Florentine "Bow" Flower

Florentine "Bow" Flower

I saw some cards on Pinterest that used ovals to create a flower ....and so I came up with this idea using the Tattered Lace Florentine Bow die.

Florentine "Bow" Flower

Materials:

Tattered Lace Florentine Bow                           TTLD220

Nested Oval dies                                                MFD057

Leaf Swirl (Cheery Lynn)                                  B167

Embossing Folder Swirling leaves                    ECEF006

Joy Craft Large pearl Brad                                60300006

White, Purple/pink, green card stock

Foam tape

Instructions:

1. Die cut 11 of the smallest layer of the Florentine bow set from the pink/purple card stock.
2. Die cut 7 matching white ovals from the nested oval dies.
3. Die cut 7 of the one size larger ovals from the pink purple card stock.
4. Attach the white ovals to the purple pink ovals using foam tape.
5. Cut off the circular tabs from each end of the bow.
6. Attach to the white oval using a glue pen.  I only glued half of the Florentine bows to allow the ends to curl up.
7. Die cut a Leaf swirl from dark green card stock
8. Cut a piece of white card stock 5 ¾” x 8 ¼” and fold in half.
9. Emboss the card using the embossing folder.
10. Attach the leaf swirl to the card using a glue pen.
11. Arrange the 7 petals in a circular patter and attach to the card using foam tape.
12. Curve and fold the four remaining pieces of the Florentine bow and attach together using the large pearl brad. 
13. Attach the bow into the center of the flower using foam tape.

Florentine Bow Happy Birthday (Wedding Cake)

I always like to try to think of ways to use dies other than the reason they were created.  When i saw the three layers it struck me that it could be made into a cake and I cam up with the following design. Check out next weeks post as well...as i make a flower using the same die!

Florentine Bow Happy Birthday (Wedding Cake)

Materials: 

Tattered Lace Die Florentine Bow                                                  TTLD220

Tattered Lace Small Chantilly Lace Bow                                       TTLD172

Mini Flower Embossing Punch:                                                      FLP020

Chevron Embossing Folder                                                             CTFD3090

Yellow and ivory heavyweight card stock

Yellow lightweight card stock

Gold Ribbon

Liquid Pearl Yellow

BE Creative 5 mm double-sided tape                                                BC5

Foam tabs 1.5 mm

Instructions:

1. Die cut the 3 layers of the Florentine Bow from lightweight yellow card stock.
2. Die cut a small Chantilly Lace.
3. Cut a piece of ivory card stock 3 7/8 x 51/2 “ and then emboss with the chevron embossing folder.
4. Wrap a piece of gold ribbon around the embossed ivory card and attach to the yellow card using double sided tape.
5. Cut a strip of yellow card stock and trim so that it will form a background to the lacy layer to be attached on top.  Each part of a bow will be used as a layer of the cake.
6. Attach the lacy layer to the background layer using a glue pen.
7. Attach to the card using foam tabs.
8. Attach the small Chantilly bow into the upper left corner.
9. Punch and emboss 10 mini flowers.
10. Attach the flowers to the cake layers as shown using small pieces of the foam tabs.  Just cut in ½ or ¼ size pieces.
11. Add a tiny strip of card stock on top of the cake as a candle.
12. Add small drops of liquid pearl to form the centers of the flowers and use as a flame on the candle.

"Baby" Duck Card

"Baby" Duck Card

Materlals:

Baby Embossing Folder                                                         CTFD 3041

Polka Dot Embossing Folder                                                 CTFD 3014

Nellie’s Choice Nested Rectangle Dies                                 MFD 058

Marianne Designs Heart Balloon Die                                    PP1401

Nellie’s Choice/Filling/QuillingTool                                     FPWT 001

Nellie’s Choice Filling Die Circle Size Ruler                        FCSR001

Nellie’s Choice Quilling Die                                                 QD005

(cut papers or you can use quilling strips (bright yellow and orange)

Light Yellow Card Stock

Bright Yellow Card Stock

2 mm foam tabs or tape

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of light yellow card stock to 4 x 12” and fold in half.
2. Emboss the front of the card using the Baby embossing folder.
3. Choose 2 of the nested rectangle dies to create a framed rectangle.  Cut the larger rectangle from the bright yellow card stock and the inner rectangle from the light yellow colour.
4. Emboss the light yellow rectangle using the polka dot embossing folder.
5. Attach the light yellow rectangle to the bright yellow rectangle using foam tape.
6. Use the bright yellow quilling strips to make a quilled #3 circle and a #5 rolled circle. Shape with body by pinching the one end so that it makes a tear drop shape with your fingers.
7. Attach the circle (head) to the body (tear drop using glue).  Cut two small pieces of an orange strip, fold each in half and attach to the head to form the beak and the body to form the feet.
8. Die cut the heart balloon from the bright yellow card stock, stamp with a sentiment using orange pigment ink.
9. Attach to the card as shown

Calla Lily and Cross: Easter Card

Calla Lily and Cross: Easter Card

Materials

Marianne Designs Cross Die                                                   LR0252           

Dee’s Distinctively Leaf (used for Calla Lily)                        IME-076                       

Cheery Lynn Church Window Die (used for embossing)     FRM143

Pearl Paper (light purple)                                                        80110409

White Card stock (heavy and light weight)

Moss Green Card Stock

Starform Silver Line stickers                                                   #1004

Purple ribbon

Jeweled Brad (Joy Craft)                                                          6030/0007

Yellow stamens

Double sided tape (3mm)                                                          BE03

2mm foam tabs

Piercing Tool

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of card stock 4 x 12” and fold in half.
2. Create a silver frame around the card using the silver sticker lines.  To create the perfect corner; overlap the sticker lines and then miter the corner( cut on a 45 degree angle through both of the sticker layers) with a hobby knife.  Remove the excess sticker pieces.
3. Die cut the cross from the light purple pearl paper.
4. Place your embossing (rubber) mat on top of your cutting plate.
5. Place the window die on top of (the front) of the white card in the area that you want the window.  Place both items on top of the embossing mat.  Add the appropriate plates to emboss the item.  I use the "Press Boss," so there is only one plate to put on top and then adjust the rollers to #10.
6. Emboss the window by rolling the above combo through you die cutting machine.  Since you used the embossing mat then the die will not cut the cardstock but just emboss the design into the card.
7. Attach a piece of purple ribbon as shown to the cross.  You will need to fold over the ribbon in the center of the cross so that it will drape nicely over each arm of the cross.  Pierce a hole through the ribbon and cross and then press the brad through both.  Open up the brad on the back to secure the ribbon to the cross.
8. Attach the cross to the card as desired, using 2mm foam tabs placed in the solid areas of the cross.
9. Die cut 3 leaves from light-weight white card stock.
10. Die cut one leaf from moss green heavy weight card stock.
11. Cut 3 strips of heavy weight moss green card stock approximately 3/8” wide by 3-4” long.
12. Cut the white leaves in half.  The wider tip of the leaf will be the top of the calla lily.  Taper the other end with your scissors.  Use something to curve the leaf at the bottom.  I used the handle from a paint small brush.  This will make it easier to fold the edges of this end over each.  When you are happy with the shape you have created open up the calla lily and place a piece of 3mm double sided tape in the middle of the lily and attach the stamen and the green strip to this tape.  The stamen should show above the fold but the stem should not.
13. Fold the two edges of the lily so that they overlap and adhere using the 3mm double-sided tape.
14. Repeat the above 2 steps for the remaining 2 lilies.
15. Arrange and attach to the card using the double-sided tape and foam tabs.  I attached the lily flowers to the card with foam tabs and the stems with double-sided tape.
16. Place a green leaf over the arrangement using double-sided tape.

Glittered Spring Tulip Card

Glittered Spring Tulip Card

Materials:  

Black Peel off sticker #4678

Starform black sticker lines #1016

Sticker Transfer Sheet

Glitter Ritz Micro Fine Glitter:  Burgundy, garner, Lilac, Peridot, Moss Green, Warm Highlight

Be Creative Sheets

Lilac and White Card Stock

Moss Green Card Stock

Dee’s Distinctively Dies (leaves)

Glitter Magnet

Foam Tabs 1mm

Instructions:  

1. Cut a piece from the Be Creative Sheet large enough to place the tulip sticker on
2. Attach the Be Creative tape to a piece of white card stock (same size as sticker)
3. Cut the peel off sticker in half and remove the excess around the tulip sticker.
4. Cut a piece of transfer sheet large enough to cover the tulip design.  Place the transfer sheet over the tulip design and rub down firmly using a large embossing stylus or the back of a marker (anything with a rounded tip). 
5. Slowly peel pack the transfer sheet ensuring that the entire tulip design is being transferred.
6. Peel off the protective cover from the Bee creative tape attached to the card stock.
7. Transfer the tulip design on the transfer sheet to the sticky side of the Be Creative Tape and card stock piece.
8. Rub down and peel back the transfer sheet leaving the design attached.  Depending on the paper you use you may have to trim the transfer sheet and and extra card stock from the sticker design to remove. Some papers will release the transfer sheet while others will not.
9. Add the glitter to the design one colour at a time.  Start with the darkest colour moving to the lightest colour.  I used garnet for the stamens, burgundy for the center petals of the tulip, lilac for the outside leaves of the tulip, peridot for the leaves under the tulip, and moss green for the bottom leaves and warm highlight for the background.
10. Use a needle tool to pick up and then peel back each of the parts of the design.  Then generously sprinkle the glitter on top of the area to be covered.  Burnish or rub the glitter in with your finger, then tap off the excess on top of a piece of paper (that had been folded and then opened again).  After you have glittered each part of the design then fold up the sides of the paper so that the glitter moves to the center then lift up and tip into the container. 
11. Wipe the excess glitter from the design using a “Glitter Magnet” or a Swiffer duster sheet works well also.
12. Attach the glitter design to a piece of moss green card stock as shown.
13. Make a 4 x 6” card from lilac card stock.  I embossed a line design into the card using a scoring board.

Oriental Lattice Fan Card

Oriental Lattice fan Card

Materials:

Fan Die:                                        IME048

Lattice Die:                                   IME043

Flourish Die:                                 IME020

Micro Fine Glitter (Apple Red)

White, Red, Black card stock           

Be Creative Tape 40 mm             BC40

Foam tabs .5mm                          6500/0000

Foam tabs 2 mm                          6500/0003

Stick on Red pearls

Ruler

Medium embossing stylus

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of white card stock 5.5” x 5.5 “.
2. Die cut a lattice and large fan from black card stock.
3. Die cut a large fan from red card stock
4. Use a ruler to score lines along the fan folds and create creases alternating front and back.
5. Die cut a large and medium flourish using the BeCreative tape.  Die cut on the printed side of the tape, then peel off and apply to the fan as shown.
6. Peel off the remaining part of the double-sided tape and sprinkle over the tape the Apple Red Glitter.  Burnish the glitter with your finger then brush the excess glitter off the fan.
7. Attach the medium flourish to the corner of the white card and apply the Apple Red Glitter.
8. Attach the lattice to the card using the .5mm foam tabs cut in half.
9. Offset the red fan onto the black fan and then attach on top of the lattice with the 2 mm foam tabs.
10. Attach stick on pearls to the fan as shown

The lattice can be cut in half or change the size as needed to fit your design.  The fan die set comes with 3 sizes of fans, large (the one used in the design) a medium fan and a smaller fan.

Vintage Embossed Cameo Card

Vintage Embossed Cameo and Mini Flower Card

The Nellie's Choice embossing cameo punches come in large (used in this example) medium and small.  They also have 4 different frame designs in each size.  The punches come in pairs, the punch and an embosser.  There are several floral designs, leaves, butterflies, snowflakes and cameos.  There are multiple sizes of several designs that allow layering.  The options are truly endless!

Vintage Embossed Cameo and Mini Flower Card (5"x 5")

Materials:

Cameo Embossing Punch                                      CAMP004

Mini Flower Embossing Punch                            FLP020

Embossing Folder (5 x 7)                                      CTFD3100

Bille’s Circle Die                                                      6002/0289

Cameo Frames                                                         CAD002

Circle Multi Frame Die                                          MFD055

Vintage Floral Paper  (Marianne Designs)        PB7042

Light Pink, Ivory, Dark pink Card Stock

Stick on Pearls Ivory

2 and 0.5 mm foam tabs

Be Creative Double Sided tape 5mm

Glue pen

1.  Cut a piece of light pink card stock to the measurements 5 x 10 “ and fold in half.
2. Cut a piece of vintage pink floral paper 4 ¾” square.
3. Attach the vintage floral paper to the front of the square card using double sided tape.
4. Emboss the corners of the card using the embossing folder.  You will have to do it twice to get all four of the corners.  For the second two corners only run the embossing folder through your machine as far as the corners (it will flatten the other other corners if you run it through completely).
5. Cut a circle in the center of the front of the card using the 2.5 " circle from the multi frame die set.
6. Die cut one Bille’s Circle design from ivory card stock.  It is an intricate design and you may need to die cut the design several times turning ¼ turn each time.
7. Attach Bille’s circle to the front of the card so that it is spaced evenly over the opening using a glue pen.
8. Punch an oval using the punch from the Cameo pair.
9. Spritz the oval with water and then place in the cameo embosser and press down using something to assist in gaining extra pressure such as a wooden stick or punch press.
10. Attach the embossed cameo to the frame using 2 mm foam tabs and a glue pen around the edges.
11. Use the glue pen to attach the cameo and frame into the centre of  Bille’s circle.
12. Place the stick on pearls to the frame as shown.
13. Punch and emboss 10 ivory flowers and 10 dark pink flowers.
14. Attach the embossed flowers around Bille’s Circle using .5 mm thick foam tabs.