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 (August, 11, 2026), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner on Friday by noon central time. Jump to comment section I am VERY excited about today’s livestream special: This is my favorite stamp cleaning tool, especially if […]
One-Go Products Make for Gorgeous Cards – CZ Design

Welcome to a blog hop to celebrate the August release from Altenew. Today I’m going to feature one of the newest ink palettes, along with a lovely One: Go suite of products! I created two cards for today’s hope and I have a video to show you how they came together. Note: at the time […]
More Halloween fun with Tim Holtz stamp and dies – CZ Design

Welcome to a blog hop to showcase the new dies just released for a slew of Tim Holtz Red Rubber Cling fall and Halloween stamps. Here is my card for the hop, featuring The Scarecrow: I created my fall-ish sky using Oxide inks, tapped on a bit of white gouache for stars, and stamped my […]
Something wicked this way comes! – CZ Design

Though it’s hard for some to think of Halloween while it’s still early August, those of us who love the spooky season are delighted that there are a whole slew of new dies to cut out some fantastic Tim Holtz Halloween rubber stamps! I am one of those people. Today, I am sharing a card […]
Cathy Makes a Card: the blog post – CZ Design

If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the gift card from today’s livestream (August 5, 2026), just leave a comment below! I will choose the winner on Friday morning by noon. All supplies for this week’s livestream will be listed at the bottom of this post. In the meantime, check out […]
Cathy Makes a Card: the blog post – CZ Design
For today’s livestream (July 29, 2026), I’m giving away at $20 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp shop. Just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner on Thursday, July 30th, in the morning. All supplies for this week’s livestream will be listed at the bottom of this post. In the meantime, check out […]
A great card for your Number One Student! – CZ Design
Welcome to Day 2 of the blog hop to showcase the Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness release! Today I’m sharing a card featuring my new Number One dies and coordinating stamps to create a fun card to give to any student. I used my Mod Composition stamp to create a background by stamping Butter Ink […]
Give those teachers some well deserved love (and make them cards!) – CZ Design
The Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness release is out today and I have a slew of new products in my CZ Design collection to share! First up, my Best Teacher Ever stamps and dies and the Best Teacher XL EZ Strips. First, the video tutorial: I am a BIG fan of teachers! (I am also […]
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 (July 22, 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 […]
You have to try this fun painting technique on your next card! – CZ Design
A few weeks ago, I was scrolling on Instagram and came across an artist, Lara Fernández Muñiz, who goes by larafdezart on Instagram. (She also has a YouTube channel.) I loved the look of her art and thought: I have paints. And tape. And a scraper! Why not give it a try? I am telling […]