Crafters Companion Gemini Create-a-Card Dies - PATCHWORK

Oops I meant to publish this post a while back, and completely forgot!
I liked this challenge as I love everything 'patchwork', so you will see some contemporary designs and some traditional ones as well.

As usual, materials used are in a different colour.

Dies can be purchased HERE  https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=patchwork+dies&order=relevance&dir=desc

First up is a wedding card, using my all time favourite colour combination..

Gemini Create a Card Dies - Heart Patchwork

Sara Signature Together Forever Collection Metal Die - Mr and Mrs

Die’Sire Essentials Only word Congratulations

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The inside was decorated using a diesire word die

The sample below is using patchwork dies to cut shapes and stencil with inks (used dotty card):

Gemini Create a Card Dies - Dragonfly Patchwork

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Distress inks Weathered Wood and Victorian Velvet

Textures 8x8 Hessian Embossing Folder

Partial embossing technique

the feminine card bellow is made with a pretty lilac and olive colour scheme, using the dies to make a window panel and cutting the roses twice in two types of card to make layered flowers.

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Rose Patchwork

Sentiment Stamp from Jayne Nestorenko Adorables’ Stamp/Die set - Secret Garden

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Next up is a masculine card made with papers, inking, matt and shiny centura card and cut outs on the smaller of the two square panels.

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Cogs Patchwork

 Sentiment Stamp  from Jayne Nestorenko Adorables’ Stamp/Die set – Birthday Boy

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Okay to I had an idea not to adhere the whole printed smaller panel onto the black, which means I cut away into the wooden printed papers to reveal the black underneath, debossed in a way - i didn't know if it would work but it did... if you try and it cuts through both layers, add a third small layer under where you intend to cut to keep the second layer intact and achieve more of a debossed effect with your die than cutting out a shape all the way through - hope that makes sense..

The next card is a black and bright yellow daisy card and I like the contemporary feel of it :)

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Daisy Patchwork

lastly, my favourite and one I enjoyed making the most - step by step photos to start with and I included a slightly smaller acetate box for the inside to stabilise the whole box..

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Butterfly Patchwork

I have some more exciting similar dies and designs to share along these lines, so if you liked this post, keep an eye out for the next batch!

Different inking on an old Christening card design..

Popping in to share a slight variation on a favourite older card design.

Yes a lot of you like the design and I get asked to make it time and again, so I can't do much else other than change it completely but I like it the way it is, with the arched window shapes.

That being said, adding a sprinkle of pink gives it a delicate touch of everything girly without being too pink.. I did use a soft brown and sublte grey colour scheme to achieve the layering but this time I ommitted the grey and used the palest pink hammered card from Craft Creations instead.

For stenciling the arch shapes inside the die, I used worn lipstick and a little pumice stone shades - from Tim Holtz distress inks. I find I am mixing them more and more now for projects, and the shade results are endless shades - love that!

Also, after finding cutrite wax paper from CraftyAngels in Newbridge, I have pulled out old dies - those I had stopped using because of how difficult some are to retrieve the cuts from the dies themselves - delighted I can use these tags again!!

Some closeups of inking and colouring - yes still using pencils..... 

That's all for today, have a few more orders to finish and things to do outside ;)

Baby boy card with a stork theme

Time for something in blue I think, so sharing this new baby card using digital artwork - not a coloured image to be found today for this card share.

This artwork is just so cute, I love it and resizing etc makes it so versatile to fit into the die shapes I chose.

I know it looks black, but the colour scheme was chocolate brown and powder blue, one of my favourite colour combinations.

Some more photos..

The gorgeous pale blue ink used for stenciling /shading inside the die cut is Tumbled Glass Tim Holtz distress ink.

Lili of the Valley baby boy - Balloon Basket stamp

Back with one of Lili of the Valley's most beautiful baby stamps - you can find the stamp HERE and it's well worth the purchase as I use it time and again.

This is another large boxed baby card using that folder you can't get anymore, but I received the Darice quilt blocks folder so that will get some use soon and it's available in most craft outlets. I did contact the distributor for the Boofle folder but the answer is that they cannot be sold anymore :( ... I did try for those of you who asked me, but no luck I am afraid.

The Craftwork cards card candi goes very well with the kraft card.

I mounted the stars using different thickness foam pads, 1mm 2mm and 3mm

The boxed was finished off with stars too..

Baby's First Christmas - Memory Box stocking die

Well I loved making these cards, especially after purchasing that little stocking die, it is so cute. The die has a stocking shape (die cut in pink in the picture) and the top bit cut in white glitter card.  The bit that doesn't come with the die is the white toe piece, which I cut using a small spellbinder oval and part of the memory box die, where the toe part would be.

The border behind the stocking is also memory box, the snowflakes from Marianne D, the holly leaves are cut from a Cheery Lynn Holly Flourish die and the labels / ovals from Spellbinders.

Lots of photos in this post, as I did a girly pink and a blue boy version.

The light isn't great in some of these photos, in part because I was trying to get things done and photographed them on a dull day :(

That teeny tiny holly piece is so sweet when inked with memento green inks and a dauber and finished off with red pearl 'berries'.