Buckle cards...

I was looking through my photos and found these of cards I had made a while ago and can't remember sharing so here they are.

They both use Sue Wilson's buckle technique, this was my first attempt so please be kind.

As you can see I embossed the top part of my card and stuck dsp on the lower part. I die cut three frames, choosing my centre one to be slightly different to the outside two, and thread a strip of card backed onto black through the frames, I had to do this a couple of times to get it right (Sue makes it look so easy!) I stamped my sentiment onto the left side and added some black "pearls" to finish.

A close up to show some more detail.

My second card is using the same layout but different dies and colour combo.

This time I stamped the top section and embossed the lower section.

Again a closer look at the detail.

Please leave a comment to let me know which one you prefer.

Until next time, Happy crafting Dawn x

3D flower instructions

Well today, Saturday I am holding a workshop to make 3D flowers using the fabulous Stampin' Up! die called Blossom Party, available until the end of April, only through your Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

First cut 4 of the largest flowers from the die using any card or designer series papers of your choice.

I have used rose red card so it shows up well in my photo's.

Then I daubed around the edge of each flower using soft suede ink. 

I cut the flowers as shown in the photo (although I have them lined up in reverse order-sorry!)

I cut the first flower into the centre, between the petals, the second flower was cut into the centre and then one petal was cut out, the third flower was cut into the centre and then two petals were cut out in one piece and the final flower was cut into the centre and three petals were cut out in a single piece, I hope that makes sense.

I used the first flower and over lapped two of the petals and glued them together to form this shape, this is the base of my flower.

I then took the flower with the single petal cut out, again over lapped two of the petals and glued them together.

This is what my first two flowers look like from the underneath side. I then cut a small section off the base of my second flower, as this was a slit I then turned the flower and cut it again across the opposite direction as shown in the photo.

I continued to gluing each flower piece that I had, overlapping a whole petal until I got to the three petal flower and smaller, for these I overlapped by a little part and glued carefully along the edge. Each flower has a cut out of the centre except the first largest flower. I added shape to my petals at this stage with a bone folder, when using paper this is easier to achieve so be careful not to rip between the petals.

This is what all the parts look like at this stage.

My chosen glue for this is Tombo multipurpose glue, this is a fabulous glue that dries clear, so although it shows white in the photograph, it will dry clear. I have begun to layer my flower, starting with the largest piece as the base I glued the next largest into the centre, twisting the flower so the petals sit between the petals of the previous layer.

You continue to stick the pieces on top of each other going from largest to smallest, the double and single petals are like small tubes and I stick them in using tweezers to hold them as they are quite small. As you can see in this final photograph the glue is showing white, it does however dry completely clear and then does not show.

I hope to take some photographs of the flowers we make on Saturday and post them soon.

I hope you like my 3D flower instructions using the blossom party die, if you would like to purchase this die, please contact me for details, it will be available to order until the end of April as we are then saying goodbye to the mini catalogue where this item is from, click on the link to take a closer look.

Thank you for visiting my blog, please feel free to leave a comment so I know you have been, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x