| Rose Greeting Card Free Craft Project ~ Compliments of Craft At Home |
Material:
8 1/2 x 11 Sheet, white card stock (I used 110lb paper)
Gold embossing powder
Green and Red water colour pencils
Pigment ink stamp pad (I used a metallic green sage)
Craft foam square
Silk Ribbon Scrap
Single hole punch
Deckle edge scissors
Scissors
Glue stick
Craft knife
Large and small single rose stamp
Heat gun (embossing tool)
How to:
Cut your sheet of card stock, lengthwise, so that you have a sheet of paper that
measures 5 1/2 x 11 inches. Using your deckle edge scissors, cut the shortest (width)
edges (2 edges) of your sheet. Cut only enough of the sheet to create a deckled edge.
Lay your sheet flat (lengthwise) and fold down 1 inch from the top. Leaving your fold,
folded, now fold your sheet in half. You should have a card that is folded as shown in
the photo.
On the left over section of card stock (you can use a lighter weight paper for this, but
use at least a 67lb weight for this), stamp your large rose, using a pigment stamp pad.
Sprinkle embossing powder over your stamped image, making sure that powder has
covered all the stamped areas and then, shake away the excess powder and apply
your heat gun to the powder. Apply only enough heat to raise the powder and be
careful not to burn your paper.
Using a craft knife, cut out your rose. Stay as close to the embossed edge as possible.
You want a nice clean edge to attach this rose to your card.
Using water colour pencils, colour your rose with red and your leaves with green. You
may choose to use markers or crayons or regular coloured pencils for this. To colour
with water pencils, simply colour around the edge of all the embossed areas and with
a wet paint brush, pull the colour toward the center. If you have never used water
colour pencils, you may want to practice a little first.
Set your rose aside and allow the colouring to dry.
Cut a square of craft foam using your deckle edge scissors. Using these scissors will
create a nicer edge when you stamp. The size of your square will need to be just
slightly larger than your large rose impression. You may be able to use the actual
wood block of your rose rubber stamp as a template for this.
Apply green pigment ink to your foam cut out. Don't worry about applying the ink
evenly, just be sure to cover the entire piece of foam. Stamp the foam on a blank
piece of paper to remove a little of the excess ink and then, stamp an impression on
the front center of the card (refer to photo for placement).
Using your small rose rubber stamp, stamp random impressions on top of the foam
impression you just created. To prevent your impressions from extending over the
edge of your foam impression, place a sheet of paper along the edge (be careful not to
smear your ink) to prevent the rose from being stamped outside of the green area. I
stamped all along the edge of the green square and re-applied ink to my stamp after 2
impressions were made. You can see on my card that some rose impressions are
lighter than others. I also, didn't worry about making sure the entire rose appeared
on the card, I just wanted a messy look to the placement of the small roses.
With your heat gun, apply just enough heat to your stamped area so that the ink will
dry. Pigment ink takes quite a bit of time to dry completely and you need to have dry
ink before proceeding to the next step.
Now that your ink is dry, apply an even coat of glue (glue stick) to the back of the large
rose that you have coloured and glue it to the center of your card (see photo for
placement). Press firmly to seal all the edges of your rose.
Punch 2 holes into the small top fold center of your card, placing your holes
approximately 1 inch apart (you don't want punched holes showing at the back of the
card, so with your card folded, mark an outline around the holes you just punched onto
the area of the card that your rose has been attached. Punch your holes and then
feed your ribbon strand from the inside of the card to the outside and tie in a bow. Tie
your bow loosely, so that it can be opened easily.
On the inside of the card, I repeated the impression, without applying the embossed
rose and added my message. This card was made for a couple that just purchased a
home and was attached to a food gift basket. It really did look pretty and there is no
need to use an envelope for this card, it's just too pretty to tuck inside an envelope.
8 1/2 x 11 Sheet, white card stock (I used 110lb paper)
Gold embossing powder
Green and Red water colour pencils
Pigment ink stamp pad (I used a metallic green sage)
Craft foam square
Silk Ribbon Scrap
Single hole punch
Deckle edge scissors
Scissors
Glue stick
Craft knife
Large and small single rose stamp
Heat gun (embossing tool)
How to:
Cut your sheet of card stock, lengthwise, so that you have a sheet of paper that
measures 5 1/2 x 11 inches. Using your deckle edge scissors, cut the shortest (width)
edges (2 edges) of your sheet. Cut only enough of the sheet to create a deckled edge.
Lay your sheet flat (lengthwise) and fold down 1 inch from the top. Leaving your fold,
folded, now fold your sheet in half. You should have a card that is folded as shown in
the photo.
On the left over section of card stock (you can use a lighter weight paper for this, but
use at least a 67lb weight for this), stamp your large rose, using a pigment stamp pad.
Sprinkle embossing powder over your stamped image, making sure that powder has
covered all the stamped areas and then, shake away the excess powder and apply
your heat gun to the powder. Apply only enough heat to raise the powder and be
careful not to burn your paper.
Using a craft knife, cut out your rose. Stay as close to the embossed edge as possible.
You want a nice clean edge to attach this rose to your card.
Using water colour pencils, colour your rose with red and your leaves with green. You
may choose to use markers or crayons or regular coloured pencils for this. To colour
with water pencils, simply colour around the edge of all the embossed areas and with
a wet paint brush, pull the colour toward the center. If you have never used water
colour pencils, you may want to practice a little first.
Set your rose aside and allow the colouring to dry.
Cut a square of craft foam using your deckle edge scissors. Using these scissors will
create a nicer edge when you stamp. The size of your square will need to be just
slightly larger than your large rose impression. You may be able to use the actual
wood block of your rose rubber stamp as a template for this.
Apply green pigment ink to your foam cut out. Don't worry about applying the ink
evenly, just be sure to cover the entire piece of foam. Stamp the foam on a blank
piece of paper to remove a little of the excess ink and then, stamp an impression on
the front center of the card (refer to photo for placement).
Using your small rose rubber stamp, stamp random impressions on top of the foam
impression you just created. To prevent your impressions from extending over the
edge of your foam impression, place a sheet of paper along the edge (be careful not to
smear your ink) to prevent the rose from being stamped outside of the green area. I
stamped all along the edge of the green square and re-applied ink to my stamp after 2
impressions were made. You can see on my card that some rose impressions are
lighter than others. I also, didn't worry about making sure the entire rose appeared
on the card, I just wanted a messy look to the placement of the small roses.
With your heat gun, apply just enough heat to your stamped area so that the ink will
dry. Pigment ink takes quite a bit of time to dry completely and you need to have dry
ink before proceeding to the next step.
Now that your ink is dry, apply an even coat of glue (glue stick) to the back of the large
rose that you have coloured and glue it to the center of your card (see photo for
placement). Press firmly to seal all the edges of your rose.
Punch 2 holes into the small top fold center of your card, placing your holes
approximately 1 inch apart (you don't want punched holes showing at the back of the
card, so with your card folded, mark an outline around the holes you just punched onto
the area of the card that your rose has been attached. Punch your holes and then
feed your ribbon strand from the inside of the card to the outside and tie in a bow. Tie
your bow loosely, so that it can be opened easily.
On the inside of the card, I repeated the impression, without applying the embossed
rose and added my message. This card was made for a couple that just purchased a
home and was attached to a food gift basket. It really did look pretty and there is no
need to use an envelope for this card, it's just too pretty to tuck inside an envelope.
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