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  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's card for my 365 day challenge is using an older stamp set from Visible Image and no dies are in sight... I stamped the T-shirt image out on to some white card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and then added the skull and Smile sentiment to the centre of it again with the same ink. I then used one of Crafter's Companion's Spectrum Noir Tri-blender markers to colour it in. I used one of Hunkydory's punches to add the notched corners to an A6 white card. I trimmed the main panel so that it fitted the front of the card, added skulls to each corner and then rounded the corners with another of their punches and edged it with a Black alcohol marker. I used a blending brush to add some blue shading around the t-shirt. For the card itself, I used an aperture diecut that I hadn't used to add some colour to the front of the card - I used blues and yellows as I thought it would co-ordinate with the main topper. I then used a couple of the Bubble...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card is one made right from scratch using dies to make the card and all the mats n layers! I first of all used the Filigree Poppy doily die set from Tattered Lace and cut out two of the largest dies to create the card itself. I scored along the top of one of the card using my Adorable Scoreboard from Hunkydory and then added some red liner tape to it, removed the backing and attached the two pieces together making sure that they matched perfectly. I used one of the larger Spellbinders Petit Picot edge circle dies to cut out the main mat using green Metallinks card from Paper Dienamics. I then cut out a slightly smaller layer using a scalloped edged circle die in Lynda Chapman's Black card and then some decreasing circles in white and green card ( both dies and card are from Crafter's Companion). I attached them all to each other using a tape pen as even having 4 layers doesn't actually add much height to the card - bu...

Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is one using a mix of Stamps by Me dies and stamps. I cut out the film strip die (from the Smile for the Camera Stamps by Me collection) in green linen effect card (both American Crafts and Crafter's Companion - amongst others do this type of card). I then attached it to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card with PVA glue and trimmed it to fit. Using PVA glue, I stuck it to the middle of a white DL card. The tulips are created using the Abstract Tulips stencils and die set from Stamps by Me and I followed the instructions using the same purple colour (Tim Holtz's Dusty Concord Distress Oxide ink) for the flowers and the Safari Green Nuvo Hybrid inks for the leaves and stems. I cut it out and attached it to the film strip with foam pads (strips) to give it some height. I stamped the Smile stamp from the Foliage banners set again from Stamps by Me using Gina K Obsidian Black ink, cut it out and stuck it t...

   Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card is one using a variety of products from stamps to a guillotine... I used one of the 7" unscored cards that Red Button produce and scored it (using my Hunkydory Adorable Scoreboard) in the middle (7") and then again on the left hand side at 3.5" and scored them to create a Z fold card. I stamped the floral image and sentiment out on to some white stamping card (they are both from Honey Doo Crafts Floral Reasons set) using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and coloured it in using Spectrum Noir Illustrator alcohol markers. I then used the largest square stitched dies from Toni Darroch's Stamp by Me Star Stitching set to cut it out (some of the stamped image did get cropped) and then edged it with a black alcohol marker. I then added it to some wooden effect paper (from Crafter's Companion) and then stuck it to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card (from Creative Crafting World) and cut it so there was a narrow border al...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card is a general card using just stamps and colouring pencils. I took the Little Owl stamp from Sweet Dixie and stamped it on to some white stamping card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink. I then coloured it in using shades of brown and green Stabilo Green Color Arty pencils which are FSC certified which is brilliant! They also blend in really well too which is a definite bonus. I then stamped the "You make me smile" sentiment just below the owl on the right hand side again using Gina K ink. I trimmed the panel to approximate 4.5" square and stuck it to a slightly larger panel of light green card (from Crafter's Companion) using PVA glue and then added that to another slightly larger panel of darker green (again from Crafter's Companion). I wanted to add some splats, so watered down the Absinthe Green Neon Cosmic Shimmer polish and spattered it with a paint brush. I then added some green self adhesive gems to the pane...

Hi Craft addicts! Well today's card is something different for me - I am trying to do various card shapes and this was one of the results! I first of all took a 7" x 5" black pearlescent card (they used to be sold by Create & Craft but am not sure they do them now) and rounded the corners using a Hunkydory punch. I then scored the top and bottom of the card using my Hunkydory scoreboard several times. I cut out the Smile frame from Stamps by Me using Lynda Chapman's Black card having first added some Wild Spider Self adhesive sheet to the reverse and placed it on a sheet of bright yellow Adorable Scorable card again from Hunkydory. I then cut out the Unicorn Geometric outline die from Thirsty Brush in the same card (again with sticky roll on the reverse) and placed it in the centre of the card which I used as a tent fold card instead so it is now similar to an easel card but isn't if you know what I mean? Finally, I added some white Nuvo drops to each side of ...

Hello Craft addicts! I thought this sentiment is just what we need at the moment and what better way to smile than by crafting! Here is a quick and easy small card to make using just black and white card.... Using the smaller film strip from Toni Darroch's Stamps by Me "Smile for the Cameras" die set, I cut it out from Lynda Chapman's Black Card (from Creative Crafting World) which I had previously added some self adhesive paper to the back - I used Wild Spider but I know other Companies produce it too. I placed it on the left hand side of a small 4" card and trimmed it to fit. I then cut out the Smile panel out in the same black card (again using the Wild Spider self adhesive roll on the back) and cut it as I just wanted to use the sentiment. I stuck that to the bottom right hand corner and again trimmed it to fit. I stamped the flower out on to black cad with some Versamark sticky ink (having previously dusted it with an anti-static bag) and then heat embossed ...

Set of 6 mini cards or gift tags birds, butterflies and flowers -  Day 319 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! I am so pleased with how this set of 6 mini cards/gift tags turned out - I hope you like them too! How I made these cards/gift tags:- All these cards or gift tags have been decorated using toppers made from a set of stamps and matching dies from Vicki Boutin (part of American Crafts). I first of all took 6 mini cards (from Craftwork Cards) and used Creative Expressions Iridescent Shimmer Watercolour paints (Perfect Pastels) to colour a background on each of them.  Whilst leaving them to dry naturally, I then stamped the bird and flower from the set  onto some white stamping card with Tuxedo Black Memento ink as I was going to used alcohol markers. I then coloured them in using various colours trying to co-ordinate them with the backgrounds - such as orange and yellow for the bird, pink and purple for the flower and so on. Once I was happ...