Thursday 23 April 2015

Birthday Cards

I don't often shop in Hobbycraft, but the opportunity arose to visit one earlier this week and I seized it with both hands, anticipating a happy hour while my son sat an exam nearby. However, I was rather disappointed in the range of stock they had and the price of their individual papers and cardstock, and came away in much less than my allotted hour having spent just £4.25.


I did buy a new birthday stamp though, and I put it to use straight away, making two cards from card sketch #48 at Sketch-n-Scrap.

I tried a few ink pads with the stamp, and got the clearest image with Distress inks. I'd hoped to cut them out using my Shape Cutter, but they fell between template sizes so I had to use scissors, and disguised the wonky edges with ink.

I stuck fairly closely to the sketch for my first card, but changed a few things on the second.




9 comments:

  1. Love your new stamp! Nicely done on the cards, great paper choices! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  2. Cute cards! I love the stamp! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  3. I have only visited Hobbycraft twice and both times came away disappointed, not sure they cater for scrapbooker's much.
    The stamp you got is lovely though so I suppose it was worth popping in just for that. Both cards are delightful and I like how you changed the second one slightly. Just goes to show that a sketch can be just a suggestion rather than set in stone.
    Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap. xx

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  4. Both cards are great. Thanks for joining us at Sketch n Scrap.

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  5. Love both your cards! Beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap! :)

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  6. Beautiful take on both cards! Thanks for playing along with Sketch N Scrap! :)

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  7. Both cards are beautiful. Thank you for joining us at Sketch N Scrap.
    Surama

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  8. Beautiful cards! Thanks to joining us at Sketch N Scrap this month!

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  9. Adorable! Thanks for playing along at sketch n scrap!

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