Doily Flower
By Edna Morrisedie
METHOD
1 Stencil The Crafter’s Workshop mini ring doily and a fancy
feather (to act as a leaf) on sheer white fabric twice each with
texture paste and set them aside to dry.
2 Trim them, then spray them with a heavy application of Lindy’s
Stamp Gang starburst marigold, yellow orange and bells of
Ireland green.
3 Cut along the inner lines of each doily to make three different
sized rings for the layers of the fl owers.
4 Use a needle and thread to gather and bunch the rings, then
sew a black button to the centre one and stack them together
with glue dots.
5 Die-cut white card 100mm square with Spellbinders basic
lattice, then layer it on white leatherette card 110mm square
and black card 115mm square with mounting tape, and folded
white card 240mm x 120mm with double-sided tape.
6 Add the leaves and fl ower to the card centre with glue dots.
7 Stamp Waltzingmouse Stamps Country Labels 14 sentiment
on white card with black ink, cut it into a banner and tuck it
under the top fl ower layer with a glue dot.
8 Add small rhinestones to the top of the lattice as shown.Utilisecommonshapesin
stencils– circlescanbuild
flowers,feathersmake
leaves,etc.TIPBy Jane Clark
METHOD
1 Place Heidi Swapp 6x6 butterfl ies stencil on Heidi Swapp^
6x6 Dream aqua stripes paper, spray it with Heidi Swapp
Colour Shine peach and let it dry.
2 Gently place Heidi Swapp Vintage Chic buzz word ‘delight’
sticker on watercolour paper, spray it with Heidi Swapp
Colour Shine tinsel, let it soak in, then remove the sticker,
clean it and reattach it to sticker sheet to use again later.
3 Trim the butterfl y piece to 100mm x 90mm and the delight
piece to 65mm x 100mm, affi x them together and cover the
join with white sequin ribbon, tucking the ends at the back.
4 Add this to the front of folded white card 180mm x 200mm,
then glue one of the sequins from the ribbon above the ‘i’.
5 Place the 6x6 butterfl y template on Dreamy blue spots
paper, spray it with Colour Shine peach, remove the stencil
quickly, pour clear embossing powder on top and heat-set it.
6 Cut out four butterfl ies leaving small borders around them,
then add them to the top of the card using double-sided
tape behind the bodies.Quickly remove the stencil after spraying,
pour clear embossing powder on top and
heat-set it to create a great shiny version of
the coloured spray.TIP