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Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade cards is a 7" x 5" card using dies and stamps and is suitable for a Birthday. I decided to use the Black 7" x 5" pearlescent card as a landscape card and thought that the Lighthouse Stained Glass effect die cut would be perfect for it. I therefore cut out the mat layer using a piece of cardstock that I had used Himi Silk Crayons to create the background. I then added some Wild Spider Self Adhesive paper to a piece of Lynda Chapman's Black card, cut out the Lighthouse Outline die from Crafter's Companion. I removed part of the backing sheet from the die cut, placed it over the mat layer so that it looked symmetrical and gradually removed the rest, burnishing it down with the release paper. I then stuck it to the card using PVA glue. I stamped out the Happy Birthday to you sentiment (again from Crafter's Companion I think) on to some white card, fussy cut around it and attached it to the bottom of the card with ...

   Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card is one using a variety of products from stamps to a guillotine... I used one of the 7" unscored cards that Red Button produce and scored it (using my Hunkydory Adorable Scoreboard) in the middle (7") and then again on the left hand side at 3.5" and scored them to create a Z fold card. I stamped the floral image and sentiment out on to some white stamping card (they are both from Honey Doo Crafts Floral Reasons set) using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and coloured it in using Spectrum Noir Illustrator alcohol markers. I then used the largest square stitched dies from Toni Darroch's Stamp by Me Star Stitching set to cut it out (some of the stamped image did get cropped) and then edged it with a black alcohol marker. I then added it to some wooden effect paper (from Crafter's Companion) and then stuck it to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card (from Creative Crafting World) and cut it so there was a narrow border al...

Thank You... Birds and flowers  6" black pearlescent card.. Hi Craft addicts! This card was fun to make and easy to - just a couple of stamps, some alcohol markers and some card! How I made this card (for the products used see below):- I first of all stamped out the Birds and flowers stamp (it is a large one so I used a stamping platform) on to some white stamping card using Gina K's Black Amalgam ink I then coloured it in using a variety of alcohol markers (Pinks,Yellows, Browns and Greens), blending them in to try and make them as realistic as possible. I used a dauber to colour in the background trying to create a sky effect. I then edged it with a blue alcohol marker and stuck it on to some Silver Mirri card using Collall glue. Using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue, I then attached the whole panel on to the left hand side of a 6" Black pearlescent card. I stamped the Thank You sentiment on to a scrap of white card again using Gina K's Black ink, cut ar...

Hubble Bubble ... cauldron, cat and spider's web window card Hi Craft addicts! I thought I would try and write a post every other day with the theme of Halloween. I think I find it more fun to do than Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes) as I really don't like the idea of the burning of his effigy.. anyway I digress which I think I am well used to. Today's card is one that put on Instagram yesterday, and it is an arched C5 window aperture one which I have used to add the topper inside it. How I made this card:- I used a pre-cut deckle edged white hammered piece of card (approx 120x70mm) and first of all added a thin border around it using a Black fineliner pen. I then added the Halloween themed peel off stickers to make a scene. Masking the border off, I then coloured the background in using various shades of blue distress inks (Tim Holtz - Broken China, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers), not worrying too much if I went over the peel offs as I then used ...

Let it snow - Father Christmas Christmas DL card -  day 331 of my 366 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Today's card is a very quick one made using a fun topper from Create & Craft, a DL card and a sentiment from Create & Craft too. How I made this card:- I had bought these Christmas toppers and sentiments from Create & Craft and thought it about time I used them so have made this quick and easy one. I first of all added the Father Christmas topper to the top of the DL card using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue. I then added the "Let it Snow" sentiment to the bottom part of the card. Finally, I added some "Caribbean Ocean Nuvo drops to in between the topper and sentiment. And there you are - a very quick and easy and fun Christmas card which is suitable for all ages. It is quick and simple to make using a card using a Father Christmas topper and sentiment. Don't  f orget you can visit  The Handmade Crafts Shop  anytime to see what e...

Thinking of you - foiled flower technique -  Day 242 of my 366 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! So today's project for my 366 day challenge is a simple but stylish "Thinking of You" card that uses a foiled flower as the main focal point. How to make the flower embellishment -  I first of all took the Daisy Letterpress and Hot foiling template and used some blue foil on the TODO machine . I then cut it out using the accompanying die in some "yellow" Adorable Scorable cardstock.(I will be adding a "tutorial" to my website shortly as to how to do this) I then used an oval lacy edged die (think this is either a Tattered Lace or Tonic one (really must write things down before I forget what ones I use) in "red" Mirri card. To make the card up... I took a 5" white card and using the "Thinking of you" Line writing sentiment stamp from Clarity Stamps, stamped it out in "Red - RA01 ) ink from...

Happy birthday - foiled Owl C6 card -  Day 233 of my 366 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Something different today - an owl themed card using hot foil on a C6 white card - well it is the weekend so this is a simple one for day 233 of my 366 day challenge! To create the "OWL" topper - first of all, I took the "owl" letterpress/foil plate and using my TODO hot foiled some "Pink Adorable Scorable" cardstock with some blue foil which (you can get the TODO machine and foil from Create & Craft )   t is definitely true that you have to get to "know your machine" as you need to get the pressure right to get the foiling right. I then cut it out using the accompanying "Owl" (not sure it is currently in stock at C&C). I cut out the shaped oblong frame in good quality white cardstock ( 300gsm ) and stuck the owl in the centre of it and then edged the frame using an alcohol marker to give it some definit...

Flower and bubble background - 3 colours 7" square card -  Day 188 of my 366 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! So for today's challenge, I have used toppers and backgrounds mainly cut using my Brother Scan n Cut (and CANVAS online)  (am finding I am using it more and more now for all sorts of projects). I first of all cut out a "bubbles" panel in black cardstock from one of the files that I bought from the Digital Crafting Emporium (ten large fretwork panels for just £2.50 ) - John Bloodworth (AKA the Gentleman Crafter) has lots of SVG/FCM files which you can buy to use with the Brother Scan n Cut. This was originally a square panel but I cut it down so it was just a border and glued it to the left hand side of the card. I then used some of the pre-installed templates to cut out one scalloped edged square * in black cardstock (American Crafts) which measures approximately 12cm and other in white cardstock (again American Crafts) measuring 1...