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The Sky's the Limit - skylines around the world in silhouette DL card - 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is using just stamps and Distress Oxide inks. I used a panel of white stamping card and coloured it in using a variety of Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks such as Broken China, Salty Ocean and Speckled Egg and tried to give it an ombre effect. Once I was happy with it, I spritzed it with some water and dabbed some of it off with some kitchen roll to make them look like clouds. I then took the Skyline Silhouette rubber stamp - it is called Bucket List from Creative Expressions and inked it with Gina K Obsidian black ink. Rather than stamping it downwards, I placed the background onto my desk and pressed the stamp directly on to it, I know it doesn't give a totally crisp image this way but I quite like the effect. I then repeated the process with the Sky's the Limit sentiment stamp. Finally, I fussy cut around it giving it a wavy edge and stuck it to the front of a DL white card using PVA glue. So if you th...

Happy Birthday Fireworks over skyline in silhouette Kraft card - Day 29 of my 365 day challenge

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Happy Birthday Fireworks over skyline in silhouette Kraft card -  Day 29 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! I am really pleased with the way this card came out - was trying out one of the masks from For the Love of Masks collections from Hunkydory and a variety of ink pads from Altenew. How I made this card:- I really love this blue ink pad from Altenew and wanted to try it out with this mask from Hunkydory.  I cut out a square of white Watercolour cardstock to fit the front of a 150mm Kraft card (allowing a small border around it). I placed the mask over it and attached it lightly using some tape and then some masking taper inside it so that the fireworks and silhouette outline were covered and coloured it in using the Sapphire Blue ink pad. I then removed the tape etc very carefully and drew a border inside the pattern using an Alcohol marker - I tried a Fineliner pen to start with but it wasn't thick enough. I cut out another piece of the watercolo...