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Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is one I am really pleased with and I hope you like it too! I took a piece of white stamping card that measured 5" square and stamped the single rose bud in each corner and then added the leaf to the middle of each of the spaces left. I used Gina K Obsidian Black ink as it can be used for both alcohol markers and watercolours. I then stuck it to some red paper/card which comes from the Bright Colours 12" paper pad from Crafter's Companion and trimmed it so there was only a small border around it. I used Hunkydory's Corner punch to round the edges and glued that to the front of a 6" white card, the corners of which I also rounded. I stamped another rose bud and coloured it in using a red Spectrum Noir Triblender for the flower and a green one for the leaves. I cut around it and then added it to the bottom flower using foam pads so there is some height to it. I wanted something in the middl...

Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card is one using Stamps by Me products for my 365 day challenge. I had cut out a circle in a piece of card for another project and decided to use it as  a mask to colour another piece of white card using some "grungy" colour ink pads (Mainly Tim Holtz) I then stamped the Rose and pocket watch image (from a Stamps by Me collection) on top of the the ink using Gina K Black Obsidiain ink. I used Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Crystal Tints (Orange and yellow) as paints to colour the stamped image.  I trimmed a piece of the wood effect Stamps by Me paper pad I had to fit the front of a 7x5" white card (leaving a narrow border all around). Using the same Crystal Tints I coloured the card that had the circle aperture in it until I was happy with the result. I stuck it to the stamped it image using PVA glue and then attached that to some black card which I then trimmed to fit the card. Once I had glued the whole topper panel o...

Beautiful Butterflies and flowers A4 photo frame -  Day 30 of my 365 day challenge   Hi Craft addicts! Today is something different for day 30 of my 365 day challenge - this time it is an A4+ photo frame which I have decorated using Stamps by Me dies and stamps. How I made this project:- I had had this picture frame for ages and thought I better use it and so thought it would be great for this project. I first of all, cut out the rose die (from Stamps Away) within some black card. I then stuck it to some white super smooth cardstock and coloured the rose in using various red, orange and yellow alcohol markers - I find that the fluorescent yellow one from Spectrum Noir adds a certain highlight to the whole rose. I added some orange alcohol marker to the edge to make it stand out more... I then used 2 or 3 green alcohol markers and coloured in the leaves. I also added a hint of Wink of Stella clear sparkle to parts of the flower and leaves. I had also cut out...

Dream - roses in window hand coloured and stamped card  Day 21 of my 365 challenge Hi Craft addicts! I have made this card using a window aperture card that I have had for ages and some stamps from Stamps by Me and Zig Clean Color Pens... How I made this card:- I had had this pink hammered window aperture card for ages and it was beginning to fade a bit so thought I better use it up! I used Tim Holtz Distress inks (red, orange and yellow) and coloured the front of the card. I then took a piece of white card (any smooth stamping card will do, though I do use either Lynda Chapman's World of Paper or Hunkydory for mine) and measured it to fit the inside of the card and lightly marked where each aperture was. I then took the smaller rose stamp from the Thinking of You Stamps by Me collection and stamped it 4 times in each aperture, turning it every time so make them look slightly different. I used Zig Clean Color pens (orange, yellow and 2 shades of green) to colour...

Maple leaf and flowers square card Day 17 of my 365 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Today I have made this square card using the Maple Leaf Stamps By Me Synergy die along with some of their flower stamps and both alcohol markers and watercolour pens. How I made this card:-     I took the Maple leaf Synergy die (outer edge) and placed it in the centre of a 7in white card and cut it out in my Cut n Boss – I hung the back half of the card over the edge of the plate so it wasn’t part of the cutting process. Using the Maple Leaf die cut that was left, I then used the main die and placed it over it (making sure there was an even border all round and again cut it out. I then repeated the process using one of DoCrafts Xcuts red self-adhesive papers.   Using various shades of alcohol markers I coloured the leaf in trying to make sure that the veins etc showed. Whilst that was drying, I added the outer border from the red maple leaf to the inside o...