Feeling Hunkydory

I love to stamp and colour but I also enjoy making cards from kits and Cd's and this is card is an example of a Box Card created with a fabulous foiled kit from Hunkydory with some extra embellishments.  Unfortunately for me the term less is more does just not make sense.

The base of the card and the inside pages have been made from a sheet of A3 card and the size of the card is approx.  4.5" x 6" and I have made a little spine to take the depth of the contents.  The backing paper is foiled and from my stash and I have used two 12" x 12" sheets to make the mounting panels and decoration.  I have added lovely flowers from my stash and have made leaves and embellishments with various dies .  I have used gold mirror card and the swirls look fab.  There is a little greeting tag on the front of the card with tassel and ribbon and flower decoration.

Showing the front and back of the card with matching matting and embellishment. 

Some of the inside panels of the card which fold out for display.

Thank you for reading this post.  Please leave a comment as these are always appreciated and visit again soon.

Sending kindest wishes to all,

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Christmas Bunny

This stamp features the delicious Christmas Bunny Digital Stamp from Wee Stamps.  This fun image has been mounted as a shaker style card,  I am quite obsessed with this style of card at present as they are so much fun to make.

I will be entering  this card for the following Challenges:

Stampavie and more:  Challenge#150 - Christmas in Summer.

Divas by Design:  Challenge 9 -  Christmas in August

Charisma Cardz: Challenge #35 - Anything Goes

This card is very jolly and crisp and bright.  The beautiful image has been coloured using Prismacolour pencil and using blending and also Promarker and Gel pens.  I have used Flowersoft to create the bunny tail and hat fur and Diamond Dust glitter for the snow.  The background has been created with vintage distress inks.   The card is mounted into a small box frame and a circular frame was cut and backed with acetate and filled with colourful sequins.  The papers are from my stash as is the adhesive ribbon.  The ribbon is new and I have used a die cut holly decoration.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I have all used a mitten embellishment from my stash.  The lovely tea bag trees have been created following a tutorial provided by Lili of the Valley

The inside of the card featuring another smaller coloured, glittered image and another Tea Bag Tree.  There is also a shaped panel for recording a greeting.

This is my card for today and I hope you like it.  Thank you for reading this post and for looking at my card.

Sending warmest wishes to all.

X

Little Sugar Plum Fairy

This is the utterly adorable Little Sugar Plum Fairy by Mo Manning and I am entering this card for  Mo's DP2 Challenge #98  and  Challenge #82 - Easel does it at Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.

I have coloured the image using Prismacolour pencils and Promarker pens and have glittered highlights on the image which is mounted onto a doily created from a Cheery Lynn Designs cutting die. 

A closer view of the front of the card showing detail and embellishments.  I have used various beautiful roses and flowers to decorate the card from Wild Orchid Crafts and other suppliers.   The leaves are made with Spellbinder cutting dies and I have used a lovely crown pin.  The ribbon is matching shade vintage seam binding with flower and leaves.  The backing papers are from my stash.  I have die cut some snowflakes and embossed these with ultra thick embossing powder and glitter.   There is a button and embroidery silk embellishment and a lovely little Tibetan silver filigree tree decoration.  The silver greeting is from Craftwork Cards and reads Christmas Wishes.

Thank you for looking at my card.  I hope you liked it.  Please stop by again soon and leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Kind regards to all.

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Tender thoughts

This is the beautiful 'Tender Thoughts' from ADFD and I am entering this card in  Challenge #25 - "It's a TWINE Thing"

When I first started making cards the guidline I followed was, don't spend more than 10 minutes per card.  Ha, something I have never been able to follow and the more I do, the longer they take.  Its fabulous. 

The inspiration for this card is from the craft magazine blog, stampARTic, see link on my blog or via this page  http://stampartic.blogspot.com/search?q=magic+card  (I have not worked out how to be sophisticated and type clik 'here' for a link as yet, any tips would be gratefully received).   You may be seeing several projects from there over the next few weeks as the tutorial pages are fabulous.  The style of this card is Magic Card and it is.

Back to this wonderful image which I have coloured with  Promarker pens and some Prismacolour pencil touches.  There is stickles glitter on the little butterfly wings.  I have used blue and Spun suger Distress Inks round the image and mounted this on fabulous yellow check paper from my stash.  The backing paper is quality 12 x 12 sheet also from my stash but I can't remember what its called, as I cut it up before checking.  I have used the twine to crochet some little hearts which are decorated with flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and also used some twine bows to decorate the buttons.  Further flowers and ribbon have been used on the front of the card and a double row of Martha Stewart paper lace die cuts.  The sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly and I think this really compliments the card image. A beaded butterfly has also been created.

Showing the inside of the card with lovely verse and blank greeting panel, you can clearly see the double edge paper lace on the back of the card.

Hope you like the card and thank you so much for stoping by.  Please visit again.

Warmest wishes to all.

X

Bling and Swirls - Little friends

 This card has been made using the Karen Middleton Digi Stamp - Little Friends and I am entering the card for Challenge #8 – Swirls & Bling over at Cuddly Buddly.

I have coloured the image using Prismacolour pencils and blending stumps and some Promarker pens.  Glitter has been used to highlight the image and figure.  The card is a Octo step card using a template from B -C-E  and was fun to cut out.  Distress  Ink  was used to create the sky behind the image and lots and lots of bling and swirls have been used to decorate the card.  I have glued little gems using Glossy Accents as this makes a really stong bond,  Ribbon and flower are from my stash.

This is my card for today.  I hope you like it.  Sending warmest wishes to all.

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Shall I Play

Happy Saturday to all.  This card features  the adorable Little drummer boy with puppy image from Mo Manning's Digital Pencil and I will be entering the card for  Challenge #96 - Feeling BLUE.....

This is just the cutest image which I love to colour.  I have used Promarkers and the new Letraset flexmarkers and have followed the challenge and used shades of blue.  The image was lightly glittered and cut out and mounted on a shaped die cut which I distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  The papers used for the card are from Cuddly Buddly and I have printed these on super smooth paper and they look and feel delicious.  I have used various cutting dies to make the embellisments and have used mini pearls to decorate these.  The mini label is created with a Whimsy label cutting die, is coloured with distress inks and stamped with a greeting from Butterfly Kisses at Hobby Art.  The flowers are mostly lace or frosted roses from Kort & Godt and are beautifuul.

This is an Easel Card and I have used the same papers to decorate the inside.  I have made a cute little pocket and another label sits inside the pocket to record a greeting.  The Merry Christmas tag is from Craftwork Cards and has been distressed using Tim Holts Distress Ink - tumbled glass, which is a favourite shade at present.  Die cuts have been cut from blue glitter card stock and match the front of the card.

Thank you for looking at my card and reading this post.  Sending warmest wishes to all.

 

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Winter Fairy from Wee Stamps

I am entering this card for the Cuddly Buddly Challenge #7 - Anything Goes!

The fabulous image is the Winter Fairy from Wee Stamps which I have coloured using Prismacolour pencils, glittered and added Polar White Flower Soft for the fur trim.

The image is mounted as a shaker card and I have added some lovely Snowflake sequins.  The card is decorated with paper from my stash.  The scrolls and poinsettia are created using various papers to include Cuddly Buddly Cotage Collection.  I have beaded a tree embellishment for the front of the card and decorated with lovely ribbon, flowers and a Christmas Bell.

The inside of the card.

Sending warmest wishes to all.  Thank you for looking at my card

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