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Sometimes,
said Pooh Card Project*
©2010 Yogi Grunwald
*links
go to www.quietfiredesign.ca
each link will open a new window. When
you are finished looking at the new page, just close it and
you will return here!
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Instructions
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Creating
the Ribbon Flower
Put a piece of 1.5"
x 1.5" Sookwang tape on a piece of colored cardstock and
cut out a circle approx 1.25" dia out of this piece. Cut
out a 2nd circle (with no tape) to the same size. (I used the
Circle Scissors at setting #33.) Remove release paper. Place
tip of ribbon in center of circle. Starting at the middle, hold
the ribbon down with one hand while twisting ribbon to create
a coil shape, and adhere it to the tape circle. Continue twisting,
adhering and coiling until you get to the edge of the circle.
Adhere end of ribbon to back of circle. Note: twisting and adhering
does not have to be neat or exact - it adds character when there
are variances.
Adhere 2nd circle to back
of first circle to hide the taped ribbon. Place a foam square
in the center back of flower (do not remove the 2nd piece of
release paper). Pierce a hole in center, through all layers.
Put prongs of brad through hole and set aside till ready to
adhere to card.
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In this pic you can see my flash bouncing
off some of the glimmer from the perfect pearls
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Creating Faux Batik Paper
Scrunch up your waxed paper.
Partially un-scrunch and lay on your white cardstock. Place
2nd piece of white cardstock on top. (I use 2 pieces of cardstock
rather than a piece of newsprint as protection for my iron.).
Heat the iron to cotton setting, no steam, and iron the layers.
You'll start to see the wax trying to seep through the cardstock.
That's when you know you've ironed enough in that area. Let
cool for a couple minutes. Put one of these aside for another
coloring session if you want.
Mix up your sprays in the
mini misters:
One Pipette full of Light Rose ink into mister
1/4t of Blush Perfect Pearls
fill to 3/4 level with water.
Close mister and shake well.
Mix up a second mini mister
pipette with Turquoise ink, turquoise perfect pearls and water.
Have a third mister with
just plain water.
Place cardstock on teflon
mat and mist with water. Then mist with your color mixtures,
mist with a little more water, dry with hair dryer. You can
sop up a little of the water with a paper towel, but not too
much or it will mute your colors too much.
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Rubber stamp
the quote with Distress Broken China and clear emboss.
Position 3"w
Spellbinder die over image and put a small piece of tape to
hold it.
Flip it over and place on the magnetic mat.
Run through your machine to cut and then run through again to
emboss the border. Sponge some Broken China around the edges
while the die is still in place.
Die cut a
piece of the Faux Batik cardstock with the largest die, run
through again to emboss the border. Set aside.
Fold a piece
of white cardstock in half and place on this same die, but just
shy of the right edge, so fold is still intact when cut.
Adhere the batik piece to the folded piece, matching the left
and other edges. Trim away excess on right side. That little
edge will get in the way when attached to the card.
Rubber stamp
the "Thinking of You" with the Broken China on the
Faux Batik.
Clear emboss, and position as above with the 2.25"w die,
then position a second piece on top and cut both at the same
time. Set aside.
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Narrow stripes are 3mm and colored with a
bit of Warm Highlights and Rose
Wider stripes are 5mm and
colored with Rose
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Score and fold
main card at the 2.5" mark.
Sand the front flap all over and especially on the edges. With
flap closed, lay strips of the Sookwang tape with the first
one close to flap edge, see diagram at right for pattern.
Place the
large Batik die cut in the center of card on the inside, carefully
cut through release paper only where it meets the die cut on
all stripes. Remove die cut. Remove release paper from the lower
and upper sections of wider stripes and sprinkle Rose glitter.
Burnish well.
Remove release paper from smaller stripes, top and bottom, sprinkle
a bit of the warm Highlights, then sprinkle a bit of the rose,
burnish to mix the two colors together.
Note:
if you're not comfortable cutting through release paper only,
just glitter the whole thing.
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Assembly:
Remove
remaining release paper from main card. Put tape on back of
white folded card on the left edge, (make sure fold will land
on right side when placed on main card). Remove release paper
and adhere to card in the center.
Glue stick all over backs of both smallest die cuts. Place the
right side of one to the inside of the white card in the middle,
then press the front flap of the main card down on top of it.
Adhere the "Thinking of You" piece on the one you
just adhered, matching all edges.
Position
your ribbon flower at the corner of the largest die cut on the
card. (doesn't have to be much of the corner, just enough that
it will hold the card closed). Mark where your brad is sticking
out, and with the awl make a hole. Remove the release
paper from the little foam square, position brad at hole opening
and press down. Lightly tap legs of brad down so they are perfectly
flat. Note: this foam piece lifts the flower enough so
it's easy to slip corner of largest die cut under it, and the
foam squashes nicely for mailing.
Punch
out a bunch of daisy flowers, medium sized from the batik cardstock
and small sized from scrap contrasting paper, then a bunch of
leaves from some scrap green colored paper. Adhere the daisies
to the inside of the card, putting one over the brad legs to
hide them. Place the leaves in a pleasing arrangement around
ribbon flower.
Finally
put a bunch of adhesive foam squares on the back of the "Pooh"
piece and adhere to largest die cut front.
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