Tutorials and more – all around Chanti Art

Hey friends, another card challenge here. This one is for the Addicted to CAS: Addicted to CAS #300 – Food challenge. I was introduced to the concept of CAS (clean and simple) cards several months ago and it is a style I quite enjoy. Basically, the idea is to keep a lot of ‘white space’…

Hey friends! I know we’re already a month into the new year but it’s shaping up to be a year of some new beginnings for me. In my previous blog I shared about being introduced to some new card challenges and I wrote about my first one. Well, today is about another first. The card…

Hey friends! It’s been a bit since I’ve been here. My blog took a back burner to Christmas prep and then settling into the new year. I’ve been consistently busy on YouTube and Instagram and now plan to be more consistent on here as well. Some of my crafty friends have inspired me to join…

Are you one who appreciates a good pun? Or perhaps you have a friend that loves puns. There are some wonderful punny stamp sets out there in the crafty world and I recently purchased one from my local scrapbook store. The stamp set I bought is by Lawn Fawn and it’s called ‘How You Bean?…

Hey friends, today I’m sharing four cards I created with similar layouts. You can use this layout to make cards for any occasion. Today I’m sharing two Christmas cards, a birthday card, and a hello friend card. I used purple cardstock for the base of all four cards simply because I was in the mood…

A simple thanks can speak volumes. Whether you received a small act of kindness or a grand gesture, remember to say thank you. You never know what that small phrase can mean to someone. I created this card by cutting a leftover piece of scrapbook paper to nicely fit towards the left side of an…

Hey friends! I can hardly believe it is almost November. I mean, there is a chill in the air and frost on the ground most mornings, but in a way, it feels like someone has pushed the fast forward button and sped through part of the year. Or perhaps it’s that the older I get,…

Valuing people is so important. When one realizes their value, life and joy radiate from them. Each of us has the opportunity to give value to the people we come into contact with, whether that be through a hello to the stranger on the sidewalk, a thank you to the cashier at the grocery store,…

Today I was in the mood for a Christmas card, so I dug out one of my favorite winter embossing folders, some distress oxide inks, and an emery board. Time to play! I started by inking up a 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inch panel of white cardstock. I used four different distress oxide inks.…

Hey friends! Lately I have really been enjoying playing with products from 49 and Market. They have so many beautiful collections! For today’s cards I used the Vicki Boutin Collection called The Flower Emporium Icon Ephemera Bits. There are 217 gorgeous die cuts in this collection. To create these cards, I cut some white cardstock…