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Dachsund through the snow.. DL Christmas card - 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this fun Christmas card which is very simple to make... I used a DL card (from Hunkydory) and scored the left and right hand sides several times to give it some interest. I then rounded the corners using the Stamps by Me 3 in 1 punch. I put it to one side to concentrate on the topper which is part of the mini stamp set from For the Love of Stamps pun collection. I added all of the stamps on to a stamping platform positioning it where I felt they looked right and stamped it several times with Gina K Obsidian black ink to give it a crisp effect on to a panel of white card and trimmed it until I felt it was the right size (approximately 3" x 2"). I used Hunkydory's Prism watercolour pencils to colour the dog in and blended the colours with some water. I had some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink left on a blending brush so used it to add a background colour to the topper, rounded the corners and then...

Season's Greetings with Robin 6in square card - 365 day challenge

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  Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this Christmas card which is really simple to make. I used a 6" square white card (I use either Hunkydory or Paper Boutique as they are really good quality) and rounded the corners with my new Stamps by Me 3-1 corner punch. I then took a piece of the snowflake paper from Paper Boutique's Christmas Gnomes 8" paper pad and cut it to 5" square and again rounded the corners and stuck it to the front of the card using a Tape pen. Using Tattered Lace's Filigree Poppy Doily die set, I cut out the matt layer in yellow linen effect card and the more intricate panel in white and stuck them together using a Dotty tape pen so the glue only went on the bits that needed it. The Season's Greetings sentiment was made using Lisa Horton's Christmas stamp and die collection. I first of all stamped the frame out using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and then added the sentiment afterwards.  I also add...

Have a Quacking Christmas 7x5in card - 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card is a Christmas card for my 365 day challenge...I hope you like it. Using my Hunkydory Adorable Scoreboard, I scored two lines down the left hand side and 6 lines at the bottom of the card to add some interest to the card as I wanted this card to be predominately white. I had used a scalloped edge die to cut out the circle and then used the waste of a smaller circle die cut to ink through it using yellows and orange hybrid inks to create the sun. I then used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks to colour the sky in and then edged it with a black alcohol marker. The Snowman and Goose along with the sentiment are from For the Love of Stamps and Crafter's Companion Gemini stamp collections and I stamped them on to some scraps of white card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and then coloured them in using Spectrum Noir Triblender markers. I fussy cut around them all, colouring the sentiment topper with a lighter shade of the sun and stuck that d...

2022 Easel Mini Calendar Gingerbread 7" x 5" - 365 Day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest project is slightly different as it is a calendar for next year that I have made using a 7" x 5" landscape card,  dies and a stamp... I took a 7" x 5" white card (from Paper Boutique) - which was a landscape format but I scored the back side in the centre and folded it back and used PVA glue to stick it down to the front (if that makes sense!) I cut a small piece of scrap card and folded it to form a "W" and glued it inside the card so that it didn't collapse when you opened it. I then used a Spellbinders Petit Picot edged rectangle die and cut out the background using Paper Dienamics Metallinks card. I added the mini 2022 calendar to it using a Tape pen (you could use PVA glue but I like using the pen as it doesn't mark the card). I stuck it to the bottom of the cardstock with a dotty tape pen so that it stuck without any glue coming through. I had a scrap of brown card and so used the Tim Holtz Mini Texture Fa...

Christmas 2021 - Brrr.... 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts! Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is a Christmas card themed one using dies, stamps and alcohol markers. I rounded the corners of an A6 Kraft card (from Tonic Studios) using my Hunkydory punch. I then took a piece of white card, cut it to fit the front of the card and also rounded the corners of that too and attached it using a solid Tape pen (either Create & Craft or Crafter's Companion). I cut out the oval frame using Spellbinders Oval Petit Picot edged die in both the brown Metallink card (from Paper Dienamics) without the centre die and then again in white card, this time adding it so that I could use it to stamp on. I stamped the Snowman image (part of Crafter's Companion Wobblers collection) using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and coloured it in using alcohol markers. I then used some residue ink left on my blending brushes to colour its' background and then stuck it to the oval frame using the tape pen. I decided to attach it to one...

Mini Card Challenge 4 - Yay it's party time! A7 card - 365 day challenge

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  Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest card for my mini challenge within a challenge is this A7 card using dies, stamps and inks...       The card is once again from Hunkydory and I rounded the corners with one of their punches. I then took a piece of purple card/paper and fussy cut it to fit the front of the card and stuck it on the front using a tape pen rather than PVA glue. I used Creative Expressions Pixie powders to create the background by tapping some of their brilliant colours on to some watercolour card and spritzed it with some water and let it dry. Whilst that was happening I die cut the rectangle frame (medium sized one from Tonic Studios) several times in white card and glued them together. I then edged it with a black alcohol marker. I stamped out the balloons and bear on to some white cardstock using the Birthday bear boy collection from Crafter's Companion Gemini collection, again using Gina K Obsidian Black ink. I coloured them in using the Spectrum Noi...
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Hi Craft addicts! Today's latest handmade card is one using dies and the waste left over from a die cut to make the background panel... I used a 7" x 5" landscape white card (from Paper Boutique/Creative Crafting World) and rounded the corners with a Hunkydory punch. I then cut out the Into the Woods silhouette die (from Crafter's Companion Pop up collection) using Lynda Chapman's Black card. I had also cut out a scalloped circle in white card (I am not sure which die it is but a lot of Companies produce them) and then coloured a sunrise/sunset background within it using various Hybrid inks. I stamped the sentiment directly on to the image using Gina K Obsidian Black ink. I stuck the silhouette panel on to it using PVA glue and a dotty tape pen for the more intricate parts making sure that there is an equal border around it. I had previously used the Lisa Horton Midi Banners Alphabet die to cut some letters out in Lynda Chapman's Black Card and decided that th...

WOW... Tulips 7x5in card - 365 day challenge

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  Hi Craft addicts! Today's handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this card using dies, stamps and papers from a variety of companies... I used my Hunkydory corner punch from their Prism range to round the corners of this 7" x 5" white card (either from Hunkydory or Creative Crafting World). I had created the background some time ago using Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders (mainly Green shades) - all you need to do is spritz some water on some cardstock, then tap the Pixie Powders on to it and allow it either dry naturally or use a heat gun.  I cut the main panel out from the above backgroun using the largest Petit Picot Edged die from Spellbinders. I then trimmed a piece of Green linen effect card to fit the mat layer and stuck it down using a tape pen - I didn't want to use a wet glue as I didn't want it to show through. I stamped the Tulip image from Sheena Douglass on to some of her Willow White card using a stamping platform and Gina K Obs...

Just for You .. Tree of Life card - 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts! Today's handmade card is a Just for you tree of life card that is very simple to make... I first of all rounded the corners of a square white card (6") using my Hunkydory Prism punch.  I had coloured a background using green hybrid inks (a mix of Tim Holtz Distress Oxide/Tonic Studios Nuvo/Crafters Companion Harmony ones). Using a Spellbinders Petit Picot edge die, I cut a panel out which is about 5" square and after cutting out the Tree of Life die from Thirsty Brush using Lynda Chapman's Black card attached it to the background layer with a dotty pen (as it only puts glue on to the places you want it to). I used some PVA glue to stick to the top part of the card which I used as a tent fold one and added some Spectrum Noir Glossy Highlights in various places. I stamped the Just for You sentiment (from Honey Doo Crafts) on to some white card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink, fussy cut around it and added that to some green card that matched the main p...