Masquerade Ball Handmade card and Up-cycled box

September 04, 2024

Happy Wednesday!!

The masquerade ball was a spectacle of intrigue and elegance, where the mystery of the mask reigned supreme. Guests adorned in elegant and dramatic gowns and costumes, their faces hidden behind elaborate masks, moved gracefully through the grand hall. Each mask, adorned with plumes of feathers and flowers, added an air of enigma, making it impossible to discern friend from stranger. The atmosphere was electric with anticipation, as whispers and glances hinted at secrets waiting to be unveiled. In this dance of shadows and light, the true drama lay in the unknown identities and the stories concealed behind each mask.

This is the last in the series of the Venetian Masks collection (unless anyone requests different colours of course lol)

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Venetian Masks - Masquerade Ball Cardmaking and Papercrafting 8x8 Kit - 24 Pages - Dramatic Pinks, Lilacs and Chalkboard - it can be found on the website here: https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Qq3l8

** Just print as normal on your A4 / Letter size sheets please note that as the nature of this kit is "dark" tones it is more suited to print onto a quality paper. The images will appear darker on the screen/ monitor than when printed - see samples for accurate printing results.

The kit has been designed at 300dpi to give you the best resolution as possible for printing at home.

This kit contains: 

24 x beautiful pages of mages, toppers, sentiments, papers and a sheet of Fussy Cut Flowers

This is the card i made withe kit

Supplies list for the card:

Crafters Companion Cardblank which is a "Best Seller" on amazon - https://amzn.to/3X97h3f

The beautiful floral embossing folder is from Spellbinders

It is available in:

The UK here - https://amzn.to/3z3rDmu

Australia here: https://amzn.to/3MvDYTp

USA and Canada here: https://amzn.to/4dS1vu2

for added drama i add some black ink to the embossed area using my mini ranger ink pad - https://amzn.to/3MuVreC

The beautiful black die cut is from Spellbinders it is called A2 Swirl - it is quite an old one so i'm sorry i couldn't find links for it for you.

It is hard to see on the photo but it is sooooo pretty on the card. I embossed the nn shed black glitter sheets with a diamond embossing folder

You can find this here: https://amzn.to/3ThaMn4

The glitter sheets are from Craft Artist they can be found here: https://amzn.to/4dMJIEh you have to select the Black - there are so many lovely colours to choose from. They are really nice to work with. I prefer the non shed as it doesn't shed it's glitter everywhere and it embosses and die cuts beautifully.

The topper and the sentiment are from the kit which you can find here: https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Qq3l8

I printed this onto some Fabio Professional printing card by Paper Boutique (as seen on TV) This is 200gsm and is very smooth - https://amzn.to/3AJlyMj i have used Fabio for many years as we used to sell it at work.

It is nice to see that it is available in smaller packs rather than full reams.

The beautiful pink / lilac mirror card is from Hunkydory.. I'm sorry it is out of stock at the moment but i have had it since last year. I only have a few sheets left so if i see it again i will post it on our FB page for you as it had some lovely unusual colours in it - mint green, soft aqua etc..

The pearl strands can be found here: https://amzn.to/3Xd8IxF

The flower is one of my pre-made flowers from my stash

The fancy gems are from a mixed set i got off amazon

The black lace can be found here: https://amzn.to/3MvUDWT

The black satin ribbon is from my stash

The gorgeous black leaves used around the flower were cut using this Tim Holtz die - https://amzn.to/3TfJXQi it is the green one i used on the photo. i die cut this out onto 200gsm card and coloured it with my ranger black ink pad - https://amzn.to/3MuVreC

Top tip - I find this easier to use little finger daubers - https://amzn.to/4esM6Aj these are amazing for the price and stops me getting too inky lol!!

Now for the box

I cheated!! The box is a "Bettys" tea box. It is black and has the gold borders on. I just used elements from the kit to decorate it along with some flowers and leaves.

I always keep cute looking boxes and re-purpose them. It comes in so handy for presents especially at Christmas and gives the box another life.

The circle topper is from the kit - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/Qq3l8

The gold layer was cut using this set of dies - https://amzn.to/3MyKZDc

The black circle die cut is an Xcut circle die from docrafts i bought many years ago in a staff sale.

The black leaves can be found here.. they are the same ones used on the card - https://amzn.to/3TfJXQi

The gold mirror card is from this bundle - i love the variety and price!! - https://amzn.to/47bYxhm

The black glitter card sheets are from Craft Artist they can be found here: https://amzn.to/4dMJIEh

The flowers and leaves are from my Floristry stash

I used my favourite tape pens for all of the matting and layering - https://amzn.to/4dmlTTM

and wet tacky glue to stick down the gems - https://amzn.to/4dnMyzr

My glue gun was used for the flowers and leaves and wired pearls

I hope you have liked looking at today's projects i really enjoyed making them and typing up the supplies list for you. *** Please note that the craft supplies links for the products are from Amazon UK - all items were in stock at the point of writing this blog. If you are reading this in the future and the link doesn't work it is probably because the item has sold out.

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