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Vellum Flowers with Intricate Background

February 22, 2017

Hello Crafty Friends!

Welcome to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog. I’m Anita here. Today, I have my favourite thing on the post for you – stamped flowers. Stamping is really relaxing and colouring stamped images can be a real stress buster.

I love colouring the floral stamps from the new ECD release. These are so lovely. You can check them out here. I have given a soft delicate look to the flowers by stamping some of them on vellum.

Here is my card, followed by a tutorial showing how to make it.

1. Using light pink ink, stamp the flower three times onto a 4″ x 6″ White Soft Finish Cardstock rectangle, once at a corner and twice across the other side, cropped off the rectangle as shown below. Note that on the finished card the two flowers stamped in pink will be at the TOP of the card.

2. Using white pigment ink, stamp the same flower five times onto vellum. Sprinkle with super fine white embossing powder. Heat set. Cut out the flowers.

3. Colour two flowers using watercolour pencils. Set aside the other flowers, not coloured.

4. Using the Leaf Pocket die, cut a center panel for the card front. Then cut the middle out of the flower stamped panel, fussy-cutting around the flowers and leaving a narrow border/frame. Add it to the Leaf Pocket, using narrow Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape to secure it (Tape ONLY around the frame).

 5. Add pink patterned paper behind the Leaf Pocket panel and trim the sides flush with the 4″ x 6″ rectangle. Distress the edges with light pink ink that was used to stamp the flowers.

 6. Adhere the uncoloured vellum flowers, topped with the coloured flowers as shown. Bend petals upward slightly to add dimension. Options: Add leaves that were die cut with Susan’s Garden Notes – Tulips die, as shown, and shaped per her instructions. Or stamp, emboss, and color several leaves from the same stamp set as the flower.

7. Accent the background with some enamel dots. Add some texture to the flowers and leaves using dimensional paint.

8. Using black ink or any dark color of choice, stamp the sentiment onto White Soft Finish Cardstock. Cut with a die from the Stitched Fishtail Banners set. Mount on the next larger size Stitched Fishtail Banner cut from Rich Black SFC. Add a white half-pearl to the left of the sentiment.

9. To finish the card front, add a double mat around the flower panel, one layer measuring 5.5″ x 6.5″ and the other 5.75″ x 6.75″. Adhere to a side-fold card base, 6″ x 7″.

 

Another look at the finished card:

 

SUPPLIES

Elizabeth Craft Designs –

Spring Blooms Clear Stamps

Spring Blooms Dies

General Sentiments Clear Stamps

ModaScrap Leaf Pocket

ModaScrap Stitched Fishtail Banners

Soft Finish Cardstock in White and Rich Black

Other –

Distress Inks in Spun Sugar, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint

Vellum

Pink patterned paper

Ivory cardstock

Watercolour pencils

White super fine embossing powder

Heat tool

White Pigment Ink

Archival Inks in Pink and Black

Dimensional paint in White or Gold, Green

White half-pearl

Enamel dots

Dimensional paint (Optional)

Do leave your comments! Thanks for stopping by.

 

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5 Comments

  • Reply Raquel February 22, 2017 at 10:41 am

    Your card is so pretty, thanks for the tutorial.

  • Reply rgaberina February 22, 2017 at 10:10 am

    This is so pretty Anita!! Love your coloring on vellum!

  • Reply Nancy Yoder February 22, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Sooo pretty! I love coloring on vellum. Your choice of the beautiful pinks sure speaks spring! Thank u!

  • Reply Patricia Howarth February 22, 2017 at 8:21 am

    Hi Anita, This card is gorgeous !! I love the effect of the vellum flowers, so very pretty.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

  • Reply Patricia M February 22, 2017 at 8:10 am

    Wow! That has to be one of the most beautiful cards I’ve seen, Anita. Thank you for sharing.

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