A tutorial and a farewell....

Hi everyone, here is a tutorial for a gorgeous card from Tracey Holdyk...due to personal circumstances Tracey has resigned from our Design Team...we would like to thank her for all her hard work over the past couple of years and all of her gorgeous creations. We wish you all the best for the future Tracey you will be missed! xxx

From Tracey:

"You are the Best" greeting card. Hope you enjoy this little project that I have put together for you. Twiddleybitz chipboard is quite thick and so this technique is just perfect. Did you know that you can pull aways layers from your chipboard to create several shapes from the one piece. Its a great way to get more for your money. The technique is not hard but it is a little fiddly. After the first few you get the handle on it and its quite fun. Enjoy and can't wait to here what you thought.

Materials
Kraft card
Pattern paper (I used Basic Grey)
white cotton material
Twiddleybitz chipboard flowers from the Home Sweet Home kit
white paint
sanding tools
craft glue
buttons
Sewing machine/hand stitching.
Rub-on greeting or stamp

Instructions
Step one - cut kraft cardstock 15cm x 21cm and fold in half to make the base of your card.

Step two - cut pattern paper 10.5cm x 14.5cm, distress the edges and then using a sewing maching stitch to the front of your card. Don't worry if you don't have a sewing machine, just simply had some hand stitching.

Step three - cut two pieces of white cotton material approx 11cm x 2cm, fray the edges and sew to the front of your card.


Step four - Grab your chipboard flower and using your fingernail or tip of your craft knife pull the top layer of chipboard off (approx 1-2mm down). Continue doing this until you have about four flowers. Twiddleybitz chipboard is ideal for this technique because it is made up of several layers. It is also a great way to get more out of your chipboard.

Step five - The three flowers with the tail, you can still do the same technique however you are just pulling the top layer of petals up to give dimension.

Step six - Once all you flowers have been pulled apart, paint them with white paint. don't worry too much about neatness as we are going to rough them up a bit anyway.



Step seven - Using your sanding tools, lightly sand back some of the paint from your chipboard giving a shabby chic look.

Step eight - one all you pieces are dried, attach them to the front of the card.

Step nine - add some buttons to the centre of you flowers if you like. Maybe glitter? what ever your heart desires.

Step ten - Add your sentiment. I used a rub-on but you could have easily stamped a sentiment instead.

Congratulations on finishing your beautiful card.

Hope you have enjoyed this little technique, maybe you can try other Twiddleybitz shapes.