Hi everyone! Today I want to share a beautiful and very thoughtful gift to give for Mother's Day, or any Summer time occasion. These are quick and fun to make, and the addition of Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts will add so much detail and dimension without adding the bulk.
I have made a step-by-step process video showing every step of the way to making one of these beautiful fans. I am using lots of embossing powder and 3D paint techniques, and I will share a few tips or pointers for working with chipboard and making the fan in general. This video is especially good for beginners as well as experienced crafters.
GSL Flourish Frame Sienna
GSL Leaf Medallions
GSL Scribble Frame Butterfly
Wavy craft sticks (Hobby Lobby)
Recollections Mixed Media 12x12 paper pad (Michael's)
Fan Base pattern (below)
Xyron Creative Station
DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish paint
Vintage
Timeless
Treasure
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic
Phthalo Green-Yellow
Natural Fiber Assortment (Paper Studio)
Jacquard Lumiere Gold Pearl Dimensional Paint
VersaFine Ink Pad - Smokey Gray
Emboss It Clear Dabber (Ranger)
Clear Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel
Chunky Rust Embossing Powder (Emerald Creek/Seth Apter)
Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue
Ranger Blending Tool or Sponge
You should be able to click on the pattern and it will enlarge, then click on it again to save as a download. Then find the pattern in your downloads folder and print it out.
Fan Base
I hope you enjoyed this project and perhaps have been inspired to make one, or more, of these sweet and thoughtful fans to give to your Mom, Grandmother, and other friends you want to keep cool. Check out the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts online store for all sorts of chipboard embellishments just perfect for decorating your fan, no matter what shape you make it.
Happy Wednesday everyone, I can't quite believe that May has arrived!
It's Ann here today, and I am sharing this pretty purple posey card I created in preparation for the upcoming holiday, Mother's Day.
The moment I first saw this Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Posey Panel (coming soon), I just knew that it would be perfect for an extra special card. I love all the varied flower shapes, some being fairly bold, while others are so delicate and fragile. The panel arrives in one piece, I carefully remove it from the package and decide on my color theme.
Using a sponge dauber, I paint the panel with DecoArt purple acrylic paint. Once the paint is dry, I dab some Distress Oxide in seedless preserves around the panel to add some interest and highlights while still retaining an overall appearance. I plan to add three dimensional flowers on top of the panel and feel that the panel will stand out better as a whole rather than coloring the individual flowers and minimizing the impact.
I set the panel aside and begin selecting papers for the base of the card. I select papers in shades of purples and orange, and then configure my layout. I cut out the various layers I will be using; then ink around the edges of the paper with distress inks. These layers are adhered to an 8-1/2" square base panel of solid purple cardstock.
Once the base layers are secure, I adhere the posey panel to the orange square using a multipurpose glue, and set this entire piece aside. Then using various flower dies, I cut different flower pieces from coordinating patterned papers as well as pieces of papers that I have inked. These pieces are layered and formed into flowers. I use colored mini brads to secure the flower layers together. I also die cut a label shape, large flower layer, and a circle that will contain the letters M O M. I tend to die cut more pieces than I need, just incase I am unhappy with the way something works or decide to use more than I originally plan. Any extra pieces are stuck into an envelope with similar shapes and saved for use on other projects.
When all of the flowers have been made, I begin to "audition" flowers and final layout schemes. I really want to bring some bright pink and purple to the card, so I color some crinkle ribbon with the seedless preserves distress oxide ink. This will be used to create a fluffy bow.
All of the card elements are adhered onto the base pieces, and the panel is attached to a heavyweight 8-1/2" square card base, ready for writing a personal message inside.
I think that this posey panel would be a perfect addition to a card for any occasion, or I can see it being used on the cover of a journal or even clipped apart and used in various pieces for embellishments, it's truly beautiful any way you choose to use it.
Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate.
Thanks for stopping by the blog today, I hope you can make time to create something beautiful.
~Ann
Be sure to share your Gypsy Soul creations with us on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Craft Group on Facebook, we all would love to see what you are making!
Hi everyone can you believe that it's Sunday already. I have a fun and quick project that you can make for Mother's day next month with one of my favorite products the Mini Clipboards. I wanted to make something that you could give this year with a picture attached and then use it to decorate afterwards. So these clipboards were the perfect thing. I decorated them with Prima papers and flowers and lots of ribbon and they didn't take much time at all.
To make them simply measure around the chipboard piece and cut the paper to fit. The clips are separate so you can glue the paper and decorate them first and then add the clips in the end. This makes it really fast and easy and you can even stamp sweet sentiments on them like i did.
Using papers that have pretty patterns is also a fun idea and you can place them on your clipboard to really accentuate the sentiments that you pick to put on your clipboards. And the colors are just beautiful and perfect for a gift for Mother's day.
This one has a really cute design at the bottom and all I did was add flowers.
And you can get these cute easels at Micheals to send with it so they can set them up and show them off. How is that for a fun and easy afternoon project?
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope to see you again in 2 weeks!!
