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Debbi Watts AKA Arakoola Kard Art: Data Protection and Privacy

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Data Protection and Privacy

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Hello everyone.... it’s Blooming Blossom today

what fabulously changing weather we have here in the UK..it’s started a little overcast.....so thought I would make you a bright card.....

How can you make this.....? Here’s what you will need.

8x8” Card blank. 7.5 x 7.5” black pearl card. 7 x 7” white card stock.

Honey Doo Crafts Blooming Blossom stamp set. Oxides, mica powders and letter dies.

Stamp the white card using Oxides and HDC Blooming Blossom....shade with mica powders used as paint. 

Create your sentiment “With Love” using letters dies, place the white card over the black and affix all to the white card blank. Easy.....why not give this a go and show me what you make?

Just as I’ve finished..the sun is out!!

Don’t forget to pop back real soon, what next in my blog I hear you say.....

Have a happy UK bank holiday weekend.

Happy Crafting.... Debbi x 

Hello crafty followers..... as it’s Spring Time..... let’s keep up with the season and create this fabulous card using Honey Doo Crafts aptly named  “Spring Time Blooms”

If you are ready, let’s get Crafting.... here’s what you’ll need.

8 x 8 “ scored white base card (300gsm)

7 x 8 beige card (200gsm or lighter)

6 x 8” black card (200 gsm)

5 x 8” white smooth stamping card. A4 smooth white stamping card

Honey Doo Crafts Spring Time Blooms stamp set

Honey Doo Crafts Hopeful and Happy Quotes stamp set

Honey Doo Crafts brick stencil

Versafine, Distress inks, mica powders to colour flowers and flourish.

Layer your base card, with the beige and black card using 8” as the height. Put to one side.

Using your 5 x 8” smooth white, and Oxides, stencil the brick wall effect.

On your A4 smooth white card, stamp an abundance of flowers and Flourishes. Colour these with mica powders. Maybe add some sparkle pen to give your flowers some shimmer.

Fussy cut the flowers and make them up. Fussy cut the Flourishes. 

Arrange on the card to suit and then in a clear space stamp your sentiment. 

Fix the flowers  & Flourishes to the brick wall with glue 

How easy was that.....?!

Please leave your comments, good or bad.... and thank you to popping by

Until the next time....happy crafting

Debbi xx 

Blooming Great!

Hello there.. ......do you have the sun today.......?
 I thought I would make this bright and wonderful card using Honey Doo Crafts “Blooming Great” acrylic stamps......so here goes....why not join me..

What do I need?

Honey Doo Crafts - Blooming Great stamp set.

White base card 300gsm 8 x 8”.

Black 200gsm card 7.5 x 7.5”

White 200 gsm stamping smooth card 7 x 7”

ribbon, sentiment and 2 heart die cuts

double sided tape, embossing ink, white embossing powder. Foam pads.

Heat gun.

Picked raspberry and worn lipstick Distress Oxides...

Are you ready?

On the white 200gsm smooth card 7x7” using Versafine embossing ink, stamp a few flowers and leaves from Honey Doo Crafts Blooming great. Heat set.

Using a combination of the 2 Oxides, Distress the entire card,.heat set.

Using 3 lengths of ribbon, knot together leaving enough ribbon each side of the knot to wrap across the front of your card and behind (about 1 inch behind on each edge).

fix centrally to your created background card using double sided tape on the reverse 

On reverse of this, add double sided tape to all four edges.

 Fix to black 7.5 x 7.5” card., on the reverse, add double sided tape to all four edges.

Fix this to your white 300sgm 8 x 8” card

Using heart dies, cut 2 sizes, smaller on white, slightly larger on black as we will layer these. 

On the smaller white, stamp your sentiment, layer to the black die cut heart

Fix to the card using foam pads to cover the knot in the ribbons.

Hope you had fun making this...... please add your comments, and pop back soon

Thank you, Debbi x

Good afternoon everyone......
Grab a coffee and join me in my mini workshop over on YouTube...
https://youtu.be/Rqol0l3kI2M
Here’s what you can make.....

Why it give it a go..it’s easier than you might think

Do t forget to like and leave a comment.....

Happy Crafting....

Thank you, Debbie