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: 2990
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