Tattered Lace - Neo Victoriana DT cards from Create & Craft TV

I'm sharing the card made for the Tattered Lace - Neo Victoriana shows on Create & Craft this week.
There is something a little surreal to see your work on live tv.

I was given three of these beautiful dies to work with:-

• Mechanical Background
• Mechanical Dragonfly
• Voyage Extraordinaire

I used the Tattered Lace Charisma papers, double sided on cardstock and then cut my pocket watch template out for the card. I wanted it to resemble a large pocket watch, so used the distressed gold paper for the outside and one of the lovely steampunk cog papers inside.

For the Mechanical background die I used a richer two tone paper from the collection, which was printed on to glossy cardstock and layered up a few times to give the illusion of a working clock face. I also added the hands of an old travel clock (I have a habit of dismantling things before recycling them).

I stamped a simple sentiment inside to finish it off.

Using the same Mechanical background die I made an exploding box.  This time I used the matching Charisma paper with the die, adding layers to create more dimension and adding some silver gilding wax to the edges of the die to give it a more jagged metal look.

I themed this one on a sort of Alice in Wonderland meets steampunk.

I added some glossy accent to all the bolts.

Inside I made a steampunk hat with the Neo Victoriana papers

I also used the papers to make the embellishments, adding some glossy accent for texture.

I had some gold wired ribbon which just set it off nicely as this stuff stretches to give a great distressed wired look.

 The back view always has to look as good as the front, so added some detail there also.

The quality and detail of these papers are fabulous and have so many possibilities. I really enjoyed making this particular project.  I had an idea in my head as to how I wanted it to look, but you are never quite sure how that idea will actually transpire. I have to say, I'm really pleased with the results.

For my tag card I thought the rust paper would go really well with the Mechanical Dragonfly die which I die cut from gold mirri card. The paper had a bark look to it. I used kraft card as my base card. I also used the little rivet dies from the Mechanical Background die on the tag to add a little interest to it.

These dies cut perfectly and this particular die is so delicate, especially when you layer it up for dimension. For a slightly dewy effect, I added a little clear sparkle with my spectrum noir clear overlay sparkle pen.

I finished this card off with an insert printed from one of the paper (on a watermark setting) with a verse.

Using the same Mechanical Dragonfly die I created an aperture card. I used peach cardstock for the die on the front which was layered onto a fine membrane topper from the Mechanical Background.

I used the same Neo Victoriana paper as another topper on the front as well as inside the card. The little roses are from the Voyage Extraordinaire die.

In the aperture I have used the same fine membrane from the Mechanical Background die.

This time I used the matching Charisma paper for the die which has been layered onto acetate to give the dragonfly more stability. It was then hung from a piece of acetate.

I also added tiny aurora borealis gems to the centre of some of the cogs in the wings.

My next card is the Voyage Extraordinaire die, the steampunk fish. For my monochrome card, I used rainbow mirri card on the die and those fabulous Neo Victoriana papers

I used glossy accent on the studs and love how that mirri card catches an array of colour.

The top layer of the card was made in panels with foam pads to support it. It's difficult to see from the picture but I was trying to capture the idea of metal panels.

Once I started working with this die, I realised that there was a lot more to it than meets the eye. Being mechanical, there are lots you can snip away to change it about.

Using the same Voyage Extraordinaire die, this time I made a stepper card using the matching Charisma paper for the fish, which has been made dimensional in the centre as if you were looking through the skeleton of the mechanical fish. I have used those beautiful Neo Victoriana papers again.

I have also used the chain tail from the Mechanical Dragonfly die along the stopper strip on the stepper card.

You can see the dimension of the Voyage Extraordinaire steampunk fish better from this picture and I have also added the Mechanical Background die to the backing paper to create a little texture, highlighting it my spectrum noir sparkle clear overlay pen.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with these dies and seeing what the rest of the design team have made with their dies too.  

A selection of Charismas, papers and projects can be downloaded directly for free from Tattered Lace.

Happy Crafting