Thursday, May 25, 2017

Dies R Us - Realisic flowers

I cannot think of anything more fun to do that make a flower out of paper and make it look real.  Either with coloring or, as I have done, with dies. Barbara Campbell here with a
card made with the Elizabeth Dies, called Aster.  I remember these in my parents garden every year. I must tell you that I liked this card well enough, but as I was sharing it with you today, I thought there is a better way.
                   Here is my card.
  

The flower looks a little stick like.  I had die cut lots of these flowers and leaves and here is what I did. After coloring all of the pieces, I brought them to my sponge pad, the one that I use to shape flowers and leaves.
Using my stylus, I scored the back of the flowers and the leaves, giving them a more realistic look.  You can see the difference here. 

                                                See how much better the leaves look here.
Now I have another set of Asters to make another card.  Consider making your flowers look more real, it is pretty simple and I am sure that you can do it.

Here are the supplies that I used.
Elizabeth Craft 1219 Garden Notes Aster
 Elizabeth Craft Designs - Dies - AsterCurrently out of stock, put it on your wish list.
Frantic Stamper Fancy Frames #1
No longer available, but you could use the smaller stitched frame 

Frantic Stamper Elements #16 Stitched Rectangle Frames
 Frantic Stamper - Dies - Elementals #16 - Stitched Rectangle Frames

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5 comments:

  1. These flowers are beautiful! I love how you manipulated then to give them more depth and dimension, really works! Your card design is FAB! Love how everything is perfectly framed in. So pretty!

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  2. Wow! These are magnificent. What great flowers you created. They remind me of Bachelor Buttons as well as Asters.

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  3. I absolutely love this card, and I also love how you have been doing the frames on so many of your cards lately. Very stunning, I must remember. I really like that textured background and your flowers are so cool. Beautiful card!!!!

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  4. Gorgeous card with many beautiful dies. The flowers are fantastic and you really brought them to life. Beautifully done!

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