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Moisten
the tip of the white quill strip (not wet, just damped between
your lips), start a wrap around the point of your awl, or pin
tip, then with your left hand fingers - thumb & pointer - press
against the needle tip and twist/slide fingers to roll the
paper. Continue rolling till your 4" piece of paper is tightly
coiled. With a toothpick put a miniscule dab of white glue on
the end of the paper strip and glue to coil. Hold the end for a
couple seconds to ensure adhesion. Continue with other 32 pieces
of paper...
For the cream toned oval coils, same procedure as above, but
wrapping around a bamboo skewer instead - so you get a larger
hole in the center when coiled. After gluing the end, pinch the
coil at the glue end to create the oval shape.
Glue some strips
to your card front for the stems by using your thumbnail to curl
the paper a bit - similar to putting a curl on curling ribbon.
Apply a thin bead of glue to the edge of the paper strip and
then shaping on card front. You can put a piece of waxed paper
on your card to protect it from excessive glue as you press down
one part of the stem at a time, pulling the waxed paper out as
you progress. I used cream paper for the Queen Anne's lace
flower and the pale green for the weed flowers.
Leaves are just a piece of green
strip folded in half (ranging from a 2" strip to about a 5"
piece), pinched at the top and adhered with a bead of glue along
the edges.
Die cut the smallest poinsettia, color with Distress Stain
"Mowed lawn", dried, then cut to points toward the center,
scored to create a center vein on each leaf, then adhered to
flower.
Sentiment stamped with Perfect Medium and embossed with white
embossing powder.
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Inside stamped the wild flowers
(Magenta) and the quote (Nature Quote Marks set - Quietfire
Design) with the Perfect Medium and embossed with the white
embossing powder. |
