Monday, 20 November 2017

Christmas Delight



  • Hunkydory snowy season luxury card collection: Christmas Delight
  • Hunkydory little book of snowy scenes
  • silver mirri card
  • pink & white satin ribbons
  • A5, DL & 6x4" landscape & 8x8" white card blanks
For the A5 card, I cut the cardstock to size to cover the front of the card blank. I then simply positioned the image and sentiment toppers overlapping on different depths of foam pads. I cut the coordinating insert down to complete the card.
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Using the same cardstock, I cut a 6x4" section with the border running across the base for this card. Again, I simply arranged an image and sentiment topper from the collection on foam pads. I trimmed the sentiment section from the centre of the remaining matching topper sheet to finish the inside.
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I created this DL card to make a feature of the image section on the other patterned cardstock sheet from the collection. I trimmed it to fill the card front, then angled the sentiment on top using foam pads for dimension and a knot of ribbon as embellishment. The insert sheet featured the mirror image of the card front, trimmed down to fit neatly inside.
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For the final card, I used a little book image to compliment the large sentiment from this set. I cut the  mat of silver mirri card to cover the 8" card blank. I then cut a layer of the patterned cardstock. I wrapped the satin ribbon around opposite corners, with a bow tied at the top. The ribbon was secured on the back of the cardstock before gluing onto the card front to keep a neat finish. I matted the little book page onto silver to create the topper and glued down off centre using foam pads. I overlaid the sentiment topper using deeper foam pads for added dimension. I glued the remaining insert inside to complete the card.
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Mx

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Angel's Wings

  • Hunkydory cute Christmas luxury card collection: Angel's Wings
  • Hunkydory second little book of Christmas
  • Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
  • silver mirri card
  • ribbons
  •  6x6", A5 & 6x4" landscape white card blanks
For the A5 card, I mat and layered the patterned cardstock onto silver mirri. I then arranged the image and coordinating frame onto foam pads in the main section of the card. I added a bow to the sentiment tag and glued this in place on the printed border.

Using the other sheet of cardstock, I created this 6" square card. I cut mirri card to cover the card front and added the patterned cardstock on top, with the border across the base. I interlocked the frame and image topper to create a more interesting shape and glued this into place. I added an essential book sentiment in the corner to complete the card.

For the other 6x6" card, I pieced together the starry border from one sheet and the other starry patterned cardstock to cover the card front. I added a border strip to cover the join, (as there wasn't one in this collection, I took a spare one from another set which was similar to the printed border on this cardstock). To create the topper, I used the coordinating image from the little book and glued the frame on top. I then carefully trimmed away the excess little book page which was overhanging the frame, so the image appeared to sit neatly within the surround. I glued this onto the card front with foam pads for dimension.
 
Using the printed images of the angels on the cardstock, I made two 6x4" cards. I cut the cardstock to fill the card fronts. I then chose ribbons to sit in the space beside the angels and secured this in position before I glued to the card blank. I then simply tied bows in the same ribbons and attached to the cards to embellish the selected messages.

Mx

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Christmas is coming...

  • Hunkydory Christmas classics luxury card collection: Christmas is coming...
  • Hunkydory second little book of Christmas
  • Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
  • gold mirri card
  • gold ribbon
  • A5, DL, 6x6" & 6x4" portrait and landscape white card blanks

For this A5 card, I used a little book image to create a nice big topper. I simply matted the page onto gold mirri and covered the card front with the cardstock. I then glued the topper in the centre with an essential book sentiment beneath, raised up on foam pads. I trimmed the coordinating insert down to finish the inside.
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With the 6" square card, I cut off the top border and turned the remaining cardstock around so the border ran vertical. I mat and layered this onto gold mirri to fill the card front. I then arranged the topper and coordinating tag from the collection onto the card. I glued the topper flat, raised the tag on foam and finished with a gold ribbon bow. The remainder of the insert sheet was trimmed down, so the inside of the card matched the backing paper on the front.
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Using the other sheet of cardstock, I created this DL card to make a feature of the printed image. I simply cut the cardstock down to fill the card front and finished with the coordinating 'north pole' sentiment glued down with foam pads. I trimmed the sentiment section of the insert down to fit inside.
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I switched the vertical stripes of the cardstock to horizontal to work with the oval topper in the collection. I simply cut the cardstock to fit the 6x4" card front. I then added the image and sentiment toppers into place, again using foam for dimension.

For the final card, I pieced the front with the striped card and the cut off border from the first sheet. I edged the border with gold mirri card to create a neat finish. I then positioned the little train topper alongside a sentiment from the essential book to complete the card.

Mx

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

pretty poinsettia


  • Hunkydory Christmas classics luxury card collection: pretty poinsettia
  • Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
  • gold mirri card
  • red & gold ribbon
  • 8x8" & 6x4" portrait and landscape kraft card blanks
 I used the main topper from the collection for the large square card. I mat and layered the printed cardstock onto gold mirri for the card front. I then added some of the decoupage layers onto the topper to create dimension. To complete the card, I simply glued the topper onto the card front and added the coordinating insert to the inside.
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For the 6x4" cards, I made a feature of the decorative corners on the other sheet of cardstock from the collection. I cut the cardstock to fit the card front. I then added some of the remaining decoupage layers to build up the floral border across the card. I finished with the sentiment tag and a little ribbon bow.
I repeated the same design, using the corner of the cardstock, this time sitting on a landscape card. For this card, I used an essential book sentiment, glued down with foam pads in the space above the decoupage. I trimmed the insert down to mirror the design on the card front and glued this inside to complete the card.
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Mx

Monday, 13 November 2017

polar bear presents


  • Hunkydory cute Christmas luxury card collection: polar bear presents
  • Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
  • snowfall acetate
  • white twine
  • 8x8", A5 & 6x4" card blanks

For the 8" square card, I covered the card front with the patterned paper, positioning the border and swirl to the base of the card. I then arranged the frame and topper image on angles to sit within the space. The frame was glued down flat, with the topper raised on foam pads. I completed the front with the essential book sentiment in the top corner, also on foam pads. The coordinating topper sheet was trimmed down to fit inside.
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I created this A5 card using snowfall acetate as the card front. I cut away the front of the card blank and replace with acetate, with was secured to the inside of the card. I then covered the join with the patterned cardstock, trimmed to fill the inside of the card. I then completed the card front, adding the image topper, frame and sentiment.

Finally, I made this cute little 6x4" card using the printed image on the patterned cardstock. This section was left over from the card above, so I trimmed it to fit the card front with space for a border. I used the border edge and pattern from the other cardstock in this set to create a nice piece along the folded edge. The sentiment tag was then glued into position on the border, using foam pads and finished with a little twine bow. I trimmed down the insert to fit with the printed sentiment to complete the inside of the card.
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Mx

Friday, 10 November 2017

glorious gifts

  • Hunkydory festive elegance luxury card collection: glorious gifts
  • Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
  • 8x8", 5x7" & 5x5" white card blanks

To make this card, I cut the borders off the piece of cardstock, then cut the red spot cardstock to size. I glued the first border and the red spot cardstock to the front of my card blank. I then trimmed off the remaining white card from the front to create a reveal. I glued the toppers onto the card front using foam tape for dimension. I then trimmed the insert to size, stamped it with a Christmas sentiment and glued this inside the card. I added the second border to the outer edge to complete the card,(you will be able to see this when the card is closed too).  

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I created this easel card using a 5" square card blank. I added an extra score line to the centre of my card front and folded the card front in half.  I cut a piece of cardstock to 5" square and only put adhesive on the bottom half to glue to the card front, creating the easel base. I then covered the panel in patterned cardstock from the collection. I added an image topper to the centre of the card front. I then trimmed the insert to fill the inside of the card. I added the border on foam pads across the inside to create the stopper and completed with a sentiment topper in the bottom corner. 


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For this card, I used the remaining red spot from a previous card and added the foiled border, cut from a second piece of cardstock. I glued gold mirri onto my 5x7" landscape card blank and matted with the patterned cardstock. I glued the circle topper flat and added the sentiment topper with foam tape for dimension.

For the final card, I used the remaining border alongside the printed image cardstock. I trimmed the pieces to fit on the front of a 5" square card and glued them flat. I positioned a sentiment from the essential book across the border and image to bring the design together.

Mx

Thursday, 9 November 2017

festive harbour


  • Hunkydory snowy seasons luxury card collection 'festive harbour'
  • silver mirri card
  • A5 black & 5x5" white card blanks

For the A5 card, I matt and layered the foiled cardstock and silver mirri cardstock onto a black card blank. I glued the topper and sentiment to the centre of the card front using foam tape. I trimmed an insert to fit inside the card and glued it in place to finish. 

I used the part of the remaining cardstock to make this 5x5" card. I again matted with silver foil but used a white card blank for this card. I glued the topper down flat and only used 1mm foam for the sentiment (to make postage cheaper.) Again, I cut down an insert and glued it inside.

For this card, I used the 2nd piece of coordinating cardstock. I choose the part with out the ship image and matt and layered with silver mirri onto a 5x5" white card blank. I added the sentiment topper using foam tape and finished it with an insert to decorate the inside of my card. 

Mx