I am pleased to say that this weekend marks another successful workshop!  I had the pleasure of running a private workshop with Leyla – it was a great experience for us both. As she is new to paper crafting, card making and Stampin Up in general, I really loved having the opportunity to work one on one with her to show her all the tips & tricks that I have learned along the way.

When I was planning the workshop, I tried to put a lot of thought in to which techniques would be good to work with for beginners while still making fun & appealing projects.

The theme of the workshop was “May Flowers” so I wanted to make a card similar to one that my upline had made with the Fancy Flower punch.  I found this video tutorial from Dawn on how to make a different style of a paper flower and LOVED the look of this technique.
I added an extra step to Dawn’s tutorial and sponged the edges of each flower layer with crumb cake ink;  it is a bit time consuming to ink / sponge the edges, but it REALLY makes a difference and give the flower so much more dimension.  You could also use the coordinating ink to match your card stock, or use a contrasting ink to give it an extra punch of color.

Mother’s Day Paper Flowers Card

Here’s what we used to make this lovely card:

• Crumb Cake card stock (4.25 x 5.5)
• Very Vanilla card stock (4 x 5.25)
• Pretty in Pink ink (background stamped image)
• Crumb cake ink (sponged on edges of flower petals & along edge of very vanilla mat layer)
• Fancy Flower punch
• Itty Bitty Banners
• En Francais background stamp
• Pink Pirouette card stock (flowers)
• Champagne glimmer paint (on flowers)
• Pearls
• Twitterpated buttons

As always, your comments & feedback are welcome and appreciated!

Until next time stampers!