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How-To Holiday: Giftwrap to Gift Bag

Living Room: Song of Summer Bedroom: Zen Craftroom: Fresh Praline Those are our paint colors. I need paint on my walls like I need 5 more minutes of sleep every morning. Without it, I’m in a bad mood. I’m a color lover and  it shows in my house, on my…
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Style Watch: A Little Critter Halloween

Ever walk down the street and see someone with a pet that they’ve dressed up?  No? Then perhaps you should move to Miami. People here LOVE to dress up their animals. I’ve also seen my fair share of designer dogs being pushed around in puppy carriages. Yep. Just like baby…
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CSS Style Watch: Easter Baskets with Style

Tomorrow is Easter Day and I’m ringing it in a bit early with a fun pair of projects that are perfect for this special holiday. But keep in mind, this project can be easily translated to other Spring and Summertime occasions. Clear and Simple Stamps has a growing collection of…
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Papertrey Ink – DIY tags from dies

I’m really pushing it by posting another Christmas project today! But – I’m gonna do it anyway.  Matter of fact, I’m gonna do it twice, since I have two holiday projects for you! First up is a tag that I made for the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge #46.…
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Cards Using Background Basics: Circles

Modern circles in a stamp set? Yes, Ma’am. I’ll take one. I pulled out Maile Belles Background Basics: Circles to see what would happen…and, well, here’s what happened… Just like most other crafters out there, I’ve got Christmas on the brain, so my first BB: Circles card was created with…
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Quirky Christmas Cards with Hero Arts

You can pretty much add holly and ribbon to anything and it’s instantly holiday-ready!  Today, I’ve got two designs that put my theory to the test. My aunt wanted some Christmas cards that would capture her two loves: coffee and writing! I immediately knew which stamps I would use, but…
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Quick and Easy Die Cut Angel

Every morning I check Facebook – just like every one person on the planet. This morning I was excited to find my card being featured over at the Paper Crafts Magazine blog! It’s a quick and easy holiday card that I made using Modern Basics by Maile Belles – one…
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Sweet Christmas Wishes

Last night, while completing some of my Clear and Simple Stamps DT assignments, I made this card! I’m gonna enter it into the Paper Crafts Magazine December Gallery Challenge. It’s been while since I played along in one of these challenges, so I thought I’d get back to it! For…
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Creative Quatrefoil: Holiday Edition

Clearly Cardstock. Christmassy. Quatrefoil. Cards. How’s THAT for alliteration?! After getting some amazingly kind feedback about this post, I thought I’d go ahead and share another quatrefoil creation! Before I get into the nitty gritty of today’s cards, I have a disclaimer: I just got a new camera! You can…
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Happy Independence Day!!!

Happy 4th Friends!!! Hope you’re making it a fun and safe one!! Before I gear up for some food and fireworks, I thought I’d share a project …my last red, white an blue one for a while! I went on a little baking rampage earlier this week and in the…
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About Amber

Hey, I’m Amber Kemp-Gerstel - the crafty brain behind Damask Love, where creativity, color, and a little chaos come together. I’m a suburban mom of two, known for turning up the volume on everyday DIYs and showing up like your colorful, crafty BFF. Over the years, I’ve gone from psychologist to full-time content creator, TV host, and brand partner, with appearances on Making It, Today, and HGTV. When I’m not making stuff or on set, I’m chasing around my two boys, Markus and Maxwell, and laughing my way through the mess.