Cards Challenge: Handmade Flowers (a variation on a theme)

When I saw the most recent Cards Challenge asking for handmade flowers I decided to revisit my Artisan Award entry that used the punch art flower. I’d already made the flower for the tutorial that I plan on writing, so I just needed to come up with a new idea for the base.

Sticking with the Tea Party DSP, I decided to weave strips of the paper and then cut with the Top Note Die. After I finished weaving the paper, I glued it onto my card base, making sure that the weave hung over the fold at the top of the card. I then ran the whole card through the Big Shot using the Top Note die, being careful to position the paper so that the fold of the base would stay intact, but the ragged edges of the DSP basket weave would be cut off.

Since the Top Note is a good bit smaller than a standard card, I had less room to work with for the sentiment. Because of the spring like pastel colors, I decided to make this a baby card by using the Small Wonder sentiment from the retired Whimsical Words set.

Continuing with my obsession with crumpling and distressing paper, I stamped the sentiment on Crumb Cake using Elegant Eggplant, ripped the edges and crumpled. Then I ripped the edges of some retired Almost Amethyst paper and crumpled again. I paper pierced the edges of the bottom layer and inserted some silver brads. I then glued the top layer on using Mini Glue Dots.

Finally I tied some linen thread around the bottom of the card and adhered the sentiment over top using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I’ll be working on the detailed tutorial for the flower this weekend. You can find the “short” version of how to make this punch art flower in my earlier post.