HD Florabunda Radiant Roses - Part 1

Today I'm taking a break from making Christmas cards.  My brother gave me a Hunkydory kit awhile back called Florabunda Radiant Roses, and these are the first 4 cards made with that kit.

Card #1 (above):  First up is an A2 card.  I used a HOTP embossing folder called "Rose Corner" on the front of the card, then inked it as you can see.  To that I added my sentiment - matted with a piece of AS (Adorable Scoreable card stock from the kit) and some gold poster board cut with a Fun Stampers Journey cutting die from the "Rectangles" die set.

Card #2:

Card number two started with a piece of AS.  I heat embossed the edges with gold, then embossed it using a Spellbinder's 3-D embossing folder called European Tapestry.  Unfortunately when I embossed it, it cracked a bit in the darker part of the AS, so I hit the embossed areas with gold ink to hide that issue.  A topper from the kit was all I added to my embossed background.

Card #3:

This card simply uses elements from the kit, along with some gold poster board.

Inside:

Card #4:

This last of today's cards was made using a piece of the AS.  I was not happy with it, however, because the roses and leaves were VERY pixelated - very unlike usual HD standards.  To try to hide that issue and make it look better, I went over outlines and edges with a gold gel pen.  It really DID help!  

The card stock is only 8 1/4" or so wide, and I wanted it to be more like 8 1/2" for the card I was making - so I sliced it and inserted a ribbon from my stash to add the extra height before adding the sentiment.  Matting was done with gold poster board.  

Inside:

HD Christmas Past - A Festive Town

Today I've continued working with the Hunkydory kit called Christmas Past - this time the set called "A Festive Town".  The five cards completed this time brings my total so far to 38.  

Card #1 (above): This card was actually the last one I made from this set.  I had used all the toppers and had this sheet of AS (adorable scoreable) and one greeting left.  I kept thinking that the AS sheet would be a great background for a nativity scene.  I used several die sets from Divinity Designs to create this card: Double Display Bundle, Holy Night Die, Bethlehem dies. In addition to materials from the set I used gold poster board.

When closed:

To close the card, I added a gold ribbon from my stash.

Card #2:

While I could have used these pieces to make 3 cards, I chose to just make one.  In addition to materials from the set, I added a gold sticker bow.

Card #3:

For this third card, I used a Crafter's Companion/Gemini embossing folder called Sparkling Snowfall in addition to materials from the set.

Card #4:

Card #4 used a piece of AS (adorable scoreable card stock) from the kit & a tag.  Ribbon from my stash completes the card.

Card #5:

This fifth card used a topper from the set & scraps from one of the other sets from this same kit.

Inside:

Inside is more of the same.

HD Christmas Past - A Delightful Christmas

Today's cards once again come mostly from the Hunkydory kit called Christmas Past.  This particular set is called "A Delightful Christmas".  I already made one card from this a long time ago - you can see it here.  I also let someone else make a card using materials from this set, so today's cards are the leftovers.  These 3 cards bring my total so far from this kit to 33 cards that I've made.

Card #1: The cat focal was made using a stamp from Stampendous called "Christmas Kitten" - colored with Gelatos, Luster Polish & Fluffy Stuff (the last two from Cosmic Shimmer) & then fussy cut and added inside the frame.  The sentiment was a fabric sticker from my stash - along with a couple of Jewel Dazzles.  The brown is card stock from my stash. The rest was all from the set.

Inside:

Another fabric sticker & more Jewel Dazzles work together with other pieces from the set to form the inside.

Card #2:

For this card, I added some Dazzles snowflakes (HOTP) to the materials from the Hunkydory set.

Inside:

Card #3:

This last card is an oversized card.  The background & border & frame are from the set.  The focal is created with puffy stickers from my stash.  Sentiments are fabric stickers from my stash - with a couple of Jewel Dazzles added.

Inside:

Inside, in addition to materials from the set, I added a fussy cut sticker & another fabric sticker.

Thanksgiving Cards 2020

Today I have several Thanksgiving cards - made from misc. items from my stash.  

Card #1: This first one is mostly just pieces of patterned papers.  The greeting was printed using stamps from Antique Autumn Tags One (JustRite).  I fussy cut the greeting.  Inside is more of the paper:

Card #2: Cards 2 through 5 make use of pieces of freezer paper prepared napkins.  Card #2 uses a stamp from Antique Autumn Tags One.

Inside:

Card #3: More napkins - greeting stamped using a stamp from Autumn Vintage Labels Three (JustRite).

Inside:

Card #4:

Here I used a Sizzix embossing folder called Diamonds - hit with some gold ink to create the background.  The border is napkin.  The greeting is gold poster board die cut with a Spellbinder's die from Fancy Tags Two - stamped and heat embossed using a stamp from JustRite's Antique Autumn Tags One.

Card #5:

I inked the background of the card - and added the napkin pieces.  The greeting was heat embossed in gold using a JustRite stamp from Autumn Vintage Labels Three. 

Inside:

Card #6:

The focal was from my stash - backed by a die cut brown piece of card stock (Spellbinder's Label's Twenty-Eight) and gold stickers.  Inside is another gold sticker.  Frame is created using a corner punch.