Hello all and welcome back to my post for the Couture Creations Design Team.
I am busy with a 6-part workshop series with my craft circle looking at multiple ways of stretching the use of your Dies. In part II of the series, I have been dabbling with making telescopic cards.
I would like to share this interesting technique to make a raised telescopic card.
I made this card using the Couture Creations Butterfly Garden paper collection, the Ephemera collection, the Couture Creations mini guillotine, the GoCut and emboss machine, the Go press and Foil machine and the Couture Creations scoring board.
For this project you will need: 21cmx10.5cm folded white card, 15cmx10cm gold matt, 14,5cmx10cm pattern 10A, 3x 14cmx9,5cm pattern card 08A (please ensure that the pattern is repeated and the same on all pattern pieces), 15cmx10xm rose gold glitter paper, life is beautiful tag, gold swirl and mini flower die cut from the ephemera collection. Nested oval dies, foam dots and a collection of die cut flowers and leaves, stamens and a sentiment.
The reason you require three pattern pieces with the same pattern is to create an overlap under each die cut to attach your foam dots to ensure that the pattern continues to match across the layers for the raised telescope.
To cut your nested raised image, start of by placing the three biggest nested dies, in order, on your 1stpattern piece. This is to ensure a good line-up. Now remove the inside and outside dies, tape down the remaining middle die and run through your go cut and emboss machine.
Using the bigger oval die, cut an oval in rose gold glitter to matt your pattern oval.
To cut your second raised pattern card, use your second pattern piece, plate the previously cut oval onto the card to match the pattern. Using the same sized die, place on top of your cut oval to ensure a good line up and that the pattern is repeated. Remove the cut pattern oval, leave the oval die in place and add the next two smaller dies to ensure a correct line up. Again remove the outside and inside dies, using the middle die and run through your machine to cut the pattern oval.
For the final cut, place the 2nddie cut pattern oval onto your 3rdpattern piece to ensure the pattern matches. Place the same sized die onto the oval, add the next two smaller dies, remove the outside and inside dies, and using the middle die, cut the oval on the pattern card.
Using your foam dots under each layer, stick the layers together on top of the glitter oval to create the raised telescope and stick to your pattern and matt on the folded card.
To assemble your card, add the Life is beautiful tag to the left of the oval tucked underneath the middle oval. Trim the swirls in half and stick underneath the top of the tag and at the bottom right corner of the tag. Stick the paper flower die cut overlapping the bottom swirl. Add and stick the skeleton leaves, stamens and flower to form a tight cluster on the left side of the card. To finish off, add your sentiment and diamante or mini pearls.
To find out how to create a recessed telescopic card,
please have a look at my previous blog post for details of this technique:
Couture Creations Products :
C0726535 12 x 12 Paper – Butterfly Garden - Double Sided paper 09B and 10A
C0724824 – Go Cut and Emboss Machine by Couture Creations
C0726540 – Butterfly Garden Die cut Ephemera Set
C0726032 - Go Cut and Foil machine by Couture Creations
C0726343 - Couture Creations - Mini Guillotine
C0726428 - Self-adhesive foam dots
Enjoy!
Lea-Anne Alexander
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