5 Ways in 5 Days FREE Crafty Series: DAY 3: Shaped Cards

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Our full week of our popular, FREE craft series 5 Ways in 5 Days continues –and today is Day Three! We are delighted to bring this series to you that includes a list of incredible designers including: Laura Bassen (Monday), Nina-Marie Trapani(yesterday), Kristina Werner (today!), Shari Carroll, Caly Person, Yana Smakula and Cathy Zielske!

Throughout this series spanning February 28th – March 5th, you’ll be learning 5 ways to use some of your favorite crafty products. Today we’re going to focus on making shaped cards!
We’ll be diving into many paste techniques, including:
- square cards
- round cards
- shaped cards made from dies
- basic box cards
- box cards


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Stay tuned for DAY 4 of our FREE crafty series tomorrow!


5 Ways in 5 Days FREE Crafty Series: DAY 2: Pastes and Glitter Gels

Hello friends, it’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you, and I am excited to be bringing you Day 2 of our 5 Ways in 5 Days series! We are delighted to bring this series to you that includes a list of incredible designers including: Laura Bassen (yesterday!), me! (today!), Kristina Werner, Shari Carroll, Caly Person, Yana Smakula and Cathy Zielske!
Throughout this series spanning February 28th – March 5th, you’ll be learning 5 ways to use some of your favorite crafty products. Today we’re going to focus on pastes and glitter gels.
We’ll be diving into many paste techniques, including:
- basic stenciling with pastes
- applying clear paste over ink
- glitter-covered paste
- using paste with a blending tool
- applying paste over clear plastic
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5 Ways in 5 Days FREE Crafty Series: DAY 1: Simon Inks!

Hi friends! Happy Monday! Today is a very special day because we are kicking off National Craft Month (March) with a full week of our popular, free craft series 5 Ways in 5 Days–and today is Day One! We are delighted to bring this series to you that includes a list of incredible designers including: Laura Bassen (today!), Nina-Marie Trapani, Kristina Werner, Shari Carroll, Caly Person, Yana Smakula and Cathy Zielske!


Throughout this series spanning February 28th – March 5th, you’ll be learning 5 ways to use some of your favorite crafty products. Today we’re going to focus on our Simon Says Stamp EXCLUSIVE ink pads.
We’ll be diving into many ink blending techniques, including:
- Creating an ombre effect
- Using masks and stencils and ink blending for basic shape designs
- Tone on tone ink blending
- Creating water splatters with ink
- Inks on embossing folders


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Stay tuned for day TWO tomorrow!
































































