I was asked to demonstrate Nestabilities again by another vendor so last Sunday saw me heading off to yet another show. I really enjoyed myself using them again and the show was in a lovely venue, with lots of open space, a demo area (where I was) with seating for the visitors and a huge eating area by the refreshments. I hope this show goes from strength to strength.
I used the round and the rectangle Nestabilities (plain and scalloped) to produce a 'place card' which would be suitable for a wedding. The cardstock I used was cream (embossed with a Cuttlebug folder) and the surround was gold although it does not show up in the photograph below. A very simple but elegant idea which anyone can use and it is so quick to do - would be good for a wedding.
I am only showing one card (there are so many) and the one below uses the plain and scalloped square and the plain and scalloped circle Nestabilities. The triangular pieces are simply the square ones cut from corner to corner.
The pansies are also using Spellbilnder's dies but without permission from Jeanette Stumpfell, who perfected them, I will not tell you how they were done. Sorry - and they are so realistic looking.
The last item I have to show you is a little box (Paddy calls me her "paper engineer") which uses the plain heart and the scalloped squares with the small circle cutter making a tiny hole in the box part which has a piece of acetate behnd it and when open has also got a scalloped square to cover the acetate edges.
This could be used to house some tiny sweets or even an expensive piece of jewellery. My friend, Paul (theartsiders.blogspot.com) was quite taken by it and said he is going to copy the idea. It is so easy to place the aperture where you want it with Nestabilities.
I will leave it there for today as I have lots of beads to make for a "swap" I am taking part in so it is off to the polymer clay again - hope I don't get side-tracked when I get the clay out as so often happens. Think I am becoming a clay addict once more.
