Pink and White Magnolia

 I'm sure most of you know I just love creating "pretty" cards with flowers, lace and pearls. Today I decided to play with the Punch Bunch "Medium Ovoid Petal" punch to see if I could come up with a new flower.  I kind of had a magnolia in mind but since I'm not sure I have ever seen a real magnolia, I'll let you decide if that is the type of flower this is or not.    You know you can get all the Punch Bunch flower punches from Joan's Gardens.

Here is a picture of the pieces I punched to work with.  The leaves are from the Punch Bunch "Mega Lily Petals"; the green flower base I used was punched from a Martha Stewart five petal flower (I don't know the name).  The white petals were punched with the Medium Ovoid Petal Punch then chalked on what is actually suppose to be the outer edge (top) of the petal.  I wanted a slight point on my flower petal instead of a "dip" so turned the petal around and used the stem end.  Nice you can get double use out of these punches!   The pink is actually darker than it is showing up in this picture.  The stamen was created with 6 Punch Bunch "Medium Suns".  Each ray of the sun was cut down toward the center to make it "frilly" after being conditioned and shaped.  I used a rose Copic marker to color the very end of each "ray".  

The flower was created by assembling two rows of 5 petals each.  I created a cupped flower by pressing down on the black flower shaping mat.  All the stamens pieces were "cupped" on the black mat and glued together pushing each row up tightly against the center.  Sometimes you have to keep working this type of stamen until the glue kind of sets so it will keep it shape.  While you are working on something else, go back and push all the levels together to form a nice tight, full stamen.  The leaves were shaped with the tools from the Flower Tool Kit then sponged.  I kind of "crinkled" the edges down to give them lots of texture.

My card is 6" x 5.5".  I love working with the beautiful Marianne Design dies and cut and emboss embossing folders.  I die cut the top corners using two "Anji corners" (LR0200) at the same time.  The reason you need two corners is because when you run this die back through your machine when embossing, it will flatten out one of the embossed corners if you use just one die.  I taped both corners down on the card stock using removable tape, ran it through the machine using the CuttleHUG, then ran it through again using the rubber embossing mat. For the bottom of the card I used the Marianne  (DS0915) cut and emboss folder.  A small piece of it had to be cut off to fit right under the Anji corners. I used this embossed piece horizontal instead of vertical.  A narrow piece of pink card stock was attached across that cut line. The completed front was layered over pink card stock so the cut out designs would show up well. 

I wanted something "frilly" under the flower but none of the doilies fit just the way I wanted, so checked out my flourish dies and found two perfect dies.  They are the Memory Box "Amira Flourish" (98183) which is placed vertical between the corners, and the Memory Box "Valerian Flourish" (98196) which was attached across the seam under the flower.  This was just enough "frill" to make me happy!   The flower was attached then the leaves tucked in under it.  A little dotted Swiss pink bow was added under the flower.  To finish the card, I added some Kaiser Craft "Rose" self stick pearls.  

As you know, all the products I use can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

Hope you are having a fun St Patrick's Day. 

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Magnolia Tutorial and Die Cut Doily

Today I was very anxious to create a card using one of the new Doily Dies that Joan's Gardens is now carrying.  Oh my gosh, you are going to love these doily dies.  The Cheery Lynn doily I used for this card is called Italian Flourish (DL103)   Isn't it a dainty doily.  I could not believe how easily it cut out.  I have two others I will be using in the next few days. For this card I used some more new products I just received from Joan's Gardens.  The design paper is from the BoBunny "Timepiece Collection" paper pad.  What a perfect paper for my magnolia.  The corners were die cut from the new Spellbinder "Parisian Accents" die cuts.  I have been looking for some pretty corners and I love these.  There are a lot of other beautiful pieces in this Spellbinder set.   The sentiment is from one of the new JustRite cling stamp sets called "Vintage Oval Labels".  This set has gorgeous frames and flourishes, but the frames were too large for this card so I just used one of the sentiments and cut it out with a Big Scallop Circle Nestability.  The bow was made from silk ribbon.  All these products can be purchased from Joan's Gardens. 

I wasn't planning to get the response I did for the magnolia flower I created yesterday.  You are all asking for a tutorial so since you come here to learn new things, I thought I better teach you how I did it.  I had no instructions so maybe someone else has a better way of doing it.  I just looked at the design paper I used yesterday and tried to figure it out. Here are a few pictures I hope will help you. 

The punches I used were shown yesterday.  To create the stamen, I used one tan medium sun and four light yellow medium suns.  I used the card stock from Joan's Gardens that she carries special for creating flowers.  In this picture, in the first row, you can see I used a dark red marker to color the tips of each point of the sun.  I did this on both sides.  I also created a red circle just below the points. This is what it looked like on the design paper I used yesterday. This sun will be the bottom of the stamen.  In the second row, at the top you can see how I cut each point of the sun in half down toward the enter.  I marked it with a black marker so you can see it. For this stamen I used four suns cut this way. In the third row, I used only one sun and cut between each point. This sun will become the very top of the stamen.

Here you can see how I used the tools from the Flower Tool kit to weaken the fibers in each sun.  You use the large white tool and go around in circles and the sun will start to weaken and curl up.

In this picture I am layering all the suns.  Start with the gray sun first; add a dot of glue to the bottom of one of the yellow suns and push it way down into the black shaping mat, with a small stylus from the flower tool kit, making it curl up.  Keep adding suns and pushing down into the mat with each sun you want to add. Now take the yellow stamen that was cut between the points and push it down until it is a really tightly closed sun.  Add a pool of liquid glue down in the center of that sun and roll it between your fingers shaping it into a cone.  It takes a little time for the glue to stick and hold its shape.  Add some liquid glue down in the center of the other stamens and even a little between each layer and insert the pointed sun down in the middle.  Press all the points in until it has formed like the picture below.

This is what the stamen will look like when you are done pressing in all the points.

I used 13 medium pears to create the magnolia.  For this flower, I sponged ColorBox Yellow Cadmium Chalk ink lightly around the edges of the petals, including the backside.  I used ColorBox Amber  Clay chalk ink to sponge the stem end of each pear. 

To create the flower, you need a base.  I used a 1/2" green circle, large Sky Flake, and a small snowflake.  You need to condition each of these pieces, using your Flower Tools so they will cup.  This will help shape the flower.  To start, glue the Sky Flake to the center of the circle.  This is your starting base.

Start creating your flower by adding a tiny bit of glue on the stem end of the pear.  You are going to add seven pears to the Sky Flake.  Push each petal down for a few seconds, with a stylus, to help set the glue.  Add all seven petals to complete the first row. 

Next, you are going to add a drop of glue to the center of the small snowflake and add it to the center of your flower.  This helps to give stability for adding the next row. You are going to add the other six petals on this row. When adding petals on this row, alternate them so they look like a real flower.

After all the petals are added, add glue to the bottom of the stamen and attach it to the center of your flower.  There you did it.  You now have a magnolia.  I think it is amazing you can use a Pear and Sun punch to create a beautiful flower!

I hope this tutorial was helpful and now you can make some cards or boxes with a beautiful magnolia that you created yourself. 

Magnolia Punched Flower

I have been so excited to post this card.  I created that beautiful magnolia with the three punches shown above.  Using the medium pear punch, 13 ivory pears were punched.  The petals were sponged with dark grey ink then shaped using the Flower Tool Kit.   Using the medium sun punch, one ivory and three light yellow suns were punched.  A dark red marker was used to color the tips of the ivory sun.  All the punched suns were shaped and layered with the ivory sun on the outside.  The stamen in the center of a magnolia is cone shaped.  I was very pleased with the way it turned out.  It really made the flower!  The flower was placed on three leaves I stamped from a stamp in my stash (I don't know the name).

My inspiration for this flower came from the design paper used from the K&Company "Julianne" paper pack.  I think it turned out looking pretty close to the flowers in the paper.  What do you think?   Can you tell, I really love working with the punches from Joan's Gardens to create lots of different flowers. 

For the center of the card, I die cut the Nestabilities "Fleur De Lis" pendant using ivory card stock.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "You're So Sweet" stamp set.  It was black embossed on ivory card stock and cut out with the Nestabilities Lacy Circles die then layered on top of the Fleur De Lis Pendant. The final embellishment was a few green pearls.

All the products used to create this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

I just received a box from Joan's Gardens and in it are some of the new Cheery Lynn Lacy Doily dies she is now selling in her store.  Now I am very excited to go make a card using one of them.

Thanks for stopping by.  Would love to read your comments about my magnolia.