Sunday 30 October 2011

Now I've got the cuttle bug!!

Guess what I got for my birthday? A Cuttlebug embossing and die-cutting machine! So now I'm off on a new creative tack, and I've definitely got the 'cuttle bug' big time!!

Over the past few months I've noticed quite a few quillers producing some beautiful work on embossed backgrounds, so now I'm trying it for myself.


Here's my first attempt: an embossed butterfly on an oval cut-out, complemented by some quilling and mounted on a card with an embossed edge pattern. Once I'd processed the butterfly shape in the Cuttlebug, I found it quite easy to colour it in using brush marker pens. I decided to quill the flower using 1.5mm strips for two reasons: firstly to complement the delicacy of the embossed side pattern, and secondly to restrict the overall thickness of the finished card since I'd already had to glue on the cut-out oval as an extra layer. (Here in the UK, we have to pay more in postal charges if a card is more than 5mm thick, so every extra millimetre counts!) The vertical purple line is a 3mm quilling strip.







For the second card, I embossed a cut-out oval with a different pattern, coloured it very roughly with a few strokes of a brush marker (just to catch the raised sections) and attached it to a printed card base. The quilling was again done with 1.5mm strips. I have a friend who ONLY quills in this width, and every time I see her work I am struck by the beauty and delicacy of the motifs she creates. It makes 3mm work appear quite chunky in comparison.

Here's a close-up of the quilling on the embossed background. I think I am going to have fun with this ...

11 comments:

  1. Very nice try outs!!!! Happy about ur cuttlebug gift....Hope to c some more combos of embossing and quilling....

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  2. Beautiful and original cards like always! I think now we will have more beautiful combinations of quilling and paper on the cards! I am very happy for you! Wish you to have lot of fun with new device:)

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  3. WOW!!! Happy you! What a great gift....a cuttlebug. Now your creativity will have no limits.Embosed card looks more elegant, I just love this technique!!! I have a cut and embossing machine, but....I have only a few die cut and embosing. Unfortunately, in my country are not too many tools for paper craft.

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  4. I have a cuttlebug and now that I've seen these I may have to just pull it out and do some playing. Your cards are great

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  5. congratulations on your effort is very well done
    I think it's beautiful!
    Greetings Baukje

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  6. A new tool to play with! Cards Look good!

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  7. very nice cards,love the embossing!.Like how you just brushed the color on the part of embossed thats raised, nice touch!!!
    Paula

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  8. Congratulations on your new cuttlebug Philippa. These are lovely. I like the way you have brushed on the embossed part for the second one.

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  9. Очаровательно! так мило и прелестно!!!

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  10. Hi Philippa, how are you???....hope you'll be fine...always...
    Congratulation on your new CB...so lovely card, dear
    and..... Happy Birthday, wish you all the best...
    Happy embossing.... :)

    super hugs,
    susan

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