Rusty Faceted Heart card - Brenda

I had a craft day with a friend recently and she brought over her new die which creates this fabulous heart shape and is one of the new range from Sizzix and Tim Holtz for the Chapter 1 release and out and in the shop now. I also used the fabulous new wildflower stems and fun large funky florals dies from the same release and the stacked deckle frames which I think were released last year.

To me there's nothing nicer than creams, whites and browns together and to help achieve the look I layered together (from the bottom) card , patterned paper patterned, faux shabby floorboards created with paints and inks and a deckled frame on the top.

The wildflower in the background was cut from media paper, acrylic watercoloured and distressed whilst the funky florals were cut from a piece of leftover card from sometime when I had experimented with layering acrylic paints to achieve the shabby look.

The faceted heart was also cut from a left over rust effect piece of card that has been lying in my bits box for ages - this box can be a mine of fabulous inspiration sometimes when an oddment and a die just fit together so perfectly.

The die cuts the multi-faceted shape with score lines which need to be folded and pushed into shape to get the design. You can see the wonderful height and dimension and as a card it is best given to the recipient by hand as it wouldn't survive the post in just an envelope.

I love the way the neutral palette becomes shabby with the textures and the scuffed floorboards, I must make some more pieces to be ready to use for more new creations.

Here you can see the top of the heart and how the rust enhances the contrast in the colour palette.

The same here with the lower part of the heart.

I'm looking forward to experimenting more with the heart shape to see how else I can use it.

Thanks for stopping by and if you like the new dies please go to the Country View Crafts shop website and search for new products for January 2019 to find them or click here.

See you again soon.

hugs Brenda xxx

Vintage Butterfly cabinet card

I came across a piece of mountboard that a large cabinet card had been cut from and decided to use it as a frame for the smaller, Mover & shaper, one. I was unsure with this colour combination when it first came to mind but I'm glad I did it as I find it quite striking...

I cut black card for the mat and some orange patterned paper which I edged lightly with Vintage photo DI. Next I cut the smaller cabinet card from another piece of mountboard, painted it with Wild honey DP then edged it with black DI when dry:

The beautiful arched botanical stamp is from Tim's Fairytale Frenzy collection (CMS058) used with black archival ink. The decorative strip was cut using Tim's Vintage lace Decorative strip die and then painted with black DP:

The mountboard outer was painted with the same Wild honey DP then stamped in sections using the archival ink with the large text stamp from Tim's Papillon stamp set (CMS106). I added a simple piece of actual white lace for contrast in the layering up;

The butterfly stamp is also from 'Papillon', stamped with Wild honey DI then edged in black:

I added the leaves from Tim's Tattered pinecone die and a random paper flower that was in my treasure box:

The mountboard outer was attached with vintage copper brads - top:

Bottom:

Finished:

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you all have a great crafty weekend!

Chris xxx

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