It wasn't until I started to fill out the description details that I realized there are no stamps or inks used on this card! And no dimensionals either, which I'm normally addicted to using.
I had to try one of these trellis cards, and it's a great project. I cut the opening with the second largest Labels Four die in the center of a piece of 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 inch white cardstock and then ran it through my Big Kick using the Framed Tulips folder. After adding the 1/8 inch strips to the back of the opening for the trellis, I backed the opening with a piece of Clouds designer paper that I got at Michaels years ago. Yay! Hoarding does pay off sometimes! I added the frame made with the largest and second largest Labels Four dies and then layered the trellis panel over a piece of 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inch white cardstock that I had embossed the edges at 1/8 inch with my Scor-Buddy. After mounting these two layers on the card base, I added the flowers, leaves and butterflies using Mono-Multi adhesive. You can't see it in the photo, but I also added some glitter to the flower centers and the little branches.
Here's a great video tutorial (scroll down) by Valita for a lattice card front that I also found very helpful. She is a paper crafts master! While you're there, check out her many paper flower tutorials:
This is also the first time I made these rolled flowers. The tutorial in Resources is great, and I also used this terrific video tutorial on Rae Barthel's blog:
I used three sizes of nestabilities circle dies: 2 3/4, 2 1/4, 1 3/4 inches. To get more of a rose look, I cut the spiral using a pair of larger scallop scissors.
The card base is 5 x 6 1/4 inches.
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011 GMT Views: 2991
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Sat, Mar 19, 2011 @ 2:39 PM
oh my just soooo gorgeous, love your flowers and lattice work is awesome adn your butterfly is so pretty way to goo...:0)...tfs.
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.