Dandy Lion, a Slimline Card

 Dandy Lion, a Slimline Card

Hi and Welcome to my blog!

I've been making up quite a few cards this month.  I wanted to share one with you.

I got this dandelion die from The Scrapman. you can see his stuff online and also online at Frantic Stamper.com.
I love his dies as many are steampunk in origin and all are unique (I think he comes from Russia maybe?)

This is a standard slimline card made with white cardstock and layered with silver cardstock (has a linen texture) and a blue cardstock and then with patterned paper (CC). The center strip is from Craft Consortium.

I made both tags in blue and matted them onto the same silver card I used on the card base. I die cut the letters from the silver also and mounted them onto the tags.
I die cut the dandelion from the same silver linen card and added to my card with some foam squares - but glued the base directly to the card.
I added some hearts and yellow pearls to finish. (I got the hearts and the little circle sentiments from 49 and Market - their Vintage Artistry line. (The ones I have are about 1 1/2 years old. I do see the Vintage Artistry Line with new additions.)

Thanks for stopping by,

Lis

Paper Pieced Flower Card

 Paper Pieced Flower Card

This was my first try at paper piecing.  I used liquid glue (not the best idea).  I chose this beautiful flower die with MANY tiny pieces!  LOL

Here is what I did:

This is a standard A2 sized card made with black cardstock.

I wanted to do a paper piecing project. I pulled out a very pretty Diamond Press die and chose three colors of cardstock (black, pink, green). I ran the die through with black first. I mounted it on white cardstock which I then adhered to my card. I attached all the pieces to my card directly, using the black outline as my guide.

I ran the die through again with the pin cardstock. I was very careful to take out the pieces a few at a time as some of these are tiny and I didn't want to lose them. I used liquid glue with a fine tip to adhere the pieces. I used a gem pick up tool to make holding and placing the pieces easier.
Once the pink flowers were done, I ran the die through with the green cardstock and adhered the green pieces to the card.

I took a break to destress...LOL, then finished my card with a sentiment (Paper Wishes).

Thanks for stopping by! Lis