#docraftsmonday Dimensional Butterfly Birthday Card

It's time for #docraftsmonday once again! My lovely Grandma is an amazing 94 this coming Thursday and over the weekend, we held a kind a crazy Easter/Birthday family party to celebrate. I have been so manic recently, I haven't had time to craft but this occasion definitely needed a handmade offering...

 



 I wasn't too sure where I wanted to go with the layout for this card, so I got all the elements

out I wanted to use and went from there.

 

This week's docrafts Creativity Club printables is a fab collection of brick and decking textures (photographed by Carly Barrett) in a monochrome colourway, so I started with that. The theory is a garden wall which has rambling flowers and butterflies climbing up it!



 

As usual, I went slightly mad on the dimensional side of things - my cards are not suitable for

posting unless you want to box them up! I used a mix of Xcut dies and punches as follows;

 

 Xcut Butterflies A5 Die Set - XCU 503196

Xcut Large Dies Leafy Flourishes - XCU 503189

Xcut Dimension Butterfly Punch Stamp - XCU 2701000

Xcut Daisy Palm Punch

Xcut Tags and Bookplate Dies - XCU 503066

Xcut Petal Posy Dies - XCU 503065

 

I have to say, the Leafy Flourishes look so much nicer once they have been die-cut. This is the first time I have used them and will definitely do so again!

 

 

Add in a touch of antiquing with dye ink and a few Papermania adhesive gems and there you have it!

 

Thank you for looking. If you would like to take part in #docraftsmonday, visit the docrafts facebook page and join in the fun every week!

 

Thank you for looking!

 

Jill x

#docraftsmonday Quilled Rose Vase Card

Well, it's Monday and I have had a little time to breath after a completely manic week and weekend, so here goes, my #docraftsmonday offering for today!

 

I adore dimensional makes, whether it's card or cake, and so I decided to go for it with this Mother's Day card using lots of layers made from Xcut die-cuts and quilled roses...

You can find a fab tutorial for making quilled roses on Nikki Smith's

'What Nikki Did Next blog here! I used 4cm and 6cm circle dies to make mine.

 

The vase was made using 3 of the Xcut  Leaves Nesting Dies (XCU 503401) with the base trimmed off. The background squares were the second and third largest Square Parethesis Nesting Dies (XCU 503401), the swirls were a selection of the Floral Flourishes dies (XCU 503188).

 

 The roses were made with a mix of Papermania Cardstock and docrafts Creativity Club printables and finally, the daisies were made using the Xcut Palm Punch! Add lots of antiquing with dark brown dies in and you are pretty much there!

 

Thank you for looking!

 

Jill x

 

What is #docraftsmonday?

#docraftsmonday is like a weekly crafty 'show and tell'.

To get involved on Facebook:
On Monday, post a photo on https://www.facebook.com/docrafts of your recent craft project and add the hashtag #docraftsmonday.
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