Hot Diggity Dog - Someone Special Card

Hello Peeps!!

 

The 1st October already!! eeekkkk the months are just whizzing by far too quickly!!

 

This is just a wee quick post to show a card I popped together using the Hot Diggity Dog Stepper Card Kit.  I just love these cards, they look so good when they are sitting with all the other cards on the shelf.

 

Do Crafts have some lovely kits out and you can make quick easy cards or use all you other equipment like the Ultimate Pro, Grand Calibur with your dies and folder to add that extra crafty-ness to your projects.

The inside of the card was green with the wee frogs along the bottom and a sentiment.  I love the dimension of the stepper cards with the main bit having the large topper and the smaller bit with the sentiment.  This card was for a guy but I was still able to add some bling with a few dark coloured gems.

 I know more and more people are looking at kits for scrapping and CD crafting is now getting to be more recognised as the joys of hybrid crafting are being discovered.  If you haven't already tried kits or Cd's, I can highly recommend it.  Great for getting everything to match perfectly.

 

Happy Crafting Friends

 

Amanda xx

Tatty Ted 1st Birthday Card - Boy

Good Morning!!

 

I would love to say that I am up early writing this for you but its actually a scheduled post as I am doing the 2nd of two 14 and a half hour shifts at work *yawn*.  So this is going to be a quick one, an A5 Tatty Ted 1st Birthday Card.  This was made using the 1-2-3 Do Crafts Card Kit which is fab, you can make really quick cards or add lots of bits from your stash to make it that little bit more special.



The topper I have chosen had the usual Blue that's used for the Blue Nose but also had a lovely lemon colour so I have tried to incorporate this in the rest of the card as well.  I started by inking around the white card blank in the lemon colour, the backing layer was inked around using the Blue Nose colour and the silver star corner peel-offs were coloured with a Sakura Gold Glitter Gel Pen.

I added a number 1 which I cut from silver Mirri Card and the "today" was made up of large and small letter peel-offs.  A couple of other Blue Nose bits were added from the kit, stars/ sentiment.

For the insert I have used an official Blue Nosed Bear coloured paper, added a sentiment with 3D gel after inking around the edge with a matching Blue Nose Bear ink.  I also added a silver star peel-off coloured with a Sakura Gold Glitter Gel Pen to add a little sparkle.

This is just a wee photo showing that the card is not flat but actually has alot of dimension.  This was achieved using 3D glue gel.

The back of the card blank has had the logo added to show that it is an authentic Tatty Ted product so if you sell your cards then you can attach a premium for them.  I have just added my name and the company stamp like I do to all my cards.  Recognised only by my family members and friend since I haven't been doing much with the business since March.

Kits give you loads of scope to be creative adding bits cut with your dies or embossed with your folder but are also great if you want to get crafty but don't really want to take out too much stuff.

 

Give it a go.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Amanda xx

Hot Diggity Dog - Mother's Day Card 2 - Pink

Good Morning Bloggers

 

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mum's out there.  I do hope you all have a wonderful day and get spoilt like you deserve to be.

 

This is the other card that I made yesterday and this one is for my mum.

 

Again I used a Hot Diggity Dog Kit but this is a Stepper Card Kit and was great to do.  All I added to this was a bit of ribbon, peel-offs, gems, a piece of Holographic Mirri Card, a printed sentiment and all the usual adhesives.

The Hot Diggity Dog Kits are a definite plus for all levels of card makers, I will always have these in the crafty stash for when good quality quick cards are needed.

This is the first stepper card that I have put together and I think it may be my new favourite design, it looks great as a finished card and will definitely be different from the other on the mantle piece.

This just shows the decoupage on the topper which I built up using foam pads.  I also added gems along the middle and the sentiment was layered on foam tape just adding further dimension to the card.

The ribbon was attached to the back of the layered paper using red line tape.  Rather than tie a bow I simply knotted the ribbon around the main piece and cut the ends like the end of the tails, the cat topper was added using 3D glue gel.

I added peel-offs and gems to finish.

The sentiment was printed in Word then layered on a piece of the paper used on the card front and attached to a piece of Holographic Mirri Card just to lift it a little.  Gems were added to tie it into the main card and add a sparkle.

Well I am off to see my Mum and say thanks for all that she does.

Happy Crafting,

Amanda xx

Hot Diggity Dog - Mother's Day Card 1 - blue

Evening Peeps

 

I do hope you are all having a fab weekend?

 

In true Amanda style I have left my Mother's Day Cards to the last minute and have spent the afternoon getting these done.

 

This one is for David's Mum. 

 

I used a Hot Diggity Dog A5 Card Kit, some Holographic Mirri Card, a printed Mother's Day sentiment, a piece of ribbon, a flower embellishment, some gems, 3D glue gel, double sided tape, mini foam pads, foam tape & red line tape.

The card base was build up using die cut decoupage from the kit.  I then matt & layered two of the sentiments into one, I used double sided tape for one part & foam tape for the other just to add some interest.

This just shows the layers of decoupage and the mini foam pads used to put it together.  I actually tend to use more 3D glue gel as it looks much better, not sure why I didn't today but it still looks good as a finished piece.

The ribbon was attached to the back of the insert paper using red line tape as it is very strong and perfect for this use.  I added gem and also a large flower embellishment which I attached using 3D glue gel.

The sentiment was matt & layered on matching paper and a little Holographic Mirri Card then attached with foam tape to give a little dimension.

So this with a voucher and a wee gift to open will hopefully be happily received tomorrow. 

 

Believe it or not I actually went into a shop to buy the cards but the queue was massive, I am very pleased I made my own as they have turned out just fine.  These card kits come very highly recommended by me to you especially if you are a new crafter.  Its great for getting to grips with the basics, decoupage, matt & layering, different types of adhesive etc.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Amanda xx