Fizzy DesignsUK

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this bright and cheerful card that would be suitable for a young boy. I first of all coloured a piece of white stamping card using Izink dye based inks to create a cheerful background which I then spritzed with water and left it to dry. Once it was dry I used the largest of a DL slimline rectangle die and cut the background out. I attached it to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card with a solid tape pen and trimmed it so there was a narrow border all around it. I then used the same tape pen and stuck the whole mat layer on to the front of a DL white card which I had previously rounded the corners. I stamped out the James image from Linnie Pink on to some white stamping card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and then coloured it in using Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers. I used the co-ordinating die and cut it out and then as I felt it sort of melted into the background, stuck it to some bla...

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is an easel card using dies and hybrid inks for the background. Using the Family Tree die set from Thirsty Brush, I first of all cut out the tree (using both the circle and tree dies together) in Lynda Chapman's Black card and then cut out two of the circles in white card. Taking one of the circles, I coloured a sunrise/sunset scene using Crafter's Companion Harmony and Tonic Studios Nuvo Hybrid inks blending them in so that it is darker at the top and left it to "dry". Once it was, I stuck the tree on to it using a dotty tape pen from Crafter's Companion (as it just sticks the glue on to the card and doesn't leave any residue. I took a 5" square card, rounded the edges with Hunkydory's Prism punch and folded the front part on to itself and scored it with a scoreboard. As I wanted the back of the topper to look just as good as the front, I then used the 2nd circle and attache...