Fizzy DesignsUK

  Hi again Well it is day 2 of my challenge - even though I haven't necessarily posted from the 1st January, I have actually made a card and here is the 2nd one! I used some stamps and practised the masking technique to create the scene. I first of all cut out a piece of white stamping card approximately 5" x 4" for a 7" x 5" card (so many companies now produce excellent cardstock that you can use whichever is best for you), but of course you can decide how wide you want your borders to be! I had to decide what order I wanted the animals etc to be in the picture, and felt that the Hedgehog would be best as I wanted the sentiment to be the "Sending Hedgehugs" one. So, I then stamped all of the images on to some masking sheet and cut around them to just within the black outline. I then used Gina K Black Obsidian ink (it is a Hybrid one so you can use all types of inks, paints etc with it) to stamp the hedgehog out and then covered it with the mask. I sta...

Seems like a purrfect time to say... black cats on checked background 7x5in card Hi Craft addicts! Well it is Throwback Thursday and for today's post, I have made this black cat themed card using stamps from Hunkydory and Simon Hurley (Ranger) and dies from Tattered Lace and Spellbinders... How I made this card:- I saw a video on You Tube some time ago showing the technique to make the  check background and I decided to try it... so I first of all I took a piece of white stamping card and trimmed it so that it measured 5" x 4" (approx), turned it over and divided it into 4 equal parts using a ruler and pencil - it doesn't matter that you can see this as it on the back of it. I took the Classic Flannel rubber stamp (from Simon Hurley/Ranger) and inked part of it with Over The Moon dye ink again from Simon Hurley. I then placed one quarter of the card over it, placed a scratch piece of paper over it and burnished it. I repeated the process in the opposit...