Fusable Butterfly!

One of the workshops recently was of the butterfly card shown below.  The inspiration came when I ordered the wrong size butterfly die (not good with measurements. lol) and remembering some of the ladies had asked to use shimmer film and fibre.  So I put them together and came up with the 'Fusable Butterfly'.

The background of the card wa created by first taking a piece of cream card 14 cm x 14 cm. It was embossed using a square embossing folder and then shaded using pan pastels.  On the bottom left hand corner a word stamped image was used using brown momento ink. Before this was stamped it was first stamped onto a piece of scrap paper so the wording did not stamp too dark on the card.  In the same corner a floral stamp from Chocolate Baroque was used, again in brown momento ink.  White embossing powder was used in the corners and then gold guilding cream was used to go around the edges.  This was then layered onto a piece of dark pink card and then stuck onto the main cream card.

The Butterfly was made using fusable film and fibre.  Two layers of the film were used, slightly larger than the butterfly. Fibre was loosely spread out inbetween the two layers of film.  These layers were then placed inbetween parchment or baking paper and with a warm/hot dry iron, ironed over the top.  This fuses the layers together.  The butterfly die was then placed ontop and put though the die cutting machine.  The wings of the butterfly was then curled slightly and stuck down onto the background leaving the gaps underneath the butterfly.

To finish off, dries clear glue was used on the body of the butterfly and some of the flowers on the background and seed beads from Stix 2 was used.  Glitter glue was also added to the bottom of the wings.

I hope you like the card.  The girls really enjoyed making it.

Flower Flourishes

Some more catching up....  Each third Friday of every month we have pro-marker club.  The following example is one we made last month.  The stamps are made by Inkadinkado, clear unmounted stamps.  These images are really delicate and stamp beautifully.  The girls really enjoyed using these stamps.  The fine nibs for the pro-markers were needed to colour some of the image.

An insert was added to the inside of the card but first grey memento was used on one of the images and stamped at each corner.

Happy Crafting
Jeanette x

A lot to catch up on....

Sorry I have not made any posts over the last month or so.  My husband had been poorly (man flu) and subsequently passed his bugs onto me.  (My fault, I don't think I gave him enough sympathy).  On top of feeling unwell, I had placed my camera cable somewhere safe and was unable to find it any where.  This has stopped me taking photo's of all the cards that have been made during the workshops.  I had to place an order  for a new one.  I will find it one day proberly in the most stupid of places.  As you can image I have alot to catch up on....

At the begining of July we had a stand at the Art Stamp Exhibition, Newbury Racecourse selling our range of templates under the name of Eureka Craft Designs.  The weekend went very well and it was lovely to meet up with all the retailers we have got to know and my regular customers.  It was also encouraging and enjoyable to meet new customers. 

During the show we launched our new template '3D Reveal'.  This is a 3 dimentional card that can be folded flat and fits into an 8" x  8" envelope.  Can be made to be very detailed or to be put together very quickly.

From the above photographs, hopefully you will be able to see why it is called 3D Reveal.  The card is made up of several layers.  As the layers go backwards the apperture becomes smaller giving you the 3D effect.  This card was made using rubber stamps and watercolour pencils.  This card was not created in 5 minutes but hopefully you will agree was worth it.

The above example was made with patterned card and chip board shapes.  From start to finish, 3/4 of an hour to make. 

The above images show you how the card looks when it is closed.  Even with the chip board shapes the card will fit into an 8" x 8" envelope. 

I think you can safely say the recipent who receives a card like this would not have another one like it!

You can purchase the template from www.craftyneeds.com for only £6.99.  Comes will full instructions and photographs.  We are always on the other end of the line to give you help if you need it.

Jeanette x

Love Shopping

Another example from the pro-marker workshop.  Using the Flippin' Stamps, the front and back was stamped and coloured with pro-markers.  The image was stuck together with a piece of string inbetween so that it could be attached to the card to allow the image to swing around.  The card used was already an apperture card.

With Love

This card was made during a pro-marker workshop.  The butterfly was two peel-offs put together.  The bottom layer was coloured using pro-markers and the top layer the peel-off was stuck onto accetae and cut out.  The middle part of the butterfly was glittered.

Patriotic Pop up card

Workshop joining in with the patriotic theme for this year. 

A map of London was printed onto accetate and attached to the top of a piece of card.  This was pushed up by resting on the pop up Big Ben and London Bus.

The images were coloured using distress inks, using them as watercolours.  Ribbon was used at the bottom of the card.

Workshop for the Men

Men can be differcult to make cards for so I hope this card inspires you. To create this card we had fun using distress ink pads, versamark, newspaper and embossing folders.  The stamp is from Wild Rose Studio stamps.