Before I start talking about today’s card I wanted to remind everyone that the Chibitronics giveaway is still open – but not for long – so if you haven’t already entered – please head over to the giveaway blog post to find out how you can be-in-it-to-win-it!
I hope you are all having a great weekend! For us in the UK, its an extra long one, as tomorrow is a bank holiday – gotta love those three day weekends!
Today’s Hungry Heffy Crafts card making tutorial is to make a fun little baby boy card! I recently found out that friends from our University days recently became parents – even against some tremendous odds! I was so blown away by the news of their perfect little arrive, I swear I cried my eyes out when I heard the news. It was even more heart-wrenching because little Orran is a premie – and although perfect in every way, in the photo he looked so tiny and fragile.
I thought I would send his mumma and papa a HHC handmade card, and the Mama Elephant Just Hatched stamp set was the first stamp set that came to mind for this card! The little dino is so sweet – he was perfect for this card today!
I also paired this stamp set up with few other Mama Elephant stamp sets – first, the Sunday Sentiments set, and also the Iconic letters set so I could add his name to the inside of the card! I actually don’t normally decorate the inside, but I was glad that I did this time – I think it gives this card an extra pizazz, especially as I wanted the front to remain clean and simple.
To find out how I made the card, simply take a look at the video tutorial where I walk you though my process. If you have any questions, please be sure to leave me a comment either here on on YouTube – I am always happy to help if i can.
Thanks for watching!
Lesley
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PRODUCTS USED
Mama Elephant Just Hatched Stamp set – https://goo.gl/AZs7Xp
Mama Elephant Just Hatched Dies – https://goo.gl/ExozcV
Mama Elephant Sunday Sentiment Stamps – https://goo.gl/KRNjZ1
Mama Elephant Iconic Letters Stamps – https://goo.gl/XmAoCt
Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Dies – https://goo.gl/ncuaFa
Wish (Smart phone App) Dotted Rectangle Die – https://wish.com/dl use code 8pkynty
On Friday evening I finally got round to doing my first ever Youtube LIVE stream! It was so nerve-wracking, and exciting and in the end lots of mega crafty fun!
I started by sharing some project that I made using the new HoneyBeeStamps release, then I started working on a baby boy card.
I want to say a massive thankyou to those who joined me- I can’t believe I was crafting for over two hours and some of you were there the entire time- that made me so happy! It was also amazing to engage with you more and share our crafty stories together.
I will definitely be doing some more live videos and I will try to give some advance warning, now that I know that the sound and video quality is good.
If you have any requests, or would like a Q&A session then please do be in touch via the contact me section of the blog.
You will find the video over at youtube.com/hungryheffy if you want to take a look!
Two other things to share…
1. I posted all the cards from the address call today, so they will be with you shortly.
2. The chibitronics giveaway is still open until the end of April. check out the previous chibitronics post for details.
I’m spending today with some new Lawn Fawn goodies – and I’ve managed to make, video, edit and upload a video all in one day- which is pretty much a record for me. I was feeling proud as punch, until I noticed that there is an annoying flicker on the footage. Sorry about that guys. I have enlisted the help of mister husband to see if we can make sure that doesn’t happen on future videos. Grrr! Mega frustrating – I hope you can endure it for today.
Here’s today’s card! A fun interactive card featuring a carousel or merry-go-round – one of my childhood favourite funfair rides! We used to go to an Irish seaside town called Portrush, and they had the most amazing Carousel – it always seemed like pure magic to me and my sister!
I thought this unicorn would make the cutest little element for my carousel, and I coloured him with pastel copic colours, and added a layer of glitter with my Wink of Stella clear glitter brush marker. I then added some extra sparkle using the sakura clear glitter gel pen, around the horn and the mane. Everyone knows that unicorns are 98% sparkle!
Of course there is some distress inking, and whole load of diecutting. I even threw in a little heat embossing with holographic embossing powder – for an extra glimmery shine!
The video walks you through how I made the card from start to finish. I hope you enjoy it!
Don’t forget that the Chibitronics Giveaway is still open until 31 April 2017.
Head on over to this blog post to get more details on how you could win a Chibitronics starter kit.
Also coming up this week is the new release from Honey Bee Stamps. HBS are celebrating their birthday, so it’s the biggest release EVER! Be sure to visit the Honey Bee Stamps blog this week to see all the new goodies!
