Clouds

Hi, back again with how the clouds were created.....a stencil.....

This is the stencil  

 (the outer comes in one piece - but I have cut mine cause I've been playing and will show you why later)

The inner part of the stencil with which you can use inks or chalks to create layers of  "clouds" or moons, or stars

This A6 image was made by Phyllis from Diamond Card Crafts who produce the stencil.

Good, don't you agree?

Me being me(!)wanted to play to see if the outer piece could be used in the Bug and the answer is YES! 

You can emboss or deboss an A6 without the outer lines marking your card.

 

Here you can see that I have cut into the stencil.

Without cutting the stencil, on a larger card the lines show, but without the outer edges.....    

a 6" square card embossed

and the effect of debossing. 

So now you have two shapes with which to make your clouds!

 Sandwich for the Bug

Embossing:  A plate, stencil, card right face down, tan mat, 1/2 shims, 2 B plates

Debossing:  A plate, stencil, card face up, tan mat, 1/2 shims, 2 B plates

The stencil costs £2.75 plus postage from Diamond Card Crafts

Nice one Phyllis! 

Tags from bits and pieces

Easter Monday and the sun is shining, but I managed to find a bit of time to craft, but I should be in the garden!
I returned today to my bits and pieces bags to show you how to make a double tag with your Nesties....

I chose two of my Mega Nesties and cut as you would with a sandwich of A/B/card/die/C

To give the base tag some texture I used one of the masks from Creative Expressions.

I like these - they emboss well in the Bug and the JT and more and more designs are becoming available.

They are a 6" x 6" size and I find them even more useful that the Cuttlebug Folders because you can not only emboss a larger area, but you can emboss your Nesties with them!

This is how.....

Sandwich:  A / Tan mat / die cut side down with cut in place

   

select the area you want to emboss on your cut  and cover with 2 B's and a shim(s) and you have....

an embossed tag and also a clean embossed edge in one go!   I think you will like this too!!

I  used a MS corner punch for even more detail and all was going well with my smaller die until...

I punched a hole in the wrong corner - Drat, and then time ran out but I thought I show you anyway and make you smile - well it is Easter Monday and the sun is shining so why not?