Materials

1 A4 Sheet of JS Stardream Card - I used Citrine.
1 A4 Sheet of JS Gold Mirri Card
1 A4 Sheet JS Gentle Gloss Photo Paper
JS Patience Strong CD Volume 1

For Flowers

1 A5 Sheet of pink card approx 160-200gsm for flowers
1 A5 Sheet of light green card for leaves (I used vellum).
Small amount of cream card for flower centres.
Small amount of gold mirri card for flourishes
Optional - Lyra crayons and Gold Promarker for shading flowers and stamens.
Crystal Stickers pearls to decorate flourishes.
CREAlies dies: CL CS 11 (Foliage): CL CS 02 (Flourishes): CL CS 09 (Flower Centres): CL CF 13 (Creative Flowers)
Tools: Embossing Tools, or Character Tool. Etching Tool (Double Ended Pokey Tool). Embossing Mat
Sticky Stuff - I used Double sided tape, Pinflair Glue Gel, and Aleene's Tacky Glue.

Step One

Measure, mark and score a sheet of A4 card as shown. (See picture).

Create the diamond by mountain folding the red lines, valley folding the blue lines and cutting the green lines.

Step Two

Cut away the pieces of card (shown in pink) which over sail the diamond.

Step Three

Using Gentle Gloss photo paper print out a topper, which will fit on the flat section of the card. Mount the Topper on gold mirri card. The topper when mounted should measure approximately 12cms x 19.5cms.

Step Four

Using a Die-Cutter, e.g. Cuttlebug, Big Shot or Wizard cut out the flowers and foliage. I used the CREAlies dies as illustrated, using 200gsm pink card for the flowers, cream for the stamens and green vellum for the foliage. I also cut some gold flourishes for decoration.

Step Five

(1) Cut the flowers.

(2) Optional - Add shading to the flowers. I used Lyra crayons.

(3) Place flower face down and using a large embossing tool for smaller flowers or a Character Tool for larger flowers, work the tool in a circular motion shaping and curling each petal of the flower separately.

(4) Turn the flower, right side facing and press the embossing tool into the centre of the flower so the petals form into the flower shape. Adjust the petals as necessary.

(5) Cut out the centre for the flower. Colour the stamens with a gold Promarker.

(6) Press an embossing tool into the middle of the flower centre and if necessary work in a circular motion to form a cup. Using tacky glue, stick to the centre of the flower.

Step Six

Cut out the leaves. Right side facing, using an Etching Tool add shape to the leaves by pressing the end with the pointed end laid flatly along the leaf, to form a centre vein. Repeat at angle to form smaller veins.

Step Seven

Arrange flowers and foliage on the diamond. Cut out and add gold mirri card flourishes. Stick using tacky glue. I found it easier to use Pinflair glue gel for fixing the large flowers to the card. Decorate with Crystal Sticker Pearls.

This card will fold down to fit in a C5 envelope.