October Swap Card

This card was made for a swap.  It's an "Arrow fold card" that has been turned on its side.  The printed papers and focal are freebies from Debbi Moore.  The snowflakes are Dazzles from HOTP, and the dark blue card stock is from my stash. Here's the inside:

 

11/2/20 UPDATE: Since my swap card apparently got lost in the mail, I decided I better make a 2nd one and send it.  I took the opportunity to fix the things I didn't like as much about the first one (the main thing being that the inside tag was partly visible from the front on the first one):

Inside:

HD Florabunda Radiant Roses - Part 2

Today's 5 cards complete the Hunkydory Florabunda Radiant Roses card making kit except for a few small die cuts that I saved for my stash.  That brings the total to 9 cards from this kit.

Card #1 (above):  In addition to the materials in the kit, this card uses gold poster board, a bit of ribbon, and a bit of twine from my stash.  The sentiment is Dazzles (HOTP).

Inside:

Card #2:

In addition to materials from the kit, I used a piece of gold poster board that was cut using a Fun Stampers Journey (Journey Rectangle Long Die) and a scrap of ribbon from my stash.

Inside:

In addition to the Fun Stampers Journey die, the inside has a piece cut with Spellbinder's die called "Tileworks".

Card #3:

A ribbon from my stash is the only addition to the materials in the kit that were used on the card.

Inside:

Card #4:

This next card uses materials from a Debbi Moore freebie in addition to the materials in the kit.  The gold mat was die cut using a Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles Two.

Inside:

Inside I also added a strip of washi tape.

Card #5:

The outside of this card is all from the kit, but the inside adds a border that's a freebie from Debbi Moore.

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.