Assemble This! Archives | dahlhouse designs

Assemble This! / April 28, 2025

Card Trio: Using Up Those Leftovers + Video

Trio of handmade cards featuring a pink, grey, and white color palette, with a mix of distressed vintage and clean, simple designs. Each card uses stamps from Unity Stamp Co. and specialty papers from Your Paper Insider, incorporating leftover scraps for creative and elegant results. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

Hi there! Today’s cards are all about using up those leftovers. I started out creating just one card that quickly turned into three! I’m…

Assemble This! / April 14, 2025

Gettin’ Inky: Pink Galaxy Birthday Card

A handmade birthday card featuring a pink and blue galaxy background with heat-embossed texture, silhouetted trees, and an eclipse technique sentiment. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

There’s just something magical about ink blending, isn’t there? This card started with a dreamy pink and blue galaxy background that’s easy to…

Assemble This! / March 24, 2025

3 Mixed Media Cards with Vintage Vibes & Shimmer {AT! Video}

Vintage-inspired mixed media floral cards featuring stamped camellias, watercolor with Karin markers, and layered collage elements. The backgrounds include torn Grit & Grace pattern paper, ink blending, and stenciling with Lunar Paste for added texture. Sentiments are stamped on distressed paper for a warm, heartfelt touch. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

I’m all about mixed media today! It’s been a while, so I thought I’d grab some of my favorite Unity Stamp Company stamps…

Assemble This! / March 10, 2025

Soft & Dreamy Watercolor with Distress Pencils {AT! Video}

A soft and airy handmade card featuring a girl on a bicycle, watercolored with Distress Pencils. Her flowing dress blends two shades of purple and blue, adding movement and depth. A lightly ink-blended blue background and embossed floral texture complete the design. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

Hi, friends! I have an Assemble This! video to share, walking you through how I created this fresh and airy card using a…

Assemble This! / February 24, 2025

Let’s Create a Pocket Full of Puppy Love {AT! Video}

A handmade pocket card featuring a cute dog illustration with a hidden sentiment inside. The pocket holds two decorative tags with distressed ribbons, all designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

Hello, friends! I have an Assemble This! video to share with you today. It is all about creating a pocket full of love…

Assemble This! / February 3, 2025

This Lovely Card Has A SURPRISE Opening! {AT! Video}

Handmade tulip card with a bottom-opening fun fold, featuring red and yellow Copic-colored tulips, green leaves, and a stenciled blue cloud background. A small butterfly secures the card closed. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

Ready for a card with a bit of a surprise? This beauty bursts with vibrant tulips, softly stenciled clouds, and a clever hidden…

Assemble This! / January 27, 2025

Let’s COLOR & Celebrate New Furry Friends {VIDEO}

A handmade card featuring a Copic-colored dog stamp from Unity’s Rescue Tales collection, layered with patterned papers in warm tones and accented with a twine bow; designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

Creating cards for pet lovers is special, and today’s card is paw-sitively wonderful! Using one of Unity Stamp Company’s new Rescue Tales stamps,…

Assemble This! / December 20, 2024

FUN & EASY Mixed Media Techniques

A quirky winter-themed mixed media card with a blue watercolor and ink-blended background, sparkly stenciled snowflakes, and a funny chicken in a purple winter hat. The chicken is mounted on an action wobble for movement. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

I’m having some inky fun with today’s card! Mixed media doesn’t have to be complicated—you can create so much with just a few…

Assemble This! / December 9, 2024

Feel All the Feels: Heart Shaped Window Card

A handmade card featuring four colorful birds with unique expressions, a heart-shaped die-cut window with the sentiment "we feel for you," and a matching pink bird design inside. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

Let’s talk about how cute these little birds are from Unity Stamp Company! They give this card lots of personality plus all the…

Assemble This! / December 6, 2024

Steampunk Birthday Card with Vintage Charm

A vintage-style handmade birthday card featuring a distressed blue floral and clock background, accented with a kraft scalloped frame. The sentiment "happy birthday" is die-cut in bold teal and layered on a stitched kraft tag, adorned with twine, brass embellishments, and a butterfly detail. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com.

I loved making this steampunk inspired birthday card! It combines Unity Stamp Company December Background of the Month with pattern paper to create a…

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