Cathy Makes a Card: the blog post – CZ Design
f you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream (June 10th, 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 […]
Some tips for creating a clean and simple card – CZ Design
I love simple cards. Something about the minimalism of them just makes my designer heart sing! Today I’m sharing this deceptively easy design, along with some planning tips to make it go a bit more smoothly. Here is the tutorial: My best tip? Always see if the manufacturer has a suggested colorway, so you can […]
A dive into ocean layers on this fun card featuring new products from Altenew – CZ Design
Welcome to a blog hop to celebrate the June 2026 Altenew release. My card today features lovely ocean layers without a lot of bulk. Plus, the sweetest little seahorse with just a touch of shine floating in the scene. Here is my video showing you how I created this card. Now onto the blog hop […]
No green thumb? Then just stick to garden-themed cards! – CZ Design
I am not known for my gardening skills, but that doesn’t stop me from using my PAPER skills to make sweet, garden-themed cards. Today I’m sharing two sweet cards using some of the new Green Thumb release from Waffle Flower Crafts. Here is my video showing how I created my cards: I have a $20 […]
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 (June 3, 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 […]
Trying out a new-to-me technique – CZ Design
For today’s card project, I’m trying out a technique that I saw my friend Mindy Eggen create on the Gina K. Designs YouTube channel. At first glance, it might be hard to see how I’m trying it out, lol, but I promise you, the video will help. My approach is very loosely tied to Mindy’s! […]
Create a fun hexagon-shaped card – CZ Design
It’s Day One of a blog hop to showcase the Simon Says Stamp Always There release. Today I’m sharing a fun shaped card using my new Classic Friendship stamps and dies, and the Elongated Hexagon Dies and Stencils. This shaped card fits perfectly into a regular US A2 envelope! I simply used the stencil set […]
New stamps! Now what? Three lovely cards! – CZ Design
It’s new release day at Simon Says Stamp and today I’m highlighting some of my releases that are part of the Always There collection. First up, my video that shows the makes on the three cards I’m sharing today that all use my new Classic Friendship Stamps and Dies. I really do enjoy love creating […]
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 (May 27, 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 gorgeous pop up card that anyone can make! – CZ Design
Today I am sharing a wonderful die set that lets you create this pop up card that, and get this, folds down perfectly flat for mailing! Now, even though I put the Blue Bell layer in upside down (oof!, I have since fixed it, by popping it out, flipping it and popping it back in!), […]