Robot Card

This card was made using a Hunkydory card kit. Two toppers and a piece of 13.5cm square backing foiled card

A card using the Smudge & Mitten Paper Pad

This card was made using:

1 sheet from the Hunkydory Smudge & Mitten Paper Pad

A 6x6 card blank (made from A3 sheet of Centura Pearl card)

6x6 piece of mirri card

Affix It Craft permanent glue runner

Spare pieces from Smudge & Mitten card kit

I first gutted the mirri card (leaving about a 1 cm frame)

Next I cut the middle piece to 12cm x 12cm and rounded the corners

I cut the image out of the paper sheet so it was 11.5cm x 11.5cm, rounded to corners then glued this to the 12cm x 12cm mirri

I turned the piece of paper I had left over and cut a 5 3/4 inch square out then glued this to the 6inch piece mirri, then glued it to the front of the card blank.

I added a strip of boarder near the bottom of the card.

Next I added the image at a jaunty angle and finished with a sentiment topper.

Minimal products and it looks just as good as the cards from the card kit (if not better actually I think)

Minimal card - Smudge & Mitten

I made a card early using only a few bits yesterday and wanted to challenge myself to see what I could do with a card blank, a tiny bit of mirri and a printed sheet from the Smudge & Mitten paper pad. 

This was the result:

I think it looks pretty good, especially with the minimal items I used. I cut the image to 5 inches by 4 1/4 inches and glued it to the left of the card. With the left over paper I turned it over and used a 3/4 inch x 5 inch strip and glued that to the right of the card. 

Next I took a 1/8 inch piece of mirri and using glue dots stuck it where the 2 paper pieces joined. 

This would make a great party invite or birthday card.

Star Birthday Card

This card was made with my Cricut Explorer with Hunkydory papers. I love how this turned out, great for males and females birthday cards. I'm really loving the drawing function and added in a faux stitch by using a lot of hypens and rotating them for the two sides. 

Hunkydory Smudge & Mitten Birthday Card

I think this is the most 'luxurious' cards I've ever made, it has so many layers and I made it for my little sister whose birthday was this week.

I used the Hunkydory Smudge and Mitten papercrafting kit and paper pad along with some silver mirri. 

In the top right corner I also added a flower I made from Craftwork Cards Candi (I've only recently got into Candi!)

Five cards from one Hunkydory Topper Sheet

I purchased a Special Occassions kit from Hunkydory this week which was half price and popped the free members kit in my basket. It arrived yesterday and I'm currently suffering with Vertigo so keep getting really dizzy spells which have left me stuck to my comfy chair in the living room and not crafting as at one point I couldn't even get up from my craft room chair without getting awfully dizzy. It's starting to die down now but I still can't look down into my craft drawers so set myself a challenge when this kit came to make some cards with what I had in the kits, on my desk (adhesives) and in the top drawers (some Dawn Bibby layering dies and my stamps and inks). 

I get annoyed with myself as I usually use one or two toppers from a sheet then put them away, and they then get caught up and damaged or it get fed up with them so I'm trying now to use a whole sheet at a time. With the free Hubkydory kit I used the cupcake topper sheet with both pieces of co-ordinating cardstock and managed 5 cards by just adding card blanks, the Dawn Bibby toppers, stamps, ink, adhesive, some ribbon and two off-cuts of card (mirri & pink bazille basics)

This easel card used the kit plus one piece of ribbon and adhesive (foam squares and collall all-purpose)

This card used the kit plus a Dawn Bibby die cut, stamp (free from a magazine) and adhesives.

This card used the kit, DB die cut, ribbon and some Bazille basics pink paper as the left over Hunkydory card was thinner than my card blank.

This card used the kit (just a piece of backing card), DB die cut, stamp, ribbon and adhesive)

This card used left over mirri, the kit and adhesive. 

All the cards took less than an hour in total to make, probably due to the fact I limited myself to what I had to use. 

Using up my craft stash

I have lots of craft stash I've not used so decided to make a new style of card with some of it.

I cut the front of a square card in half to make a triangle and then added in some acetate and used to spare triangle to make a sandwich with the acetate in the middle to make the card neat. The acetate was from Christmas when I made my own snowy acetate. I then used some Hunkydory backing card to decorate both the outside and inside of the card (left over from my shaped shaker card)

I added Hunkydory toppers, then stamped a sentiment in the inside of the card on a die cut.

Finally I 'blinged it up' with some Kaisercraft flower gems. 

I'm entering this into

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/3rd-year-anniversary-blog-hop.html?m=1 (used stash and sparkly gem flowers on acetate)

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/week-8-polkadoodles-challenge-sugar-and.html?m=1 - with the yummy sugary cake

Girly Birthday Card

I've been a bit quiet recently due to a chest infection which I still have but thought I'd post some cards which I made recently. I'm loving my new corner rounder (as you can see) and think it adds a whole new dimension to the cards. 

This card was made using Panda Paws backing card (I used it for the backing and the topper was actually from the background card too!). The sentiment and lacy pink card was from Hunkydory (the spring kit I believe). 

This card was used using toppers and backing card from Kanban Sugar Buttons. It's such a shame Kanban are no more, I love their toppers. 

The pink card and button card are glittered so this card really sparkles.

I'm going back to coughing and knitting now. Have a great weekend

Love Robbins...

I made this card using the toppers and background 'Love Robins...' card from Hunkydory and added a bit of texture with an embossed foil lid (see on of my previous posts) with the embossing folder from Crafters Inspiration Christmas 2013 edition.

The camera didn't pick it up well but the sentiment in the bottom right says 'merry Christmas' 

Reindeer Friends

I made this card with the Reindeer Friends topper and background sheet from Hunkydory along with one of the sentiments I die cut using the foil lids. The sentiment is from the Tonic cracker set 

Twelve Drummers Drumming Card

I used the Hunkydory Twelve Days of Christmas topper set and cut a little window big enough for the drummer boy toppers, then covered the base of the card with adorable scorable card. I used foam pads to raise up the patterned card with the window cut out. I used 3D glue gel to put the drummer boy in the window and added a bow. For the sentiment I used Anitas gold peel offs from DoCrafts 

Hunkydory Christmas Card

Another cards made using Hunkydory toppers using Stylish Season - Pretty Presents.

I used peel offs on an off cut of the boarder to make my own sentiment and glued a bow to the bow on the tree to give it added dimension 

Christmas pudding Christmas card

Thursday I made my first ever 8 x 8 card and love them!!!! 

Here is a card made from Hunkdory toppers and backing card. I used Classic Christmas - A Festive Recipe.

The lattice background was cut by hand and took an hour but I think it's worth it 

Leaving my craft room now after a fight with cracker making - 2 hours and the Tonic cracker card keeps breaking when I go to glue it together so giving up for today and watching a film on the sofa with my husband 

I've made crackers successfully before with the die but the cracker card packs are thinner than the card I used previously 

My Sisters Christmas Cards

Finally got my bum in gear and started my sisters Christmas cards. I've done quite a lot of mine (hunkydory kits) but still have cards to do for my sister, parents and parents company and Christmas is sneaking up fast!

I brought the Mulberry Woods kit for myself initially (in the sale in July) but then my sister loved it so I said she could have cards with it, plus it meant I would have to buy the Hunkydory kits (I think I was just looking for an excuse!)

I made the below cards with the Crafters Companion Mulberry Woods Christmas kit along with some card blanks, peel offs & sequin dots from the DoCrafts goody bag. I also added in some die cut snowflakes.

The very early cards which turned out to be late

In April this year I brought two mini kits from Hunkydory to make cards for my cousins son Finley. I couldn't find his birthday in my calendar for April, then realised it was because his birthday is in September.

Jump forward a few months and you'd think I'd have his cards ready...I forgot we were in September and its his birthday today! Luckily though him and his family are on holiday (phew) so he wouldn't get his card until he is back anyway. 

I just sat down in my study and make these two cards for him. I really love the pirate image as its made of pictures of different materials like felt and gingham (even though I hate sharks, I still like this card)

Snowy Acetate Tutorial

I know is June and there are still just under 6 months until Christmas but its the perfect time to start card crafting for Christmas so you can take your time as enjoy card making.

Recently I brought a card kit and wanted some snowy acetate but the place I got my card kit from had sold out PLUS I had lots of acetate at home which I hadn't used so thought I'd try and make it myself! It's super easy!

First you will need acetate and a Uni Paint market in white with a thick bullet tip (PX-20)

To get a random pattern of snow fall start making random large slodges with you pen 

Then randomly dot all over the sheet with then pen to make smaller snow flake. Leave to dry and ta-dah 

Then use it in your card making 

Hunkydory Birthday Card

I brought a Hunkydory Kit before Christmas from Create and Craft. I used my Ultimate Pro to make a 8 x 8 card as I wanted to recreate a card from the ideas sheet and I also made my first large envelope with the Ultimate Pro Enveloper! It's currently drying at the moment but I think this may be one of my favourite cards I've made so far! 

To make this card I used the Hunkydory kit, American Craft ribbon and the backing card was actually made from some 12 x 12 packaging card! I just but out one 8 x 8 piece and one 8 x 9 piece, scored the 8 x 9 piece at 1 inch (to make a 1 x 8 crease piece and an 8 x 8 square bit at the back). I then glued the creased piece onto the other 8 x 8 card and left to dry. A great way to save money and recycle!