Cardmaking – Page 5 – Valley Oak Paper

Foiling Textured Paper

The best cardstock for hot foiling is the smoothest. But you can make your own smooth cardstock in a few simple steps.

I wanted to swatch and organize a new watercolor palette for cardmaking.

The adorable little gnome with her poinsettia is from Trinity Stamps’ From Our Gnome To Yours stamp and die set.

Here in Silicon Valley the Chinese New Year is celebrated almost as much as Valentine’s Day.

The critters’ gaze directs the viewers’ gaze, so use it to your advantage.

I have so many ideas for how to use these! How about a 🍕PIZZA, 🎂 HBD, 🐻 BEAR, 🦌 DEER or 🐋 WHALE license plate?

For this card I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month for December 2023.

This card was inspired by the Waffle Flower December Sneak Peak Club that included the Mini Slimline Postage Collage dies and stencil.

That’s all for this card – now you can sit back and admire the sparkle! ✨

This is a relatively simple holiday card that would be easy to mass produce in a couple of evenings.

This die set is great to use with scraps, because there are lots of small dies that combine to create characters and greenery.

The main feature of these cards is the Lovely Layers Deer Die Set by Honey Bee Stamps.

With the lunar eclipse happening on October 28, I thought a witch flying in front of an eclipsed moon was a fitting motif.

This is also the very first video on my brand new YouTube channel, @ValleyOakPaper. I’d love it if you watched and subscribed.