Fizzy DesignsUK

Hi Craft addicts!       Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this simple but effective card. I took a piece of watercolour card and first of all used various blue shades of Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks - such as Salty Ocean and Broken China on the bottom third and then used Oranges and Yellows (from Crafter's Companion Harmony range) on the top two thirds and blended them all in. I then took some water and sprayed it and left it to dry. Whilst it was drying I took some Lynda Chapman's Black cardstock and cut out the tree silhouette die (from Tattered Lace Wondrous Wilderness collection). Using some more of the black card, I mat and layered the background on to it using PVA glue and trimmed it so there was a narrow border all around it. I then stuck the tree on to the panel and attached it to the middle of a 7" x 5" white card using foam pads to give it some height. I stamped the sentiment on to some card and stuck it to the top of the panel us...

Thank you for everything on hand coloured background C6 card - Day 192 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Today's card for day 192 of my 365 day challenge is a simple but effective Thank you card using a hand painted background with Distress Inks.. How I made this card:- I first of all cut a piece of white watercolour card 11x7.5cm so that it would fit inside a frame on a C6 ivory Centura Pearl Card. Using a variety of Tim Holtz Distress and Altenew inks (which I brushed on to my glass mat first), I covered the card with water and used a water brush dipped in water to create the background. I used Shaded Lilac, Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold, Festive Berries, Salty Ocean and Bundled Sage (with Parrot from Altenew). I then left it to dry for a bit and once it was edged it with a black alcohol marker (you could of course add a mat of black card underneath it). I then added it to the middle of the card (I had previously drawn a frame around it again with an alcoh...