This card is made with no stamps. The flower is a really fun template to use. Easier than you might think. :0) Thanks so much for looking!
I made three PDF sheets of templates to resize the flowers (a lot) and to conserve paper. The are 2 other types of flowers (daisies & cornflowers) And also leaves with tabs. They're here:
1) Download or print templates (PDF & instructions are here.)
2) Cut a piece of patterned paper to 8.5 x 11 inches or use cardstock
3) Print on your cardstock or the back of your patterned paper
4) Cut the dahlias out (Cutting a circle and then cutting out the little triangles takes a little while but it's easy since it involves only straight cuts) :0)
5) Punch the center if desired and use a brad to layer them. I sponged on a little bit of Certain Celery ink for dimension, layered 5 flowers & shaped them to get this 3D dahlia
The templates are Martha Flowers that I scaled and printed and then pasted on one sheet of paper and scanned. (If you'd like instructions on how to alter templates like this yourself, please see here: http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/0...templates.html
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To make the ribbon slide under the leaf, I just cut around the leaf with an exacto blade and slid it through. (TIP: if you have white paper fraying showing along the cut leaf edge, you can just take a marker to it.)
Other card supplies:
Cardstock: Certain celery and Chocolate Chip, & patterned papers by Basic Grey (Urban Couture Poplin URB-375 & Stella Ruby Drinks at the Savoy STE-714)
Accessories: Printer, Close to my Heart long reach punch, Hodge podge brad, Silver Wire & eyelet, brads, white gel pen (faux stitches), Sakura quickie glue pen & Silver embossing powder (to freehand emboss the "Mom" sentiment on the leaf tag), S.U. 5/8" grosgrain ribbon Vanilla.
Tip to get the leaf for the tag: I didn't want to use a whole section for just one leaf, so
I just photocopied the leaf by covering the remainder of the patterned paper with white printer paper (to save printer ink.) I printed it on Naturals white cardstock and coloured the back of the leaf with a Mellow Moss marker
Paper: Naturals white, Certain celery and Chocolate Chip, & patterned papers by Basic Grey (Urban Couture Poplin URB-375 & Stella Ruby Drinks at the Savoy STE-714
Ink: Certain celery,
Accessories: templates see top above, Printer, Close to my Heart long reach punch, Hodge podge brad, Silver Wire & eyelet, brads, white gel pen (faux stitches), Sakura quickie glue pen & Silver embossing powder (to freehand emboss the "Mom" sentiment