May - Striplet Dies

 

 

 

March 7th - Gilding Flakes

This month we played with Gilding Flakes and Sue Wilson's 'Fire and Ice' technique.

The first card involved stamping onto a double sided adhesive sheet, applying gilding flakes on one side  and ice snow on the other.  The stamp is from Chocolate Baroque.  Important that the gilding flakes used for the cloud has a little bit of colour in it - so it looks like leaves blowing in the wind off the trees. 

 

 

The second card was modified after sending the email out with the class details, as I was not satisfied with the centre topper greeting.

 

Modified version.


Here is another card, instead of use ice snow for the ice part, an adhesive glitter sheet (from Little Claire was used), and everthing was below the die cut.





May 11th - Playing with Dies

Large Corner Dies

 

These large corner dies usually come in a set with a miscellaneous selection of smaller dies.

These large corner dies usually only cut out on two sides, to get the third side to cut out, you have to do it yourself with scissors or a guillotine OR you can line the die up again a straight edge of a piece of card.

 

 

This uses the butterfly corner set and the petite labels.

  Card is a 14.5 cm scalloped square card.

 

 

This time the corner was cut out twice and put back in its "hole".  The diagonal double line of dashes has been mirrored round the outside of the card by using a perforating blade in a rotary trimmer.

 

Extra butterflies were cut out and layered up.

 

 

 

This uses the corner die from the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Botanical Swirls And Accents set.    Corners in the corner.  Card is 7.75 inches squares. A teardrop circle die and a splendid circle die for greeting topper.  Message stamped and embossed.

Same corner die, this time corners in the centre.  Card is 7.75 inches square.  Centre circles are from Splendid Circles and Butterfly Cirecles.  Message just stamped.

 

Channel Cards

 

Single channel into which greeting has been stamped and heat embossed.

The two pieces of card creating the channel have been embossed using an embossing folder.

The shaped edges of the channel have been created using and edgeability.  You could of course you a fancy blade on your rotary trimmer.

Double channel, with a contrasting pattern showing in the channel, great use for double sided 12 x 12 thick paper/light card.

 

Single channel created with an edgeability and a motif insert.  Then ribbon laced through the holes. All top and bottom cross-overs are the same, looks untidy if they are not.

 

Single channel created with an edgeability and a motif insert. Then ribbon laced through the holes. All top cross-overs are the same, looks untidy if they are not but in a different way to the previous one.

 

 

Edges of channel created using a border die from an Accents set.  Note channel is off-centre.  Card underneath has been embossed with a complementary pattern.

 

Again a single off-set channel.    Flowers do not touch both sides at the same time, but do touch each other in the middle of the panel.  The panel effect is created by using a Tim Holtz ledger embossing folder.

 

Semi-Circle Cards

 

 

Elegant swirl semi-circle die uses once.

 

Die used twice "back to back".

 

 

Die used twice but off-set.

 

Inspired by this card I made for my sister-in-law's birthday.

 

Edgeability Inserts

 

My most requested commission card design.  The bottom patterned panel is created by using the patterned inserts that go with the Edgeability dies.

 

 

 Wedding Card for a mature couple

 

 Silver Wedding Anniversary Card

 65th Wedding Anniversay Card

 

 

 

December 1st - Buckle Cards

Inspired by Sue Wilson, we played with our dies and had a go at creating "Buckle" cards.

 

This is the club project card.

  Using Decorative labels 1 and Labels 16. 

This was using dark frames on a light background.

This card uses Labels 1 and Decorative Labels 1.

 Light frames on a dark background. 

 

This card used pastel card and paper.  Smaller flowers were created for embellishments.

 The flowers unfortunately cover up the weaving effect of the ribbon through the "buckle". 

 

This card was created for a Black and White Card Swap.

Classic circles and Picot Circles were the dies used.

Instead of "fish-tailing" the card ribbon, the corners were rounded to be more in-keeping with the circle theme.

 

A more feminine version

 

 

May 12th - Sue Wilson Inspired Card

Class where supplied with the pieces to make this card, inspired by one I had seen Sue make.