Good Monday morning. I have a floral project to share with you today made using the Taylored Expressions Quatrefoil Cutting Plate and paired with the Poppystamps Lorelai Leaf and Gentle Leaf. When I first saw this die I knew I wanted to use it as a background for a floral spray. When I first cut the piece out and sat poking all the pieces out of it I thought what a waste it would be to just throw them away. Then it dawned on me that they may make pretty flowers. Here’s what I came up with.
I applied thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the Quatrefoil and attached it to the white card base.
I gathered up all the cutouts and formed them with my stylus and molding pad. I took a few pictures to show how easy they are to make.
I rolled the large stylus on the backside of the flower to form a sort of bowl and concentrated on turned back the edges.
I flipped the flower over face up and pushed down directly in the center with my smaller tipped stylus to form.
I created a bottom layer for each flower by repeating the same steps but I used a much lighter touch to form. It needed to much more open so it would show under the top flower section.
I cut several pieces of the Lorelai and lightly formed them with my stylus and molding pad. I attached five of the flowers to the stems with glossy accents before attaching them to the card base. One stem was attached going up and the other down. I then attached branches to the very center and attached the two remaining flowers to fill in the spray. I tucked a few pieces of the Gentle Leaf into the arrangement to soften. I inserted pearls into each flower center for the finishing touch.
I think the Quatrefoil is going to be a favorite background for lots of future projects. It is so pretty.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week.
Card size: 5.5” x 4.25”
Gorgeous flowers and card! Love that quatrefoil plate.
Wow Kittie! How beautiful. Love the idea of using the “poked outs” to make flowers You certainly are the queen of floral art!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CARD LOVE IT X
What a lovely creation. Love how you used the pieces to make the flowers.
Your cards are a true delight! I just love seeing the way you use ordinary pieces to make extraordinary artwork! Just out of curiosity, I would love to know how you mail these beautiful pieces. Do they get squished in an envelope?
Thanks so much for sharing!
Jen
You are a creative genius Kittie and not such a bad card creator either!
Jennifer, I used padded envelopes to mail my cards. Here is a link to a tutorial I did on packing my dimensional cards: http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/packaging-and-mailing-card-tutorial.html
Here is a link to a post I did showing how I use the crystal clear box to pack my card in. They slip right into a padded envelope and work great. http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/2013/05/butterflies-add-a-special-touch.html
Now my dear Kittie…what a clever idea…Waste Not Want Not….I love how you make use of everything…and lovely flowers they are. Beautiful card….I think I must have this die…there you go again….making me spend money…Ellen loves you….:-) thanks for all of your inspirations.
Pretty, pretty, pretty. I love the quatrafoil dies. They are one of my favs also.
So pretty! Very clever to use the cuts for the flowers! Definitely will have to keep that tip in mind! You’re always inspiring, Kittie! 🙂
Thank you for your reply! I just found your blog a week or so ago and had not stumbled onto that info yet. I sure have enjoyed browsing through your creations!
Have a great week!
Jen
Kittie this card is very beautiful. The first thing I thought was which flowers did she use. I always look at the offcuts and try to think of ways to use them. Thank you for sharing the step by step, it is excellent.
I haven’t been visiting for awhile because I was in the hospital. I fell in our laundry room, while getting ready to visit our grandchildren, and I broke my kneecap. I am home now and able to visit my favourite blogs again.
This card for me is like receiving a beautiful feel better soon card. I will be going back through and enjoying all the posts I have missed.
Jacquelene L
Canada
Clever use of what would be scraps. I love the flowers that you came up with. Gorgeous card.
This is just gorgeous! I love how you do the flowers, just beautifully!
Pam
scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com
Kittie, you have made a wonderful card again!
It all is gorgeous, the colors, the flowers…..I love it all!
Thanks for sharing!
Hugs, Eva.
Good Morning, Kittie, spring is sure coming with your beautiful creation. And much appreciated in this cold winter. No sun shinning today, and this card really sparks up my day with sunshine. thank you soooo much. I have an embossing folder similar to the Quartrafoil, so this is on my wish list. Such a beautiful background. Your flowers spray is super. thanks for the tutorial…..have a blessed day…..LOL
I thought the same thing with my die from another company, and I did the same thing, I always try to figure out what I can do with the leftovers, Beautiful arrangement!
This is beautiful.
Happy Monday, Kittie! You certainly started the week off with a bang. This Quatrefoil card is sensational. You are so wonderfully thrifty…you’re ideas for mailing are simple and bring peace of mind to one when mailing an intense work of art. TFS.
Oh WOW Kittie, this is just incredible! Beautiful card and those “scraps” make one of the nicest flowers I can imagine. I do love using my scraps so this is very fun to see.
I so love your brain! I see hydrangea petals 😀 Beautiful and stunning Kittie!!!!
Stunning creation Kittie!!!! Love it!
Jan
I loved the Quatrefoil!! It is so girly beautiful.. I especially liked how you reused those cut offs, they made great looking flowers. And nothing much is thrown away. I reuse (upcycle?) many crafty bits in my own cards so it was a real delight. Thanks Kittie You make wonderful cards!!
Gorgeous card Kittie. Love that quatrefoil background to the sweet little flowers.
love all of your work / play