Just For You Punchie Flower

Another square card! Can I get enough of these square cards? I think not! This one is 5" X 5".

This will be my "Wives and Daughters" card as that is what I watched while I was making it. ;)




I found an amazingly-talented stamper named Jenn Biederman via FlickR recently who inspired me to make this card. She blogs here. She made this adorable owl card using some Cosmo Cricket paper which I happen to have. Well, I never thought much about that paper until I saw what she did with it! I liked the design she used as well, so I kind of incorporated that into my card also. Thanks for the inspiration, Jenn!

The base of the card is Chocolate Chip. I sponged Chocolate Chip and Basic Black inks along the edges before adding the black cs and the Cosmo Cricket paper (from the Jitterbug collection).

For the Cosmo Cricket paper I ran it through the Cuttlebug twice because of the size. I used the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder. Then I sponged Chocolate Chip and Basic Black inks around the edges to give it a more vintage look. I adhered it to the black and chocolate cs. Had I known I was going to use the ribbon I would've added it at this point. To the ribbon area I added a bit more ribbon and a silver eyelet. Let's just say that the Crop-a-Dile paid for itself at this point! I couldn't believe how easy it made this job (3 pieces of cardstock plus 3 layers of ribbon, and it went right through it as if it was butter). I was totally impressed.

I took 2 different solids from the Jitterbug collection and added them to black cs bases, making them approximately square. But first I sponged each with the Chocolate and black inks as I did elsewhere. I paper pierced holes in the corners of the red piece with a straight pin and the mat pack cushion (oh, the satisfaction that gives! lol). I used Dimensionals to pop both squares out and set them perpendicular to each other.

Now on to the flower. I got this idea after using the oval punches to add accents to this card. I thought it would make excellent flower petals. So I finally got around to making what I had envisioned. As often happens, what's in my head doesn't always come out exactly like I had envisioned it. But I usually like what I end up with. Such is the case here.

I punched the bigger ovals from the Cosmo Cricket paper and the smaller ovals from black cs. I glued them together and trimmed off one end of each to take away some of the bulk underneath (basically like I did to the accents on the above-linked card). I paper pierced the black area first, then the dp area. Then I sponged chocolate and black inks along the edges. I added the silver eyelets last using the Crop-a-Dile to set them. Thanks to the Crop-a-Dile, it took only about 2-5 seconds per petal to set them. You must get this product if you like using eyelets!!

I punched out the circle for the center using the red I used in the square and paper pierced it and stamped it in black with an old Stampin' Up! sentiment I got many years ago. I sponged the edges like I did on the rest of the card and used tall Dimensionals to place it up high enough to put the petals under. Then I cut some Dimensionals up and put them in different places on the petals to give them stability and adhered them next, tucking them under the center.

Close-up of paper piercing on petals:

For the stem I cut a strip from the green dp freehand, sponged it and then used cut-up Dimensionals to give it a popped out look.

For the leaves I used the small oval punch and punched out the leaves from the same green as the stem. Then I paper pierced them to resemble leaves by running a line of holes down the center and then running "veins" in 3 places out from the center. I then folded at the center to give it a leafy "look" and flattened it out a bit again and put a strip of mono adhesive along the back. Then I folded it again and adhered it. Not sure how long they will stay on, but they're holding for now.

Close-up of leaf:

You know, now that I think about it I should've done a LOT more paper piercing on this thing! I DO love it so!

I think I covered everything. If you have any questions, please ask. Thanks for looking!

Stamp: "JUST FOR YOU" by Stampin' Up!

CS: Chocolate Chip, Black, Cosmo Cricket Jitterbug Collection

Inks: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip

Other: Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, Lg. oval punch, Sm. oval punch, 1&1/4" circle punch, Crop-a-Dile, Straight pin, Mat pack cushion, Silver eyelets, Zigzag ribbon, Sponges, Dimensionals