Cuddly Buddly Crafts Blog

Way back at the beginning of December I created a project for an advertorial magazine supplement called ‘Designer Cards’ which is periodically issued as a freebie with ‘Simply Cards & Papercrafts’ magazine. Not wanting to make the project look ‘old news’ for the magazine readers I’ve sat on the project for a couple of months but the magazine’s on sale now so for any of you who aren’t regular Simply readers, here’s … one I made earlier!

List of materials required;

Cuddly Buddly Rubber Stamps – Teddy & Rose and Floral Greetings.
Cuddly Buddly downloadable paper – Patchwork Papers – Pink.
Watercolour paper.
Bazzill Papers Bling – String of Pearls and Diva.
Ranger Archival Inkpad Black, Glossy Accents and Liquid Pearls.
Tim Holtz Distress Re-Inkers.
Lace, Ribbons, Prima Got Flowers, Mini Brads.
145 x 145mm square greeting card blank.
Circle Cutter, Brush, Distressing Tool, Paper Piercer, Mini Mister filled with water, PVA glue.

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1 – Stamp the images onto watercolour paper. Cut out Teddy & Rose stamped image into a 75mm circle and colour as desired using Distress Re-Inkers and a paintbrush. Distress Re-Inkers inks can be used direct from the bottle, mixed on a palette and/or diluted with water.

2 – Distress the edges of the Teddy circle using a distressing tool and pierce a dotty border around the inner edge of the circle. Colour the stamped Floral Greeting image and cut out. Highlight areas from both stamped images with Glossy Accents and set aside to dry completely.

3 – Cut a 90mm and a 105mm circle from each of the Bazzill Papers. Lightly spray water onto the outer edge of each circle to soften the paper. Push and pinch the edges of the circles to create a soft ruffled wavy edge. Apply Liquid Pearls to the outer edges of the circles and smear it a little using your fingers. Set aside to dry.

4 – Cut out background paper and lace and attach to the card base.

5 – Adhere topper roundel layers together and fix securely to card base. Assemble ribbon bow with Floral Greeting and adhere in position on card with topper roundel.

6 – Cut out four corner pieces from Bazzill Bling, distress and gently colour the edges and attach to card. Attach Prima Flowers to the card front. Apply Liquid Pearl dot highlight details to the four corner pieces. Set aside to dry. Print out an insert, trim to size, score, fold and attach to inside of card.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,
Kim