Friday, March 22, 2019

Hunkydory


Hunkydory

If you are a follower of my Instagram you will see my love for Hunkydory. They have “topper” sets which are brilliant for quick makes and also if you are just starting out in card making. The sets have different images and sentiments on them and can be used just as they are or used with other makes. There is also card inserts which I find brilliant for cards that are going around an office with lots of signatures in as it creates more room. They also do “box magazines” which includes free papers, quite often stamp set and die set and a magazine with some designs in and how to make them.

In this blog post I am going to attempt a quick “tutorial” for how easy a card can be made. Although my husband said “you didn’t really make those though – you just stuck some things together!”

I have used Hunkydory Design Collection Box Magazine Issue 7 which includes the Spring Time Meadow Collection Papercraft Kit. All you need is a card blank some glue, some form of cutting equipment, and the Kit from the magazine. Card blanks and glue are available from all craft shops and even some supermarkets now (crafting is definitely becoming more popular), I’ve used the crafter companions double sided tape roller as I find it easier and quicker than normal doubled sided tape but the tape roll would be fine too. I’ve also used some sticky foam pads which are good for making images stand out from your card but again you can just use the double sided tape and it would stay flat on the card.



Firstly pick a piece of the patterned paper from your kit and cut it to just a bit smaller than your card blank. I use a guillotine which has measurements down the side so it makes it a lot easier but you can use pencil to draw lines with a ruler on your piece. Use your double sided tape to stick that to the front of your card blank.



Next select the image you want from your kit, I chose the cute little duckling and the “ribbon band” which I cut to size to go down the one side of the image. Pop it out from the card and put either your glue or your foam pads on the back and put on the card front just to the left of the centre. Then add glue to the back of your ribbon band and stick that to the right of your image.




Then da-dah! You have a card. You can add a sentiment to it but I quite like cards that are for all occasions.



                Sticky foam squares
                Card blanks
                Hunkydory kit 

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