Good Thursday morning. I have a rustic window scene to share with you today using the Impression Obsession Wooden Door Frame, Brick Cover-a-Card, Spiral Flowers, Leafy Branch 2 and Border Duo 1.
The Spiral Flowers set has become one of my favorite go to dies when I want to use small flowers on a project. I have to admit that at first I was a little intimidated by such tiny die cuts but I quickly found they rolled up on the tip of my tweezers just like the larger rolled flowers. I have had lots of requests for tips on how to work with the tiny cuts so today I am sharing a step by step tutorial at the end of this post It was a little hard for me to take clear close up pictures of such small pieces so you will have to excuse how blurry some of the photos are and how ugly my skin and nails look under such highly edited shots to clarify the tiny pieces. LOL!
I started by attaching the brick stamp to my mega mount, inking the stamp with fired brick and vintage photo ink and stamping on vanilla cardstock. I sponged antique linen ink over the brick with my ink blending tool to age and add a rustic appearance. I stamped the window image three times, once on watercolor paper with black versafine for the card front and once on vanilla cardstock to use to cover the window opening on the inside of the card. I stamped the third time and embossed with gold embossing powder to create the hinges and window handle. I watercolored the window for the outside using my waterbrush and reinkers. I cut the inside of the window openings out using my craft knife and then cut the window out using my snips .I cut out the embossed hinges and handle and attached to the front window with glossy accents. Using the window opening as a template I drew lines on the brick card front to indicate the window opening and cut it out using my craft knife. I attached the front window with mounting tape, inserted the crimped blind on the inside of the window and then attached the second window inside to finish the opening.
I cut several pieces of the leafy branch 2 , cut the branches apart and attached on the window with glossy accents to create foliage for a window box of flowers. I cut several spiral flowers, rolled them and attached to the foliage. I added a few partially opened flower buds and have a few pictures below showing how I made those as well.
Here’s a closer view looking from the upper side of the window so you can see the dimension of the foliage.
I love the rustic window against the old brick. I left the inside of the card totally plain as I couldn’t find a designer paper that complimented the brick.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope my tutorial will be helpful to you. You may also want to check out my see thru window tutorial and floral spray tutorial.
Mini Spiral Flowers Tutorial
Attach the flower in the tweezers with the back side facing you and the petals up.
Turn the flower around the tweezers with the front side facing in and keeping the bottom edge as even as possible.
When you are almost finished rolling apply adhesive to both the round tab and to the inside of the rolled opening of the flower.
Release the tweezers and pull the flower off holding the roll closed. Attach the tab to the bottom and hold in place for a few seconds with your fingers to allow it to set the glue.
Place the tip of your paper piercer down into the center of the flower to hold in place.
Push the petals out to open the flower. I like to use the point of my second paper piercer to push each petal out individually but you can use your finger tip as well.
I applied gold paper pen to create the flower centers.
Flower Buds
I cut about 1/3rd of the flower and rolled it to create the bud.
I cut a small green triangle and cut across the top edge with deckle scissors to create a natural look for the bud foliage.
I applied adhesive to the green foliage and wrapped it tightly around the flower bud.
This bud is less than 1/2” long. I left some of the petals straight out on a couple of the buds on my project and curled some back to look like they were beginning to open.
Stamps: Impression Obsession Wooden Door Frame, Brick Cover-a-Card Ink: Distress Ink Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Black Soot, Black Versafine Paper: Vanilla, Olive, Yellow, Watercolor Accessories: Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers, Leafy Branch 2, Border Duo 1, Waterbrush, Versa, Gold Embossing Powder, Crimper, Mega Mount, Sizzix Accessory Tool Kit, Glossy Accents, Mounting Tape, Metal Adapter Plate , Glue Dots , Paper Piercer , ATG , Big Shot , Teflon Bone Folder, Guillotine Paper Cutter, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool, Craft Knife, Viva Gold Paper Pen
very cool, love the rustic feel this one has, and thanks for sharing the tutorial!
Beautiful card!Love the tutorial,Thanks for sharing!!!
I love the textures of the brick and also the small rolled flowers. Just amazing and the possibilities for future cards…..Christmas cards, masculine cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
Another gorgeous card. Thanks for the very detailed tutorial on creating these tiny flowers.
Love the rustic look of this one. Truly beautiful. Thanks so much for the tutorial.
wow, this rustic window and flowers are gorgeous!
Thanks, Kittie, for all the lovely projects, and your generosity in sharing the detailed tutorials. I’m a subscriber to your blog and SCS gallery, and I wouldn’t miss one of your beautiful pieces of artwork. I’ve learned so much from you!!
Such a beautiful card..love the little flowers..your fingers don’t look so bad..you should see mine..lol..I look forward to your cards every day..
My goodness you have patience. Thank you for the informative and well done tutorial. Your card is gorgeous as always.
Your dainty flowers and sweet eyelet curtain are perfect against the rustic wall and window. You are the master of creating flowers and arrangements! Love your work.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful card! 🙂
Gorgeous. I love the texture you have created with your dies and embossing folders. Thanks for the tutorial too…It makes it seem possible to try this!!!
Your tutorial is absolutely fabulous. Thanks for showing us how to make the rolled flowers. I can’t wait to try this.
Great tutorial! I love it when you combine stamping with your 3-d creations!! Wonderful job, love this card! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Lovely card, as usual, Kittie. I enjoyed the tutorial, especially seeing how you form the floral buds. My technique is very similar, but I tend to roll with the flat side on the tip of my finger. I must give your method a try since your beautiful layered cards are always a delight to behold.
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Stop the train, let me off here — good glory be this looks like a real house with a real wood cased window, not to mention the real flowers and leaves growing under them. Those BRICKS!!! The wood!!! Wish my dh was awake so I could show him this one. Maybe tomorrow though. Thank you Kittle – you knocked the wind out of me in a good way!!! 😀 😀 😀
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Sorry I’m so late to comment on this one, but we were evacuated during the Black Forest Fire (near Colorado Springs) when you posted it. I’m finally getting to catch up on a little blog reading and I had to thank you for the wonderful tutorial you included in this post. Your window scene card is just beautiful! I had just purchased this die set right before the fire and have still not tried it out. So, finding your tutorial today was a nice treat. I haven’t been able to get my head back into crafting yet, but just today have been moving some things around in my craft area so maybe I’ll get back into it soon. These little flowers are one of the first things I want to try when I do.