Fizzy DesignsUK

  Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest mini challenge is this set of 4 different A7 cards using dies, stamps and hand coloured backgrounds. All the cards are A7  and come with matching envelopes and you can get them from Hunkydory and all the corners have been punched in a variety of ways using a Kit n Caboodle punch (apart from the bottom one which hasn't been) Card 1 (Top left) I cut out the Balloon and rabbit out (Woodland Celebrations dies from Sizzix) using both Lynda Chapman's Black card and Sheena Douglass Willow White card. I added the white part of the balloon to give the impression of a shadow towards the top left using a Tape pen. I had created a background using pastel hybrid inks (Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Crafter's Companion Harmony and Nuvo ink pads). cut it out using a stitched effect die and stuck a narrow panel to the left hand side of the card and trimmed it to fit. I then added some black dots using a black alcohol marker. I glued the balloon, rabbit and...

Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge was a fun one to make and again didn't have a die in sight! I used a DL card for this design and used a Hunkydory Prism punch to create the inverted edge to the corners. I cut a strip of white card measuring the length of the DL card and approximately 1.5" inw width and coloured it using Solent Green (Nuvo), Salty Ocean (Tim Holtx Distress Oxide) and a Yellow ink pad from Aladine Izinks. Once I was happy with the blending, I stamped the balloons image (from the Birthday Bears Box stamp and die set from Crafter's Companion Gemini range) three times, starting with the middle and then the top and bottom. I used Gina K Obsidian Black ink to do this as it is a hybrid ink and so can be used with either watercolours or alcohol inks. I then took a paint brush and bleached parts of them with some water, dabbing off the excess. I then added some of Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink on to a glass...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this fun card inspired by a video I saw from Gina K Designs on You Tube... I took a piece of white card and added the squares to it directly using a variety of ink pads from Aladine's Izinks - not being too worried that some of them were quite juicy and added a bit more colour in the corner. I left it to dry and then placed it on to a stamping platform and taped it down. I placed the three different stamps (Congratulations stamp set from Stamps by Me) on to the design, picked them up and inked them with Gina K Obsidian Black ink and pressed down. I did this a couple of times as I wanted the silhouettes to really stand out. I cut the panel to about 3x5in and rounded the corners with a Hunkdory punch and then stuck it to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card, trimmed it and then rounded those corners too. I then attached it to the front of an A6 white card (I had also rounded the corners of that t...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this bright and cheerful card that would be suitable for a young boy. I first of all coloured a piece of white stamping card using Izink dye based inks to create a cheerful background which I then spritzed with water and left it to dry. Once it was dry I used the largest of a DL slimline rectangle die and cut the background out. I attached it to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card with a solid tape pen and trimmed it so there was a narrow border all around it. I then used the same tape pen and stuck the whole mat layer on to the front of a DL white card which I had previously rounded the corners. I stamped out the James image from Linnie Pink on to some white stamping card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and then coloured it in using Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers. I used the co-ordinating die and cut it out and then as I felt it sort of melted into the background, stuck it to some bla...