Gold Leaf Borders Using Double Sided Tape

Tonight I was watching a C&C show with interest by the Stamp addicts as it had Lyra`s and gold leaf on the show – it was the first time I had seen the show and it reminded me of the Gold leaf write up I had done 

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I saw the gold leaf around the edge of the card I hadn`t got that with in my write up and wanted to add it so thought it would be nice to share

I`m also aware I haven`t posted many workshops of late and there are reasons which i`ll explain soon – but mainly different work patterns with Husband and time issues – but I wanted to add a small one if nothing else

It`s not a big workshop but a useful workshop to apply a matt of gold or whatever colour leaf you have – or the fact you can add the tape where ever in your product and leaf it

So this photo below is a piece of white card with the edging gold leafed

1 So apply your double sided tape to the edge on inside of the card you want to use

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2 Remove the backing from the tape

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3 Apply the gold leaf to the tape – just any old how

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4 Smooth the golf leaf down and loose bits away

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5 This can be done with a duster brush

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6 So the result is a lovely crisp line great for adding texture to a border – or matting your work onto

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7 Just a full view

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Messy Rabbit Friends – Squirrel Flies The Kite

Today I thought i`d add to the Messy Rabbit Friends section and share this

Now it`s not the worlds most complex card !!! – but I did it trying to do delicate and use soft colours , hence the yellow and green tones through out

I had a couple of sheets off card already coloured with some starburst spray – I had made these ready for my Mum as they were what were used on the beaded Anna Griffin bee card I got for my birthday – click here if you missed this and she wanted some more , but needs most and they were perfect , so I matched the squirrel using my Promarkers

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Then stamped the kite onto the base card and then decoupaged the main kite and laid a piece of black thread behind to embellish it all up

The ribbon was tied on the 2 corners to match the ribbon on the kite

As I say not a detailed card but a fun useful card

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Following on from yesterday

Well I thought i`d add this cross stitch hanger my Gran made years ago and hung in there hall next to the chiming clock – we would go as children and wind the clock and look at this piece – after gran died Mum had this piece but when she retired and moved to a smaller home I was asked if I would like it

Urmmmm – yes was the quick reply

Well we have had it in our bedroom ever since but when we re did the spare room – click here if you missed yesterday`s piece we moved it into the room and it just completes the room full of memories for me

I have to say I have found losing all my Grandparents hard but having this room has helped me feel there memories are all around me and just not in my head – Gran was a skilled needle worker and won many guild awards – often gold and high honours too

So if I could ever get to her skill I would be happy

This hanger is done on linen which makes it so fine and all the pipe work around the edge is hand stitched

It fills the room with warm and I love it

Sorry for all the personal things of late but sometimes you just need to share your inner feelings and what better way than this

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My New Room

Well a few weeks back we set about sorting our 3rd bedroom out which had turned into a dumping room for bits and pieces

We had 2 wardbrobes in there as we don`t like them in our room but we got rid of one and I now use the wooden cube thingy in the corner – which I get everything in and more – so with all the space and me directing !!!! I saw a chance to make it a room just to go and have some quiet time in if needed or as we have another chair Erin & I to read in

The room is made up of a bureau and chair that were my Gran & Grandad`s and in their home it was was what Gran sat on daily to sew and Grandad had a matching one to read his paper next to Gran

Also the curtains are ones I made years ago and Mum had them in her last house in Nan`s room so again special memories and I do feel so close to these memories when in the room

Their home was at the bottom of our School field so I would see them daily when we lived down in Dovercourt – Essex

I know I don`t often speak of my Gran & Grandad but they meant so much to me I thought it would be nice to add this to the blog

This photo shows the bureau open so I can put my cross stitch chart up and sew away late at night as we have put a day light bulb above and I have my daylight lamp too

Just a close up

A while back I wrote about never having any regrets then when I started cross stitching again it brought back one regret – selling my threads some of which we my Gran`s & Mum`s but we needed the money for a large car bill

I have won lots of threads at just 14p each from E-bay and thought a lot of searching got hold of 3 wallets like my old ones – so i`m thrilled as I can make them back up again – and Mum still has a few of Gran`s so that will help

This was Grandad`s mini stool for polishing his shoes and if lovely to have in the room

And finally bits and bobs from over the years I wanted to keep out – spot the magnify tool for the lamp – didn`t want Erin to reach it !!!!

The dolls are handmade from scratch but someone I know even the head hand fired and painted – I got them for £30 each years ago and will treasure them always along with my new room and the strong feelings behind it all

Thanks for letting me reminisce

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A Flower Arrangement for something different

Today i`m going to my Slimming World class and they have a party planned as the club in a whole celebrates 40 years this year and there are lots of different promotions going on

Last week we were told we would have a party this week and a theme of red food & red clothes was chosen – all to do with the ruby theme of 40 years

I said I would like to help as I do the writing of the weights in the book to help out and was left to come up  with something

I chose 40 recipes which I laminated and are going on the wall and some in a folder

Then 40 Products , so laminated for the wall and 20 full packets of products all numbered and we are going to place numbers under the chairs and people will win them

I wanted to stick to a budget of £10 as costs can just go one – well I did it and also in the mix got a bunch of carnations for £2.00 and set about making an arrangement

I hadn`t done any flowers since my Nan died and it was nice to do this for a happy occasion

I didn`t want a small arrangement but with only one bunch of flowers thought oh no

I went into the garage and found this wicker basket horn and thought great I can do a modern arrangement as I had lots of big foliage so set about making this

I`m thrilled with the whole product as it`s something I haven`t done for a while and happy to have done it all in budget of £10 too

Right off I go to the event – take care

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Peacock ATC Cards & Matching Bag

Today i`m adding an ATC bag I did when the show & ATC Assistant Cd was launched

I adore peacock feathers and the feather sheet was my first thing I printed off when I got the cd

I decoupaged all the 9 feathers which were on pearl paper and then set about making the ATC`s – I wanted something plain just to show the feathers off to there full

At first I did have a feather stencil I was going to use on the background but I couldn`t find it , I had a sort out last week and funny enough came across it but I loved this stencil to which I did using the wizard machine

I did a mixture ofmirri & antique gold stradream card for the backing and placed the prepared ATC`s backs to these

They were all finished off by placing 8 of  them in a bag I made from a template on the cd

I also added 1 ATc to the front as a topper

Well as I said I love this image and wanted my bag to match , so I highlighted the image using snapshot tool and copied it to a normal plain document and carried on pasting it till I had a row

Then copied the whole row and pasted that again & again – Also I had the page in landscape – then added the template to the back before making up and then finishing off with little flora doodles & organza ribbon in Teal

The edge of the bag I added some gold pen touch & it would be nice to take to a ATC swap and hand out the different ATC`s and then maybe keep the bag

Just showing the backs

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Weasels meet the Nestibilities & Martha Stewart Punches

This card is made using the New Messy Rabbit Friends stamps

along with stunning backing paper from the Cottage Garden cd and I have matted the papers after punching top and bottom with a Martha Stewart lace doiley punch

To add to the depth I used the off cuts of the top backing sheet turned it around and punched a thin strip and added underneath both the top and bottom so it gives the effect of double paper when in fact it`s just one sheet

The weasels have been coloured in using the Promarker pens

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I used the nestibilities mega label for matting the weasels on an finished the card with ribbon , paper flowers and some butterfly embellishments

All was matted using foam tape for extra depth

 

Also for one of the Weasels I reversed stamped so he could look the other way – click here for details and full workshop

Other relevant workshops &  pieces I have done are

Nestibilities – click here

Martha Stewart Punches – Click here

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Lucky Coin Eastern Treasure Card

A very quick post today as I have felt very rough and I won`t boar you anymore with details

This design is very simple but has a play on the colours from the image from the Eastern Treasures Cd

I have taken the red and yellow and mixed different backing sheets to bring the theme together

The topper is added to an insert which makes for more backing papers

then added to the bamboo backing paper

The coin envelope is added behind a topper which has foam tape down the sides and bottom so it fits in

Just a close up

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Acetate Bevelled Eastern Treasure Card

Today I thought i`d add this card made from the Eastern Treasures cd

I adore these flowers and the way they have been painted by the very talented Artist

This card started out to be a gatefold acetate card but there was a drop of water on the work top were the acetate was and the ink ran so I was left with one so I played around and thought you know what I think I like this better so stuck with the idea

The wrap was printed from the acetate section on the cd – I just adore the images around the outside and they compliment the images so well

I then cut a 2cm tab on the side extra and wrapped around the back and edged with gold pen touch and bevelled it over the decoupage

I placed the acetate finished piece onto some black tapestry card to set it off

I love the backing paper so just matched it all up – inside as well

A close up and to fix the acetate down on the outside I just placed some pinflair gel glue under the black flower on the right hand side

A different view of how the acetate protects the decoupage

The inside

This is a large card made from 2 A4 sheets of Onyx Stardream  card

I just made a tab of an inch and a half and folded it over the top and secured – just makes for a nice use of stardream

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Extra Large Nestibilites Retirement Card and Workshop

Well had a play today – needed to do a A4 retirement card for a friend for there work colleague

A hard brief as the lady was a classy lady with no real hobbies and was a fuzzy lady but liked blue and gold

So I set about how best to fill an A4 sheet and came up with this idea

Working on the shape and keeping it simple with the same backing paper – this is a stunning paper form the Cottage Garden cd - it`s hard to find but best way to say is look for the pattern in the carpet as there are some similar ones

I thought of the nestibility die but it was big enough and thought to myself if only I could make the book card bigger – then in a flash came up with rather than missing off one edge when you put the die through fold the backing paper in quarter and miss off side and bottom edge and you get large

I did this one 3 sheets to build the card and then added the shaker topper

Workshop instructions here if needed

So here`s the finished card with a few paper flowers to tone

1. fold your backing paper in half and half again – I have done this folding up to the border so I don`t get mixed patterns with the paper

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2. Put the paper and die through your machine and make sure you leave the side and bottom edge without the paper on so it doesn`t get cut

Full embossing workshop click here if needed

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3. When it comes out it might have only gone through 3 layers but it might just be me !!! – if this happens just use the line to trim the excess off

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4. And there you have your large shaped paper – cut different sizes to mat up

I have edged each layer with gold pen touch

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5. I have mounted onto a folded A3 card – as that`s what was required and with foam tape added the layers and a shaker – details were in the first section – the words are printed onto acetate

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6. Just a close up

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Just a useful idea that could be used for many a thing – maybe a star card for a large version

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