Quilts and Cards: Peel offs

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Friday, July 9, 2010

Hats

Made some ATCs for a swap and for the LTD challenge this week, but I may have missed it again!!
The theme was Hats or Crowns.
I used alcohol inks to colour the backgrounds, added some lace, stamped some hats and handbags, then added peeloffs that I had attached to other papers then cut out. To finish, added some bling on 2 corners and peel of corners on the others.

Favourite Tips

If you need a brad of a particular colour and don't have one, check to see if you have some embossing powder of the colour you want . Rub embossing ink on the top of the brad, then dip it into the embossing powder then heat set it. Use tweezers or a clip peg to hold the brad while you heat it.
When you are stitching on cards, make sure you are not sewing over the top of DS tape! The needle gets gummed up and won't lock the threads underneath.
Use zip lock plastic envelopes for smaller pieces of card offcuts that accumulate when making cards. Have one envelope per colour and periodically go through and trim up so they are ready for use on another card.