Fizzy DesignsUK

  Hi Craft addicts!       Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a card that could be a gift tag or card - the choice is yours! I first of all rounded the corners of a 4in white card using my Prism (Hunkydory) punch. I then took a piece of watercolour cardstock and coloured a background on it using a mix of Tim Holtz Distress Oxide and Izinks inks and spritzed it once happy with the effect and left it to dry. Once it was dry, I cut it out using the middle sized Circle die in the Petit Picot edge set from Spellbinders. I then stamped the sun on to it from Gemini's Into the Woods pop up die and stamp set and then cut out the main die using Lynda Chapman's Black card. I used a dotty tape pen to attach it to the front of the circle mat layer and stuck it to the front of the 4in card (tent fold) with either PVA glue or a tape pen. I stamped out the sentiment on to some white card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and the added it to the bottom of the card with fo...

  Hi again Well it is day 2 of my challenge - even though I haven't necessarily posted from the 1st January, I have actually made a card and here is the 2nd one! I used some stamps and practised the masking technique to create the scene. I first of all cut out a piece of white stamping card approximately 5" x 4" for a 7" x 5" card (so many companies now produce excellent cardstock that you can use whichever is best for you), but of course you can decide how wide you want your borders to be! I had to decide what order I wanted the animals etc to be in the picture, and felt that the Hedgehog would be best as I wanted the sentiment to be the "Sending Hedgehugs" one. So, I then stamped all of the images on to some masking sheet and cut around them to just within the black outline. I then used Gina K Black Obsidian ink (it is a Hybrid one so you can use all types of inks, paints etc with it) to stamp the hedgehog out and then covered it with the mask. I sta...