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Elephant in frame set of 5 C6 Kraft cards -  Day 113 of my 366 day challenge  Hi Craft Addicts! Something totally different this time! I have designed this elephant in a banner topper using my Brother Scan n Cut and was quite pleased with how it turned out so have made a set of 5 cards with different messages inside. I first of all used the elephant and banner stamp images in CANVAS and welded them together. I also designed the frame in CANVA S too. I then cut it out in cream cardstock using my Brother Scan n Cut. I hadn't cut out the mat out so just placed the topper on some black cardstock and cut round the banner and then stuck it on to the C6 Kraft card (landscape) using some foam pads. I then glued the frame around it. I had some hexagon shapes left over from other projects so placed 4 of them in each corner. As I wanted to make a set of cards, I hand stamped the insert (cream paper) with 4 different messages using the sentiment stamps from...

Hearts and flowers gatefold wedding card  Hi Craft Addicts! This is the card I made for the wedding of someone my daughter knows - wanted to make it special and one that linked in with the gift and gift box that I have mentioned in previous posts. So, I came up with the idea of a gatefold card (150x203mm) using the Couture Adoring Reflections die set and this is how I made it.. So, I cut out both sides of the die (there are 8 different dies that you have to use) in both red and white linen cardstock and placed the red heart behind the white right hand panel and glued it to it using Collall All Purpose Glue . I then repeated the process using the white heart on the left hand side. Once both were dry, I coloured the edge of the white panel using a red Spectrum Noir marker  so it matched the red one. I then glued them (using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue) to either side of the card making sure that they were level. To personalise the card, I coloured the re...

Thank you card - When a heart turns into a strawberry... 7" x 5" card Hi Craft addicts! Well it has been a few days now since the last blog and so I thought I better rectify that! I have been busy making my daughter's birthday presents and card but now have time to write this... I also must admit that this card started out totally different but didn't like it so started again! It all started with my having punched a heart out using an EK Success punch ages ago (I've made some decorations using this but more of them later) and after I'd used the Creative Expressions (Sue Wilson) Delicate Daisies (open and complete petals) in white and red, I noticed that they would make an interesting stalk for the heart...and so the strawberry came into being! So, I first of glued the heart (having painted on some black "pips" using a Spectrum Noir alcohol marker) on to a serrated edged square ( 3" approx ) layer of Centura Pearl cardstock ...

Snow Leopard - image by Pollyanna Pickering DL Card - No message on front Hi Craft addicts! It's been a couple of days since my last post and I thought I better rectify that! Today's card is a lovely image of a Snow Leopard which was drawn by the wonderful wildlife artist Pollyanna Pickering from the Snow and Ice papercrafting kit and the accompanying DVD from Creative Crafting World. This is a DL card and is 300gsm linen card and to make it, I did the following..first of all I added some thin red liner tape (Ultra Strong) about inch from both the top and bottom making sure that the lines were straight! I did this along both front and back of the card.. I then removed the top part of the tape on the top line and spread some silver gilding flakes (the one I have is the Magical Metallic pot from My Craft Studio ) and rubbed it in until I was sure that all the tape had been covered  - I then used the " scourer " to remove any excess flakes a...

Travel by Car - I heart DAD 7" x 5" tent fold card Hi Craft addicts ! Another card here that can be used for any occasion from Father's Day to a dad's birthday this time using a Hunkydory topper from the Magnificent Men kit and a " I heart DAD " sentiment placed on a 7" x 5" card which I have turned on its' side to be a tent fold card. First of all, using one of the " transport " themed topper - " Travel by CAR " from the kit, I matt and layered it on to some white and then black card so that it stood out more.  I then cut out a rectangle (deckle-edged) in a golden coloured Adorable Scorabl e ( 7.5 x 9.5cm ) card. and then added some black and white Greek key style We R Memory Keepers Washi tape in the centre of it and then placed the topper on top. Then cut out a larger scalloped/lacy rectangle ( 10x13cm approx) - think it is a Spellbinders die but could be a Tonic one!! in black 200gsm cardstock...

DAD - Happy Father's Day or Birthday square card Hi Craft addicts ! Today's card is again using the " Suits You Sir! " paper pad from Craftwork Cards , this time I have used a 144mm 260gsm square card which I turned on its' side to form a tent fold style. It is good quality linen cardstock which I got in a pack from Craft Creations  and has a good textured finish. I first of all cut 3 strips from the patterned paper approximately 2cm to 2.5cm wide and glued them to the left hand side of the card using the edge of the last one to make sure that they were "butted" up properly to each other. I then made a topper using the same papers but this time I used a Woodware punch to cut 4 squares out - similar to the ones that I used in my previous card. I this time placed them in a different design on a 100mm square cream deckle edged pre-cut square, linen decorative panels. I also got these from Craft Creations as they offer a gre...