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Showing posts with label Mosaic Tutorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mosaic Tutorial. Show all posts

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Creating a Butterfly Mosaic Two ways...Part 1

Hello everyone...the butterfly fanatic here today....I was to do a video for this but sadly I have such a bad cough...that I could not do a talking video...and I didn't want to do a silent one either....so today I have a picture tutorial for you....

On how to use your intricate dies in a little different way...Of course you can just cut them and stick them down. Everyone does that...but I'm showing you how you can take it one step further!!
So do I show you the project first or the steps???

Lets start with the steps!! I am of course going to use butterfly dies!! Could I use any other?? :D

 
1. I started with the Vivienne Butterfly die from Memory box...and die cut 3 colors out of it. Try to keep the pieces intact...it will help you later on. 

2. I have my base CS..the grey, the black mat and another grey piece....I die cut another butterfly out of it....placing it exactly where I wanted it on my Card.

 3. After tracing the shape of the grey cut on the black CS...I liberally applied glue with my tape runner...so that it stays sticky till I get to the next step...If I use liquid glue here....it will just dry up!

4. Stuck the grey die cut piece on my black mat and added the black piece of butterfly. (With all the inner pieces removed...we are going to create a mosaic!!)
 5. Here I have glued the outline within the grey panel....
6. And now...start adding the inner pieces of the other colors....The reason why I said, try not to remove the pieces right away...is so that you can pick each piece and know where it goes!!  Make sense?

 7. Here I have all my pieces stuck inside the outline....you can do as many colors or as little colors as you want!! Its all upto your imagination!
 8. Here I am using my Perfect layering ruler to get a 1/16th mat around my focal piece. I will be doing a video on this fabulous product soon!
 And glue the focal piece to your base CS. Tada!! using the die, but in a different way!! Takes just a little extra time...but the results are before you!!

Scroll to the next post for the next card!! (I'm breaking this up so you can read it in two posts...rather than one long post!!)

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Butterfly Mosaic Part 2

P.S. Do scroll up and see the previous post too...I've broken tutorial into two posts...

Lets look at another way of creating a mosaic....it doesn't have to be a butterfly...any die that has intricate pieces can be made this way....the steps remain the same.
TIP- Try to pic a die with bigger pieces inside as it will be easier to piece it back together.

This time I'm starting with two outline shapes...and one solid shape. This mosaic will be like an embellishment...free of the base CS...


 1. My base is black CS...can be any color...since you are not going to see it at all once you complete your mosaic...

 2. Using my Tombow tape runner...apply glue generously on the solid shape..


 3. Since I wanted a red outline and grey inside pieces....I'm gluing my red piece first to the solid shape...
 4. A small trick here....instead of picking each piece and gluing it down...place the grey butterfly on top of the red on...and just push each piece down....it will pop right into place and because you already have the adhesive...it will stick right there!!
 5. Now I have all the grey pieces within the red outline!!

 6. I also wanted to show how to give a wonderful effect on your CAS cards....and outline from your die...
This is how I stack my plates in the cuttlebug...
From the bottom.
A plate
B plate
Two tan embossing mats (two gives a deeper impression)
CS
Die facing down (into the CS)
B plate
And run it through your machine!

7... This is what you get...a wonderful edge... And now just stick your butterfly within the frame...

And here are the two cards I made...same die...same method...and two completely different results.... ( I do have to say...I love the neatness of that black mat...its soooo perfect!!! )

Which is your favorite??

PRODUCTS USED
Vivienne Butterfly Die
Darla Butterfly die
Tombow Tape runner - Permanent
Tweezers
Penny black - Petal party (sentiment)
Perfect Layering Rulers
Label 17 die..(For the border)