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Japanese Lady behind screen A4 picture frame - Day 267 of my 365 day challenge

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Japanese Lady behind screen A4 picture frame -  Day 267 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! I have to say that I am so pleased with the way this project has turned out - one of my successes if I say so myself... I have used an A4 picture frame to create this stylish home decor product! How I made this project:- I had cut out the Japanese Geisha Woman (from Tattered Lace) ages ago in black card and had always wondered what to do with her and suddenly had this idea... I first of all took an A4 sheet of Orange Create & Craft's Citrus Burst Linen card from their Core collection and made sure that it fitted this A4 Certificate Picture frame (which I got on Ebay). I then cut out the Trellis Background die (from Tattered Lace) in black card (from Lynda Chapman's World of Paper) (there are 2 dies - a background and the main trellis) and placed it over a piece of vellum/parchment and stuck it down around the edges and few of the stars (where it wouldn't s...

Go Bananas! Go Let's Hang out Cute monkeys on a square card - Day 86 of my 365 day challenge

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Go Bananas! Go Let's Hang out Cute monkeys on a square card - Day 86 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Today's card is a fun, whimsical card that would make a great invitation or just say can we meet up! Once again, I have used Hunkydory's For The Love of Stamps and Masks to make it.... How I made this card:- I took a sheet of green and white spotty paper (which comes from Hunkydory's 8" paper pad) and trimmed it to fit the front of this 145mm square cream card. I then trimmed a plain green piece of paper to allow a narrow border and stuck it on the spotty paper. I took a piece of white stamping card (145mm) and masking the inner designs off from the inside of the Cheeky Monkeys For The Love of Stamps/Masks from Hunkydory.  I used the zig zag outside edge and coloured it in using Moss and Parrot Altenew inks (I had to move it slightly to finish the right hand side off). Using the inks, I then added the Go Bananas! sentiment which is part of...