How To be a Crafty, Classy Card Maker (using supplies from Dollar Tree!)

[@FaerieDust]

Super fun video! I loved the resist effect of the rub-ons, and the gold yarn borders - that was such a neat idea!

[@kkrolf2782]

You’re so right. I’d have never suspected the “rub ons” would do that! And the thread borders I THINK might be managed using a common hole punch.

[@FaerieDust]

@@kkrolf2782 I'm sure you could just use a regular pair of scissors or a craft knife to cut slits in the corners, too! Don't need to buy a punch just for that :)

[@kkrolf2782]

@@FaerieDust Yup, that’d do it, but I already have the hole punch. (I use it to punch a hole in the inside fold of xmas cards, attach an ornament hook through that and hang them all over my plantation shutters at Christmas time. Very festive!)

[@susanhammitt7080]

I love that you as a professional artist are so willing to show us how to use inexpensive supplies and make them look great. Lets the things you show us be approachable for any budget. Thanks!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@sincerearcher937]

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[@kaidenarian1638]

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[@flychk1229]

I just love these longer videos. Like hangin with a friend.

[@lechat8533]

@flychk1229 Ha ha, I wish I had friends like that ❤

[@trevahillyard2307]

Love the tip of using the big shot for rub-ons. Thank you

[@janevanko3160]

Here I sit in Houston while my house is being repaired after storm URI. I really was feeling very uninspired. Got the notification about this video and brought out all kinds of supplies. This video is one of the best I have ever seen on KZbin : creative, educational, humorous at times, and certainly one that inspires card making with existing supplies. Thank you.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Aww, thank you. I hope your repairs go well. Tou filks have been through so much. Take care!

[@patjones467]

I absolutely loved this video! I learned a lot from listening to your thinking.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

thanks Pat!

[@patjones467]

My favorite video of yours is the one where you were walking along a stream in the Fall on your way back from a plein air painting session. I was a semi professional watercolor painter and I have not painted in several years. This setting was so beautiful and peaceful. There's much more to your videos than teaching us about techniques or supplies. I just wanted you to know that sometimes you help restore our souls. I'm so grateful.

[@cassfonnesbeck8057]

I so much enjoyed watching you use your dollar tree elements and make cards! I just love how you just go for it! Your backgrounds are awesome. You're the only person I watch who uses a toothbrush for splatter. That's my favorite technique. I am so impressed with everything you did today. Tfs!!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!

[@kkrolf2782]

A variation of that - to keep your fingers a bit cleaner - is to slide the bristles across a tongue depressor or an old ruler. But Lindsay is a “gitter done” kind of gal, so what the hey.

[@georgesgentry5835]

Use what you have and have fun. Best advice I've heard today. Thanks Lindsay. Great cards. Loved hearing your "radio" voice, 😊.

[@marleneb.455]

Oh how I’d love to sit and craft with you for a day. My crafty friend and I now live on opposite sides of the world. We used to laugh so much as we enjoyed making cards. Loved the video.

[@kkrolf2782]

I’m sorry to hear your friend is no longer in close enough proximity to craft with you. I’ve often thought it would be a delight to share crafting ideas with a friend. It’s a shame there’s not a way to contact others to facilitate that kind of get-together ... “distanced”, of course.

[@margueritepeaden3445]

Girl you were on fire in this video. You were a crafting fiend and I laughed half the time. Nothing like good card making and laughter all at one time. Thanks for the tip on the rub-ons. I tried to use a rub-on on a card just recently and it moved and some stuck and some broke. At least I could scratch it off and not lose my paper and the work I’d already done. You showed that some nice looking cards could be made with inexpensive supplies from Dollar Tree. I’ve seen the stencil wheels before and didn’t think they’d do too much. But if I see that feather stencil I’m getting that sucker.

[@HappyCraftyHomemaker]

I am not sure I have laughed so hard watching a craft tutorial video... How to be classy with our ashtrays and Dollar Tree finds! Those turned out so beautiful!!! I need to head out to where our store is this weekend. I might have to pop in to see what they have here.

[@colormewhimsy]

I loved watching you make cards. You are very crafty and that second one too last one was not tacky. I love glitter.

[@BeverlyBaxley]

Had a fun time enjoying your happy chatter and would love to follow your advice, use what you have. Collecting is fun, too. Hope you are having a good February. We are expecting above 60's tomorrow with cloudy day. See you in S.Carolina someday, I hope.

[@rhondita95]

Feathers are one of my favorite elements, I don’t know why. These are great cards and a fun joyous craft time. I love the tip about using the machine for the rub ons! Makes me want to run up to my studio and start playing and crank out a bunch of mix media cards!

[@kkrolf2782]

I agree, using the Big Shot was a really vital tip toward pulling off the rub-ons. The older they are and the cheaper they are the more contrary they can be to get to stick.

[@carolynfuller6237]

What fun! You are not only crafty, you are fun to watch. I love seeing your messy hands because I always seem to have more paint and glue on my hands than I have on the project. My husband always asks how I can get so messy. We are just talented that way.

[@LauraMe...]

So classy and cute 😍.... I've never been a cardmaker but with nothing bit time on my hands and all my paper stuff... I've been making some here n there! ❤❤❤

[@ladycase2]

I LOVE glitter. If I opened that card I would be OVER the moon!! My favorite stamp store was off 95 in Georgia and the woman who ran it, Paula, had glitter on her floor, in her bathroom and bubbles blowing outside the store. RIP Paula Amari..Old Town Crafts one of my favorite yearly stops to and fro from MA to FL. These cards are absolutely awesome, Lindsay!!

[@samanthaglorioso8440]

I saw this video, and it said almost an hour, and I don't even make cards, and I thought, well, I don't have to watch the whole thing, and here I am, an hour later, being sorry this video ended! Very entertaining and inspiring! Thanks Lindsay. My soul really need this today.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Aww, thanks so much!

[@lechat8533]

@Samantha Glorioso That`s what it feels like when you`re touched by the Lindsay Magic :))) If your comment isn`t the most beautiful compliment to a crafter, I rest my case. 💛🧡❤

[@lizbeebe9649]

Very fun class!!! Thank you for showing us so many different looks with such pretty colors!

[@valeriethacker5020]

I have to watched this three times and still learning from it. I am definitely going to try some of these techniques. And be adventurous!! I love color anyhow. Love you Lindsey!!!

[@ccyinyang04]

WOW! I Love that you said " you want this to look like you, something that YOU made, not a carbon copy of what someone else made" That should be on a Tshirt or something! Thanks Lindsey!

[@jicolourist]

Your classiest card video yet! The Frugal Crafter Classy on a budget 😊

[@Elizabeth45840]

I Absolutely Love the Video and You! I Enjoy the Cards that don't cost a million dollars in supplies. Thank you so much for sharing what Dollar Tree supplies can do.

[@mariaparker1480]

Thank you so much Lindsey!!!They are beautiful!!!!

[@dlinton4870]

Thank you so much for this video. I really enjoyed it. I love hearing your thought process and watching you put things together.

[@effieritchie8681]

You are really awesome. I have made so many 'Lindsay' style cards that have given me so much joy in making. Basically, if I want a 'Hallmark' style card, I'll just go and buy one. Keep the ideas coming!

[@gerryannbrown9645]

Beauty glitzy cards, I love the bling. Nice Job and so i need to get busy and use supplies that I haven't even opened yet, lol, Thanks Lindsay!

[@destresswithyoga]

They came out great! That glitter is pretty!

[@carmennunez715]

It was so much fun my only regret was missing half of it. I will watch from the beginning. I love your live premiers, well I love everything you do. Thanks for sharing.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@terrie1226]

Amazing cards you made using the Dollar Tree feather stencil....great technique.....TFS

[@MsSnailspace]

thank you Lindsay for making me laugh!!! love the cards!!! xo

[@jesseb5112]

Using up a whole pack is a definite win! A personal win for me is pulling the color that I don't like out of a Reccolections 50 pack of 60lb cardstock, and loving how it ends up. You just talked about that! Lol! I typed this first. I totally agree about painting and gel printing on ugly paper. Yours are beautiful! I agree about seeing what you have does!

[@katzbaugh9806]

These have inspired me to use my old craft items and my glitter and sequins more often! Beautiful!

[@shariyoung4064]

Lindsey, you are letting your inner 13 year old loose with the glitter. LOL. Love it. So much fun.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

My inner 13 year old runs the show!

[@kkrolf2782]

@@thefrugalcrafter Ah-HA!!! THAT’s the secret to crafting success!!

[@elizabethtanti7884]

This hour went by so fast! I love your ideas and the glitter was beautiful!!

[@andreaizumoto9180]

This video was so fun! And the cards came out beautiful!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@baxtersmomma]

This was WONDERFUL! I went to our Dollar Tree and couldn't find the stamps or dies yet...but they said they were getting more stuff! And I got a ton of goodies while I was there anyway! Haha! Ohhhh! I LOVE THAT CHUNKY GLITTER! How gorgeous! The cards are all lovely! Thank you so much for this! I love these longer videos! Seeing all the steps you take is so helpful! Thank you Lindsay! 💗💗💗

[@ebyn77]

These cards are so much fun! (and proper Klassy!) I too am glue challenged

[@michellehatch9133]

This was alot of fun to watch and learn thank you 🤗

[@pampirtle6348]

Oh this was such a fun video to watch. Over the years I've been watching you I have learned to be a lot Freer with using my supplies as well as mixing and matching lots of media and generally having more fun. Thank you so much for all the inspiration you give.

[@jesseb5112]

I am truly stunned by how good these products are! I love that the stencil is self masking. It is VERY tempting! Unfortunately, I have reasons to be on a craft spending freeze. I WILL be pulling out my feather stencil soon.

[@allysonberry8708]

🤣 Lindsay Weirich, the epitome of “Classy not trashy”! This was a fun video. I might put some restraint on my glitter usage for my cards, but you do you! 🤣

[@rtd1791]

As she was adding the blue glitter around the sentiment, I was yelling, “No! Don’t do that. Please just don’t.” I’m a glitter enthusiast and that “ Mermaid Tears” glitter is gorgeous. But I would have saved it for a different card. It is often difficult to restrain myself. My supplies are so pretty and there are so many tempting techniques. It’s like “I want to use everything on this one card.”

[@allysonberry8708]

@@rtd1791 I definitely would have used the Mermaids Tears in a shaker card. But sometimes you just can’t help yourself! 🤣

[@kkrolf2782]

Lindsay’s all about showing us POSSIBILITIES ... and she does so with enthusiasm, if not outright exuberance!! It’s up to us to take her demos and turn them into what works for us.

[@ilakaiser3778]

Wish I could shop at your Dollar Tree. Love these cards.

[@mworkman4]

Your videos are so much fun to watch! You show what it’s really like to make a card. My desk always looks like a bomb went off and I made 1 card 😂

[@kimberlywalker1015]

I can relate😂😂😂

[@deborasundene58]

I love you creativity, they are all beautiful.

[@jamiwomack2129]

They turned so pretty. Love you using the Diamond Painting pen as a pick up tool. Use mine all the time for detail work. I have so many I need to use them for something 👍

[@ccyinyang04]

BEAUTIFUL CARDS!! THANK YOU so much for using Dollar Tree crafting products to make these cards!! I always felt crafting with dollar tree products have SO much potential for card making. It's kinda gut wrenching to spend so much money on expensive brand crafting tools because then you feel guilty on using them because you wanna stretch your dollar y'know? I find it sometimes I can't express/expand my creativity without feeling I'm wasting art supplies. PLEASE do more Dollar tree crafting videos! LOVE to see inky fingers!! That tells me you put your heart into it :)

[@lindad1195]

I bought some inexpensive make up brushes for ink blending but then I also saw the ones you got on Amazon and I think I like them better because of the white bristles and the colored handles so you can coordinate the ink colors with the handles. They have them on eBay as well so I may get them. Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!

[@olderendirt]

Fun video! I'll have to catch the replay for the first part. Thanks for all you do!

[@lindseywarren44]

Once again, wonderful content!! So many helpful tips & ideas here. Thank you so much!

[@sunluvr59]

Lindsey you are a delight!

[@rhonda1631]

Well, you did it again!! Jammed packed with such fun information and idea's. Do you ever run empty of them!?! I sure hope not! Thank you so much for the fun and for making me giggle with all your little funny comments of being a 'classy' crafter!. God Bless!! (I"m on the hunt for some ash trays and a Nike box!)

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Stay classy, Rhonda!

[@kkrolf2782]

Live dangerously!! Try dumpster diving for a Prada box in the “uptown” neighborhood!! (teeheehee)

[@sondrabrown442]

These are so great Lindsay, thank you! I’ve been sending more cards and getting more cards since the pandemic started and it’s so nice. I put them on my fridge and stop and read them occasionally. It really lifts the mood on dreary days.

[@yelsyels]

I love these card making videos! Appreciated!

[@lisadelong1455]

I bought that same stamp set that you made the first card with. I haven’t even opened the package yet. I’m impressed how detailed the stamp is and it stamped beautifully. Good to know. You made awesome cards from DT supplies.

[@1jmass]

Really good tips as usual. It is cool that you could find brushes in so many colors. That would make it so much easier than having to label with colored tape or markers. One thing stampers need to keep in mind is that there is a difference in silicon stamps and photopolymer ones. They both work, but many users report there is a difference in how much pressure they require to get the best results.

[@georgekessler3548]

You crack me up! I love your carefree classy videos! ;) -Kryste

[@gwensimmons_gigi1629]

Yes, we can see the Beacon strings, and you can get an inky thumbs up… beautiful, classy cards, Lindsay ;-) …thanks for posting!

[@catheyboocat-design7175]

Classy good time❣️ Loved and learned😁👏🏻❤️

[@loke-art7383]

Wow, absolutely beautiful cards❤️

[@chines68]

Love this new series of videos you're doing. So nice!! And I have learned so much.

[@shariyoung4064]

I found a couple blending brushes in the makeup section of $Tree. A really small one and another about the size of a quarter. They work.

[@carmentyson6941]

Thank you for making this video Lindsay!

[@susanhenshaw639]

😂LOL "What the buck" I don't shop that often - usually for just when I need something - NOW you've gone and made me want to find the nearest DT in my area - those stamps and stencils are beautiful - had no idea there were 4 of them locally and 2 other dollar type stores 😲Wow! So fun to just listen to you as you create! Humor, fun, info, personality, honesty, creativity... All rolled into one!❣️Love You & Love what you do - Keep up your awesomeness!!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you!

[@Obsidian_Iris_]

Aargg!! My Dollar Tree didn’t have any of these items! I love the cloud and dreamcatcher dies, the feather stencil, and the feather rub ons! I’d love to see more projects with the DT Items..

[@helenastanser9801]

Gorgeous Classy cards Lindsay ! ; )

[@momoclangford4673]

So so fun! Gonna get all my stuff out and go to town! Such great ideas, thank you!

[@liznixon9066]

Thanks for this demo . I learned a few things and your cards are very 😍 😘 🦋

[@MakingMelodyCrafts]

Your card making instincts are spot on! And, btw, you're not alone, I put a pocket on a card upside down and during a video. Lol

[@wishpaper_]

OMG! I enjoyed this video so much! Such a beautiful cards 😍

[@katyratyra]

I laugh every time you pull out that foam tape! Never-ending supply. And, wow, love that glitter!

[@Taitcreates639]

So much fun, I have so many Dollar Tree craft things to use. Up at least 50 of those sets of stickers, very fine detailing on those cards my dear. Tfs

[@kkrolf2782]

Oooo...thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU, for the tip of using your BIG SHOT die & embossing machine to APPLY the RUB-ONs!!! That WILL come in handy!!

[@created2bless322]

These are fabulous! I love the one with chunky glitter, that would go up on my dream board :-)

[@susanmorris1007]

Great video! Love how you made the celestial background. Thanks! 🌞

[@414justzoot]

Great ideas! I have a ton of diamond painting styluses and never thought of using them to pick up embellishments for card making! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@janeymccallister6039]

I like the chunky glitter border!

[@kimviers6524]

I always love to watch your videos you are absolutely amazing and I learn so much from you thank you so much for taking the time to make your videos and sharing your talents with us 😊

[@spidercatcher62]

I loved this video. I have the Dollar Tree items you have. I also might have a way of storing your glue other than a glass. I had left over PVC couplings, 1/2” and 3/4”. I got glued them together with the 3..3/4” in the front and then 4..1/2" behind and another row of 1/2" a bit higher. To make something that resembles steps. I did use pattern paper to decorate before hot glueing. Holds my glue, stickles, and nuvo drops right along with a couple of suckers just in case I have to sit back and think about how I'm going to put the cards together. 🤣🤣

[@tinaepp6337]

I love the tutorial! I am going try this for sure!

[@stanky6261973]

excellent video, Lindsay! This was so much fun :). I'm a little jealous, though. I want a mardens!!! All of the cards you made are beautiful, fun and anyone would be lucky to have one. As always tfs.

[@maggiesmum9744]

Oh I loved this video 😍 feel like i need to watch again to count how many times you said 'glue 😂' thank you x

[@karlamae7700]

I think this is my favorite card making video that I have seen of yours and I'm pretty sure I have watched them all😉. I may be a bit biased though as I am Native and love feathers and dream-catchers. Oh and my favorite colors are purples and greens and blues and pinks! This was a wonderfully made video and the cards are stunning! Great job Lindsay!!

[@ArtBrain]

Leave it to Lindsay to once again demonstrate another adorable and financially accessible project! The hardest part is finding the dies and stamps in stock! But persistence will pay off. Watch out for those glue bears, they definitely bite ;-). When you're done with the rags, you can donate to a textile drive to be shredded for other uses. I apologized to my husband because of all the glitter I used at Christmas. He said, "it's okay, people will just think I've been to a strip club". Leave it to men.

[@kimberlywalker1015]

My husband, who's an insurance agent, would say the same thing...he's banned glitter to the garage😂😂😂

[@Kb1901kb_kris]

Love them! I was playing with my dollar store finds with you

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Awesome!

[@chines68]

Oh, and I LOVE seeing your little mistakes and goofs. Makes me feel better about mine.

[@evasartorius9528]

I have been a fan for years.

[@wombatiferous]

Oh my gosh, using the die cutting machine to apply rub-ons is brilliant! Love the dollar store crafting videos - I went a little nuts with some of the dimensional/metallic Dollar Tree stickers this week, but now I'm sort of stuck on what to actually DO with them.

[@kkrolf2782]

Hey M B... You’ve got this! Cut ‘em apart, arrange, rearrange, change out the card bases, drag out some the OTHER STUFF you’ve got moldering in your stash... Nothing is so precious, nothing is so sacrosanct, that you can’t use some temporary adhesive on the elements, “mock it up”, and hang it on the fridge for a few days. If you like it, mail it. If you don’t, take it apart and give it another go.

[@wombatiferous]

@@kkrolf2782 it's less hoarding because they're precious and more because I normally stick to layering paper and avoid really dimensional stuff so they're really outside my usual zone! Hoping something will occur to me, though! I do wonder if the really chunky stickers would require a padded envelope, though. The post office doesn't like lumpiness.

[@kkrolf2782]

@@wombatiferous That’s no lie!!! (re: P.O.). And IF I had yielded to temptation as you did, I’d be inclined to cut up some of the flat advertising magnets that businesses have sent me, adhere THEM to the back of the “poofies”, and just enjoy them on my fridge. Let us know what YOU decide to do with them.

[@wombatiferous]

I had an idea yesterday, so I'll see if I can make it work!

[@dianesharp6094]

I must have gotten a bad batch of rub-ons, I was using a stick and they wouldn't transfer uniformly, at all. Flakey like.

[@sharonpeterson2378]

Love your use it anyuway ideas! I bought some metallic water colors, paid a good bit for them and don't like them but paid to much to want to toss them. They'd be perfect for that spattering technique! You've made me look at spattering a whole new way.:-) Your cards turned out gorgeous! And I saw that stencil at my local $ Store! Now I'll have to go look at it again.

[@memesissydollar3080]

I enjoyed the video and and will try to come back to watch if I can . I enjoy ski crafts trying to live to die and die to living .

[@bhamavemuru4076]

I wish you would do more dollar tree stamp based cards! These are just lovely!!!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks!

[@sallyride7260]

Great cards! I found the same stencils at my Dollar Tree in Tennessee!!!! I also found the four square you showed in your DT haul. I already had that same kind of stencil with written number words and mathematical symbols, also found at DT. I am so much better at stenciling than at rubber stamps. For that I call myself, 'The Queen of Smudge'. LOL. Sadly, my DT does not have a crafters corner. Just part of an aisle. Thanks for your videos. I look forward to them daily.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks! I heard that DT is ruling crafters square out st all stores soon!

[@sallyride7260]

@@thefrugalcrafter That's such a bummer. My only other local craft store is Hobby Lobby. Or sometimes Walmart has useful stuff. I hate paying shipping on items.

[@susancrosier5420]

I hope they don't stop the Crafters corners Everyone loves them.

[@debthereb12]

Loved the video! Always “classy” I love it 💕

[@minetteh1001]

Really beautiful. Thank you for showing.

[@pattibrigman9469]

Lindsay, I really enjoy your videos. You are funny and very pleasant. Have you ever tried Art Glitter Glue? A very good glue for just about anything. Not “stringy” but is temperature sensitive. Or try Bearly Art Glue. I love them both. And I like the Tombow Multi Mono Glue. Please keep up the wonderful videos.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I had lots of recommendations for art glitter glue. I'll order some once the weather warms up!

[@cassiescreations9828]

@@thefrugalcrafter Lindsay, Art Glitter Glue is what I use. It's a bit pricey but so little is necessary to adhere something, even heavy embellishments. I recommend buying a small bottle, to make sure you like it because it grabs immediately and some people do not like that. If you make a mistake, you cannot pull that layer off as it destroys what's underneath. It's kind of like a liquid form of scor-tape, or red line tape because it grabs quickly and it's super duper strong.

[@farazpsp6948]

First like my dear 💕💕💕 so beautiful ❤️

[@susancrosier5420]

Wonderful video. Love your sense of humor 😊. Great tips too. You are so right these are classy and unique. Love them all. I never used rub one because I couldn't get them to transfer. Terrific idea to use your die cutting machine. Hugs

[@blahblahart5]

Hi, Smarty Pants! The transferring of the rub-ons through a die cutting machine makes your title "Crafty Genius aka Smarty Pants" come to life. I envy your ability to just play with your supplies and have private crafty time. Now I have a funny for you. I have the industrial heat gun from Harbor Freight. I was doing a video a few years ago and I was heat embossing. I had just turned the video off and the heat gun let out an unladylike belch of fire about 3 feet long. Smoke filled the room as I let out a squeal shrill enough to make those in another town hear me. After she cooled down, I investigated why she let out a belch of fire. Nothing was inside or around the nozzle. The manager of Harbor Freight says "They are meant to be used in shorts bursts. You can't leave them running without slow movements." Lesson learned, lol. Thank you for another long video and for the company.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Yeah, that gun is great bug kinda scary. I dont like the exposed heat element but boy, its fast to melt powder!

[@duckigrrl]

"look in your drawers and use what you have.. " what! You want me to use what I have instead of ordering more? Sacrilege!😂😂😂

[@winterstar183]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Msboochie2]

That is why she's truly a class act!

[@WanderingDreamer555]

More Dollar Tree stamped cards please. It could be a series as they put quite a few out now. Cool cards!!!