Tim's Rosette die blooms

The other day I noticed some handmade flowers created on Ellen Hutson blog by Julie Ebersole, it was using a Memory Box die called fringe. I thought I've got to have this die so went hunting on the internet. With a CHA wish list longer than the London marathon I started to think how simular it is to Tim's Rossette die. Yesterday I had a play and cut some felt using Tims die, I trimmed down the perforations, applied double sided tape along the bottom edge and rolled the fringe up around the cocktail stick. Here is what I've created using felt, metal and 7 Gypsies tissue paper.

To get a two tone flower you could wrap to strips at the same time. The tissue paper is very thin so I've doubled it up before rolling and rolled two lengths of the die.
With the metal one I've backed the metal with card using humungo tape. I guess you could emboss or stamp the metal to match you layouts.
These may also work with Tim's smaller Rosette die but I haven't tried these.
Until next time.
Rae x

A change from pink

Its been a while, with a sick hubby, a teething baby and poor Internet connection I thought I would never get another post complete, but here I am.
This is the first time Ive had a min, my big news is that I have won the my mojo monthly January challenge. I couldn't believe it. Sarah has sent me a lovely Timmy die and a beautifully decorated journal.
I hope to find time to play along this month.
A few weeks back I was lucky enough to have nearly a whole day at Debs house, chatting, crafting and a little bit of stash shopping. It was so nice just to switch off mommy mode for a while.

Any how I created a page used some Pink paisley mistables paper and spray inks. Ive wanted to use them for ages. I'm loving the yellow colour at the moment. Ive used Donna Downey fabric words & butterfly's, Crate paper chipboard, Maya road envelope and some buttons from last weeks find. The key i've made from Ice resin. I love this stuff. Its a must have.
After seeing Lin Brown's blog about ice resin I had to go and purchase some bezels and have a play. This is my first attempt using a Crafty Secrets bingo card, mini watch parts and Timmy film strips inside. Its less than an inch in size and working this small was a challenge, but I'm hooked on the stuff.

Until next time.
Rae x