Good morning/afternoon/evening depending on where everyone reading this is at the moment.
Today I am offering you fun step by step design using what I call my 'Oopsie' plate. It is not actually called that but I call it that because whenever I am not focused and/or get distracted (by cake, chocolate and popcorn, I get icky marks on my parchment, or put a hole somewhere I wasn't supposed to, or get the letters the wrong way round, or drop my felt pen on my work with the lid open (of course!), etc), I say out loud an 'Oopsie Daisy' and the flowers and butterflies are very handy to cover up those 'Oopsies'. However, it is a plate on it's own too as you use the flowers for 3D embellishments on your art work and also create borders.
For this project we will put 3D flower elements which have been embossed (with A LOT of patience on my part which is not my strong point!) over the larger textured flowers on the main piece.
Groovi Plates:
Groovi Plate Starter Kit Deluxe GRO-SK-40571-XX
Alphabet & Numbers A4 Square Groovi Plate Mate GRO-WO-40875-21Nested Squares Picot Cut Die Set & Groovi Plate ACC-DI-30698-66
Tina's 3D Flowers & Butterflies A4 Square Groovi Plate GRO-FL-40553-15
Tina's Rosie Doodle Border Groovi Border Plate GRO-FL-40832-09
Straight Pattern No.2 Groovi Border Piercing Grid GRO-GG-40351-14
Straight Basic Bold Groovi Border Piercing Grid GRO-GG-40384-14
Diagonal Basic Bold A5 Square Groovi Piercing Grid GRO-GG-40201-12
NOTE:
All the embossing on this project is done on the back.
The colouring on this project is done on the back.
All the perforating and cutting on this project are done from the front.
Step 1: Die cut the 4rd largest nested picot square on regular parchment paper using the Nested Squares Picot dies. Emboss the double outline from the matching Nested Picot Squares Groovi plate using the Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.1).
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Step 2: Using the Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.1) emboss double outlines about just above half way inside the square from the Nested Picot Squares Groovi plate.
Step 3: From the Tina's 3D Flowers & Butterflies plate emboss 3 largest size flowers of the 2 flowers shown on the photograph below using the Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.1)
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Step 4: Emboss the border from the Tina's Rosie Doodle border plate using the Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.1)
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Step 5: With the front side up, using Groovi tabs, stick the parchment over the Straight Pattern No.1 Groovi Border Piercing Grid plate and perforate the border pattern using the 1-needle bold perforating tool.
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Step 6: Turn the parchment to the back, using the Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.1), emboss double below the perforated border from the Nested Picot Squares plate and border from the Tina's Rosie Doodle border plate. Emboss flower stems using the Nested Picot Squares plate.
Step 7: Still working on the back, using the Pergamano 1.5mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.2), emboss dots in the flower petals using the Diagonal Basic Bold plate.
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Step 8: Still working on the back, align the perforated border over the Straight Basic Groovi Border plate and emboss dots between the perforations using the Pergamano 1.5mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.2).
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Step 9: Colour on the back using Perga Colours Exclusive pens.
Step 10: Picot cut between all the perforations in the border making sure the scissors are over the waste when you cut.
Step 11: On a spare piece of parchment, emboss the corresponding smallest size flowers from Tina's 3D Flowers & Butterflies plate using Pergamano the 1mm embossing ball tool (or Groovi No.1).
Step 12: Emboss inside the flower petals using various size embossing ball tools starting with the largest and letting the parchment rest between each layer to avoid buckling and warping. The longer you let it rest between each layer, the better and whiter the results. This was my first layer ...
This was my last layer ...
Here are the steps for embossing I had done for one of my other projects previously and followed the same steps for this project.
Step 13: Turn the parchment to the front, using the 2-needle bold perforating tool, perforate outside the butterflies.
Step 14: Picot cut between all the perforations making sure the scissors are over the waste when you cut.
To Finish:
Using sequins and brad, mount your 3D flowers over the flowers on the main parchment piece through on Clarity designer paper. Stick this on 5"x5" folded white card.
I hope you enjoyed this step by step journey and I look forward to seeing all your #sayitwithflowers creations using these Groovi plates (and others).
Groovi plates and ingredients are available on http://www.claritystamp.com.
Sending everyone STAY SAFE WISHES sprinkled with PERGA GLITTER. Take care.
Lots of Love, Hugs and Laughter
Tina x
