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Wednesday 22 May 2019

Tattered Lace Pastel Haven Collection DT samples

Sharing my DT samples following the launch of Tattered Lace's Pastel Haven Collection on Create & Craft TV.

Using the following dies from the collection:-    Yard & Yards, Swift Buttons, Sewing Table & Pretty as a Princess. 


Using the Yard & Yards, Swift Buttons and a few elements from the Pretty as a Princess die.





Using the Sewing Table and Swift Buttons die





Bobbin shaped card using the Yards & Yards and Swift Buttons dies.
Using the Yard & Yards, Swift Buttons and Sewing Table dies.


using some of the elements from the dies to make an embellished tassel.



Using the Pretty as a Princess and  Swift Buttons dies

Using the Sewing Table and Swift Buttons dies.






Something slightly different using the Pretty as a Princess and Swift Buttons dies. An embroidery ring using Dreamees mdf, strong cardstock with the Tattered Lace Fine Filament Portofino die.




The matching charisma paper has been used with the Pretty as a Princess die. The charisma papers are free to download for these dies directly from Tattered Lace using the link below:-



Some of my inspirations from this collection for what you can make with them. I have also used Tattered Lace backing papers and Colour Core Card on these makes.

Happy Crafting





Sunday 5 May 2019

Dreamees Thank You card

Today I am sharing a DT thank you card for the May blog challenge over on Let's Craft and Create with the theme "Motherly Love"
This is another Dreamees make.  As you are probably aware by now I love Dreamees products. I love their stamps, especially their flower stamps which make such pretty flower for your cards.

Onto a cream card blank, I used the inner lacy panel from their divine lacy die which leaves the lace panel in your card. 

Dreamees square lacy divine die set


Then I used the outer frame die for my picture frame front and layered them up to give my card some dimension to the frame.



Next, I stamped the Something Stitchy flowers using rich cocoa memento ink onto the pretty pets backing paper printed off the cd. The rich cocoa gave a softer outline to the stitchy flowers. I love their little button centres which I added a little Ranger glossy accent to the centres.

Dreamees something stitchy stamp set
I also die cut some Tattered Lace leaves/flourishes from their Spring is Coming collection which were printed onto their matching charisma paper (downloadable free from their website)

A Tattered Lace sentiment and a few gems to finish the card.  I also used the Dreamees Square Lacy Divine outer frame die for a panel inside the card to write on.

I do like a little sparkle, so added just a hint of shimmer to the edges of the flowers using my spectrum noir sparkle clear overlay pen (which I used all the time). They come in packs of 3, last ages and are available from the Crafters Companion website.

Have a look at the inspiration over on our blog page from the rest of the design team along with the other project entries for this month on Let's Craft and Create Blog Challenge.  There is also a prize offered every month to the winning entry.

Happy Crafting




Thank you cards using Vera Lane Studios digi stamps

Sharing some thank you cards today for this months ATG Blog Challenge over on Daisy Chains.
I love, love love  digi stamps by Vera Lane Studios which are available to download direct from Etsy.
Her images are so unique and this particular one I have used for my thank you cards is called Puddle Jumps. This set comes with 6 images and 2 sentiments in jpg and png format. An adorable little girl with her duck, puddle, splashes and river a river bank.

I take the png file into a word document which allows me to manipulate the images. I have only used the little girl here for my thank you cards, which I have coloured with promarkers. Their hair matches the colour of the recipients too.

I have used a Tattered Lace rounded corner rectangle nesting die set for the layered panels on my cards and used some Ranger glossy accent on her eyeballs and boots for texture.


For this little thank you card I have used one of the Vera Lane Kokeshi Dolls (I use this set all the time). This lovely set has 5 Kokeshi Dolls, a flower and sentiment.

I have again coloured her with promarkers and used the same dies but with patterned paper. She has a little glossy accent on her cheeks too.

There are hundreds of different designs on the Vera Lane Studios website and if you go to her blog page, you will find lots of inspiration, projects and designs.


A great alternative to purchasing stamp sets and they don't take up any storage space. Great for all sorts of projects and you can change the dimensions of the images.

Have a look at the rest of the design teams inspiration for this month over on Daisy Chains as well as the blog entries.

Happy Crafting







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