Precious Marieke - Flowers & Friends

This is my last share of recordings from Hixxy Studio. This one has four projects using Precious Marieke's Flowers and Friends Collection.

I used the Circle With Birds die on this card. The base is Yvonne Creations Octagon Flower Card, with an alcohol ink background.

This easel card uses Bird Frame and Birds In A Row.

This one has the Bird Corner with Julie Hickey Designs Sweet Pea Alphabet.  There is no video loaded to YouTube for this one, unfortunately.

And finally, a rainbow Happy Birthday card using Birds In a Row and the Sweet Pea Alphabet.

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Thank you for popping by and happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Jeanine's Art - Butterfly Flowers

A lovely selection of projects today using the beautiful Jeanine's Art Butterfly Flowers Collection.

The first card uses Ranger Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper - Gumball, Sunshine Yellow, Limeade and Valencia for the background, in conjunction with the Mandala Circle die set from collection.

The second uses the Mandala Circle and 4-in-1 Corner dies.

I LOVE this Hydrangea die from the collection. To achieve the colours, I coloured a piece of card using Shaded Lilac and Seedless Preserve Distress Oxides, and then die cut it.

This ombre card uses just the 4-in-1 Corner die set, with an ombre selection of cardstock from my stash.

And the last card uses an inky background created using Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders in Mango Blaze, Peacock Green, Aqua Lagoon and Purple Violet, along with Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Sprays. The die set is Butterfly Borders from the collection.

Click on the image to see the video demo, and please feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest.

And I now have a YouTube channel where I hope to add my video content to in the future. Would love it if you could subscribe. 

Thank you for popping by and happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Floral Easel Card

Hello! Today I have an easel card to share, using Julie Hickey Designs Floral Fantasy and Floral Foliage stamps. This would make a great card for Mother's Day. Click on the picture for the video link. I must apologise, as this one was a bit rushed on the live, and not totally completed. Hopefully, there is enough information both there and here combined.

The base of the card is made from a piece of purple card, 4 3/4" wide x length of A4. It is scored at 5 7/8" and 2 7/8". Before folding and burnishing, you need to cut a rectangular aperture. I used a 4" x 5" rectangle die - but you could cut it by hand if you need to. This is cut in the end with the score line. 

 

I also cut three frames - each uses a piece of card 5 7/8" x 4 3/4", and I used the same rectangle die.

For the acetate, I have two pieces - one is stuck onto a double sided adhesive sheet. I used Alcohol Inks to create a background in the bottom and left of each piece. The colours I used are: Purple Twilight, Watermelon and Pool.

For the flowers, I stamped three of each and used Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxides to colour them in.

I stamped one of the images from the Floral Foliage set. These are almost impossible to cut out as a whole piece, but I cut it into individual leaves to tuck in amongst the flowers. I coloured these with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. 

The sentiment stamp is from the Fantasy Floral set, and I cut the letters using Julie Hickey's Sweet Pea Alphabet set. You need to cut two sets, so that you can cover up the glue on the back. Do the same for whatever you stick the sentiment on.

The piece of acetate that is on double sided sticky, needs to be attached to a piece of white card. You can do this either before or after you stick the card to the base of the easel. One of the frames then goes over the top of this to hide the edges. The other two frames are used to sandwich the other piece of acetate, which is attached to the top of the easel.

I used glue gel to attach the flowers, and the glue doesn't really stand out against the alcohol ink, so doesn't need covering on the back. The leaves are tucked in amongst the flowers. The little hearts are part of the Alphabet set.

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

Spring Window Wreath

I have a very pretty window wreath to share today. I say it's for a window, because I have used alcohol inks with acetate so that the light can shine through the middle.

The wreath base is a 15cm polystyrene half ring. I wrapped it in approximately 4.5m of ribbon. This is a lot - but the trick is to get the cheaper ribbon. Hobbycraft have a great selection of colours at £1 for 15m!! 

I cut out a circle of Centura Pearl Ivory card big enough to be securely touching the sides of the wreath, as this is how the front will be attached. It also needs to be big enough to cut out the gorgeous "The Circle of Flowers" die, from Jeanine's Art Happy Birds collection. I also cut two circles of acetate the same size.  For the back, I cut a ring using two circle dies - one larger than this circle, and one smaller. 

I then used "The Circle of Flowers" die to cut a piece in green card, and also to cut into the ivory circle. The green piece then fits into the ivory piece, secured at the back with a little tape.

To colour the acetate, I used Shell Pink, Lemonade, Peach Bellini and Watermelon alcohol inks. One circle was stuck to the back of the die cut pieces and attached to the front of the wreath. The other was stuck to the ring for the back, and was attached after securing a hanging loop of ribbon. 

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