Fizzy DesignsUK

  Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest card for my mini challenge within a challenge is this A7 card using dies, stamps and inks...       The card is once again from Hunkydory and I rounded the corners with one of their punches. I then took a piece of purple card/paper and fussy cut it to fit the front of the card and stuck it on the front using a tape pen rather than PVA glue. I used Creative Expressions Pixie powders to create the background by tapping some of their brilliant colours on to some watercolour card and spritzed it with some water and let it dry. Whilst that was happening I die cut the rectangle frame (medium sized one from Tonic Studios) several times in white card and glued them together. I then edged it with a black alcohol marker. I stamped out the balloons and bear on to some white cardstock using the Birthday bear boy collection from Crafter's Companion Gemini collection, again using Gina K Obsidian Black ink. I coloured them in using the Spectrum Noi...

Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a Mermaid themed card which I have made from scratch... I took a piece of greeny teal card from Tattered Lace and cut it so it created a 7" x 5" landscape card and then scored it down the middle using my Hunydory Adorable Scoreboard. I then rounded the corners using a punch (again from Hunkydory). I have had these mermaid and clam shell dies for ages but hadn't used them and thought I better, so cut the two sizes of mermaids in black and white card several times and then the clam shell largest nested die so cut out in white and then the next one down in black. I coloured the white one in using Tim Holtz Distress inks and once I was happy with the result, stuck the black one on to it using a tape pen. I stuck the mermaids in each corner and then the clam shell in the centre of the card this time with PVA glue. The mermaid topper is from the Sea of Bubbles stamp set from Molly Harrison that Crafte...