Darting Dragonflies

As promised I am back with another Hunkydory Stylish Silhouettes make.

I just love how because of the quality of Hunkydory's foiling and laser cutting that you can so easily make a quality looking card with the minimum of effort and hardly any materials!! This card only used a 7x7 card blank and one of the foiled sheets out of the 6x6 pad and a couple of laser cut dragonflies!!

The stamps used are from the Wishes On Wings Floral Wishes stamp set - love this one!! All the colouring was achieved using Copics. I kept the laser cuts plain for this one and mounted them with the reverse side showing as I liked the scorched detailing on this side that the laser leaves behind!!

All of these fab new products are now available direct from Hunkydory Crafts :).

Hope to be back again soon with some more makes!!

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Sweet Like Honey

Hi everyone. It's no secret that I just love the quality of Hunkydory's products so recently I had a play using their new Stylish Silhouettes along with their Wishes On Wings foiled 6x6 pad and matching clear stamps which all recently launched on Create and Craft.

This card uses a combination of the foiled pad, one of the matching stamp sets and a couple of the Stylish Silhouettes laser cut sheets. All the imagery was coloured with Copics. As you can see I coloured in the foiled honeycomb with yellow and orange Copics and also lightly stamped and embossed the background using VersaMark and Crystal embossing powder.

Stylish Silhouettes are a brand new release from Hunkydory - these are beautifully laser cut imagery which are just so intricate. I loved playing around with these products!! The bee (holding the trail of the word) is one of the fabulous laser cuts as too is the Sweet Like Honey sentiment. All the other imagery was taken from the matching clear stamp sheet and coloured with Copics.

A really simple card which was a joy to make thanks to the quality of Hunkydory's products.

I've made quite a few cards so I will be back to show you another one soon!

Meanwhile just a heads up to let you know that next Thursday (5th May) I will be demoing the new Gemini machine along with some of the new Die-sire Create a Card Bases, Downton Abbey Filigree dies and Leonie Pujol's masks/stencils and co-ordinating stamps at Sharon's Card Crafts in Swanley.

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'Tis the Season

Oh goodness!! Sorry that I've been so quiet!!!  There is a VERY good reason for my 'quietness' which I can't reveal at the moment! Suffice it to say that I have been really busy these last couple of weeks with something that I am SUPER excited about! Just as soon as I can I will tell you all about it - soooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile I have suddenly realised that Christmas is fast approaching and I am now in full blown panic mode as I haven't done anything towards this yet!

A couple of months ago though I made this card/box  for the launch of Hunkydory's Tis the Season collection.

This first photo shows the cover of the card which is a box lid. The image was taken from the matching Little Book and just trimmed down to make it into a square then layered onto a panel of gold mirri.

Next up is what is revealed when you take the lid off which in essence is a box base all decorated inside using the matching cardstock and the decoupaged element.

Then this is the inside of the card which has been decorated with one of the matching inserts.

Robin Redbreast

Oops I've been busy, busy, busy so I've been neglecting my blog again!!

I also going to be busy for the next few weeks so before I make a start on my next assignment I thought I'd stop by and quickly share a card with you that I made using Hunkydory's Season's Greetings/Windows to the Heart collection.

 So this was made using one of Hunkydory's side stepper card blanks which I covered with Evergreen Adorable Scorable. The main Robin Redbreast panel was taken from The Second Little Book of Festive Poetry and all the other toppers and borders came from the Season's Greetings Collection.

I also used a matching insert to decorate the inside. I love to finish my cards off in this way :).

I have yet to make any of my Christmas cards this year and I've a feeling that it will be a last minute dash with some Hunkydory makes!!

Ahoy There!!

Now don't faint!!!  But here I am again with another post!

This time I thought I'd share a card with you that I made from one of the topper collections in Hunkydory's Tots 2 Teens Collection. This was originally made for the £1 Million Giveaway launch shows on Create and Craft and you can still take advantage of this amazing offer on Hunkydory's website.

 As you can see I chopped into the cardstock quite a bit for this one to make a dimensional stepper card. The actual stepper card was created out of some red Adorable Scorable cardstock with each of the steps decorated with the matching pirate cardstock and topper.

I really enjoyed creating cards with this collection :).

Two by two

Today I thought I'd share one of the cards I created using elements from the Tots to Teens Collection by Hunkydory that was part of the 1 million pound giveaway event on Create and Craft. Hunkydory are now offering this event over on their own website too - you can check it out here.

I wanted to create something a little different with this card so as you can see I decided to make the large topper come forward from the main card through the use of acetate.

However after doing this I thought that the bit behind the topper looked a bit bare so I added another topper onto the main card which is only revealed once the main topper stands forward - so it's a little surprise!

I was actually quite pleased with how this turned out as I didn't quite know where I was going with this when I started it!!

With Love K Card

The fabulous Hunkydory Christmas collection of Season's Greetings/Windows to the Heart is now available to buy directly from Hunkydory Crafts so I thought I'd share a K Card style of card that I created using elements from this collection.

 The K Card opening was made to match the topper perfectly by drawing around the topper and then cutting it out with a craft knife. As you can see whenever I make a K Card I decorate the whole of the inside too so that it all looks pretty and as Hunkydory had matching inserts for this collection it finished it off beautifully!

 As you can see below I also used a matching topper to put on the back of the oval shaping.

 Below is a look from above so that you can see that the prettiness was carried all the way through the inside of the card using those fabulous insert sheets.

You can view the entire Season's Greeting/Windows to the Heart collection here. It is just full of pretty and delicate imagery that is also suitable for Christmas birthdays too!!

Sleigh Bells

Helloooooo. I'm afraid that it is yet another Christmas based post!  (I'm SO sorry but working in the crafting industry we have to make Christmas cards in Summer as that is when all the Christmas related products start coming out!!)

So did any of you catch the Hunkydory Windows to the Heart 4DD on Create and Craft this week? Unfortunately my card samples that I made for the Create and Craft shows weren't collected in time by the courier so none of them made it to the studio - gutted!!

So I thought I'd share with you one of my brand new and unseen by anyone cards that I made with this pretty new collection - made in the style that I just keep doing at the moment!!!

I'm currently addicted to making these style of cards and this mini topper collection from within the Season's Greeting Windows to the Heart collection just suited it perfectly!

As you can see from the photo below I used a matching insert for the inside and then took one of the matching poetry panels from the new Second Little Book of Festive Poetry to put within the opening front section of the card.

I am just enjoying myself SO much working with all this Hunkydory loveliness!!

I'll be back again soon!!........

Festive Birds have landed at Hunkydory!

Hellooooo!  The gorgeous Festive Birds of Britain collection is now available to buy direct from Hunkydory.

This was my 'take' on one of the concept cards in this collection which is supposed to be a twisted easel. Instead I made up the pyramage and popped it onto the snowflake card and then used a piece of ribbon to suspend it within a snowfall acetate card. The snowflake card still opens to write in but instead of the card then just being thrown out once Christmas is over the snowflake will detach from the card and it can then be hung via the attached ribbon in subsequent years as a Christmas decoration.

Here's a closer look at each of them for you.

You can see the whole collection here.

New Windows to the Heart range launches today!

Hi everyone. I just had to pop by to share with you one of my cards that I made using the brand new Season's Greetings Collection from the Windows to the Heart range by Hunkydory.  This collection launched today on Create and Craft and Jak is on again at 1pm today.

This really is such a pretty, delicate range.

Without further ado here is one of my creations! I've taken a few different views of it!

Plus this shows the gorgeous matching insert.

This collection is the current 4 Day Deal on Create and Craft.

Nativity Decoupage

I thought I'd share another Hunkydory creation with you today using the Tis the Season decoupage collection which launched on Create and Craft a couple of weeks ago.

So without further ado here are three cards that I made with the Nativity Topper Collection in this kit.

This first card is one of the dimensional cards that I keep making at the moment. I just love this style of card as it looks a bit different but still folds flat for posting!

Above is a top view of the card so you can see just how much that centre panel stands away from the rest of the card. As you can see it has a matching insert as well.

 Next is a very simple card - just half a sheet of the beautiful printed cardstock with a sentiment.

And of course another matching insert!

 And lastly an A6 size card.

With another matching insert!

Tomorrow Hunkydory are launching another fabulous Festive Collection on Create and Craft and the imagery is so pretty and delicate! You can visit Hunkydory's Facebook page for some sneaky peeks of this stunning collection! I've already set Sky+ to record!!

Santa Paws is now available from Hunkydory Towers!

Hellooooo!!  I just had to stop by to let you all know that the super cute Santa Paws collection is now available direct from Hunkydory.

I honestly had SO much fun working with this collection - there wasn't one image that I didn't want to work with as they were all SO appealing.

Here's one of my creations that I did for the launch.

 As you can see I opted to make a side stepper card which I thought suited these cuties really well. (I'm definitely in to trying out different shaped cards at the moment!!)

From the angle above you can just make out that it has got a matching insert which you can then see properly below. I just love being able to finish off my cards inside like this as I think it makes them look more professional :).

Not only have Hunkydory got matching inserts for their Santa Paws collection but they've got one of their fabby paper pads too - love it!! You can check out the whole Santa Paws range here.

Tis the Season Pick of the Week

Hi everyone. I'd just like to begin my thanking everyone for the kind comments that I've received regarding my Lin Brown and Jofy makes. It's been lovely to receive such nice feedback both on here and on my Facebook page - so thank you!! :)

Today I'm stopping by to let you know that Hunkydory have just released a beautiful decoupage collection as the Pick of the Week on Create and Craft called Tis The Season.  I was lucky enough to work with this collection a few days ago and I can honestly say that the detailed foiling on the decoupage elements is beautiful.

Here's one of the cards that I made using this collection to whet your appetite!

As you can see I combined the cardstock with some of the gorgeous snowfall acetate that Hunkydory is now renowned for.

Hunkydory's Festive Birds of Britain

So did any of you catch Pauline Wheeler's first solo show today on C&C with Hunkydory Crafts new Festive Birds of Britain Collection? The next show is at 6pm today. Here's one of my creations with this gorgeous kit - I just trimmed down one of Hunkydory's side stepper cards to make a square side stepper instead!

Boutique Chic Show

Hi everyone. If anyone missed the original launch of Hunkydory's Boutique Chic collection Jak is on Create and Craft today at 3pm with this collection.

Below is one of the cards that I created with this collection for the original launch. This was a large card at 8x8".

 I wanted it to look like a glass bathroom shelf with the perfume bottles on it!

 It took me a little while to work out how to hide all the assembly of it but I got there in the end!

 As you can see I prettied up the inside too with the gorgeous matching inserts.

Hunkydory's Boutique Chic Collection

Just stopping by to let you all know that this fabulous collection is now available on Hunkydory's website.

I was lucky enough to make some sample cards for the launch of this collection on Create and Craft and it was a joy to work with - it contains such pretty imagery which to me has a parisian feel to it. I loved working with this kit.

 Above is one of the cards that I created using this collection and below is the left hand view of the card.

 Here's a closer view taken from the right-hand side.

And this shows looking down on the card. Of course it had to have the matching insert but you can't really see this. The cardstock used to make the base card came from the Adorable Scorable Boutique Chic Collection - just love this cardstock - it scores SO beautifully and is such a fabulous sturdy cardstock.

I'm now working on Hunkydory's next collection - I LOVE IT!!!

A Hunkydory Father's Day

Helloooooo.  I thought I'd share something different with you today as earlier this year I became part of Hunkydory's Design Team. I know that most of you know me for working with stamps, inks and alcohol markers but it's been a little secret of mine for a while now that I just LOVE all things Hunkydory!!!  Their products are such top quality that they are an absolute pleasure to work with - I just wish that I was able to work with them more often but I'm normally too busy doing inky things!!

Anyway I thought today I'd give you a sneak preview of Dad's Father's Day card this year that was made using one of my favourite images from the Shimmering Pearl Collection. 

This particular collection is just full of gorgeous pearlised imagery as it has been printed and foiled onto Centura cardstock - it is simply stunning!!

This card is quite large - just a little under A4. As you can see from the photo below I added some heavyweight acetate to the front to give some depth and interest to the card. So consequently i  have made a box for it to go into.

 

Of course it just had to have the matching pearlescent insert sheet to finish it off inside.

Fingers crossed that Dad likes it!!