Stenciled cards two ways – CZ Design
Today I’m sharing two cards, both featuring stenciled designs and a common colorway, but one is more of a flat design, and one is embossed. I love using the same palette on different designs to show how versatile a simple color palette can be. I think both cards have wonderful qualities. The one above is […]
Beautiful pops of color with new Twinkle inks from Pink & Main – CZ Design
Pink and Main has a new release out today that features a new style of inks called Twinkle Inks, inks that have a shimmer built right into the formula to add an extra sheen to stamped and blended images. The shimmer is hard to capture in a photo, but it’s so pretty. I also used […]
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 (February 18, 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 […]
Unboxing the March Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp (and making five cards!) – CZ Design
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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 (2-11-26), 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 live (or […]
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 (February 4, 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 […]
A blog hop for Pinkfresh Studio and a cool way to get perfect stenciled die cuts – CZ Design
Welcome to the February blog hop for Pinkfresh Studio’s newest releases. I am sharing a stencil set and die that make lining things up after you have stencil so easy and it’s all about triangles. Rather than explain it, here is my video showing you this cool stencil/die combo in action: Now onto the hop […]
Shake up your style (a blog hop for the Altenew February release) – CZ Design
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Ideas for Easter and spring cards featuring Waffle Flower Crafts! – CZ Design
If you’re tired of winter, today’s cards might just remind you that spring is just around the corner! Waffle Flower’s new release is full of Easter and spring goodness and I have three sweet cards featuring some of the new release. Here is my video sharing the three cards I created. I love using essentially […]
Where to place those embellishments onto your handmade cards – CZ Design
A lot of people have wanted to see a new video on embellishment placement for all those lovely sequins, pearls and gems we keep collecting. Today I am doing just that! The first part of the video is all about basics, followed by a handful of samples. I hope this gives you a bit more […]