Looking for the Blog Hop? Just click the image below and head on over for the fun! Now for today’s post! Every blue moon, I get an idea that excites me! Today…there’s a blue moon! Today’s card is uber simple with one feature that I think is one of my…
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Today’s post is a hefty one, with two cards for two different challenges. First up is the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. This week’s challenge is to emboss only a portion of a card. I took this challenge and ran with it! Yesterday, I posted about my recent love…
I am loving Thickers right now! Usually, I am a simple sentiment kind of girl when it comes to card making. I prefer, short, clean sentiments that don’t take up a ton of space on the card. Bu then I found Thickers. I’d seen them before but never paid any…
Today’s project is entitled “Gift Card” but you won’t see anything in a credit-card shape, bearing a Target logo! Instead, my interpretation is pretty literal: a card that also contains a little gift. The project features a handmade barrette that I crafted after going on a bit of a button-making…
Click to view challenge I am quickly becoming addicted to the Embellish Magazine Color Trend Challenges! Ashley Newell manages to select color combinations and themes that are wonderfully paired, but still a challenge to work with – and I love a challenge! As soon as I saw this week’s challenge,…
Still time to add your project to the Reject Blog Hop! I plan to repost the Hop when the Paper Crafts Go-To-Sketches issue hits newstands, giving us rejects another chance to share our creativity! I’ve added a toolbar below the blog header, making it super easy to navigate your way…
Click below to head over to the Reject Blog Hop! There is still time to participate – or just take a look at all the wonderful projects that didn’t make it into the Paper Crafts Magazine Go-To-Sketches issue! Would you like there to be Reject Blog Hops in…
I recently made my first attempt at publishing – cards that is. I have a little experience with publication in other fields, psychology to be exact and strangely enough the process is pretty similar. In the field of psychology, though – our journals don’t have fun, colorful pictures and often…
This week has been positively fabulous! First, I was a winner for my entry into Paper Crafts Magazine’s February Gallery Challenge! And yesterday, the Papertrey Ink Team chose to feature my Fun Foam Fruit cards as the Make-It-Monday project of the day! Talk about fantastic! As I’m…
Question (said in my best Dwight Schrute voice): When was the last time you made an emergency trip to Michael’s for Fun Foam? A. What’s fun foam? B. Why would I ever go to Michael’s? C. Never D. Yesterday. After you got off work…in hopes of finding the…
Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a card I made for the Totally Hues Challenge #2. I accidentally happened upon this challenge during some of my daily blog-stalking. (I call it blog stalking because once I find one that I like – I get obsessed and check it all the…
Today marks one month since I started my blog and I am still going strong! Today is also my second entry into the monthly Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. The Blog Hop is a chance to visit others’s blogs and be inspired by their creations. The theme for this…

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.












