Hi friends,
These are two more cards using foam and paper flowers. The foam flowers are from Dollarama and the paper flowers are from Recollections.
The first card is 6" X 6". I cut down the foam rose so that it wouldn't stick up too high and I also used a silk leave that came with it. I hot glued all of the flowers down For the left side I cut down some tulle from my stash and gathered it as I hot glued it down. Be careful not to burn yourself!!! I then glued down some shiny rose ribbon from my stash to hide where the tulle was attached.
Often when you buy paper flowers they come with the green wire stems attached. You have to cut these off (sometimes with wire cutters) before you can adhere them. For some added interest to the card I rolled three of them around a 1/8" dowel. You could use anything small and round. They look really neat!
The last card that I made is very special to me as it is for my nephew's "Canadian Engagement Party". He lives in the states and it has been a long while since I have seen him. He and my nieces where born and raised here but when their Dad got a job in the states they all moved. They still have friends and family here hence a "Canadian Engagement Party".
It is a 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" card base. (You can tell that is special as I made the picture X-large:) ).
I used silver metallic foil paper from Colorbok(bought at Michael's). I used the paper as I did not want the front of the card to be too heavy and topple over! I cut the paper to 5 3/8" X 4 1/8". the white card stock is cut at 5 1/4" X 4". I used foam roses from Dollarama. I had to cut about 2/3's of the bottom of the flower off plus some outside petals so that they would not look too big.
I wanted the effect of a rose trellis. I cut down some Chicken Wire Paper Elements(now retired) from Stampin' Up. If you have a die that leaves 1/4" spaces you could use that. I wove some Leaf Ribbon from Stampin' Up (item #146905) through. I attached this by dabbing some liquid glue onto the back of the trellis. I didn't put on too much as I did not want it to show. There were a few places where I had to use my fine tip glue applicator to go under the paper and put a tiny spot to hold it down. I attached the roses with a hot glue gun. One of the roses came with glitter on it and the other didn't so I put a couple of coats of Wink of Stella(love that stuff!) on the tops of the petals. In the picture you can't tell but in real life it shows nicely. After attaching the silver to the white I adhered it to the card base using 1/2" strips of foam dimensional tape. I put one at the top and bottom and three across as I did not want it to get pushed in at all while travelling --maybe a bit excessive but it eases my mind- lol.
For the inside I did use foil card stock cut to 5 1/4" X 4" to give it a bit of weight. the white card stock is
5" X 3 3/4". I just adhered these pieces with double sided tape. For the sentiments I used my Cricut with a glitter silver Cricut pen. The same look can be achieved through stamping your words with Versamark, silver embossing powder and a heat tool. If you do this make sure to wipe your paper with the Embossing Buddy first. I actually got the idea for the sentiment from the Silhouette Scenes (item#149223) stamp set by Stampin' Up.
I told you it was special!!!!
I was going to say that this was my last "flower" card but I just went outside and the couple's lawn across from me is covered with 50 signs and a big sign wishing them Happy Anniversary from their grandkids. Soooo one more and then Stampin' Up cards.
Talk with you soon
Mary
