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Wishing you a bright and happy day Birthday card with butterflies and rainbow background Hi Craft Addicts! I was really pleased with the way the Butterflies panel die from Sweet Dixie worked with a background I created using Tim Holtz Distress Crayons (definitely one of my favourite sets to use!)... if you want to see how I made it read on! How I made this card:- I created the background by adding various splodges (a technical term I know) of Tim Holtz Distress Crayons one at a time (rainbow colours) blending them as I went as the crayons dry quickly onto some white Hammered card. Once I was fairly happy with it, I then used a paintbrush and water to blend the colours in and left it to dry. Whilst waiting for that, I used the Flutterby By Panel die (from Sweet Dixie) and cut it out in black cardstock (Lynda Chapman's World of Paper. I used some Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue to attach the panel on the rainbow background placing it in the middle of it. I then stuck the who...

Sugar Skull image on hand coloured label tag card -  Day 247 of my 365 day challenge HI Craft addicts! I have made this card using a stencil, a hand coloured background and Hunkydory papers. How I made this card:- I had coloured the label tag a couple of weeks ago using watercolour inks and had wondered what to use it for and when I got this sugar skull stencil (from Glitz Crafts) I realised it would be great for it. I placed the stencil over it (it is just the right size) and used Pure Graphite Altenew ink through it. I glued the label on to some Hunkydory Red Polka Dots paper (from their For The Love of Stamps series) and trimmed it to fit and then edged it in a black alcohol marker. I then attached that to a piece of black cardstock (Lynda Chapman's World of Paper) and again trimmed it to leave a slightly larger border. Finally, I used the reverse of the paper (red and white spots) to create a larger background layer and placed it on a 7" x 5" white...