Remember when I told you that I’ve been swamped by embellishments. Well……here is the proof…….
I thought you might like to see how I go about creating my embellies.
Step one:I sort out all scraps of cs and pp according to colour- reds, blues, green, yellow and orange, pink and purple, browns and tans, black and grey etc. Here is the pic………………………
Step two: Using my dies and punches I cut out the various shapes that will form the base of the embellies. No new sheet is used for this purpose, only my scraps of cs and pp. The pic below is of some of the die-cuts from my new PTI dies that I was talking about.
Arent those little birdies cute. Add a dot for the eyes and two lines for legs and they would look absolutely adorable on a card.
Step three: Is to pull out coordinating ribbon, buttons, ready-made flowers, bling etc. I also pull out my stash of stamped and cut out goodies. Next is to get my glue dots and Fevicol and rubber cement ready…….sorry dont have a pic for this step.
Step four: Just start to put all of these products together. I usually just arrange about 20-25 tags/embellies/flowers in a row and then glue the whole batch at one time. I’ll then set these aside to dry and work on the next set of 10-15. I dont glue them individually for two reasons- one being that I usually play around with each embellishment and will keep changing the arrangement at least a couple of times…..not gluing them down gives me that flexibility. And the second reason is that its just easier for me, this system works for me. I usually get a assembly line going- flip the piece of paper over, apply Fevicol, spread glue with Q-tip (I dislike using my fingers), stick it where it belongs.
Here are the finished embellies……………………………..
So there you have it. These little beauties are all ready to be used up on a card and scrapbook page. These have been keeping me busy and I am not complaining.
Thanks for stopping by,
Priya
Great embellishments, Priya! Great use of scrap papers too!
Well done.
Reg. the net flower on my card, its from Prima Marketing sent to me by one of my online friend from US 🙂
Thanks Gayatri. I’ve missed your posts. Glad to have you back. That net flower sure was pretty.
OMG priya these are beautiful,loved the idea,thanks for sharing.
Loved each one of them.May i know through site u order PTI stuffs?
I usually order directly thru the PTI site (http://www.papertreyink.com). I dont believe their stuff is sold anywhere else. I am a die hard PTI fan. Thanks for the nice comment Kavitha.
oh lovely!!! how I wish I had all of them.. being so greedy!
I am thinking of sharing them. Will keep you in mind then. Thanks Priya for stopping by.
so lovely ! Love the birdies..
I know B, I do too. Thanks!
I thought I’d died and gone to heaven!! I have been on the edge for a long time to buy a bug and get some PTI dies. Maybe these will push me over to the other side..Love each and every choice of dies that you brought, esp. the mat stack, and the butterfly! looking forward to your projects with these.
I am of the firm belief that my bug is a solid investment. I love it. Absolutely. So I’d say go for it. I am also being very cautious with what I buy though. Some of the earlier dies that I purchased were really a waste of money (they werent PTI). So now I really think about what I want, whether I’d use it, if I really need it, and then I wait a few months before I place my order.
Thanks for the sweet comments, Tejal.
Absolutely fantastic! Great work!
Thank you Glenda!
Many thanks also for visiting my blog.
Have a nice day! Priya