3D Decoupage

 If you're a crafter, you may have heard of a technique called 'decoupage'. Confusingly, the word is used for two completely different techniques. We had a go at one type last year, using rice paper to decorate boxes, plant pots and other things. Recently, we had a go at the 'other one'!

We used images from Hundkydory from a company called Top Topper Shop who sell smaller packs of images, allowing us more options without having a lot of extra at the end.

Here's what we came up with.

Barbara

Beryl

Dominque

Mary

Nadi

Shilpa

Sue H

Sue M

Tricia

And to show all the layers ...

Waterfall Cards

 This week, we had a go at Waterfall cards. This is a technique that definitely gives a different sort of feel to a greetings card, and they're great for scrapbooks and photo albums too.

Beryl

Dominique

Madhu

Parvin

Shilpa

Sue H

Tricia

I've added four photos here so you can get an idea of how the waterfall mechanism works.

Most images came from Philo Designart who sells on Etsy - the stained glass style. These are gorgeous, bright and beautiful and work well in the 2.75in size we used here. The Art Deco style images are public domain images previously purchased via Crafty Image Emporium, and the cats are from Joanna Sheen's Ivory Cats CDrom which is now discontinued. The pull tabs were cut using a Spellbinders die set, but the cards other parts were cut using trimmer, craft knife or scissors.