Cathy Makes a Card: the blog post – CZ Design
If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream (April 15, 2026), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner at random by next week’s live. Today’s live features some lovely products from Hero Arts and they have provided a discount on any purchase over $100: SHOP […]
Let’s unbox the May 2026 Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp and make 6 cards! – CZ Design
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Grounding your floral designs (and an Altenew blog hop!) – CZ Design
Welcome to the blog hop to celebrate and showcase the April 2026 release from Altenew! Today I’m sharing my favorite way to ground a design, but using a cool new die set to achieve that effect, one that is actually designed for stitching! First up, my tutorial: Grounding is so easy and it’s a great […]
Cathy Makes a Card… the blog post – CZ Design
Today’s live is all about celebrating Altenew’s 12 anniversary and to that end, I have a special promotion to share with you: Save 50% on the 7.5 x 10.75 Storage Pockets using my code at checkout, CATHYANNI. These storage pockets hold a lot and they’re strong and reinforced. Stock up and save. If you click […]
One Blended Panel Yields Three Lovely Cards – CZ Design
Today I’m sharing how one blended panel can yield multiple cards using some of the new releases from Waffle Flower Crafts, plus some old favorites, as well. The Celebrate You release is out now but first, here is my tutorial. You can do this with any of the Postage College stencil collection! Break them up […]
Cathy Makes a Card: the blog post – CZ Design
If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream (April 1, 2026), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner at random by next week’s live. All supplies for this week’s livestream will be listed at the bottom of this post. In the meantime, check out the […]
Three Ideas for Mother’s Day Cards (Expert to Easy) – CZ Design
Today I’m sharing three card ideas for Mother’s Day, starting with more of an expert level, then medium, then easy! These ideas could also go with any theme you are working with, as well. I have a brand new Mother’s Day stamp and die set in the Simon Says Stamp shop that I’ll be using […]
Cluster and crop for beautiful card projects – CZ Design
Today’s card is a great example of how a cluster design plus a crop of that design yields beautiful design results. In today’s example, an embossing folder is providing the core of the design, but this can be done with any stamps or other die cuts that can be arranged in threes… and the the […]
A very modern card design – CZ Design
My friend and card maker Jaycee Gaspar has a new line out with Spellbinders. Today I’m using some of his products to create a very cool card, that almost looked a bit different than it turned out. Watch the video to see how I changed my mind and created what you see here in the […]
Black magic using embossing folders + a blog hop – CZ Design
Welcome to the Day One blog hop for Simon Says Stamp’s In The Heart release! Today I’m sharing the fun black magic technique using an embossing folder. First up, my quick tutorial: This is such a fun way to get more use from your embossing folders and can yield really fun and funky results! I […]