Paper Flower Embellishments For Cards

See how to use paper flower embellishments like this beautiful purple bloom as a focal element on your cards

You all know by know I love making paper flower embellishments for my cards. From teeny tiny flowers to this single, larger dimensional paper flower, these gorgeous, often very realistic embellishments can be either a decoration OR a focal point on a card. To make this card I used Rubbernecker’s Nested Rectangle Scallop with Holes, …

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Friend Sentiments

KC Rubbernecker 5320D Nested Scallop with Half Holes 1 left

The small flowers and ivy floral arrangement on this card highlights one of my favorite friend sentiments from the Rubbernecker Kittie Says Friends clear set. I created the sentiment layer using the Nested Scallop with Half Holes and I used the Small Flowers #3 and Large Ivy to create the framing floral arrangement. The Sentiment …

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Die Cut Borders for Handmade Cards

KC Rubbernecker 5163D Lamp Post w Accessories 6 right

Decorative die cut borders add so much interest and dimension to our handmade cards.  I love how my white decorative layer pops against the red card base and enhances the die cut images and sentiment.  The red, white and green floral arrangements and the black lamppost and pots look so bold on the background. Although …

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How To Shape Paper Flowers

A beautiful white on white handmade greeting card demonstrating how to shape paper flowers

Today I want to share with you a quick lesson on how to shape paper flowers. Flower dies are fantastic for adding either focal elements or little details to your cards and giving them some shape is not only pretty easy to do, it adds a TON of detail with not a lot of work. …

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Sentiment With Flowers

KC Rubbernecker 1057-02 Crinkle Oval Frame 1 right

Today I’m sharing a fairly clean and simple card with a framed sentiment with flowers and foliage. The brightly colored flowers and foliage pops against the black and white and draws the eye in to the sentiment.  I used the Crinkle Oval Frame to create a frame for the Thinking of You sentiment and cut …

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