Free to Fly, a Collage Card

Free to Fly, a Collage Card

 Hi and Good Sunday to you!

Today's card is a collage card.  I love collage cards.  Since it is a "collage" of items, I can use many different embellishments and materials and weave them together into a cohesive piece. (And I like the Steampunk style!)

This is a standard A2 card (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches) made with white cardstock, then layered with some patterned paper from Tim Holtz line.

I ran my collage die through my machine with black cardstock four times. I adhered them one on top of the other. I adhered another pattern paper to the back of this collage die cut, then adhered this to my card front.

(I used Tonic Studios liquid glue to adhere most everything to my card.  It's always tricky how to adhere metal objects, vellum, lace and so on to one's card.  The liquid glue did quite well with the metal pieces. I also used glue dots for the key in the upper left corner because not enough of the key was touching the card.)

I added all my decorations (frankly, I couldn't stop. Someone should have told me to step away from my craft table!) I got my embellishments from Amazon.

I have a set of cog dies (I think from Cheery Lynn). I die cut cogs in green satin finish mirror card, gold mirror and gold satin finish mirror card. I used these along with the other embellishments on my card. 

To send this card through the post will cost about one million dollars...

I added some Chitchat words by Idea-ology.

Close Ups

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis

Lace Technique, Card with Rose

 Lace Technique, Card with Rose

Hi all and Happy Sunday to you!

Today's card includes an old technique called "LACE" (pronounced lay SAY). There is supposed to be an accent on the "e" but I don't remember how to do that on my PC.

I have always been a fan of LACE. It originally came from the Netherlands (they have always had the trends in cardmaking).

In the original technique metal plates (not dies) were used to cut patterns in the paper. (The metal plates had gaps in them.) You took a craft knife or Lace knife and cut through the gaps. Then you folded and wove the paper to make pretty patterns. I still have some of the original cutting plates.

Crafters Companion has most recently come up with a set of dies in the most popular shapes.  (These are linear only.) This makes it very easy to cut the paper!  (There are some other dies on the market that do the same thing but the design is circular.)

This is a standard A2 size card made with white cardstock, then matted with a light blue cardstock.

I cut some blue cardstock down to 5 x 4 inches, added the die and ran it through my Diamond Press Marquis machine. The blue cardstock that I used has a lighter blue on the opposite side. 

(The key with this technique is to have double sided paper. When you fold the cut portions, the opposite side with show and give it a lovely pattern.)

I wove the triangles. I put a drop of glue on the point of the bottom triangle and adhered to cardstock. I added the completed design to my card.

I added some matted patterned paper and grey pearls. To finish I added a flower sticker (AG).

I hope you enjoyed today's card. Thanks for stopping by!

Lis