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May your days be bright... 7x5in card - 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a bright and cheerful card using various products... I rounded the corners of a 7" x 5" top fold card using a Hunkydory corner punch. I then cut a piece of green paper (from Paper Boutique Dancing Daisies 8" paper pad) to fit the front of the card leaving a narrow border around it (approximately 6.5" x 4.5". I also rounded the corners of it too. I took one of Lisa Horton's Slimline Floral stencils and coloured through it using pastel hybrid inks (Tim Holtz/Crafters Companion and Nuvo) and trimmed it so that it measured about 2.5" x 5" and rounded the corners. I then attached it to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card, trimmed it so there was a narrow border and then rounded the corners of that too. I fussy cut out the sentiment border from the Dancing Daisies Paper pad and stuck it to a panel of coloured card which I then edged with a black alcohol marker. I then stuc...

Many Happy Returns.. Special Friend Bumblebee DL card - 365 day challenge

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   Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card is a mix of my own background and toppers which I think work quite well.... To create the background I took a piece of white linen effect card and used a variety of Pixie Powders and water from Creative Expressions (well the water is from my home!) - it is such great fun as you never know what you are going to get! I let it dry naturally and then cut it to 3" x 6.5" and used a Kit n Caboodle punch to cut the Art Deco style corners.  I also used the Prism punch to round the corners of a DL card. I then stuck it to some Lynda Chapman's Black Card and trimmed it to leave a narrow border - must admit I have just noticed that it isn't straight and am cross about that! I cut out the BumbleBee topper out from the 12" pad from the Bumblebee Dance collection from Paper Boutique (Creative Crafting World) and stuck it to some more Black card with a tape pen. I used PVA glue to attach it to the front of a DL white...