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  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is one using just a topper, some crayons and a stamp! I used one of the toppers that Creative Crafting World produced in their Paper Boutique Colour Me Toppers Summer Gnomes range and coloured it in using my Stabilo FSC pencils. Once I had finished colouring it in, I used the ink that was left one one of my blender brushes to colour in the background. I then trimmed it so it would fit the front of an A6 white card. I used a black fineliner pen to add a bit of faux stitching to the edge of it and then attached it to the card using a tape pen. I then stamped out the Made for you with Love sentiment as I thought it appropriate with the Jam and scones etc using Gina K's Obsidian Black ink on white card, cut around it and then coloured the With Love in with a alcohol marker and attached it to the bottom of the card with foam pads. So if you think this sounds interesting then why not:- Follow us on Tw...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a different one for me as I was playing with a different shaped card. You need two DL cards which you use with the fold at the top. I first of all scored one of them down the middle of the front of the card using my Hunkydory's Adorable Scoreboard and folded it back on itself. I took two pieces of the wood effect paper (I know various companies sell this in different pads but you could also score it at equal distances using a scoreboard and then used Distress Oxide inks in different shades of brown to create the same effect). I used some Fired Brick Distress Oxide and edged the paper and then glued it to the back of the card with some PVA glue. I used the Swirling Elephants stamps from a collection from Gemini's range from Crafters Companion and stamped them at either end of the card.  I then coloured them in with a grey Spectrum Noir Tri-blend marker. I also stamped the Celebrati...

Hi Craft addicts!       Well today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a fun card with Gnomes as its' theme - easy to make and great for sending to a friend at this strange time... I stamped the three gnomes stamp (from Francoise Read's collection by Woodware Stamps) using Gina K Obsidian Black ink along with the sentiment You Gnome me so well which is in the same set. I coloured the Gnomes in with various Spectrum Noir Triblender markers trying to use the same colour in different parts of them to add a continuity. Once I was happy with them, I then used some Tim Holtz Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink to colour the sky in and some Simon Hurley green ink for the grass. I then trimmed it to about 5" x 3", rounded the corners with the Prism punch (from Hunkydory) and used a Black alcohol marker (chisel end) to colour the edges. I had previously created a background on some watercolour card with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Crafter' Companion Harmony and...

  Hi Craft addicts! I really loved using this Mandala die from Lisa Horton to make this card... I first of all cut out the Mandala die (from Lisa Horton) in black card (Lynda Chapman's) having first of all placed the card on some self adhesive paper (Wild Spider). I then glued it to some white card and cut around it leaving a narrow border around it. I used Spectrum Noir Triblender markers to colour it in trying to give it some dimension with the shading. I then glued it to the front of a 6" white card having rounded the corners using Hunkydory's Prism punch - must admit I am getting hooked on rounding the corners as it makes the card look softer. I then used the spray stamp to each corner using Gina K Obsididan Black ink and then added some Green and Red Nuvo drops to represent flowers.  I also added the red drops in some of the spaces in the Mandala.    So if you think this sounds interesting then why not: Follow us on Twitter       Like us on F...

Just Because... green and white themed flower 6" square card. Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card is a very quick and easy one to make but looks very stylish (well I think so anyway!)... Hunkydory have such great products and this is just one of them... How I made this card:- The base card is a 6" square one which can be got from all sorts of companies such as Hunkydory, Paper Boutique etc.... The main image is a preprinted one from Hunkydory's Prism Colouring pads Volume 2.. there are several of each design so you can easily decoupage them - I have an idea as to what I might do next so watch this space! I decided that I wanted it to be just one colour and white, so coloured all the leaves in using Hunkydory's Prism Green alcohol markers - adding the lightest one first, then the darker one and then blending them together. I then took 2 pieces of Hunkydory's Green (striped on one side and plain on the reverse) Colour Family paper pa...

Crazy Genius Two for Tuesday different handmade cards Hi Craft addicts! I really love the stamps that Visible Image bring out and I thought I would try to make 2 different cards using the Crazy Genius set - but first of all I had to set aside my natural instinct not to put the gent together in the right place! How I made these cards:- I first of all stamped the three different parts of the gentleman out twice on to white stamping card using Black Gina K Amalgam ink. I then coloured them in using various alcohol markers - Prism, Spectrum Noir and Tonic's Nuvo to be exact. I cut them out and stuck them onto some black card leaving a really narrow border around them all. I then stamped the eyes in using a red ink pad (Rare Earth). For the card on the left, I used one of Toni Darroch's Synergy dies to cut out the main background (I had added this to a previous die cut as a shim but felt I could use it as a proper one)! I used Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue to attach it to...

Hello Sunshine cute kids on rainy day stamped 6in card Hi Craft addicts! I am taking part in the 100 Day challenge and I have made this card as my first "entry".... How I made this card:- I had been wondering how to use this stamp collection (Sunny Showers from For The Love of Stamps by Hunkydory) and it suddenly came to me that I could make a "story" out of them. I first of all stamped all of the figures out on to 3 pre-cut cream 67mm square deckle edged cardstock. I used Gina K Amalgam ink as I can use either watercolours or alcohol inks with it. I then painted them all with some Cosmic Shimmer Masking fluid and let them dry. Once they were dry, I created the backgrounds using blues and greens Rare Earth Reaction inks, making the one with the dog darker as I had added some of the raindrops to it and gradually making the background lighter for the one with the sun on it. When I was happy with the effects, I rubbed the masking fluid off with my fing...

Treat me like a Queen of Hearts tag on 7x5in card -  Day 297 of my 365 day challenge  Hi Craft adddicts! I really love this set of Alice in Wonderland themed stamps from Visible Image and I am gradually working my way through them... this time it is the Queen of Hearts... How I made this card:- I first of all stamped all of the pieces in the Queen of Hearts set (from Visible Image) on to some white stamping card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink as I was going to use alcohol markers. I coloured the two main images in a variety of colours but didn't use the same colours in the playing card version. I also added some red alcohol markers around the edge of latter  I coloured the letters in the Queen sentiment again in red. I then cut all of the items out - leaving a white border around the words but tried not to have one around the main items. I had coloured a pre cut white label tag beforehand using purple and red Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints an...