or more to the point
Flower Soft power.. Hi Blogland, you know when you haven't used a specific product for ages and then you go back to it and think "WOW" why don't I use this more often? Well, that has been the case for us here at Pinnacles this week.. As we revisit Flower Soft in our lessons..
To be honest it is quite a niche product to use, but can add dimension, and you all know how much I like dimension,
and texture to your crafting projects.
So here's how to use it.
From a patterned piece of card I cut the following measurements, 2" x 5 3/4", 1 1/4" x 5 3/4" & 3 1/4" x 2".
You will need 7 pieces of Flower Soft wire cut at different lengths.
To your first wire, add some Glossy Accents
and sprinkle your Flower Soft over it.
Whilst the glue is still wet, sprinkle some fine glitter. The glitter will stick to any exposed glue and add a little bit of sparkle to you project.
Stand the wire in a foam mat to dry.
Repeat this process for the other 6 wires.
With the widest piece of card stock which was cut earlier, punch a border down one side.
On this particular project I used one of the
new release Martha Stewart Border Punches called
Modern Garland/Petal Frame. This Punch also has a
co ordinating corner, so you could also achieve an
Around the Page effect with the right measurements of card stock.
Apply this punched card and the other thinner piece of card to your base card. The base card was cut to 5 3/4" x 5 3/4".
Take a vase Peel off and apply it to the smallest piece of card stock you cut earlier
and cut it out.
Curve the image slightly to add some dimension.
Place a piece of double sided foam on the back
and start applying your flowers, which should now be dry.
Punch out some foliage. I used the Martha Stewart
Frond and
Pine Leaf Punch.
Apply another layer of double sided foam tape and apply your remaining flowers and then the leaves.
Finally finishing off with another layer of foam tape to hold everything in place.
Move the flowers around until you achieve the effect you require..
Stamp your sentiment onto your prepared card,
and mount your vase & flowers onto your card to complete your project.. Simple and effective, just like me!....
Here are a few others I have made using different sized vases, different coloures of Flower Soft and different Punches.
Using
Autumn Flower Soft,
Rain Drop Martha Stewart Punch, which also has a
co ordinating corner to form an
Around the Page set, and
Metallic Gold StazOn, oh yeah!, Stazon has now gone all metallic and is available in
Gold, Silver, Copper & Platinum.
Green Flower Soft with an
Art Deco Punch
Ultra Fine Koala Grey Flower Soft with a Martha Stewart
Modern Garland/Petal Frame Border Punch
Yellow Flower Soft with an Art Deco Punch
Delphinium Blue Flower Soft with a
Rain Drop Border Punch
and Polar White Flower Soft with the
Modern Garland/Petal Frame Border Punch
So, all in all I've had quite a blast making these, and it's only Tuesday!!.. Off to play and make some more me thinks..
Hope you like? & thanks for checking us out..
See you soon..
Andy (Pinnacles).
Well here they are all combined...
First of all I stamped my image using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.
I coloured the leaves using Pea Green, my personal favourite for leaves..
I then took FlowerSoft dome and placed the image inside it
adding some high tac tape to secure the overhanging leaves and in preparation for adhering it to the card.
I cut out an oval roughly the same size as the dome using an Oval Nestabilitie die.
Placed the dome onto my card stock, laying the cut out backing paper over it.
Adding a peel off border and sentiment
and finishing off with some complementary leaves from my stash!!
