Create and Craft
is having its fourteenth birthday at the moment, which is really quite
something. Although I must admit I didn’t
really feel in the party mood when my alarm went off at 4.20am yesterday
morning!
I had to be ‘up
and at ‘em’ to get to the studio in good time to do an early show with the
lovely Nigel May, and first up was the Ornamental Vintage Lace Collection. This is a great collection with a lovely pin dot detail running through them all – but it’s much more intricate than
just a normal pin dot pattern. You can
layer them up, or use them as frames, anything that comes to mind really!
The Ornamental Circle Dies are made surprisingly different because of this pattern, and the Heart Dies
work on the same principle; there are six of them, covering a wide range of sizes,
and they can be used for mats and layers, frames, and even borders… the sky’s
the limit.
The Oval Dies,
all seven of them, have the same intricate pin dot design so if you wish to use
the circles with the hearts and the ovals together, they all go together and
match beautifully.
Next up was the
Torn Edge Oval dies, Torn Edge Heart dies and the Torn Edge circles. Nigel hit the nail on the head when he said
there is something very rustic and charming and romantic about a torn edge
heart… I know what he means. For me, the
great thing about torn edge dies is they make matting and layering so much
easier, because you don’t have to worry about being precise. The design team had rather cleverly used an
upside down heart to make the face of a dog, and a torn edge circle die was
used to make a tractor tyre on a card! Imaginative stuff…
The antique lace
dies are something else. The fine detail is breathtaking; it looks like
delicate lace at first glance. And of course, that now familiar pin dot design
is ever present. That fine lace theme continues with the ‘Tuck Ins’ and the ‘Scrap’.
There’s a lot
more I could say about this die collection but if I went into detail this blog
entry would be a yard long! It’s enough
for me to say it’s a very impressive collection. I really enjoyed working
with it and when I have time, I'm so looking forward to playing with it!
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