Fizzy DesignsUK

Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a really quick and easy card using just some paper toppers and a die set... I really love this Paper Pad collection BumbleBee Dance from the Paper Boutique range by Creative Crafting World and decided to use these two toppers and sentiment from it. The backing paper is part of the collection so I trimmed it to fit the front of an A6 white card and stuck it down using some fingerlift tape - I didn't use PVA glue this time as the paper is quite thin and I didn't want it to show through. The black layer is cut out using a Time for Tea jagged edge die and I used PVA glue this time to attach the topper to it and stuck it to the front of the card again using the same glue. I wanted to balance the design so used the small Bee topper mat and layered on to some of Lynda Chapman's Black card along with the Happy Birthday sentiment again on some black card. I added them to the opposite corners using foam pa...

Rudolph on woodland Sparkly Christmas background 7X5in card Hi Craft addicts! I really love creating silhouettes for cards and this Christmas card is no exception - hope you like it! How I made this project:- To make the card, I created the background using watercolour paints on some white card (this is smooth rather than the more textured watercolour card). Once I was happy with it I then left it to dry. I then took some Black card (Lynda Chapman's World of Paper) and cut out the woodland silhouette oval (which is a Tattered Lace die). I also die-cut the frame out in cream linen effect card (from Create & Craft's Core Collection) using the largest of dies from Time for Tea Fishy time set. Using PVA glue, I then attached the Forest die cut on to the background and trimmed it to fit the frame. I cut out the Reindeer (I am not sure which Company it is from) using Kraft card and stuck it to the bottom middle of the scene and used a red alcohol marker to add ...

Happy Birthday - Mouse on abstract background A6 (A2) card Hi Craft addicts! I had so much fun making this card using just stamps and dies.... How I made this card:- The first thing I did was stamp the trapezoid leaf (small) stamp from Toni Darroch's Geo floral set 4 times on to white stamping card with Gina K Jet Black Amalgam ink - I really love these ink as it can be used with alcohol markers, water colours etc. I coloured them in using a yellow alcohol marker and cut them out close to the edge. I then used a black alcohol marker around the edge. Stamps by Me do the accompanying dies to this collection but I didn't use it to do this. I used the larger leaf and stamped it in each corner using Poppin' Pink and Screamin' Green Electro Pop Neon ink from Gina K - for other ideas as to how to use these inks, Gina K has produced a video here  I did mix the colours in two corners and had alternate colours in the top right and bottom left ones. I also stampe...

Mermaid Canvas with textured background and Congratulations Bird A6 card Hi Craft addicts! As I have missed a couple of days posting anything, I thought I would show you two totally different things I have made for the 100 Day Challenge.... Mermaid stamp on 4" Canvas..  How I decorated the canvas:- I took a 4" white stretched canvas (Student Art) and covered it several times with Blue, Green and black Radiance Paints from Stamps Away - must admit I have had them for ages and didn't think they would be usable but had no trouble with them at all! Whilst the paint was still wait, I added more to the canvas, this time with the straight edge of a paintbrush raising it slightly to give it some texture. I then left it to dry overnight. I had one of these Mermaids already cut out (from Time For Tea stamp set) and thought it would go really well with it and attached it to the canvas with the relevant glue. I haven't added any cord or ribbon but will at a lat...

Pugs & Kisses cute dogs square card (hand coloured) -  Day 268 of my 365 day challenge HI Craft addicts! I had great fun making this Pugs & Kisses cut dog themed card using some stamps and dies along with some watercolour paints! How I made this card:- I first of all cut out the Nested Beads Essential Circle die in white card and painted the grass and sky on it using Kuretake Watercolour paints (the green box). I put it to one side to dry and then stamped out 2 of the cute pooches from the It's Pawty Time set of stamps from Time for Tea Designs using Versafine Onyx Black ink.  As this ink doesn't like alcohol markers straight away, I did leave it overnight to dry properly. I then coloured them in with brown alcohol markers (for the one on the left) and Chameleon pencils for the one on the right. I thought the pencils would give a more furry effect! I also stamped out the dog bowl and bone twice onto white card and added some shading to them usin...

Have a purrfect day...cute cat on square card -  Day 262 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Today's card is a fun and cheerful card that I made out of a happy accident - day 262 of my challenge already!  How I made this card:- I had had this card from Hunkydory (I think) for ages and thought I should use it so I misted various colours over it from Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Tone on Tone Orange,Yellow and Pink). Once I was happy with the effect, I then realised that though I had wanted the inks to go through to the back, it had smudged in a couple of places so rather than throwing it away decided to use the front as a background for another card. I used Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue to attach it to the front of a 6" black pearlescent card from Create & Craft's Core range. I then cut out two circles from the Tattered Lace Nested Beaded Chains Essential Circles set - the larger of the two in black and the smaller in white card (both from Ly...