Dragons Lair Design Inspiration

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Inspiration by Gwyneth - February 2016 - Understated Elegance

Good Morning Everybody!

Hi everybody.

For our February posts every Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog design team member will be working with the wonderful new collection "Understated Elegance" that was launched in the Dragons Lair Designs Store Yesterday.

A few days ago I put a sneaky peak photo of part of my creation up in a few places on Facebook and asked everybody to have a think about what it was I was making.

Well today I'm going to show you.

Did you guess right?!

It is actually a holder to hold bookmarks and a couple of bookmarks to put in it. It can stand on a shelf using the integrated stand on the back, or it can be hung up using the eyelette hole in the top. It is actually to go with the poster I showed everybody in my post yesterday, to encourage readers to use a bookmark rather than turn down pages of old books.

This is what it looks like from below - you will see that there's some depth to the pocket that's on the front to hold the bookmarks.

These are what I used:

Stamping Dragon Designs Item:

Items from the "Understated Elegance" collection available - here - in the store.

Consumables:

300gsm White Cardstock, 120gsm White Paper, Quick Grab Wet Glue, Metal Corner Embelishments, Glue Gel. Eyelets, Pale Yellow Organza Ribbon

Equipment:

Trimmer, Scissors, Hougie Board, Crop-a-dial

Method:

I printed out various items from the collection at different sizes to go with my project onto paper. The bookmarks were cut out and stuck onto cardstock before the card was trimmed to leave a small border.

I cut the main, plain, background to the required size and stuck this onto another sheet of cardstock, and again trimmed to leave a border. I'd printed the next layer with the turned up bottom right corner at the size I wnated so simply had to cut this out before sticking it on

The pocket was made by sticking on another element, that I'd printed out at the size required, onto a third sheet of cardstock. I then used a scoreboard to score this a small way from the image and again at 1cm, 2cm, and 3cm from the original line. Folding at the 1 and 2cm lines and cutting at the 3cm line and the corners, etc., I created a pocket that was stuck to the front of my base panel.

Some of the waste cardstock was cut into a stand shape and stuck to the back of the main panel.

I used my crop-a-dial to put a hole and set eyelets in the bookmarks and the base panel.

I finished off by adding the ribbon to the bookmarks and the metal corner embelishments to the corners of the main panels.

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And that is it from me for today.
Please keep coming back regularly to look at new posts as, over the next few weeks, you'll find various "Inspiration by ..." posts appear on this "Dragons Lair Designs Inspiraiton Blog", as well as colouring tutorials and other posts by different Design Team members. I'll be back with more posts over the coming months as well, so keep an eye out for those.
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Till next time - Have Fun Crafting!

Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog Design Team Leader

(And if you are wondering "who's Gwyneth?" - then you'll find an "About Me and My Blog!" piece on my blog.)

Monday, 1 February 2016

Understated Elegance - New Collection Launch At Dragons Lair Designs

Some of the design team from this "Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog", and our sister blog "Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog", have already been teasing you with a few creations they've made using this fabulous collection even before it was available in store!

Well - the launch day is here!-

And everybody can now get their hands on the new -

"Understated Elegance"
Here!

There's even a

40% Discount

on everything from the collection for a limited period.

If you've missed seeing any of the "Teasers" around the online crafting world over the last week or so then have a look at them now - I'm sure that they will inspire you to get crafting with the new kit. There are also a few items you won't have seen, so something new to inspire you as well even if you have seen all the "teasers".

Gwyneth
A poster to stick up by a bookshelf of old books to remind readers to use a bookmark, not turn the page corners.

A few days ago I teased everybody with this photo of something I was working on. I'm not going to tell you yet what it is - but there will be a post tomorrow with more photos and an explanation - you'll just have to come back then to find out! LOL!.

Janette
Janette has been putting some real teasers online - part photos of her creations! Can you guess what she's made using this lovely new collection? She'll be posting photos of the full photos over the next week or so - keep looking back regularly to find out what she's been making.

Lynne

Using several items from the collection Lynne has adapted a bookmark so that it slides up and down to show the line you are on as well as the page.

Lynne has also made a pocket easel card here. A great, practical, use of an easel card that can be kept close at hand to keep glasses in.

Susan
Susan has been giving sneaky peaks of her creations. What's she been making? - I don't know! - But she's promissed that she'll show us on her blog today.

If you don't see what it is on her own blog today then you'll find it in a catchup post on this blog on the 12th.

Diane
A selection of cardsfrom Diane.

This is a wonderful digital collection that work well for all sorts of crafting, not just digital crafting.

I think that the stunning items made by the Design Team members show the versatility of this collection, so don't miss out on getting it at the launch discounted price and go to the store now to make your choices and get what you'd like.

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We'd love to have you join us in our Fan Group and post up some pictures of any creations you make using this collection, or any other DLD items.

Understated Elegance

Showing some of the Elements of the Launch of the wonderful

kit Understated Elegance

I have made an easel card witgh added extra of

a glasses store

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Saturday, 30 January 2016

Janettes Second Teaser for the Febuary Release :D

Good morning crafters :D

Can you believe January is coming to a close, how fast was that !!

Well over at Dragons Lair Designs, we have all been busy working away on Inspiration projects for the BRAND NEW RELEASE on February 1st, not giving too much away here, but this one makes me smile, with its lovely blue and yellow color scheme.

Here is a teaser of one of my creations, if you want to see the rest you will have to keep an eye out for my future posts lol.