Dancing Butterflies

Morning. Today's card uses the Shield easel from Crafters Companion to make a congratulations card. The new Easel Die Collections were launched on Hochanda earlier this month, so many of you will now have them. If you have, I hope you are having fun creating with them, Are you having fun and what have you been creating.

For this card you will need:

Floral Easel Die Set

Shield Easel Die Set

Clear Sparkle Pen

Pebeo 4Artist Marker Gold

Purple Centura Pearl (Darks Collection)

Crafters Companion Paper Pad 12 x 12 or Coordinating paper of your choice

Parchment

Lilac Ribbon 

Label Die

Congratulations Stamp

Adhesives

Step 1: From a folded sheet of purple card cut your easel base, In the same card cut the smaller shield for the base.

Step 2: From the patterned paper cut 2 butterflies and the smaller shield.

Step 3: Cut out the 2 butterflies and overlay with the clear sparkle pen. Leave to dry.

Step 4: Using the butterfly from the Floral Easel set, cut 2 from parchment and shape.

Step 5: Using the Pebeo 4Artist Marker edge all of the base card elements. Wrap ribbon around the base and secure behind with double sided tape. Make some ribbon roses in the same ribbon and use them as your stopper. Then assemble your card as shown.

Thank you for taking the time to visit the blog today. I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial and the finished card. 

I hope to see you on Monday, for some more, for now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Rose Twists

Here is a lovely gilded wall hanging with a twist. It's been made with the wonderfully detailed 3D Embossing folders, launched on Hochanda by Crafters Companion. If you would like to see the shows for even more inspiration take a look at the  Rewind Facility on the Hochanda website.

To begin with I embossed the 'English Rose' onto Matt Black Cardstock and cut out the centre cartouche.

Next, I took a couple of leaves and painted them with Pebeo black Gesso.

The leaves were then wired onto copper, using the same copper wire I created some copper twists by winding it around a pencil.

I then attached the roses onto the wired leaves, then painted all of the copper with black gesso.

I trimmed the embossed card to the edge of the design, then cut another piece of black card and cut to the same size, for the backing.

For the backing, I took a piece of scrunched up tissue paper, secured it to my card and painted with black gesso. This was to show through the aperture so there is no need to cover the whole area.

Next I took my embellishments and using the Pebeo Gilding wax, added highlights, Here I have used Empire and Renaissance golds. I then added a little red Iridescent Watercolour paint by Cosmic Shimmer.

The excess tissue was torn from the background once dry. I highlighted the creases with Silver and Empire gold Gilding wax to bring out the texture.

I applied the Empire and Renaissance gold gilding waxes to the embossed design.

To finish the piece, I secured ribbon to the inside of the backing sheet, then applied 2 layers of 3 mm foam tape for depth. Before attaching the front I added a generous amount of Collall 3D Glue Gel to the lower half, making sure it wouldn't be seen through the window. Then I arranged the roses and other embellishments, inserting the wires into the glue gel I had applied previously.

I do hope you have enjoyed the step by step and the finished piece I have made. I hope to see you again very soon. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Metallic Roses

Morning, I am sharing an easel card today. I used  Leonie's beautiful Die collection to create this project. Please take the time to watch the launch shows via Hochanda's website before they go. You can find the shows via the TV Schedule and picking the date (8th & 9th June).

I cut out the Funky Heart Base in red silk art card and secured it to my backing card using Cosmic Shimmer Glue from Creative Expressions. Then trimmed around the heart. This is double sided as the top will show from both sides once assembled.

Then in black card, I cut out the Big Heart 'Floral Cascade', three times as I wanted the sections of flowers to build up my design.

I then gilded these using Renaissance gold, Empire Gold and Silver gilding wax by Pebeo from Crafters Companion.

Using 3D glue gel, I decoupaged the extra pieces onto the heart.

I edged the base and top of my easel base with Black Nuvo Embellishment Mousse from Tonic. It gives a much softer look that black. It also gives a lovely metallic sheen and also save the lack cardstock.

I cut my matching backing card to layer on to my base and front leaving a 5 mm border.

I added a strip of ribbon across the backing card before securing it to my base. I secured it with Red Liner Tape. Then adhered to the base using Cosmic Shimmer Glue.

I made some ribbon roses to match my project. I have a tutorial video which I added to the blog last week. I hope you will take a look if you haven't already seen it.

From Black card I cut out the Big Heart 'Entwining Branches'' to act as the foliage for my base.

I gilded the black roses and the foliage using the same three gilding waxes as before. I cut out the word 'Love' from the collection in Black card and gilded this in the same way.

I then assembled the card as shown in the photo, using 3D Glue Gel to secure the embellishments.

Thank you so much for taking a look today, I hope you have enjoyed the step by step I have shared. Take care and I hope you will be back soon.