May's Projects at-a-glance

 Project  Notes

VELLUM BACKGROUND ON LAVENDER:  I made the vellum piece just a little larger than the lavenderish (Opulent Orchid - discontinued) piece it is on to allow for shrinkage of the vellum when it is put through the embossing folder.  So it will need to be trimmed down. 

1) Put adhesive in several spots all over the back of the embossed vellum piece, taking care to place it only on the bumpy/patterned areas, making sure you get the four corners.  Don't put the adhesive on the clear areas of the vellum or the adhesive will show through on the front.  (We used snail-type adhesive; I don't know how another type would work, though I'm sure it'll be fine.)

2) Place the vellum piece over the lavenderish (or other color) piece, carefully lining up two of the sides ~ in one corner.

3) On the other two sides, the vellum will overlap as it's a little bigger; just turn the now-glued piece over and, using the edges of the lavender piece as guides, trim the vellum to be even with the lavender piece.  (It is best to use larger, not-so-sharp scissors for this as the very-sharp paper snips will more easily (because they're sharp!) cut into the lavender piece instead of it just being a guide.)

THE FLOWER:  Using nice sharp smallish scissors, cut out the flower trimming right around the very edge of the white, so it's pretty detailed.  (Plan on it taking you 5 minutes or so, and just enjoy the cutting process.)  Then turn it over and color it with whatever color SU marker you want.

THE LEAVES:  I didn't have a stamp for these, so we did something very different!  I used a glue PEN (not Stampin' Up) to draw leaves freehand onto the vellum, then heat-embossed using clear embossing powder!  The glue dries faster than craft ink does, so it's good to draw a leaf, then apply the powder, one at a time.  ...  The leaves that each of my gals made were SOOO much cuter than mine!!!!!!!  (And here I thought they were going to be hesitant to make their own!!!)

THE TAG:  We stamped the "For You" stamp from "Elegant Inspirations" punched it with the 1-inch circle punch, and mounted it onto an orchid 1-1/4 inch circle.  Add quite a bit of glue to the back.  Then make a 1/8" hole at the top 

THE RIBBON:  Do a bunny-ears bow ~ or using whatever method you like to tie yours. 

THE ENVELOPE:  Since there are no stamps with this card (other than the "For You,") I opted to use vellum envelopes!  Very soft and pretty!

THE PROTOTYPE:  Isn't this beautiful!!!  You can see why I wanted to do it!!!  (I don't have any gold beads for the center, so that's why we used silver chunky glitter.)  ...  I also don't have any small flowers like this.

 Project  Notes 

DESIGNER PAPER:  You can use any double-sided DP that looks like it would make a good shirt for a guy!  These are ones that Dawn made, but I'm going to also show you ones that OUR gals made!!!  I have the pictures; just need to process (reduce and edit) them.  So check back here for new samples!

BARB'S WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS: I typed up instructions from Dawn's video so that you could have something to print out and refer to if your craft room or work table doesn't have a computer handy.  To access this document, HERE.

DAWN'S VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS:   Go to THIS PAGE at Dawn's (wonderful) website for her (wonderful) instructions on how to do this (wonderfully) FUN card!  Since origami (which is what this IS, you know) is very hands-on and visual, it'll be easiest to just follow that.  But since we can't bring my computer to our table, and maybe you can't either(?), I made up a set of written instructions ~ with diagrams and my own added tips!!  Click HERE to access this.  (I gave everyone a set of these at class and in their kits!)  I would HIGHLY suggest that you first watch the video, and then have my notes next to you in your craft room as you actually make the card!  (unless you have the luxury of having a computer in your craft room!)  That way, your memory will be refreshed as you read through my instructions, not having to figure out what I'm referring to for the first time!  Click on the picture below to go to her web page; the first part of which is the list of supplies, and a bit further down is the video ~ which is this picture here, to the left.

(Clicking on this picture

doesn't start the video; it just

takes you to Dawn's web

page for this project!  Scroll

down a little ways till you

see this picture)

 Project  Notes

LAYERS:  I SOOO love this card ~ even though there were a LOT of layers to slice!  It's just SO worth it!!!

LINK TO THE CARD:  HERE is where I found this card... 

And right beneath the picture of it on that page are the specifics for the ink, embellishments, tools and supplies.  I put them right here for you, too, though:

NOTES:  Here are the artist's notes on this card at her Splitcoast Stampers posting of it: (I edited it just a bit for clarity, plus I added notes from me in purple.)

ORDERS:

Mary: "Baby - Generic"     |    Laura: "Woman birthday (color doesn't matter)

Vicky:  "a card for a little girl in the age range of 5-8.  Pinks"

Jennifer:  "Baby boy"      |      Meredith:  white, black + bright hot pink

Gail: Baby blue? or pink?      |      Wanda: Hot pink, Lime green + Black

Marianne:   "Baby girl"      |      Tracie:  "Baby boy"

 Project  Notes 

INSTRUCTIONS/TUTORIAL:  Click on this picture to go to the web page where the tutorial is.  You'll still need to click on the tutorial on that page for it to begin.

CARD PROTOTYPES:   Here are the original cards.  See how creative you can be with whatever stamps and embellishments YOU have!