2008-12-31 Shapped Card and scallop flower

I joined a swap where we are supposed to create a “shapped” card.
I have scallop punches so I made a mini card. I placed the fold of the card stock so that that part was not punched by the scallop. You can see that clearly in the photo on the left side. I should say here that I have the cleaver lever punches and it was really tough to punch through two layers of card stock for this. Some areas didn’t punch all the way through. So I punched a scrap piece, layered it over my card and used a pencil to trace where the punch didn’t cut. Then I took a sharp scissors and finished cutting where the punch missed.

The words are by Hero Arts. The tag is a Sizzix die cut; the scallop circles are all circle scallop punches. The flower is also made using a small scallop circle, folded. Prior to punching them, I ran the card stock through Cuttlebug A2 embossing folders (circle flowers & swiss dots)

To make the flower; I took a small circle scallop punch and punched 2 colors of Cuttlebug embossed card stock. Fold the circle you just punched into 1/4’s, and then piece the flower together making fluffy layers. I did punch one scallop and left it whole without folding so I would have a base to build on. Here is a close up so you can see the layers of the flower. See how the 1/4 folds make the flower poofie? In some places I also added a tiny square of 3-d mounting tape, but it was so full I quit adding it, as I didn’t need it.