All about the shoes!

Today's card is a birthday one and its all about the shoes!

Another Tattered Lace card made using the "A La Mode" shoe die with its matching charisma paper for the shoe which is available as a free download direct from the Tattered Lace website.

https://www.tatteredlace.co.uk/range/dies/457865/

The die has been decoupage a few times and I've also added some glossy accent to the gems on the shoe to add dimension to them.

The flowers are from the Tattered Lace Floral Oasis Garland collection - Vintage Rambling Rose. I have also used the colourway to tie in with the colour of the shoe. Its been teamed up with the Maidenhair Fern from the same collection.

For for the card base I have used the Tattered Lace Rainy Days Story Book  die set on cream and pink core coordination cardstock from Create & Craft.

The beaded ribbon has been threaded through the holes to bind the card together.

A La Mode

Oasis Floral Garland - Vintage Rambling Rose

Tattered Lace Rainy Days Story Book

This die is easy to paper piece should you not want to use the charisma papers and looks equally pretty on mirri card.

 If you have My Craft Studio Elite you can change the colours of the Tattered Lace charismas to create your own colourways.

Happy Crafting

Fleurs flowers Birthday card

Sharing a vibrant floral birthday card today made for a special friend.  The theme for the  Blog Challenge over on Daisy Chains this month is "make it feminine"

I have used my large Tattered Lace Rainy Days Story Book dies for this card as I wanted plenty of space for my flowers.

I used the Create & Craft Core Collection cardstock. Ivory for the base card and a mix from the Red Berry collection, with an accent of green from the Forever Green collection.

For the flowers I used the Tattered lace Swift Peony die and some Fleurs flower forming foam. Using an oil pastel, I edged the petals in a darker shade of pink. before moulding and twisting the petals in my fingers.  The heat of your hands blends the colour into the petals for a softer edge.

I then layered up the petals using a hot glue gun but go sparingly on the glue.  For the leaves, I used the Fleurs Dahlia leaf die.

I did the same with the stamens using the flower forming foam

The foam keeps its shape really well but once your petals are all glued together, you can still remould your flowers for a better shape if need be.  If you don't have any flower forming foam, paper will work just as well.

As the card was all about the flowers, I wanted to make sure I could fit them all on comfortably. 

To finish the card I used small pieces of white organza ribbon in the eyelets and a stamped sentiment by Tattered Lace.

As this card had a lot of dimension, it needed a box

......finished off with a flower but one to match the card I made the box out of.

Have a look at the rest of the inspiration over on the blog today for this months challenge on Daisy Chains.

Happy Crafting