Tattered Lace

This week i was lucky to be able to play with a really gorgeous die called Sparkle from Tattered Lace which was sent to TTPHC by the lovely Stephanie Weightman!

Now you can get these dies from a lot of craft shops, but primarily from  crafting.co.uk  .

Now i know for a fact that http://crafting.co.uk have this on sale as well as a number of other lovely dies.

So this is Sparkle

And this is the lovely Christmas card i made with this gorgeous die.

Look at the really intricate lines in the oval frame work...beautiful!

The Christmas tree looks great embossed!

Now as much as i love these dies you really have to put it through the die cutter a number of times to get a clean cut and sadly even though i really tried all sorts of different combinations of die cutting plates on my Ebosser i couldn't get the Christmas tree to fully cut out so i ended up using it by embossing the die, which i have to say still came out looking lovely.

So i love the die its worth buying and great for Christmas and i think you need a better sandwich for cutting the tree, maybe it was the Ebosser and a different die cutting machine may get a cleaner cut but that's what i use as i cant crank the dies through any more...lol

Happy crafting!

#50 day 6 of TTPHC birthday week

Gosh the week is nearly over! Hope you have enjoyed the fun so far?

Now i am feeling quite in the birthday mood and am really pleased that we are celebrating our first birthday...and i have prizes...so bear with me and i will try not to confuse you....

I have made cards for five of the seven days...

Each day there will be a blog hop starting at TTPHC and hopping to the relevant DT members. NOW if you use the word BIRTHDAY in your comment on any of the  posts after following the hop order ( and i will check lol) you will be eligible for that days hop prize...

.are you still following me?

Ok now on my blog if you comment on my posts, become a follower and use the word HAZEL in your comments  then you will be entered in my birthday blog candy give away that you can have a  look at on the sidebar of my blog! hopefully you are still with me and understand lol....and i have a lovely prize...

Today (Saturday) we are sponsored by Tattered Lace over at TTPHC.

I used a few different bits and bobs from Tattered Lace with this one.

I love the Couple die cut.  This one was nice and easy as it just involved some die cutting and paper cutting to the required size and then stick it all together...very, very easy.

Card ingredients

Tattered Lace Couple Die and corners

handmade paper

Gold card

Gold ribbon

Ceramic flower

That's it!

Thanks for looking and don't forget to leave a little love and the special word given on Monday to prove you have been reading the posts and  to be eligible for my blog prizes!