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Birthday Smiles set of 3 gift cards - hand coloured and stamped - Day 142 of my 365 day challenge

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Birthday Smiles set of 3 gift cards - hand coloured and stamped - Day 142 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Today's project is a set of 3 hand coloured small cards that can be used as gift cards or just to say Happy Birthday! How I made these cards:- I had these small cards and when I had stamped out the scenes realised that they were the perfect size for them! I stamped each image out on to white stamping card and coloured them in using a mix of alcohol markers, Zig Clean Color pens and Distress inks - Tim Holtz, Spectrum Noir, Altenew and La Plume to name a few! I used a small score board (the Tattered Lace one is perfect for these little cards) and scored 2 lines on the right hand side of the card - first of all from the inside and then repeated the score on the outside. I then cut the stamped images out and edged them all using a dark blue alcohol marker and stuck them to the front of each card. I used the Happy Birthday and Smile! sentiments (not sure...

A Kind Word.... hand stamped and coloured scene 7" x 5" card

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A Kind Word.... hand stamped and coloured scene 7" x 5" card Hi Craft addicts! It has been a few days since I last posted something but here is one that I have made today using some stamps, inks and dies. How I made this card:- I first of all took some white card and cut out the panel using one of the Create & Craft rectangle dies. Leaving it in the die, I used some Tim Holtz blue Distress Inks (Salty Ocean & Broken China) along with one of the DoCrafts ink pads to colour in the sky (masking off the area for the ground). I then used Altenew inks (Parrot etc) to colour in the grass (masking various places to create some dimension). I took it out of the die and placed it on to some black card. I added the birds and the main grass area from a Craftwork Cards stamp set and the sentiment and other grass bits from a couple of Hunkydory For the Love of Stamps sets. Using different sizes from the  "Torn Edge" rectangle die set from Tattered Lace, I ...