Thursday, May 29, 2008

Layered Sunflower

Even though we moved into our new house way over a year ago, I still haven't unpacked all my craft stuff!! (Yes, I have way too much stuff!) So I was going through some boxes and came across a bunch of stamps I forgot I had! This sunflower image is from Penny Black and I got really excited when I found it because I could color with my Copics and do a bit of paper tole!

The little bee is from My Favorite Things. It's in the Bundles of Bouquets set and I think it's just the cutest little thing!

I stamped the image 3 times to get all the layering I wanted. You can see from the close-up picture that I popped up the whole flower head (and offset it so it looks like the flower has more petals), and then just the center. I did just a tiny bit of shaping for even more dimension - curled the edges of the top layer of petals and then made the center somewhat rounded.

It's a little hard to see, but I also popped up the top and bottom rims of the pot. For those, I just put a few layers of scrap cardstock underneath so they wouldn't stick up too much.

And then I put the entire thing on foam tape so it would float over the dotted background (sorry for over using the Swiss Dots background but I just adore the way it looks!!).

Other materials used: white cardstock - Georgia Pacific; yellow cardstock - Stampin' Up!; Black Graphite Brilliance ink - Tsukineko; Copic markers and clear Spica glitter pen (on the bee wings)

5 comments:

  1. I love this card!! The 3D effect is awesome!! Beautifully done!

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  2. wow!! what a bright ,fun card ~just love the image and the embossed backgroud is ideal!! fab!!
    vanessa xx

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  3. WOW!! This is absolutley gorgeous. The layering is so effective! Those stamps are great too!

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  4. very pretty...love all the depth you do when you make your cards.

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  5. Such a pretty card Maureen and I love the depth to it. I have to agree the little bee is so cute

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