Fizzy DesignsUK

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card is one using some dies, stamps and some inks! I coloured a piece of white card using yellow, orange, red and pink Distress Oxide and Harmony inks (from Tim Holtz and Crafter's Companion) to make a sunrise (esque) background and cut it out using Spellbinder's Petite Picot edge square die. I then added some self adhesive paper to the back of a piece of Lynda Chapman's Black card and used the Bumbling in the Flowers Die from Crafter's Companion Nature's Garden Bee-youtiful collection to cut it out. Removing the backing sheet carefully, and taking out any waste bits left, I then stuck that to the frame I had made earlier. I used a dotty tape pen to attach the whole thing to the front of a 5" white card leaving a narrow border all around it. I then stamped out the Bee Kind sentiment on to some white card, coloured it a bit with the residue inks left on my blender brushes and attached it to the bottom right hand cor...

   Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card is a mix of my own background and toppers which I think work quite well.... To create the background I took a piece of white linen effect card and used a variety of Pixie Powders and water from Creative Expressions (well the water is from my home!) - it is such great fun as you never know what you are going to get! I let it dry naturally and then cut it to 3" x 6.5" and used a Kit n Caboodle punch to cut the Art Deco style corners.  I also used the Prism punch to round the corners of a DL card. I then stuck it to some Lynda Chapman's Black Card and trimmed it to leave a narrow border - must admit I have just noticed that it isn't straight and am cross about that! I cut out the BumbleBee topper out from the 12" pad from the Bumblebee Dance collection from Paper Boutique (Creative Crafting World) and stuck it to some more Black card with a tape pen. I used PVA glue to attach it to the front of a DL white...