: White and black cardstock, Washi Tape - AALL &Create, The Ton - sentiment strips, gems.
 
Did you know: Butterflies can taste with their feet and use their wings' color-changing scales to see ultraviolet light.
 
Happy crafting,
Nina

Comfort & Joy

Hello crafty friends, I have a simple design to share for Merry Monday.

I started with a piece of designer paper and layered that with black cardstock. I added some kraft coloured twine.

I layered a coordinating sentiment panel with black cardstock and foam tape and then finished the card with some gems.
 
Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper-Recollections, twine, gems
 
Did you know: Massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA ("Inocles") were discovered inside bacteria in the human mouth and may help explain gum disease and cancer links—these invisible DNA structures had never been observed before.
 
Happy crafting,
Nina