Tattered Lace Stories to Remember DT samples

Following the launch of Tattered Lace "Stories to Remember collection on Create & Craft TV on Thursday, I thought I'd share my DT samples for the show.

I had 2 dies to work with this time around which were:-

3D Decoupage Innocent die

 I used the Tattered Lace Precious Nested Book die for the card shape and My Craft Studio backing papers with a personalised verse.

I have used the matching charisma papers which can be downloaded directly from the Tattered Lace website.  They have been decoupaged with many layers and glistened with a Spectrum Noir sparkle clear overlay pen.

This time I have used a set of the wings, My Craft Studio papers again and another personalised verse.

A centre stepper card using the wings for the "winged heart" which form the centrepiece for the card. The heart die is from the Tattered Lace Heart Shaped Handbag die and the wings are made from cream glitter card.

I have used a set of the Fleurs miniature flower dies to tie in with the My Craft Studio paper which have all been printed onto glossy paper.

I decided to make an aperture card and join the wings for my gold (mirri card) butterfly

Also using the decoupage layers for decoration on the front of the card.

I used pain vellum behind the wings which have been coloured behind the die in bright colours with alcohol pens so that the colour reflects the light between the wings.

One of Hunkydory's card inserts from their Twilight collection finished the background inside the card perfectly.

Tattered Lace 3D Decoupage Innocent die 

Ascension die

The rainbow mirri card gives a lovely iridescent glow to the die on the card. The backing paper is also from one of My Craft Studio's collections. I've used pale blue mirri card and the same backing paper with the nested circle dies.

 Tattered Lace dies are very versatile when it comes to snipping into them and on this occasion, I have snipped into the gate to open them and placed a piece of Hunkydory mirri card behind them which catches the light just perfectly. For an alternative shape card,  I have used the Tattered Lace Hexigon nested Pindot die with its matching charisma paper and Create & Craft colour core card.

I used the Lacy Diamond Trellis die with which card and glitter card for the base of my card, adding some stickles lace glitter glue to the steps for snow for a more festive feel.

Finally, a square aperture card using the Tattered Lace Verona square dies and placing the die on the front of the card.

The die has been decoupaged and I have snipped into the gates of the top layer on the charisma to open them.

Tattered Lace Ascension die

Tattered Lace dies are always so detailed, easy to snip into to alter and very versatile for a different genre of card craft. Use them with your choice of cardstock or with the charismas papers available online to download.

Happy Crafting

November Blog Challenge - Add a Sketch

For this months blog challenge over on Let's Craft and Create it's an ATG/Add a sketch.
So I thought I'd sketch one of my favourite characters,  Emily - The Corpe Bride to add to my card.

I love the tale of the Corpse Bride and I'm a big fan of Tim Burton.  They always tend to put this on the TV over Christmas.

I used the Spider Web Frame die by Tattered Lace on mirri board, some mulberry paper flowers inked with Tim Holtz distress oxide in soot.  Finished off with a little festive ribbon for the bow

I wanted the flowers to look smoky and quite crusty so added some drops of crackle glossy accent to the petals for a more distressed effect and the centres from my Tattered Lace poppy dies.

For the veil, I used form ivory webbing, which also added a little more texture to the card.

Pop over to the Let's Craft and Create blog page and see what the rest of the design team have been making. There is a $10 gift voucher for the winner.

Happy Crafting

Tattered Lace Charisma Swift Poppy

Sharing my poppies made for Armistice Day on 11th November. They were made using the Tattered Lace Charisma Swift poppy die and flower forming foam.

I also used a mixture of leaves om my poppies. The Fleurs chrysanthemum and dahlia leaf dies.

The swift dies make a selection of large to small poppies and used I black cardstock for the stamens in the centre for a little more structure.

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I folded the 3 petals over each other until I was holding one petal and then pleated and twisted

without flattening the shaped of the pleated petal edges, using your thumbs gently stretch the foam at the base of the flower to give your poppy a more natural flower shape.

I have used the largest size poppy die, a middle die and the small die to make one flower.

Offset the poppies using a hot glue gun between each layer and a ball tool onto a spongy mat. I would recommend using a hot glue gun when putting these flowers together as you will find that wet glue not only takes ages to dry but doesn't form a firm enough bond with the foam.  I always use the same mat for glueing (as I end up with blobs of hard glue here and there) and a separate one for my shaping etc.

I also used a ball tool to shape the stamen before using hot glue in the centre along with a large black pearl to finish it off.

I  have used a chrysanthemum leaf die and brooch fixing on the back.

Fleurs Edge to Edge Chrysanthemum Leaf die

Fleurs Flower Forming Foam is very mouldable, especially with warm hands.  It is unlike regular craft foam which is much thicker. You can use a heat gun to gently curl and then mould the petals also, although take note using a heat gun with slightly shrink your foam.  

If the petals lose their shape, they can be easily remoulded.

This year it is the Centenary Anniversary of Armistice Day.  The Armistice was signed at 5am on 11th November 1918 and came into effect 5 hours later, bringing about the cessation of hostilities in the First World Way.

It great to see so many displays to celebrate the Centenary. In this particular one 23,000 knitted poppies have been used to mark the day.

           

Like a sea of poppies.

Knitted by volunteers.

Happy Crafting

Christmas Card using Fat Quarters

With Christmas fastly approaching and the last challenge for Daisy Chains  this year, I am sharing my Design Team card for the Winter/Christmas theme.

For this project I used:-

• C6 pearlescent aperture card
• Christmas fat quarters
• wadding
• Christmas die cuts

This style of card is so quick and easy to make and you don't need that many materials to create a pretty Christmas card that is that little bit different and it won't cost you a fortune to post if you have made a batch.

I used double sided tape to keep the fat quarter in place over the aperture. One square of wadding is ample behind the fat quarter to give the card that cushioned effect.

The Seasons Greetings die is from Tattered Lace and the holly dies were free with a craft magazine.

I love the gold thread in the fat quarter, which highlights the image perfectly.

I have a good selection of these Christmas fat quarters that I picked up this year and have decided that they will be my Christmas cards.

Pop over to the Daisy Chains blog page and see what the rest of the design team have been making.

Happy Crafting