Monday, 6 June 2011

A BIG thank you

I would like to thank everyone who came to see me at The Craft Barn special weekend. It was lovely to see so many of you and to hear all your wonderful comments, which were much appreciated! 

Also a BIG thank you for all the very nice comments being left on my blog and for visiting. Hope lots of you will keep coming back!

I thought I would share one of the cards on display on my demo table as a reminder of this special weekend.
I have used Black Peel Off's: A large dragonfly and two small blooms. 
The dragonfly itself is coloured in using Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pens. While the colour was still wet I sprinkled some really fine holographic glitter over the surface.
The circles or bubbles have been coloured in using a mix of other Sakura pens: Stardust, Metallic and Souffle.
I've added Gems, Metals and some of the Peel Off's extra bubbles and waste dots. I coloured two gold Metals black for the eyes on the dragonfly.

A useful tip when using this large dragonfly Peel Off's:
1. Lift the Dragonfly carefully off the backing sheet and place it sticky side up on your work surface.
2. Take your card and hold the edge against the table at a 45 degree angle next to the dragonfly. Slowly bring the card down to lie on top of the dragonfly. Press gently to make the dragonfly stick to the card.
3. Now the dragonfly is on the card you can trim it down to size. If you are using a Nestabilty you can place it on the card, centre the dragonfly, hold it down with some tape so it does not move when going through the machine. 
So much easier than trying to place directly on the circle!!!

Come back to see a variation tomorrow....

6 comments:

  1. A really beautiful card. You do such lovely things with peel-offs. I have just started to follow your blog via a link from someone who attended the craft barn show. Cant wait to see more!

    Gill X

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  2. Bonjour madame ! Tu vois j'ai réussi à te trouver ;-) Bises,
    Béatrice

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  3. Lovely to see you at the weekend Francoise as always and your display of cards was so beautiful. I love your dragonfly card and that's a great idea about how to attach it to the card. Look forward to the next time we meet and thanks for the little tips about coloured card :D, much appreciated. Now that I've found your blog (don't know why I haven't sooner!), I'm a follower. Chris xx

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  4. Beautiful card, lovely inspiration with peel offs,
    Jan (my local craft centre is A Maze of Memories)

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  5. Brilliant card and fabulous colouring too, I think you are most definitely doing it right, best for inspiration.

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  6. Great thing of your blog is that colour combo, never worked with this subject. You did an amazing job on those borders and flowers also.

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