Tattered Lace Kaleidoscope Samples - Huge Update

Hi, well this is a huge update as I did a lot of samples for this collection of dies.  The Kaleidoscope collections is beautiful and so versatile.  I loved the flowers and butterflies and even made stamps from them to stretch them even further. 

All dies can be purchased from crafting .co.uk and don't forget to enter the Tattered Lace Blog Challenge to win some awesome prizes

First up are the butterflies. these are so gorgeous, and range from some teeny tiny little butterflies to an xxl size.

I got my shabby chic on for these, they were perfect and so girly :)

Kaleidoscope Butterflies

Butterfly and Roses

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XXL (D528)

Westminster (D310)

Hearts (D265)

Decorative Cartouche (D205)

MCS Shabby Sweet

Tim Holts trim

Flat back pearls

pink and white glitter

spray adhesive to spray the butterflies and adhere the glitter

Wild Orchid Crafts roses and cherry blossoms

White glitter card

American Crafts pink and white card stock

White satin ribbon

Pink organza ribbon

Divine twine in white and gold

Worn lipstick distress ink

 

Butterfly Dreams

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XL (D526)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly L (D523)
Lavish Blooms Poppy (D288)
Foliage (D181)
Ornate Frame (D247)
Elegant Alphabet (D293)
Ditsy Dots (corner) (EF004)  
MCS Shabby Sweet Papers
AC White, smoke and lavender card stock
Doily
Flat back pearls
Cabachon
Satin ribbon
 

Butterfly Rose Panel 

Supplies 

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XXL (D528)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly S (D525)
Ornate Frame (D247)
Rose Panel (D307)
MCS Art Nouveau
Ditzy sentiments
Picket fence distress paint and stain
AC white and straw card stock
flat back pearls

Believe in Yourself

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly L (D523)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly S (D525)
Mini Branches & Florals (DX08)
My Craft Studio Shabby Sweet Papers
Ditzy Sentiments
AC smoke, sky, white and rain card stock
White glitter card stock 
White lace
Adhesive diamantés
White glitter

Butterfly Hearts 

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Butterfly XL (D526)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly L (D523)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly M (D524)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly XS (D527)
Foliage (D181)
Rose Garden embossing folder  (EF006) 
AC shrimp and vanilla card stock
cream and peach roses
flat back pearls 

Kaleidoscope Flowers

Denim and Lace

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)

Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)

Westminster (D310)

Feather (D165)

Rose Garden embossing folder (EF006)

MCS Shabby Sweet

Flat back pearls

Weathered wood distress ink

White lace

Denim ribbon

Silver beads

Whire pearl card stock

AC denim, white and rain card stock

Silver Krylon pen

Tim Holtz misting tool

 

Silver Stars

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)
Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Decorative Cartouche (D205) 
Christmas Sentiments (D096)
Westminster Border (D308)
Spellbinders label 4 
6 x 6 in card base
White glitter
White glitter card
White pearl card
White glitter ribbon
White satin ribbon
iridescent gems
iridescent embossing powder
silver sparkler
Redline tape to create the glittered border around the outside of the card
 
Background done by cutting flowers from fun foam and stamping with versamark and embossing with holographic embossing powder.

Pastel Rainbow

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)
Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)
 Decorative Cartouche (D205)
 Ditsy Dots embossing folder (EF004)
Spellbinders standard circles  
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
AC Banana, Shrimp, lagoon, white, bubblegum card stock
flat back pearls
Promarkers in matching colours to colour the pearls

Lemon Flowers

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)
Ornate Frame (D247)
Fretwork Lace embossing folder (EF005)
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
Lemon glitter ribbon
lemon organza ribbon
Large pearls
pearl brad
AC banana, moss and white card stock
Lemon glitter ribbon

Soft Green Cut out Flowers

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower M (D530)
Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Bon Voyage (D343)
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
AC geyser and white card stock
Green glitter card
Flat back pearls
Matching sparklers
White satin ribbon
 

Perfect Peacock

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Butterfly M (D524)
Butterfly Garden embossing folder (EF002)
Stamps cut from fun foam
Distress ink peacock feathers
AC Aqua and white card stock
Jade satin ribbon
Adhesive diamantés

Red and Gold Christmas

Supplies

Kaleidoscope Flower L (D529)
Kaleidoscope Flower XL (D532)
Kaleidoscope Flower XXL (D534)
Ornate Frame (D247)
stamp cut from fun foam and stamped with versamark, embossed with gold embossing powder. 
Gold metallic ribbon
Red satin ribbon
Seed beads
 

Birdhouse Row

Christmas Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541)
Christmas Sentiments (D096)

Decorative Cartouche (D205)

Lacy Rose Collection (D232)

Ditsy Dots embossing powder (EF004)

AC crimson, white, evergreen card stock

Red adhesive diamantés

Green satin ribbon

Red and white dotty ribbon

Summer Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541)
Ditsy Dots (EF004)
Derwent Inktense Pencils.
Ditzy Delights Sentiments
Spellbinders scalloped square
2" square punch
Flower Soft Delphinium blue
White scalloped ribbon
Blue gros grain ribbon
AC banana, white and sky card stock

Spring Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541) 
Cherished Centres (D282)
Mini Blooms (D279)
Foliage (D181)
AC Geyser  and white card stock
green glitter card stock
flat back pearls
 

Autumn Birdhouse Row

Supplies

Birdhouse Row (D541)
Wood textured paper
Mustard textured paper
Super Smooth 300gsm
Promarkers
Orange rainbow glitter
Brown buttons
Gold thread
SU Linen thread

Hydrangea Border

 

Dancing Butterflies

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)

High Heel Glam (D034)
Butterfly Garden Embossing Folder (corner) (EF002)

White pearl and lilac card stock 

Flat back pearls

Lemon Crib

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)

Crib (D133)

Ditsy Dots embossing folder (EF004)

Spellbinders scalloped squares

White pearl and lemon card stock 

Flat back pearls

 

Wedding Vines

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)
 Hearts Beat As One (D276)
Congratulations (D241)
Rose Garden embossing folder  (EF006)
Chains embossing folder (EF003)

White pearl  card stock 

Flat back pearls
White organza ribbon
Silver mirri card stock
 

Fresh Green

Supplies

Hydrangea Border (D547)
Severn (D427)
Fretwork Lace border (EF005)
Spellbinders standard circles

 White pearl and green card stock 

Flat back pearls

 

Hearts

Rustic Tag

Supplies

Hearts (D265)

Corrugated kraft card

AC Vanilla and light kraft card stock

Pearl embossed paper from Tattered Lace mixed A3 stack

Brown and cream buttons

Cream lace

SU linen thread

Creative Expressions chicken wire stamp

 

Parisian Postcard

Supplies

Hearts (D265)
Mini Blooms (D279)
Postcards (D346)
MCS Shabby Sweet
Flat back pearls and button
White organza ribbon
AC rosebud and bubblegum

Blue Heart

Supplies

Hearts (D265)
Mini Blooms (D279)
Hearts Beat As One (D276)
Bon Voyage (D343)
mini peg
Blue Lace
AC white card stock
MCS All about alphabets

Golden Ornament

Supplies

Hearts (D265)

Lavish Blooms Lily (D285)

Chelsea (D302)

Pearl embossed paper from Tattered Lace mixed A3 stack

Gold satin ribbon

Flat back pearls

Cabachon

Gold embossing powder

Adirondack Gold alcohol mixative

AC light kraft and vanilla card stock

 

Wow!  that was a huge post lol!  Anyhoo, if you have any questions ask away, I'll be happy to help.
Happy crafting
Anna x

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Challenge

Hi, today is my first Tattered Lace design team blog challenge.  I'm hoping it will be the first of many.

The last few months have been hectic, but also very exciting, I love coming up with new ideas for the Tattered Lace samples, especially the flower dies as they are so versatile.

If you fancy winning a £50 to spend at www.crafting.co.uk head on over to the Tattered Lace Challenge Blog here.

The challenge for April is based on the beautiful Lavish Blooms dies. To enter the challenge you can either link your blog post or email your project to Challenge@Tatteredlace.co.uk . Closing date for email entries for the Lavish Blooms Challenge is midnight on 28th April 2014.

So onto today's card using the Lavish Bloom lily set, I was feeling pretty chilly and fed up with the miserable weather so I wanted to make something that reminded me of summer, you can't get anything more summery than gorgeous tiger lilies.  Hopefully I will be making a tutorial video sometime next week on how to make the lilies.

Supplies
Tattered Lace Lavish Bloom Lily Die (D285)
Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Stamen Set (D289)
Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Leaves (D286)
Tattered Lace Mini Blooms (D279)
Tattered Lace  Wondrous Wings (D024)
American Crafts card stock in Melon
First Edition Boho Chic Paper
Stardream Card stock in fairway Green
An odd scrap of yellow texture paper
Distress ink pads in Honey, Peeled Paint and Ripe Persimmon
Docrafts Urban Stamp All Aboard Postmark
Promark in Mandarin and Gold
Flex Markers in Watermelon and Amber
Stampin Up marker in Chocolate Chip
8 x 8 card blank
Glitter in Rainbow Red and Rainbow Orange
Decadry Gold metallic printer paper

I hope you like today's offering, happy crafting
Anna x

Tattered Lace Design Team Cards

Hi all, well this month is already getting away from me, I wanted to post thes cards several days ago but haven't had time to update my blog.  Busy working and sleeping :)

Today's post consists of the cards I made for the Tattered Lace dies released at CHA on Jan 11th.  What can I say, totally beautiful dies, I was sent the padlock & key, the lattice bow, the English rose and the lacy rose dies.  Here's a link to the Florentine Collection

Padlock & Key

Treasure chest card

21st Birthday

Valentines Hearts

English Rose

Climbing rose

Ink dusted rose & lacy rosebuds

Double rose

Lattice Bow

Citrus Wedding Cake

Birthday Boy

Peaches & Green

Well that's all from me, just sorted all my scraps out, I may never need to cut a whole piece of card ever again lol!  I hope you get some inspiration from these.

Happy crafting
Anna x

Happy New Year!!

Hi, just a quick post to let you know I haven't fell off the face of the earth lol!

One thing I did want to announce is that I was chosen to be on the design team to make samples for Craft Channel Productions who produce the My Craft Studio and Tattered Lace Dies.  And my cards have been shown on Create & Craft, this is very exciting for me and hopefully will spur me on to do more with my craft this year.

I have had such a busy few months and haven't had time to update on here so I've added links to my FB albums so you can check out my crafty stuff from last year.

Cards & Keepsakes 2013
Christmas Fair 2013
My Craft Studio All About Alphabets Samples
Tattered Lace His & Hers Samples

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hi crafty friends, well we seem to have a bit of a holiday themed update today :)

Halloween Candle

Supplies
Candle
Inkadinkado Stamp set: creepy Crawley #98303
Black organza ribbon
Adirondack Black archival ink
Stampendous Disco Black embossing powder
White tissue paper

I actually decorated this candle a few weeks ago but never got around to taking any photos, so as I was testing out my new light box I thought I'd take a few.

So this was a cheap candle from Wilkinsons, I stamped the bat on to white tissue paper with black archival ink and embossed using disco black embossing powder.  I then cut out the bat roughly and used some pritt stick to temporarily hold it down while I used my heat gun to gently warm the wax so the tissue 'disappears' into the wax.  I just finished the candle with some black organza ribbon.

Flower/Ribbon Embellishment

Supplies
1 yd white seam binding
1 yd 1/8 peach organza ribbon
1yd white lace
8in gold bead trim
large pearl for centre

Here's a lovely flower/ribbon embellishment I made following this tutorial by cynthialoowho, I didn't have tulle so I used some seam binding, lace and some organza ribbon.  I didn't wrap the bead trim around as I couldn't get it to look right so I cut about 8 inches in to 4 pieces and hot glued them to the back of the flower, I added a large pearl to the centre. I love how this came out, it's so pretty :)

Christmas Candles Scrapbook Page

Supplies

1 sheet of 12 x 12 patterned paper

Cream, red, light green, dark green and yellow card stock

Ribbon from stash

Glossy accents

Stickles 

Distress markers

Distress inks, Festive berry, peeled paint, antique linen 

This was made using the new Cricut cartridge A Quilted Christmas, as soon as I saw it I knew I NEEDED it lol!  This is the project that is at the front of the handbook that comes with the cartridge, I have to say I'm loving the new style of handbooks, much easier to find things.  I am going to be making a lot of projects with this I can tell you, I'm also thinking of making a quick video review of the cart for my Youtube channel, so keep your eyes peeled for that :)

Anyhoo, that's all for today

Happy crafting

Anna x

Summer Fun, Distress markers and inky fingers

Well I was going to make a video of my crafty haul this month as I have been on a bit of a spending spree and also spent the day at the Summer Craft show at Doncaster race course.  However, I was so excited to have new goodies to play with I went and opened everything before I could film anything lol!

I did have a lot of fun making a very crafty mess yesterday evening though :D  I bought quite a few stamps, some more stickles to top up my dwindling supply, some mica masks by Creative Expressions and some Tim Holtz distress markers YAY!!!  So I was a very happy bunny last night :)

I also got a few fun things from Poundland, Works and HobbyCraft, including mini frames and a larger frame to alter, mini paper roses and glittery butterflies.  I stocked up on black and white core'dination and got a beautiful DCWV black currant 12 x 12 stack which is stunning.  I also got a reduced Xmas back ground stamp and some £1 stamps.

Just something fun, I was trying out all my new goodies I bought at the Summer Crafting show at Doncaster race course. Inked, stamped, grunged, water coloured, masked, stickled, misted and crackled lol! Flowers are coloured using TH summer distress ink pads leaves are alcohol inked, butterflies water coloured with distress markers and then added a bit of black diamond stickles and rock candy crackle. Fringed trim is some very old stuff from when I used to do dress making :D I had a lot of very messy fun making this :D

Cute window card with a difference, using SU card stock, ink and ribbon, spellbinder dies, Fiskars stamp set

Gift bag with matching photo album, the album isn't finished so I will show that another time. Stampin up DSP, stamps, ribbons and cardstock used.

Well I think that's it for tonight, shattered now as I've just cleaned all the downstairs so it's a cuppa and bed for me I think.

Happy crafting

Anna x

Huge update, long time no postie :)

Hi, well I kind of lost my mojo over the last few months and haven't done much crafting.  I've been feeling a bit down and the house is a mess, plus I'm working more hours and between that and the fibro I'm constantly exhausted and in pain.

Anyhoo, this isn't a pity post, we had a week away in the Lake District which was awesome (slide shows of photos on my you tube My channel ), we did lots of walking and had a lot of fun and it's given me a bit of a boost :)

These are the latest things I've made and or finished off lol!

First up are some cards made using the Portabello Rd collection from Docrafts, I adore these papers, so much so I ended up ordering more lol!  

Supplies

Portabello Rd papers

Stampin Up card stock in very vanilla

Core'dinations cardstock from the Tim Holtz craft core collection in red and blue

Stampin Up ink pads in not quite navy and riding hood red

seam bining dyed with TH distress ink pad tea dye

Roses and hear stick pin  from Wild Orchid Crafts

brads and buttons

Tea pot cut on Cricut from an SVG file

Stamp edged mats cut from Ribbons and Rosettes cart

Next up is a card for Father's day for my Dad

Supplies
Core'dinations cardstock
Image by Bill Holms sourced from internet
Circle shape cut from Accent Essentials cart
Dad plate cut from Plantin Cart using end cap feature
Textured strip made with TH texture fade checker board
Brads, feathers and button

This next card was for my Brother-in-law

Supplies
Stampin Up card stock in crumb cake, chocolate chip, not quite navy
Core'dinations craft core in No 10
Crackle glaze
Acrylic paint
Bakers twine
Stampin Up ink pad in Early espresso
corner punch
Cricut cart Ribbons and Rosettes for border
Stampin up Stamp set Nature walk and happiest birthdays

Dads birthday card, I wanted to add lots of texture and make this feel seasidey (is that a real word lol)

Supplies

Core'dinations Cardstock kraft core in No 16 and 10
Stampin up classic ink pad in not quite navy and craft ink pad in whisper white
TH distress ink pads in weathered wood and bundled sage
Bakers twine
Buttons and brads
Image from MCS water colours
Cricut cart plantin school book

This is my first ever mini album :) and I actually started it about 10 months ago lol!  Anyhoo, I've finally said it's finished and now just need to add my photos.  I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out, there are things I would do differently and I've learned a lot of new stuff along the way lol!

Here are most of the supplies I used.
Hero Arts: Large Web #CG234, Bat background #CG385
Inkadinkado: creepy Crawley #98303, All Hallows Eve #98627, Creepy Lane #60-30185
KanBan: Tickets #AS6008
Stampers Anonymous: TH French Connection #CSS278050
TPC Studio: Patterned Borders #ST93455
Stampin UP: Sanded BG stamp (retired)
Clarity Stamps: Small naked pine, remountable set of leaves, small moon shadow
Stampin Up: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper white craft
TH Distress: Peeled Paint
Memento: Tuxedo Black
Stazon: black
Glossy Accents
Versamark: embossing pad
Stampendous: Disco black embossing powder, clear embossing powder
Card Stock:Cord'inations in grey,black,orange, Stamping Up black,cajun craze, lucky limeade, cardstock, Stampin Up Fightful Sight DSP, Create & craft Super Smooth 120gsm paper for digi scrap kit.
Cricut carts: Fabulous Finds, Happy Haunting, /Ribbons & Rosettes
Basic Grey Figgy Pudding Fibers, Divine twine orange, HobbyCraft Ribbon

I think I've covered everything, just ask if you don't see it on here.


One thing I do want to mention is the digi scrap kit I used for most of the paper in this album, I don't think the site is there any more and I don't have the files on the computer at the moment as my external hard drive died on me :( I'd love to to give credit, so if anyone knows who made it just leave a comment thanks :)

A card for my Mum-in-law, I love how this turned out :)

Just a silly card I made to try out my new Robotz cart, which I got on Ebay for a bargain price :D

This is the first scrap book page for a new project, I've been meaning to make a scrapbook of our visit to London a few years ago and want to do sections on the Natural History museum, the British Museum and the Science museum, yes we did 3 museums in 3 days lol!  I am mad about dinosaurs so was thrilled to go to the Natural History museum.  I got the dinosaur tracks cart especially for the scrapbook as I took loads of pictures of all the dinos lol!  I've even made up a list of all the dinos on the cart and prited them out ready to label all my photos lol!  I know! I know!  A grown woman getting over excited about a lot of old bones lol!  Sad really isn't it :D

A quick project the other day to cheer myself up, I finally got around to blinging up my expression :D

A quick birthday card made with the sweet treats cart.

Lots of flowers I made yesterday, I was very tired and I've been poorly the last couple of days so I just wanted something to keep my hands busy while I watched tutorials on youtube :)

All cut from the flower shoppe and mother's day bouquet carts.

Well that's me all caught up, having a bit of a rest today, although I did go out and try to cut the hedge a bit earlier, shattered now though so won't be doing much else today.

Happy crafting
Anna xx