The Adventure Awaits Collection has officially arrived, and we couldn’t be more excited to share all the creative possibilities packed into this release! ✈️🗺️

This travel-themed collection combines playful icons, layered map details, interactive elements, and versatile sentiments that make it easy to create cards and memory keeping projects for birthdays, bon voyage wishes, vacations, long-distance friendships, and so much more.

Whether you love cardmaking, scrapbooking, journaling, or documenting special memories, these products were designed to help you tell your story in a creative and meaningful way. Today’s blog is filled with inspiration from our talented Creative Team to help you get started on your next crafty adventure!

Adventure Awaits Card Inspiration with Mindy Eggen

Follow along as TE Creative Team member Mindy Eggen creates a collection of travel-inspired handmade cards perfect for celebrating adventures big and small with the Adventure Awaits Collection! ✈️💛

In this inspiration-filled video, Mindy shares how to create polished, cohesive card designs that are easy to recreate while still feeling thoughtful and full of personality. Using layered travel icons, map-inspired backgrounds, and bold color combinations, she’ll show you how to mix and match elements from the collection to create cards for birthdays, vacations, bon voyage wishes, long-distance friendships, and more.

She’ll walk you through how to:

• Use layered stenciling techniques to quickly create multiple coordinating focal images
• Build clean, eye-catching layouts with postage-inspired framing and travel-themed details
• Mix bright colors and layered elements for cards that feel playful, polished, and full of movement
• Create a cohesive set of cards perfect for gifting, mailing, or keeping on hand for future adventures

If you love cardmaking that feels meaningful, versatile, and easy to customize for so many occasions, you won’t want to miss this creative inspiration!

Inspo from Our Creative Team

Our Creative Team has been busy exploring all the possibilities with the Adventure Awaits Collection, and their projects are full of creative ideas for memorable handmade cards.

From layered map backgrounds and bold travel icons to heartfelt sentiments and dimensional details, these projects showcase just how versatile this collection can be. Whether your style is clean and simple, playful and graphic, or detail-rich and interactive, we hope these inspiring creations encourage you to start crafting memories of your own.

TE Creative Team member Jill Hawkins combines bold color with whimsical details to create playful cards bursting with personality. Her layered backgrounds, bright travel imagery, and fun mixed elements bring a lighthearted energy to the collection while showcasing creative ways to stretch the travel-themed products beyond traditional designs.

TE Designer Heather Nichols leans into soft neutrals and classic travel-inspired colors to create beautifully balanced cards with a clean, modern feel. From dimensional layered focal points to her clever interactive slider design, Heather’s projects showcase creative ways to add movement, texture, and storytelling to handmade cards.

TE Creative Team member Amy Kolling pairs bright pops of pink with graphic black-and-white accents to create playful, energetic travel-themed cards full of personality. Her layered travel icons and postage-inspired framing add a fun sense of movement and adventure, while the clean layouts keep the designs polished and easy to recreate.

TE Creative Team member Melody Rupple creates striking contrast with bold black map backgrounds paired with cool travel-inspired blues and greens. Her crisp layering, dimensional focal clusters, and modern color palette give these cards a sophisticated feel while still keeping the playful spirit of the collection front and center.

TE Designer Lori Craig embraces bright tropical-inspired colors and layered postal details to create cards that feel fun, festive, and full of wanderlust. Her use of vibrant ink blending, layered travel icons, and postage-inspired framing creates eye-catching projects that perfectly capture the excitement of travel and celebration.

TE Designer Deby Bauer brings a fresh, colorful approach to the collection with bold ink blending, vibrant focal points, and playful international travel themes. Her use of bright layered stenciling and soft embossed cloud details creates cards that feel cheerful, uplifting, and full of excitement for the adventures ahead.

Craft With Taylor!

Join TE Owner & Creative Director Taylor at 10 AM CT today as she creates a fun and interactive shaker card using the new Adventure Awaits Collection! ✈️✨

She’ll walk you through how to:
Create a post-friendly shaker card, no foam tape required
Use layered stenciling techniques to create a dual-colored map background

If you love interactive cards, creative stencil techniques, and projects that capture the excitement of adventure and new beginnings, you won’t want to miss this crafty inspiration!