The ladybugs were colored with Prismacolor pencils, baby oil and paper stumps for blending.
The out of the box feature is very easy by cutting to the image with the regular paper cutter on the front, marking the image on the back while holding to a light source then use the paper cutter again to cut to that mark. Scissor cut the image out. My paper cutter is a guillotine style. If needed, I used a Coluzzle and craft knife to cut between the images. I do have a pictorial on my blog if you need photos, click here. ItÂ’s a direct link to the tutorial.
The flower was watercolored using artist brush and liquid ink. After cutting it out to give it a raised 3D appearance embossing was done using a metal ball stylus and a folded paper towel for cushion. First score lines on the front then turn it over and make circular motions with the stylus staying away from the edges and score lines. It was mounted with foam dots and Stickles was added to the center.
All the wording was printed out on the computer and of course I didnÂ’t post her real name and other personal info. That was easily changed in the photo program without having to make an extra copy.