Good Afternoon Blog Friends,
Hope you had a good weekend, I am still recovering from this
flue but starting to feel a little better.
If like me, you are a bit of a Spellbinder addict, you’ll understand
when I say that my dies are like my ‘babies’ – if I lose one, I won’t give up
searching for it, through bins, books, paper, cupboards, in between embossing
and cutting plates – ‘oh yeh’, I hear you say,
‘Definitely been there.’
Additionally, my dies receive a lot of eye contact from me, I stare at
them until they ‘talk’ to me, and sometimes, they actually do, well
figuratively speaking that is:
Sometimes they say to me, ‘we are not, what we seem to be’ and then they
just seem to transform themselves before my eyes and they are something I never
dreamed they would be; and I’m sure if you are a Spellbinder fan, you’ll know
exactly what I’m talking about. My post
for today, using one of my little labels, (label 6; size I used, pictured
below) was a result of such an episode:
I started off by taking an 8x8 piece of pearly, cream
cardstock and pierced the edges using one of the dies from the Edgeabilities
Classic Petal set, I distressed around the edges using Antique Linen and a little Pumice Stone distress
inks. I then scored around the piercing
for emphasis and matted it on to a piece of black cardstock. I have some lovely cream and black double
sided patterned papers in my stash and wanted to use them so using labels 6
(size in diagram) I cut 8 sets (for each ‘petal’) comprising 3 in each set = 12
cream and 12 black (no need to emboss and you can cut them in 2s so the process
speeds up. You then score and fold your
labels in the centre and stick two of the backs together and you then have two
flat pieces at the side. When you’ve
stuck all your ‘petals’ together, you then cut yourself a small circle and
begin arranging the ‘petals’ around the circle until you are happy with the
arrangement. You can stick them down
with Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue but I found it
quicker to use a hot glue gun. Find
yourself a centrepiece (a rhinestone, pearl or another Spellbinder small die)
and place it in the middle so it hides where the ‘petals’ meet. I then used a background paper from the same
cream and black stack, added some black, silky crush ribbon from Creative Expressions, added two slivers of
cardstock left over from the flowers, some gems and a sentiment cut with one of
the dies from Spellbinders Blossom Tags and
Accents. Hope you like it and would like to hear your comments - don't be shy!
Love lilygee xx
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4 comments:
Hi Lilygee
I know where you are coming from regarding the spellbinders dies being our babies and more than we think they are.
This is a lovely card and shows how taking the time will show us other uses for the dies.
Love this card
Ria
This is an amazing card. Absolutely love the flower its stunning. Another master piece xxxx
Really love this card xxxx
What a lovely card. Very pretty and lots of attention to detail. Hope you feel even better soon and can't wait to see your next project. X
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