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  Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this Christmas card which is really simple to make. I used a 6" square white card (I use either Hunkydory or Paper Boutique as they are really good quality) and rounded the corners with my new Stamps by Me 3-1 corner punch. I then took a piece of the snowflake paper from Paper Boutique's Christmas Gnomes 8" paper pad and cut it to 5" square and again rounded the corners and stuck it to the front of the card using a Tape pen. Using Tattered Lace's Filigree Poppy Doily die set, I cut out the matt layer in yellow linen effect card and the more intricate panel in white and stuck them together using a Dotty tape pen so the glue only went on the bits that needed it. The Season's Greetings sentiment was made using Lisa Horton's Christmas stamp and die collection. I first of all stamped the frame out using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and then added the sentiment afterwards.  I also add...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a quick and easy card for someone's Birthday.... I took an A6 white card (so many Companies produce these now but I use either Hunkydory or Paper Boutique) and rounded the corners with a Hunkydory Prism punch. I then die cut the outline leaves (from the Linear Poppies set from Stamps by Me) out using Lynda Chapman's Black card and stuck it to some white card and coloured it in using Spectrum Noir Triblender markers until I was happy with the shading. I used a rectangle stitched die and cut out the background from some heavyweight Yupo paper that I had coloured using Himi Silky crayons. I used a dotty tape pen and attached the die cut to it and then stuck it to some Black card which I trimmed to fit and then rounded the corners using the same punch. Using some PVA glue, I attached the whole panel to the front of the A6 card. Finally, I used one of the sticky sentiment from a new collection fro...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this one using Stamps by Me products along with Hybrid inks... I rounded the corners of a 6" white card using a Hunkydory punch. I then cut a piece of teal Metalinks card (from Paper Dienamics) to fit the card leaving a narrow border around it and then rounded the corners of that too. I followed the instructions of the Stamps by Me Abstract Tulips layering stencils (from 1-4) using a variety of colours for each layer starting with the lightest solid image right up to the darkest outline style one last of all. I also used the little snowflake/star stamp and stamped it all around the image using Gina K Obsidian Black ink. When I was happy with the result, I rounded the corners and stuck it to the teal card and attached both to the front of the card. Finally I stamped out the sentiment on to some white card, added it to some of the teal card and added it using foam pads. So if you think t...

Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this Congratulations stamp and some patterned paper. I must admit i can't remember who produced this patterned paper but think it is Paper Boutique from Creative Crafting World.. I rounded the corners of a 5" white square card and thought I would use it as a tent fold (that is with the fold at the top). I then cut out a piece of this foliage patterned paper so that there was a narrow border left when I placed it on the front of the card. Instead of adding a layer of black card behind it, I edged it with a Black alcohol marker and stuck it on using a tape runner pen - so many companies now do them or you could used  a light layer of PVA glue. I then cut a narrow panel (about 2") of the same paper so that it fitted the card and then stuck it to a slightly wider panel of Lynda Chapman's Black cardstock and stuck that to the card slightly left of the card front. I then placed the bird and...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card is a topfold card using dies, inks and stamps.... I first of all created the background using Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Neon Polishes (pink, yellow and orange) watering them down so I could blend them in to create the sunrise effect. I cut out the dragonfly using the Dragonfly Lattice die from Stamps by Me and some of Lynda Chapman's black card and some self adhesive backing sheet (removing one layer of the backing sheet first). I then removed the remaining backing sheet and carefully placed it on top of the background and trimmed it so it fitted perfectly. I then placed it on to the front of a 7" x 5" white card (topfold) with some foam pads to give it some height. I had previously stamped out the Love is real magic sentiment which is from the Enchanted Heroes collection from Sheena Douglass on to some white card using Gina K's Obsidian Black ink, fussy cut around it and then stuck it on to a background th...

   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 latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is something you can send at any time and is great to make! I first of all stamped the Floral Wonder image (from Woodware Stamps and designed by Jane Gill) on to some white stamping card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink. I then coloured it in using Crafter's Companion Spectrum Noir Tri-blenders which I find really good to colour in with but you could use any media to do this with - am going to try watercolour paints next! When I was happy with it. I then took a blending tool and added some Broken China Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink to colour the background I then took some blue watercolour ink, added it to a glass mat and picked some up with a paintbrush and spattered it over the image. I used a picot edged rectangular die to cut a panel out and edged it with a black alcohol marker. I used PVA glue to attach the panel to the front of a top fold card (Paper Boutique landscape cards) and roun...

Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card was a surprise to me as I wasn't too sure how it would turn out but am pleased with the result. I still have some of Create & Craft's black pearlescent 7" x 5" cards and thought I better use them up and so rounded the corners with a Prism punch from Hunkydory and then used their scoreboard to score 3 lines towards the bottom of the card. I stamped the bird on a branch image (from Stamps By Me It's All About You range) on to some white card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink - as it is a Hybrid ink it means I can use it for either watercolour or alcohol paints or inks. I then had some watercolour paints left in my palette (gosh that sounds pretentious) from other projects. They were a mix of Be Creative's Metallic Gold Twilights for its' head and some brown and green watercolour paints from a variety of sources for the branches and leaves. I then stamped out the two sentiments (again from the It's All A...

    Hi Craft addicts! Well, this card would, I think, be great for Valentine's Day and isn't too hard to make! I first of all took a 5" white square card and using my Tonic trimmer, cut out the square aperture. (There are of  course pre cut cards available for sale). I used Tim Holtz and Simon Hurley inks to colour the front of the card creating a sky and grass feeling. I then stamped out the cut dog image (back and front) from Crafter's Companion spinner collection and coloured them in using a Brown Triblender from Spectrum Noir. I added a bit of pink for its' tongue. Using a piece of the wood panel effect paper from Stamps by Me Vibrant Tones 8" paper pad. I distressed it a bit with some brown Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink and stuck it to the inside of the card. I stamped the sentiment "I Woof You" on to the front of the card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and also the bones and ball.  I used a damp brush to bleach these to give it a bit of texture...