I have always been in awe of the beads created by Japanese lamp workers. Beautiful cane work. Perfectly shaped beads. I’ve been fortunate to see a demonstration many years ago of a Japanese lamp worker and how she handled making cane pattern beads. The torch resembles a bunsen burner and the glass is super soft. So soft I personally don’t really enjoy working with it. That’s quite alright though. Some things are better left to the masters…so here’s Daisuke Takeuchi and the pattern bars he’s made in the torch. This picture is floating around Facebook, being passed amongst both torch folk and fusers. Everyone is in awe…So check out his blog post about this particular cane he made. It’s in Japanese but the pictures tell the story. So beautiful!
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FREE “Home is Where the Heart Is” Scrapbook Die Cut
This lovely “Home is Where the Heart Is” die cut is perfect for so many different styles of layout. You can make it large to fill almost the entire page, like Nathalie did here, or make it smaller for a sweet page title. It’s also great for handmade cards or planner pages too. I really love how “home” is represented with a house shape and “heart” with a heart shape! Nathalie backed her dies with soft pastel pattern papers which is a nice contrast to the woodgrain background. She also included lots of florals and butterflies and notice how she used the heart shape to frame her photo, so cute and clever!
This die cut designed by Paige Evans can be used with your electronic die cutting machine and is FREE to download.
Click here to visit the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog to get it.
-Heather
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