Pastel Safari!

Hello!! The weekend is almost over - but not quite!! I have a safari themed card - without the safari sunset colours! The colours for this one were suggested by my lovely crafting friend, Karen, when all I could see were sunsets!!

There are two versions of this card - the one with the giraffes was my sample, and the one with elephants is the one I made on the video (click on either photo for the link). For the shiny, sparkly background, I have used Creative Expressions 7x7 Safari Landscape with Cosmic Shimmer Lunar Paste in Moonlight Ocean and Stellar Lemon. The green was created by mixing the two. The elephant and giraffe came from cutting into Amy Designs Wild Animals - Wild Frame. I cut the frame 3 times, and then layered the colours to match the stencil. The sentiment is from Trimcraft First Edition Sentiment dies. 

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Happy Crafting,

Cxxxx

Leaf Vine

Today's card uses Precious Marieke's Leaf Frame, and Elizabeth Crafts Clematis dies. I cut the frame twice from Centura Pearl Hint of Silver. I used a patterned paper with a purple border underneath. The sentiment is from Trimcrafts First Edition Sentiments set.

Thank you for stopping by my blog. If you would like to see a video demonstration of the card, please click on the photo to take you to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel.

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

Circle of Flowers Twisted Easel

Today I have a twisted easel card to share, with a bit of paper piecing. I used some cream card for the base, and pink for the mats and the die cut. The patterned paper is from a Crafter's Companion pad.

I decided to use a circle for the top part of the easel rather than the normal square like the base, to add some interest. 

Thanks for looking, and if you want more details, feel free to click on the photo to watch the video demonstration.

Happy crafting,

Cxxxx

Strawberry Trellis

I really loved using this little die set from Jeanine's Art. It's called Strawberry Trellis and is from the Humming Bees collection.

The effect is so fresh and summery with the bright green and red - teamed with background paper from Crafter's Companion. Click on the photo for a video showing how I made it.

Take care and happy crafting,

Cxxx

Safari Time!!

Today's project is a combination of inking, stencilling and die cutting, all contributing to produce this bright, safari-themed party card.

The background was created using Distress Oxides - Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge and Festive Berries - onto white stamping card. I then stencilled over it with Black Soot, and the Safari Landscape 7x7 stencil from Creative Expressions. 

The frame at the front is Amy Design Wild Frame from the Wild Animals collection. I have put a piece of vellum behind this to diffuse the background, and added sentiments from Trimcrafts First Editions Sentiment die collection. 

Click on the picture to take you to the video.

Take care - and happy crafting!!
Cxxx

At One With Nature

 Today's make is an inky offering, with a little bit of die cutting. I have used AALL and Create's "At One With Nature" stamp set, with Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio and Fired Brick.

The background was created using the Oxide pads, blended onto white stamping card. I heat set it before spraying over the top with the Oxide sprays. One that was dry, I stencilled over it - again with the same colours. I made the stencil by cutting a piece of white stamping card with Precious Marieke's Leaf Frame die. Then I stamped over this with the daisy stamp from the AALL and Create set.

The tag, daisy and sentiment were stamped using Spectrum Noir Finesse Waterproof Ink in Flagstone. I inked over the tag and sentiment, but painted the daisy. These were stuck onto the background - and I also used pieces of the card stencil. 

If you want more information, please click on the image to watch the video. 

Happy crafting.

Cxxx

Cxxx