Christmas couple

Hunkydory Snowy season luxury card collection: Christmas couple

Hunkydory adorable scorable cardstock

White ribbon

A5 white card blanks

For the first card, I cut the snowflake cardstock to cover the card front. I then tied a bow in the ribbon and wrapped this around the cardstock, before I glued it to the card to hide the cut ends and keep it all neat. To create space to allow the image topper to stand out, I die cut an oval from a coordinating plain lilac cardstock to sit inside the frame. I glued the image down onto the die-cut panel using low foam pads. I added the sentiment frame, raised on deeper foam to create dimension and edge the lilac panel. I glued this in position on the card front above the ribbon. I cut the insert down with the coordinating couple image and glued this inside to complete the card.

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To create the second card, I used the lilac cardstock which complimented the snowflake paper and frame to soften the design. I pieced together the card front with the lilac panel at the top and a strip of the snowflake cardstock beneath. I covered the join with the border strip from the collection. I then glued the image and frame central to the top panel and added the sentiment topper to the middle of the snowflake panel, all using foam pads. Again, I finished the card with an insert, trimmed down to fit neatly inside.

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A Merry Little Christmas

• Hunkydory festive elegance luxury card collection: A Merry Little Christmas
• Hunkydory second little book of Christmas
• Hunkydory copper mirri cardstock
• A5 & 8x8" card blanks

For the 8" square card, I cut the cardstock down to fill the card front. To ground the sentiment, I added the border strip running across the base of the card. I positioned the sentiment to sit overlapping the border edge. For the main feature, I positioned the topper central with the border surrounds at angles to add interest. I trimmed the insert down to fit inside the card to complete.

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 I used the second sheet of cardstock to cover the A5 card blanks. I simply arranged the main topper and little sentiment underneath, sitting on the main panel between the printed borders. For the inside, I cut the insert down to fit neatly.

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 For the final card, I created a topper using the matching little book page. I cut the borders off the book image and matted onto coordinating mirri card. I then positioned it centrally onto the card blank, covered with the remaining cardstock. I completed the front with the additional sentiment topper from the collection, placed overlapping the bottom of the main topper. Again, I added the insert into the card for that extra finishing touch.

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Deer winter wishes

• Hunkydory snowy season luxury card collection: Deer winter wishes
• silver mirri card
• A5, DL, 5x7" & 5x5" white card blanks

For the A5 card, I mat and layered one half of the cardstock on silver mirri to fill the card front. I then simply added the image topper offset on the card, using foam for dimension. I trimmed down the insert to have the matching image inside with the printed sentiment.

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I cut the other end of the cardstock down to make this DL card. I mat and layered the tree image onto silver mirri and glued to the card front. I finished with one of the long thin toppers on foam pads. Again, I trimmed the matching insert piece down to fit inside.

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I used a section of the other printed cardstock in the collection to create this 5x7" card. I carefully cut the cardstock down to fill the card front, with the border running across the bottom of the card. I then added the image central to the main section of the card, with the sentiment overlapping the border edge. I added the coordinating insert to the inside of the card.

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 For the first 6" square card, I made a feature of the decorative borders to enhance this topper. I began with the inside of the card, with a cut off border on the outer edge of the card, alongside a section of the insert. I cut away a reveal, then added the cardstock with the border to cover the remaining card front. I finished with the image and sentiment toppers on foam pads, leaving the gap for the sentiment to overhang the card front.

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For the final card, I pieced together the offcuts as a background. I covered the join between the cardstock with the coordinating border strip. To complete the card, I added the sentiment topper to one side of the border and centred the image topper on the other section, both raised on foam pads.

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Winterland walk

• Hunkydory festive elegance luxury card collection:Winterland walk
• Hunkydory the little book of snowy scenes 
• Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
• 7x7" & 5x7" white and black card blanks

I created the large square card using the rectangular topper and frame. I trimmed down the cardstock and matted it onto the card front, retaining the border of street lamps on the right. I then added the image topper on flat, with the frame and sentiment raised on foam pads to give the card dimension.

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For the first 5x7" card, I used the other printed cardstock from the collection and layered on the front of a black card blank. I then added the little square topper flat and raised the frame on foam pads to complete. Since the frame is printed with 'Happy Christmas', I didn't add a separate sentiment.

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For the second 5x7" card, I used a white landscape card blank covered with sections from each cardstock. I used the trees for the top half and the darker print beneath, edged with the holographic foiling which had originally edged the border section on the sheet. I then positioned the image topper onto the card, along with the sentiment.

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For the final card, I took the remaining piece of cardstock, printed with snowfall and a moon. I used an image sheet from the little book backed with silver mirri card to create a topper. I layered this on an angle with a little book sentiment to complete the card. The colours in the image compliment the background to work well together, despite coming from different collections.

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Merry Christmas, sausage!

• Hunkydory cute Christmas luxury card collection: Merry Christmas, sausage!
• 7x7", 6x4" & DL card blanks
• Gold mirri card

I created this 7" square card using the largest topper from the set. I mat and layered the patterned cardstock and gold mirri onto the card front. I then positioned the topper on using foam pads, so the scarf border on the topper lined up with the dog on the backing card. I completed the card with the coordinating sentiment from the set, overlapping the topper on deeper foam pads.

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Using the other piece of patterned cardstock, I created the DL card. I chose the DL format as it fit both borders on, I simply cut the cardstock to fit the card front. I then added the oval topper and large sentiment on foam pads for dimension. I completed the inside with the matching insert trimmed to fit.

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For the 6x4" card, I cut down the remaining cardstock to fit the front of the card, this time removing both borders. I then layered the bottom border onto the card with foam pads to create dimension. I added the square topper above the border on foam pads to complete.

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Let it snow

• Hunkydory snowy season luxury card collection: Let it snow
• Hunkydory the little book of snowy scenes
• Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
• A5, 5x7", 7x7" & 6x6" card blanks
• Silver mirri card
• Silver ribbon

I began with the 7" square card, using the largest topper. I cut down the patterned cardstock to fit the card front with a mat of mirri. I kept the embellished corner and positioned it to the base fold of the card. I then used the frame from the other topper and glued this down flat. I added the image topper layered on top of the frame with foam pads to add dimension. I completed the card with a sentiment from the little book, as this was a more fitting shape than the sentiments provided in the collection. The inside was completed with an insert, trimmed to fit.

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I used the off cut from this cardstock to create a 5x7" card. I simply matted the cardstock onto the card, again retaining the corner embellishment. I created a topper by layering a trimmed down a little book image onto silver mirri card. I glued this onto the card with a sentiment from the collection. I added the insert to finish the inside.

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For the A5 card, I cut down the other patterned cardstock to fit the card front. I positioned the topper to sit below the sleigh print, using foam pads for dimension. I used a little book sentiment, positioned beneath on foam pads to complete the card. I took the coordinating insert and trimmed to fit for the inside of the card.

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With the final card, I created a 6" square card combining pieces from each of the patterned cardstock. I used the printed image from the darker cardstock as the main section of the card. I then trimmed down an off cut of the lighter cardstock to create a border, edged with silver ribbon. I added the sentiment tag to sit over the border and finished with a silver ribbon bow.

 

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coral christmas ...

• Lawn fawn dies- 'dotted rectangles stackables'
• Tim holtz distress inks- 'cracked pistachio', 'abandoned coral' & 'peacock feathers' 
• SU! Stamp sets- 'perpetual birthday calendar ' & 'flurry of wishes ' 
• Paper artsy JOFY stamp- 'jm29'
• Archival ink pad - 'tuxedo black'
• Watercolour cardstock 
• 6x4 card blank 
• wink of stella glitter pen - 'clear'

I die-cut a panel of cardstock and inked it with an ombre effect. I stamped little snowflakes all over to complete the background, using 2nd generation towards the top portion for a softer colour. I stamped and die-cut my sentiment. I then stamped my image once onto the background and once onto some spare cardstock. I water-coloured the image using distress inks and fussy cut it out. I used a black brush marker on the cut edges to define them. I then added them onto the card using foam, making sure they lined up with the strings to look as though they were hanging. I added glitter to the flurry & Christmas words to complete.

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Challenges I would like to enter:
freshly made sketches #266
simon Monday says: let there be snow

festive flurry

• SU! - Flurry of wishes & Endless wishes stamp sets
• SU! Pool party & island indigo ink pads
• 4x6 white card blank & cardstock
• sekura clear stardust pen

I cut a matt to fit my card blank. I inked the card blank and stamped my sentiment onto the matt using the island indigo ink. I then used pool party to stamp the snowflakes around this, following the sketch. I stuck the matt to the card and added a touch of sparkle to complete.

 

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I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Pals Paper Arts #305 colour challenge

case this sketch #177

 

# selfie

• 6x6" card blank
• white digi cardstock
• tim holtz distress ink pad- tumbled glass
• archival ink pad- cobalt
• mama elephant- artic penguins and jolly & merry stamp sets
• black memento ink pad and copics
• SU! on film framelit die
• mama elephant landscape trio dies
• hunkydory snowfall acetate
• sakura stardust glitter pen

to make this card I cut a mat of card to fit onto my card blank, then inked and stamped this with snowflakes to make my background. I stamped my sentiment in the bottom corner and added glitter over the top to accent this. I die cut the frame die out of some white card and glued it in position. I then used the inside edge as a guide and used a craft knife to make an aperture. I then cut 3 squares of white card slightly bigger than the aperture, I very lightly inked the 1st layer, inked the second layer and left the 3rd layer white. I die cut these into sections to create the sky, sea and ice to create scenery. On another piece of card, I used masking techniques to stamp one penguin onto the block of ice and 3 other penguins into huddle together. I coloured these using copics and cut them out. I then positioned my penguins onto the scene and glued all these pieces together. I taped snowfall acetate to the back of my frame then taped the scene in position behind. I glued this to the card blank using foam tape to add dimension.

 

to make the inside of my card, I cut a mat of cardstock. I stamped my greeting with a skating penguin positioned at the end of the word. I coloured the penguin with some copics and glittered the greeting to finish my card.

 

challenges:

• paper players- 'frames'

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