Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I found myself with a few extra minutes to play along with a video. I found this card and thought I'd give it a try. You can see the original card
here. I actually had all of the materials to make this card. Please read on to see how I put it together. I'll give you the condensed version as there's a lot of product talk on the video. I like to get right to the card. I'll also share a couple of tips with you too on this.
The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Old Olive card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.
A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Floral Delight" 12" x 12" package was cut for the large layer. You will also need to cut a 4-1/4" x 2-3/4" piece of Old Olive for the layer and a 2-3/8" x 3-7/8" piece of Basic White that will go behind the folded DSP. The original instructions have you cut that piece ad 2-1/2" x 4" and then you can trim any excess if you don't get it on the piece straight. I avoided any trimming by cutting the piece smaller.
The folded piece of DSP was cut at 4" x 7" and scored at 1/2" and then 1" intervals. So you score at 1/2", 1-1/2", 2", 4", 3-1/2", 4-1/2" 5", 6" and 6-1/2". Then you fold them mountain/valley. Starting on the left side you fold mountain and the next score is valley and repeat across. Do not use a bone folder to crease the edges.
The instructions have you added 3 Dimensionals in a row behind each half inch fold. There's Dimensionals behind the left piece too. They are visible if you look at the card from that side. You may want to refer to the video if my directions are not clear enough. There's a total of 18 Dimensionals on this piece. The instructions have you tape across the back of the piece with strong adhesive. I used Tear n Tape across mine. I had to leave it for a bit to take care of other household things and when I came back the tape wasn't holding. SO I opened up my Tombow mono glue and I glued it to the Old Olive piece. I'm thinking that had I affixed it to the Old Olive piece before I left it still would have come apart. There's a lot of energy there wanting to spread open and not be held closed. So glue worked best and it is holding. Once the piece was glued to the Old Olive piece I put it under a couple of stamp sets to hold it in place while the glue sets up. I left it there while I die cut the flowers and leaves.
The flowers and leaves are from the "Delightful Wishes" bundle. I cut them out using Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, and Old Olive card stock. I glued the pieces together. In the video she states that the detailed part (Daffodil Delight) doesn't line up to anything on the flower and you have to move it around to see what looks best. If you look at the detailed piece you will see that there is a pretty solid petal, on the Lemon Lolly piece there is a petal with the same ripply ends, they match up. I used a little glue to hold them together. And on the smaller flower there is a petal on the Lemon Lolly piece that matches the detailed piece. If you look at the way I put it together you will see it. There's an area on the flower that looks like a petal is missing. The petal to the right of that is next to the petal that matches the open ovalish detailed piece. There's where you line that one up at. And if you look to the left of that opening, that detailed piece rides along the left side of that petal. It all fits together nicely.
Once the pieces were glued together I stamped the word, they are from the same bundle. I masked off the "you a" part and just stamped the happy birthday on a 3/8" strip of Basic White card stock using black Memento ink. I trimmed it to measure 2-1/2" long and I snipped the ends. It was put in place centering it on the pleated piece. I glued the left side and on the third pleat I added a small Dimensional. It's just behind the "BI".
The flowers were glued in place. I used a little more glue than normal, I wanted it to stick. I also added a Dimensional under the flower on the second pleat for the bottom flower and on the last pleat for the smaller flower. I added some glue to the leaves and slipped them under the flowers. And that was it. I thought it was fun to learn a new technique but I doubt I'll ever make another one, it's not really my style.
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday car,
Wanda
