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Monday, 20 June 2011

Crepe flower

The July/August issue of PaperCrafts magazine is available now and has a whole section dedicated to handmade embellishments which features this card of mine (the Asian Hello card on p.51). The flower is made from simple punched circles of crepe paper, finished with a glue dot and microbeads for the centre.

Crepe is lovely to work with for this kind of project as it shapes beautifully just with a little gentle stretching and if you sponge colour on the edges before you strech you get pretty, delicate "stripes" on the petals.

Stamps:
Wildflower (Clear Art Stamps by Crafty Secrets)

Paper:
Cryogen White
Heavyweight white crepe

Ink:
Versafine by Tsukineko (Spanish Moss)
Tim Holtz Distress ink by Ranger (Victorian Velvet)

Other:
Memento Maker by Tsukineko (New Sprout)
Glue dot
Micro beads (these are ones sold for nail art, any will do!)
Foam tape

There are lots of lovely ideas for handmade embellishments in the issue as well as other great projects, well worth checking out!

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11 comments:

  1. Kathy20 June 2011 at 12:52

    This is so delicate and beautiful Joanne. I love that flower

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  2. Anonymous20 June 2011 at 13:23

    wonderfully delicate flower and overall,a beautiful card.

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  3. Jessie Lubyk20 June 2011 at 14:49

    Very beautiful Joanne, and congrats on being in the publication. Take Care

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  4. Alison20 June 2011 at 17:16

    Stunning card Joanne! Congrats on being published! x

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  5. Janice20 June 2011 at 18:58

    What a beautiful flower Joanne, I love it.

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  6. Crafting Queen20 June 2011 at 19:47

    Lovely card and congrats on being published. :)

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  7. Tineke20 June 2011 at 20:04

    Wonderfull card with the flower!
    It's great!
    Greetings, Tineke

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  8. Kaz21 June 2011 at 11:51

    This is beautiful Joanne, no wonder it was published xx

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  9. Rachelxx22 June 2011 at 09:04

    These are beautiful Joanne, so delicate :-)

    I've just discovered how to make rolled flowers from double sided paper :-)

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  10. Gez Butterworth22 June 2011 at 10:40

    Very pretty Joanne. Your flower looks almost real :)

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  11. Caroline22 June 2011 at 11:11

    Lovely card Joanne, love the simplicity...x

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