Ephemera elegance

Hello Bloggers,

I am popping in today with some more cards made from the gorgeous products from Meg's Garden.

Using the NEW Shabby Chic paper collection and the ephemera to cut & create.

I have made 3 cards using the same theme...

  

I used the light green background paper from the shabby chic collection, along with an organza ribbon .

I loved spending the time fussy cutting from the ephemera sheets.

Using the blue butterfly from the ephemera sheets, I mounted it on an embossed white cardstock and then on top of the blue background paper from the Shabby chic range. 

I have used lace and pearl trim to add to the dimension and elegance of this simple card.

This card, I created my own background using pearlescent water colours, trying to match the rouge as much as I could.

I used a thin satin ribbon from Meg's Garden to add a simple finishing touch.  The card is beautiful enough not to need a sentiment.

Hope you like what I have created today.

See you again soon

Bec

xxx



Vintage Ladies by Meredith Hilly

Hello my crafty friends.

I have made three cards for you this post. I absolutely love the pictures of the ladies

in Megs "Vintage Ladies" papers.

The first card I used the "painted flowers die and stamp set."

I found these stamps and die sets very easy to use with a lovely finished flower to decorate my card.

The benefits of using the stamp and die sets are you can ink them what ever colour to perfectly match you project.

This next card I used one of the many new dies at Megs Garden. Its the wreath die and can be used

as a lovely border for a picture.

Don't be afraid to cut up flowers out of the lace you have. I cut the flowers out of the border lace of this card and randomly glued them on the wreath.

I have been using the "French Chic Card Artist Pkt 1" for these cards.

The colour in this pack goes lovely with the vintage ladies collection.

Thanks for dropping by and looking at my cards.

Megs Garden

Vintage Ladies Papers

Lace

Wreath Dies

Painted flowers and die set

 French Chic Card Artist Pkt 1

Metal embellishments

Paper butterflies



Purse Caddy

Purse Caddy

Hello everyone,
Leanne here with you today & I would like to share a project that I have created using the gorgeous new designer patterned paper called In the Watercolour Garden.

 First I applied one coat of paint to my MDF purse caddy.

Next I traced all of the purse shapes onto my patterned paper. I cut out each shape then fixed each of the patterned paper to the MDF shape. I then inked all of the edges with distress ink old paper.

  

I then glued all of the sections of the purse caddy together.

To complete my project I added an arrangement of flowers & leaves, plus some lovely silver pearl

trim.

Until next time.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a wonderful day & happy creating.

Leanne

The Embellished Tassel

Hello Bloggers

I saw that Prima had some embellished tassels in their product line so I decided to do one.

I took this beautiful tassel to another  level & another genre to do artistic things with. 

Dusty Pink Tassels - code ft68

1.  Unravel the binding & tie a knot in the loose threads so that the bead does not fall off.  I used 1 tassel - you could use more.

2.  I glued the large pink bead (from my stash) onto the top of the loose threads.  A large pearl would also look fab.

3.  The added the pink ribbon bow with a velvet flower - Pink Carabella Roses posy.

4.  The Paper Butterfly:  before you do anything with it glue some wire to its back horizontally so that the butterfly can fly.  I used wire from the stem of a paper flower cut to just a little smaller than the width of the butterfly.  Let it dry before going further.  I did not do this &, as a result, the painting & decorating of the butterfly suffered.

5.  Spray or paint the butterfly - I used Dusty Pink acrylic paint & then added Platinum Stickles that I rubbed on with my finger.  You could use glitter, flitter flakes or any other product that suits you.  Distress ink could also be used.

6.  Add some pearls or small beads to the antennae & the body.

7. When everything is dry you can attach the butterfly & bend the wings up to fly.

8.  I also added a tiny key chain - not sure why!

9.  A shabby chic project must have some lace - I used the new Flower lace & cut it apart lengthwise & just added it to the tails.

Of course you could do something simpler but I think this is probably one of the ultimate shabby chic embellishments.

Products:

Tassels

Paper Butterflies

Pink Carabella Velvet Roses

Flower Lace 18mm wide cut in half

Hope I have inspired you

Bye for now

 Meg