Clarity craft club lookback – trellis die

Hello there and welcome to my weekly trip back into past issues from Clarity’s Craft Club – today I’m sharing the trellis die from April 2022, which came as part of a set with the pillow box and hearts. I’ve brought it right up to date as well with another outing for the ‘peace – Japanese flowers & butterflies’ stamp set, inspired by the layout at Freshly Made Sketches and the top row of colours from Color Dare (the first time I’ve played along with them)

I started with a piece of Clarity’s ‘Waimea Falls’ companion paper in pale green, trimmed to fit a 6×6 card blank, and cut the trellis die into it. I had to cut it three times in all, to get the pattern to run all the way down the paper but that was fairly easy – after cutting the first time, I lined the die up on the paper by overlapping it with the previous holes, so I knew it was properly aligned. Once cut, I attached it to the card blank.

Next was to stamp the butterfly round onto a piece of white card, then watercolour it with Distress Oxides and a waterbrush – I went with ‘ripe persimmon’, ‘dried marigold’ & ‘bundled sage’ as the closest match I’d got to Color Dare’s chart. Once dry, I cut it out with a circle nested die, glued a smaller circle of scrap card on the back to lift it slightly and attached it to the card front.

One of Clarity’s KISS word stickers and a few Glossies finished it nicely.

I’ve had lots of butterflies fluttering about in my garden this summer, which is lovely. My neighbours have a large buddleia shrub just by the fence (often called a ‘butterfly bush’) so I’m sure I’m reaping the benefit!

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32 thoughts on “Clarity craft club lookback – trellis die”

  4. Love that butterfly and the trellis! So pretty! I would love to have a butterfly bush at some point! To have all kinds of butterflies would be lovely! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  6. I love sage green and peach together and this card is just as lovely as can be, Deborah! That background die is just awesome as is your soft coloring. Such a pretty card! Thanks for playing at Seize the Birthday and for including the topping! Have a great day!

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  8. Deborah, your card is just so lovely! I love how you placed the butterflies in the circle (thank you for using the topping!) and your trellis is a nice touch with dimension and interest. Thanks for playing along at Seize the Birthday!

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  9. I adore your color choices and the look is amazing and very pleasing. You have done a great job on the coloring and that trellis is just what it needed. Thanks for joining in the fun at Seize the Birthday Challenge

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  13. Welcome to Color Dare. Love the die cut background and what a lovely frame for your floral and butterfly focal point… beautiful soft color choices and fantastic coloring. Thank you for sharing with us at Double Trouble, and hope you come back a second time, and more… color challenges are a great combination with sketch challenges… hope to see you soon.

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