Diagonal Flower Border

Here's a slightly different take on a edge style die - I used the Jeanine's Art: Humming Bees - Flower Edge die to cut into the card rather than cutting an edge.

I started by marking on my card, where I wanted the die to cut, and then placed the die there, before running it through the machine.

 

A piece of decorative paper is stuck behind - preferably double sided so it looks nice inside the card too - and a triangular mat and layer on the front. The decoupage, which is from the Buzzing Bees 3D Push Out, along with the bow, cover the other cuts that you don't want to see.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting!!

Cxxx

Humming Bees and Flowers

I have a little project using some fab dies from the Jeanine's Art: Humming Bees collection. The main die is the Flower Edge. But I realised that the larger bee from the Flower Corner die fitted exactly over the the one on the edge die. And if you flipped the edge die over, the smaller one fitted too.

That led to me cutting the edge twice out of Kraft card. The one on the left is the "correct" way round. The one on the left is flipped over. Have a look at the video (click on the photo) to see exactly how that works.

The base is Kraft card, and I have used white card and a light coloured, patterned paper for the mats and layers. The bees are cut in both Kraft and patterned paper, and the flower (Elizabeth Craft Designs: Susan's Garden - Coneflower) in all three. The smaller bee does not fit onto the bee when the edge die is round the right way (ie the one on the left hand side) - which is why I have put the flower there. The rest fit perfectly.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Flower Corner Gift Bag

Hello. Today I have a gift bag to share. It's just a standard Kraft gift bag that I have decorated to use for a Thank You present.  I have layered Centura Metallic card from the Precious Golds selection, with Kraft card and some wood effect paper from one of the Crafter's Companion 12x12 paper pads. 

The Flower Corner die (which includes the two bees) is from Jeanine's Art Humming Bee collection. I have paper pieced some of the Centura into the flowers. 

Thanks for popping over to have a look. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Queen Bee

This Queen Bee card consists of an inked background teamed with a Jeanine's Art Buzzing Bees 3D Push Out. The black die cut is from Elizabeth Crafts Art Journal collection, and is called Honeycomb dots, and the letters are Trimcraft Bunting Alphabet.

The background is a piece of patterned paper (a sort of bright yellow brick wall) that I sprayed with the Distress Oxide sprays in Fossilized Amber and Spice Marmalade. I used the same colour ink pads and IndigoBlu's Queen Bee Mini stamp set, to add more texture to the background.

Thanks for looking, and feel free to click on the picture to see a video of how I created this.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Rose Frame

Good  morning! Am off to the Hixxy Studio shortly, but just wanted to pop on to share a card. This is an A5 card base, made using Creative Expressions Periwinkle Foundations card. The patterned paper is from my stash.

The gorgeous frame is Rose Frame from the Romantic Roses collection by Precious Marieke. It's a good size - and very intricate. I have used it to frame the little decoupage image from Jeanine's Art Bzzing Bees 3D Push Out collection.

I have lots more inspiration to share on the Hixxy Studio YouTube Channel - and of course our weekly Facebook Lives on a Friday afternoon at 2pm.

Take care and happy crafting,

Cxxx