I cased this from Splitcoast (detailmama's gallery - see her original card here), except I added the stamped words on the petals. Those words fit perfectly on the small oval, don't they? That's the Warm Words set and it's on the retiring list, so get it while you can and make some beautiful flower cards yourself!
To make the petals, punch out several (as many as you want for petals) large ovals from our vellum cardstock (not the regular vellum, it's too thin). NOTE: Some of my customers found it easier to stamp the words first (before punching) and then center their punch over them. Next, punch the small oval out of red cardstock. Center your large oval punch around the hole made by the small oval and punch again to get the red "frame". I used two-way glue pen to glue the frames to the vellum.
To make the leaves, I punched the large oval once and then re-inserted it into the punch, a little off-center, and punched again so it would have a pointy tip. TIP for punching the oval twice: Use a long, thin piece of scrap cardstock and, using temporary adhesive, stick your oval to the end of the scrap. Slide it into the punch and position as needed to make the leaf shape. Pretty clever, huh? Thought that one up myself!
Enjoy!
I love, love, love this card! Very beautiful!
Posted by: pesc | December 30, 2008 at 08:28 PM