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Showing posts with label Glitz Design - Laced with Grace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glitz Design - Laced with Grace. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 October 2011

Scrapology October Card Challenge - Eyelets

Yesterday saw the launch of the latest card challenge on Scrapology set by Sue Roberts aka Doogle007.
Hop over to Scrapology for Sue's profile and more DT cards.
Our challenge is to get the eyelets out, so lots of hammering took place at our last crop! I do have a cropodile but not a big bite to reach the centre of the page.
I used an 8x8" craftwork card blank in black and the leftovers from the paper patchwork class from the retreat to create mine. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch and more scraps.

I threaded the eyelets with some suede cord from Cardinal Colours the eyelets are from there too.
Jill also stocks the Tim Holts sizzix bird cage used which I have suspended from eyelets.

The cage was decorated with Diamond Black stickles and the bird stamped with my old script stamp and enhanced with Cinnamon stickles.

Monday, 26 September 2011

Paper Patchwork - As taught by S-J at the Retreat.

There wasn't a lot of spare time for Lynn and I at the retreat as we were either assisting or teaching classes and M&T's. I really enjoyed S-J's classes last year and asked Jill if I could have kits to do at home later on.
As it turned out we managed to sit in and do the following layout :)
I had to add the photograph afterward as I hadn't taken any with me. This was taken at the hotel of a huge mirrored head like a disco ball.
The kit consisted of a 12x12" piece of kraft paper, a selection of 8x8" patterned papers, Glitz Design - Laced with Grace.


The technique is very simple but very effective.
We cut the patterned papers into 3" squares, inked the edges then stuck them onto the kraft paper to form a grid.  Embroidery thread was used to add random "X" stitches. We punched a couple of hearts and then tore some circles to create flowers adding large jewells to the centres. Butterflies were punched and added along with a title from Prima Thickers.
I enjoyed the class so much... I made a double page...



This is S-J's original layout.

Check with Cardinal Colours for stock of these papers and embellishments.

TFL
xxx