I was delighted to be invited to review some
Hunkydory products and I chose a wide selection of items. These are some of the cards I've made and my review of the products is further down this post.
Using Deck the Halls backing card and topper from the Hunkydory Design Collection Box
Magazine Issue 6 and 1mm Foam Pads
Using Winter Wishes backing card and toppers from the Hunkydory Design Collection Box
Magazine Issue 6, 1mm and 2mm Foam Pads
Using images from The Square Little Book of Florabunda
Using Peony Dreams Adorable Scorable card for card blank,
Peony Dreams backing card and topper from Member's gift
Using 4" x 4" Miniature Corner Rounder Aperture Card
Using Deck the Halls backing card from the Hunkydory Design
Collection Box and Merry Christmas die
Using Peony Dreams Adorable Scorable card for the box base, Peony Dreams
backing card and toppers from Member's Gift for box top, Contemporary Ribbon Reel
and Foam Pads 2mm Deep
After using these products, this is my personal review:
This is a bumper Christmas collection! Inside the box there's a magazine of design ideas which gives clear instructions on how to make the projects, two card collections (Deck The Halls & Winter Wishes), six dies, a set of co-ordinating stamps and an embossing folder. The quality of all the products is excellent. Each card collection contains card, papers and toppers which are easy to mix and match. The dies cut well, the stamps are good quality and give a clear stamped image and the embossing folder gives a lovely clean image too.
This is a fabulous block of images, slightly smaller than 5" x 5". There are 150 pages of beautiful blossoms and floral designs with 25 different designs and six of each which allows for decoupage or layering the images. The paper has a slightly matt surface which means that it stamps well. The colours are beautiful and work well with kraft card.
I love Adorable Scorable card as it can be scored and folded without cracking and this pack contains beautiful subtle colours. I chose this pack as it matches this months's
Hunkydory Club Gift. If you're not already a member of the Hunkydory Club, you can join for free and get the member's gift for just the cost of postage. The images in the Peony Dreams collection are beautiful and can be used for so many occasions.
This is the only product that I found a little disappointing. The quality of the card is very good and I love the unusual shape of the card and aperture. The size is perfect for making small cross stitch cards - they just need a small piece of card to cover the rear of the fabric. There were a few small 'pips' on the card which I needed to snip, which wasn't a problem, but the rounded corner on the folded edge wasn't cut very cleanly and I had to use a sharp pair or scissors to neaten the corner. I know it's not a big issue, but I'm not sure I would buy these in the future.
These ribbon reels are lovely rich colours. The Contemporary Ribbon Reel has Pink, Lilac, Silver and Blue ribbons and the Metallics Ribbon Reel has Deep Purple (I would have called it Burgundy), Silver, Grey and Red. I would have liked to see a gold ribbon in the Metallics set instead of both Silver and Grey. Don't buy these ribbons if you want a traditional satin ribbon to tie in small bows as the reels are more of a paper type of ribbon as used in gift wrapping. For me, this was perfect as it meant I could use the ribbon on my cards (and box) without having to tuck edges under to prevent them fraying.
I've not used the Hunkydory foam pads before which is why I wanted to try these two thicknesses. I like the larger size of foam pad as I can either use them as one large pad or trim them to a smaller size. The backing peeled off easily and the quality is very good - definitely a product I'll buy in the future.
Kath x
