Monday, August 25, 2014

Guest Designing for Add a Little Dazzle!

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Hi, everyone! I am so honored to be guest designing today for Add a Little Dazzle! If you’re not familiar with them, they specialize in Craft Metal Sheets that can be die cut and embossed for cards, scrapbooking, 3D items and more.

Before I tell you about my project, I have to tell you that Add a Little Dazzle is having a little give away—a 5-sheet pack of metal sheets along with a product from MFT! How cool is that? To qualify for the drawing, you must comment on this post AND on the post at Add a Little Dazzle. Do that and you’ll be automatically entered. Deadline for entering is Friday, August 29th. Be sure to get all the details at the AALD blog. Monica, owner of Add A Little Dazzle, is also going to have a special sample pack available for sale that will include some free PDF tutorials to help you get started with metal craft sheets.

So, about my card :) I started with a Steel Gray card stock base, then on some Sweet Tooth card stock and with Grout Gray ink, I stamped Romantic Script Background. With Steel Gray ink, I over stamped that with a sentiment from LJD Together Forever. Then I started working with the Craft Metal Sheets. I used a Golden Glimmer Metal Sheet to cut out a Rectangle Frames Die-namics frame and I adhered it to my card front with foam tape. I cut the strips of foam tape to about 1/8” wide and placed them on the outside edge. By doing this, I could carefully “mold” the metal frame down towards the center so it looks so much like a real frame! Love that look!

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Next I cut out a Leaf-Filled Flourish Die-namics from a Perfect Peacock Metal Sheet, attached it to the corner of my card and started to create my flowers. I used a Princess Pink Metal Sheet, cut with Pretty Posies Die-namics, gently shaped the petals, and attached them with hot glue. To finish them off, I added some flat back pearls for the centers.


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I love the dimension I got with the metal craft sheets, and the colors are gorgeous!!

Here are the products I used:

Perfect Peacock Metal Sheet 
Perfect Peacock Metal Sheet

Princess Pink Metal Sheet 
Princess Pink Metal Sheet

Golden Glimmer Metal Sheet 
Golden Glimmer Metal Sheet


Thanks so much for stopping by—be sure to comment here and also over at the Add a Little Dazzle blog to be entered into the drawing for 5 metal craft sheets and an MFT product.


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~Supplies~
Stamps: LJD Together Forever, Romantic Script Background (MFT)
Ink: Grout Gray ink, Steel Gray ink (MFT)
Paper: Steel Gray card stock, Sweet Tooth card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Perfect Peacock Metal Sheet, Princess Pink Metal Sheet, Golden Glimmer Metal Sheet (AALD); Rectangle Frames Die-namics, Leaf-Filled Flourish Die-namics, Pretty Posies Die-namics (MFT); foam tape, hot glue, flat back pearls


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23 comments:

  1. Barbara! Beautiful use of the craft metal!! Looks fabulous~

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  2. So pretty! Love the metal sheet flowers!!!

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  3. I absolutely love your flowers on this gorgeous and very elegant card!!!!

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  4. Awesome work with the craft metal, Barb...love those flowers!

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  5. Barbara, how beautiful is your card! Congratulations you use the metal like paper and the flower looks real and beautiful. Excellent work!

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  6. Just beautiful, I love the die from MFT!!!

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  7. What an absolutely fabulous project! Your usage of the Gold Craft Metal as a frame is brilliant! And...those flowers! Wow!

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  8. I would love to win this. The flowers are so pretty and would be so easy using the dies. I hadn't seen this before but I'll be looking into it now. thanks for sharing a beautiful project and teaming up with Add a Little Dazzle. I need ideas for using the metal.

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  9. The flowers are splendid, but that frame is off the charts! love the way you made that!!

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  10. Wow! Just gorgeous I love how you used the metal for the frame and flowers, such a gorgeous keepsake.

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  11. What a beautiful creation! I love the effect of the metal with the flowers and for the frame. Great colors what a fun medium to work with.

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  12. Barbara your card is stunning. Oh gosh. Love thats it's looking simple yet beautiful. Lovely flowers, great stamping and such a fabulous trick for creating the frame by placing the adhesive strip on the outer edge and mold it down... Gorgeous !!!
    Thank you for sharing. Really enjoyed the inspiration.
    Hugs from Monica.... ( Spain)

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  13. Absolutely stunning creation with metal sheets!!!

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  14. This is stunning! I love how you made the frame those details make all the difference xx

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  15. These flowers are amazing! I'm so glad to be introduced to Add a Little Dazzle. I love their product!

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  16. Your card is stunning! I love your work, Barbara. Now I need to go to Add a Little Dazzle and get me some of those metal craft sheets!

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  17. Gorgeous card- the metal sheets look amazing! x

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  18. Your card is awesome, Barbara. Love the hint about how you made the cool frame. Such a detail is such a game changer.

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  19. Such a stunning card...those metal sheets look amazing!

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  20. A very lovely card, I love making flowers with the metal they are so bright and beautiful.

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Thank you for your kind comments--they make my day and I appreciate every one!