Thankfully, she provided a photo tutorial on her blog (look for 3-D Frame Tutorial) so you can see how it's done, because it's not easy to describe. But here goes . . .
First, I created the 5 1/2 inch square card base with Riding Hood Red cardstock and stamped the edges of the front panel with the Mistletoe wheel using Riding Hood Red ink.
Next, I marked off my measurements on the back of the front panel with a see-thru grid ruler and pencil: 7/8 inch all around for the "frame," then another line 1/4 inch inside of the first line for the depth of the shadow box. Increase that inside line if you want a deeper shadowbox.
I scored both sets of lines with my Scor-pal, then made the "X" cut from outside corner to outside corner with the craft knife and folded the resulting four panels back away from the front, creating an opening which measures 3 3/4 inches square.
The second score line is then folded back towards the center, creating kind of a "nest" that holds the dry embossed Poison Ivory base layer, which needs to be 1/4 inch larger than the opening - in this case 4 inches square. Needless to say, I did a practice piece first! :o)
The poinsettia is stamped twice on pergamano parchment paper (cardstock vellum would also work) with craft white ink and heat embossed with detail white EP. The eight leaves were stamped and embossed the same way. I then dry embossed all the images on the back side with the embossing stylus on an embossing pad.
The flower petals and leaves are colored with SU! markers: Rose Red on the back and Pretty in Pink on the front for the flower petals; Old Olive on the back and Certainly Celery on the front for the leaves. I cut out the whole poinsettia image for the first layer, and only the inside flower petals for the top layer which is attached with dimensionals. The leaves are attached around the base flower layer with mini glue dots. Yellow stickles were added to the flower center.
Registered: October 25, 2004 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 17641
Fri, Dec 05, 2008 @ 9:59 PM
Well, now that I've spent a good long time ogling and admiring, I guess I should tell you how absolutely gorgeous I think your card is! Your poinsettia is a delicate work of art, and set into the faux shadowbox with the embossed mat--wow--what a stunning combination! You never approach anything in a small way, and how lucky is the person who receives this card, or any of your cards, really. I can testify to that!