Assemble This! Archives | dahlhouse designs

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…

Assemble This! / November 15, 2024

DOUBLE TAKE Holiday Edition!

Two handmade Christmas cards with neutral tones and poinsettia themes. Left card features simple black poinsettia stamping on kraft paper with a torn-edge mulberry layer and twine bow; right card has layered poinsettia-patterned paper, a die-cut tag with comforting sentiment, and metallic accents. Designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com

I have double the inspiration to share today − both with a poinsettia holiday theme! I love making two cards at once when…

Assemble This! / November 11, 2024

Let’s Shake Up the Holidays!

Snow globe holiday shaker card featuring a red car with a Christmas tree, designed by Lisa Arana dahlhouse-designs.com

Let it snow, let it shake! This festive shaker card brings all the winter magic with a cute car and tree scene inside…

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