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Sweet Cherry Love Card with Papertrey Ink Big Sentiments

Card Making

14 Feb

Hello crafty friends! Today’s card is bursting with bold colour, playful layering and a whole lot of love. I wanted to create something fun and eye-catching for Valentine’s Day, and those bright cherries against the soft pink background felt like the perfect combination. The star of the show is the gorgeous oversized sentiment from Papertrey Ink, which instantly gives this…
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🩵 Enabler Alert: 14% Off Alex Syberia Designs This Weekend Only!

Enabler Alert!

13 Feb

If you love elegant florals, beautifully detailed backgrounds and that soft-but-modern vibe… this one’s for you. For this weekend only, you can save: ✨ 14% OFF sitewide✨ Use code: LOVE This is the perfect excuse to finally grab that floral set you’ve been eyeing or add a background stamp to your collection (because let’s be honest… you can never have…
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Enabler Alert: Altenew Fresh Dye Inks Are Increasing in Price! 🎨

Enabler Alert!

13 Feb

If you love beautifully layered stamping (and let’s be honest… we do), Altenew Fresh Dye Inks are designed in coordinated colour families so you can build depth and dimension effortlessly. 🚨 Heads up: Altenew is increasing the price of Fresh Dye Inks soon. This isn’t about hoarding ink pads — this is about finally completing those half-finished colour families sitting…
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🐝 Enabler Alert: I’m Now Affiliated with Honey Bee Stamps! 🎉

Card Making

12 Feb

If you’re like me, you know that feeling when a brand you genuinely love becomes one you get to officially share… and that’s exactly what this is. I’m so excited to say I’m now affiliated with Honey Bee Stamps! 🐝✨ This is a brand I’ve admired for a long time — the layering, the detail, the sentiments… it all just…
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Create a Soft Floral Thank You Card with the Timeless Sands Die Set

Card Making

10 Feb

Hello crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a soft, elegant card design that feels both reflective and heartfelt, created using the Timeless Sands Die Set from Altenew. With gentle pink tones, layered florals and that symbolic hourglass focal point, this card is perfect for expressing gratitude, appreciation or quiet reflection. The Timeless Sands Die Set is such a thoughtful design —…
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How I Swatch and Store My Cardstock (A Simple System That Actually Stays Organised)

Card Making

8 Feb

If you’re anything like me, you probably own a lot of cardstock. Different brands, different finishes, subtle colour differences… and yet when you sit down to make a card, you still find yourself pulling out half a pack just to check which white is which. After trying a few approaches over the years, I’ve finally landed on a cardstock swatching…
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Hello! I’m Martin, the creator behind Martin’s Mayhem. I craft to break up the monotonous life of working 9-5. I hope you enjoy my little bit of crafting mayhem.

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Soft florals and layered details are definitely my Soft florals and layered details are definitely my happy place 🌸✨

For this card I used the Craft-A-Flower: Grand Dahlia Layering Die Set from @altenewllc to create these dreamy ink-blended blooms in soft yellow, peach, and coral tones. I paired them with an embossed background and layered foliage for lots of texture and dimension without losing that soft elegant feel.

I also added a little white splatter because apparently I physically can’t stop myself at this point 😂

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This card is proof that you should never throw you This card is proof that you should never throw your scraps away 👀✨ 

The navy background panel here? Total leftover cardstock from another project… and honestly, it ended up becoming the star of the whole design 💙 

I paired it with the Hello Friend Bundle from @heroarts, added some tiny floral accents, a layered sentiment, and finished it off with a little twine detail for texture. 

I love when scraps force you to get creative because sometimes they turn into cards you’d never have planned from scratch 😂 

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Big bold sentiments and tiny florals? Say less 😍🌸 Big bold sentiments and tiny florals? Say less 😍🌸

I had so much fun creating this clean and colourful friendship card using the Hello Friend Clear Stamp & Die Bundle from @heroarts 💙 The “hello” makes such a statement while the little flowers soften everything perfectly.

Also… can we talk about that orange twine detail? It gives the whole card just the right amount of movement and texture without overwhelming the design.

This is definitely one of those cards that looks layered and detailed but comes together surprisingly quickly once you start building it up.

What colour combo would you try with this design? 👀

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Obsessed with how elegant this monochromatic desig Obsessed with how elegant this monochromatic design turned out using the Gilded Glass Bundle from @concordand9th ✨

Keeping everything in those rich Peacock tones really lets the detail from the dies shine, and the gold splatter adds just the right amount of drama. Honestly, this bundle does all the hard work for you!

I also love how versatile this design could be — switch up the colours and you’d get a completely different vibe every time.

Would you keep it monochrome or add extra colours? 👀

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I think this might be one of the most relatable se I think this might be one of the most relatable sentiments I’ve ever put on a card… because honestly, sometimes we really did just come for the cake 😂🎂

This card was created with the amazing Icing on the Cake Bundle from @concordand9th and I had so much fun leaning into a bold cartoon-style design with bright florals, a graphic sentiment, and all the celebration vibes.

One of my favourite things about this bundle is how customisable it is. You can make elegant cakes, cute birthday cards, or slightly cheeky designs like this one depending on your mood 😅

Would you keep the sentiment as is… or would you have gone even cheekier? 👀

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