Another requirement was to use some sort of medium to create texture, so I modpodged tissue paper to the background, added some texture gel then paint. I've also used Liquid Pearls to give extra texture. So here's my interpretation.
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Back from a short break at Ruakaka Beach. Love it there - only 1.5 hours from Auckland and an easy drive. Beautiful, unspoilt beach with 'squeaky clean sand' as my children call it! Wonderful summer days.
I've been enjoying playing with my Cheery Lynn Designs dies (again) and I have to say that their frame dies offer so much potential. I created a card today for the 'Frame It' challenge, using my favourite Daisy Lace Frame. Reminds me so much of a beautifully ornate wrought iron fence - the sort you'd likely see in Florence or somewhere equally as romantic!
I first created the Daisy Lace die cut from cardstock then adhered it to scrunched up Tim Holtz printed tissue paper to get a bit of texture going on behind it. Then I gave it a paint with watered down white acrylic paint to give it a base from which to work from. This also enabled the diecut to 'sink' into the tissue. Using gold patina wax and Distress Stain in Victorian Velvet, I built up the layers to give it a pale pink/gold vignette. Once dry I rubbed a conservative amount of black ink over the raised areas with my fingertips. To finish, I applied Liquid Pearls to the perimeter to give it a studded look.
The cameo is my own creation using a mold, which I inked up to give it the pink/gilt effect. I mounted the cameo on another Cheery Lynn Designs die from the Coved Rectangle Classic stack. The seam binding I hand dyed with Victorian Velvet Distress Stain to ensure the colours throughout were uniform. And the clock hand and watch part are courtesy of my local manufacturing jeweller. Thanks Mr Honeybun (yes - that is his name!). The centre of the watch hand is filled with a few pink seed beads.
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I'm fascinated by the endless possibilities that Cheery Lynn dies can offer the average crafter.
In my previous posts, I told you I have been experimenting with making molds and clay embellishments. Who would have thought that Cheery Lynn dies are actually perfect to make molds with? So with that in mind, I would like to enter this project into the Weekly Challenge over at Cheery Lynn - "Frame It". I have used the dies as 'frames' for the molds.
This is a clay butterfly I made, using the Cheery Lynn die to first make a mold.
Here is a video I have put together for you to show you the process involved. It's so easy, and the results are fabulous. The background music comes and goes - slight technical hitch!!
And here is yet another use for the good old French Pastry doillie die...
I placed the die on a circle of ironed and starched calico, then sprayed it with Shimmerz. In other words, the die acts as a mask. The result is this fabulous batik like effect. I love it. The piece begged to be made into a pin cushion to house my own handmade stick pins. They look so pretty in there. I think this would make a lovely gift for a fellow crafter. And it only took me half and hour tops to make. Would have been faster had I not opted to hand stitch the sequin trim in place!
I hope this post inspires you to look at using your Cheery Lynn dies in other ways.
So after much trial and error, I think I have this sorted! This is the first of my video tutorials that I'd like to share with you. Admittedly there are some 'finer points' that I need to work on - like keeping the project in the frame, but girls - I'm on to it!
Do you have a whole pile of diecut tags in your stash that you're not quite sure what to do with? I certainly do, so this tutorial demonstrates how to use them to make quick and simple cards. Hope you enjoy it.
