Celia's Paper Garden

Handcrafting of "Keepsakes of Kindness" through online classes and video tips.

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Healing Hugs Summer of Simple Stamping

Throughout the four classes we have used Healing Hugs for our Summer of Simple Stamping. This was our final card: Stamps, Ink, Paper and we progressed to using punches and embossing folders run through the Big Shot die-cutting machine. This card incorporated it all! Choosing a panel size Background stamping with the Stamparatus or MISTI […]

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How to Make Sentiment Banners Quick and Easy

I’ve taught frequently about making 4 Cards in 30 Minutes, and now I want to show you How to Make Sentiment Banners Quick and Easy. It helps to know a few tricks to get those cards made in just a half hour, and this technique will help you when you are making multiples in higher […]

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8 Cards in 30 Minutes: Making More With Less

The natural progression from making 4 cards is 8 Cards in 30 Minutes. It’s easy, and you have a lot less left over card stock. I like the way I can save card stock, and getting 8 panels from a single sheet of cardstock actually made a fun panel to work with! There’s just something […]

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Handmade Cards With One Quick Layout

It’s summer, you’re busy, so let’s show how you can still make those Handmade Cards With One Quick Layout. This particular layout will make 8 cards from one sheet of white card stock, one sheet of colored card stock, and 4 sheets of your card base color choice. This is one of the card layouts […]

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Healing Hugs Simple Stamping

This is Healing Hugs for the second session of The Summer of Simple Stamping. With four different ways of saying “Get Well” included in the stamp set, I’m demonstrating 12 different cards from just ink, paper, and stamps. This one includes using the Big Shot to emboss with the Subtle 3D embossing folder as well […]

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Fixer Upper Handmade Card with Card Corsage

While I was stamping the Crackle backgrounds, I decided to make two different Fixer Upper Handmade Card with Card Corsage. This one is a CASE from Mary Fish that I created with Soft Sea Foam card stock. I used the Gray Granite ink on the background, and then switched to black for the images and […]

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