Big pink rose with butterflies, bow & lace 8x8

This is a beautiful, feminine design by, Nick Bowley, and it lands itself to be so useful, as it is suitable for many celebrations and occasions. I love this style of design, so I have made 2 cards to display here. One is a very quick and simple card. To make this card, I used a 200gsm, white card, cut at, 29cm wide and 14cm high and folded it in half. To this, and using D.S tape I attached a textured, salmon pink backing sheet, cut at 13 cm high x 12.5 cm wide.

Note, that I attached it at,1.5cm, in from the left hand side edge, of the folded card front, and 0.5 cm, in from the right hand front edge. I then cut out all the elements from, a 200gsm, white card copy, of the sheet provided. I attached the main art work to the card front with D.S tape . I used small squares of padded tape to attach the butterflies, and the bow. I then attached, vertically, to the left hand side, the 2cm wide, pink organza ribbon. I used a tiny length of red power tape at the point I planned for the bow to be attached. I anchored the ends inside the card. I made a simple bow with the same ribbon and used the power tape to attach this to the left front of the card, in the mid-centre point. For the insert, I used, the same backing sheet cut to fit the inside of the card, and used a small section of paper lace from a square doily, vertically, to the centre of the right hand side, of the insert, with a few dots of white glue.

A very quick and easy, beautiful result.

I do like the way Nick has been able to allow the butterfly feelers not to be compromised. It means that when the decoupage is completed, it is not necessary to include the feelers when cutting out the small elements.

The next card I made, is the one in the first photograph. It takes a little longer and makes into a larger card. I have chosen to make this in an easel style opening.

I printed the sheet supplied twice to achieve the result I wanted. For the first copy, I used good quality copy paper. I cut out, all the elements and using the main, 12.5cm high, x 12cm wide image, I mounted this with double sided tape onto a rose pink backing sheet, 13cm x 13cm square. I then made the main card, in a white, 250gsm card, with a 16.5 cm square front. I then used a square, 20cm, lace doily, to cut off the lace edging at the width of 3cm. I measured accurately along each side to cut the 17cm, lengths I needed. I angled the corners to join the lengths, as I attached them, with small dots of white glue. I covered this with a sheet of baking paper, to allow pressing with a heavy book, and drying time while I made the bow, and attached a length of ribbon across the front centre of the topper. This is the same organza ribbon as used above. I fastened it at the back of the pink backing sheet, and left the bow aside while I completed the decoupage.

From the 200gsm copy of the sheet, I cut out the rose, including the stem, the 2 lower leaves, and the left hand bud. I attached these to the topper over the organza ribbon with tiny padded D.S squares. I used the copy paper elements and the,200gsm, card elements, to decoupage the butterflies and the bow. I used the copy of the bow that seems to look transparent, as the top copy. This I actually cut from the main art work. Once the lace was dry, on the front of the main card, I used the red power tape to attach the completed decoupage worked topper. I used the power tape to attach the ribbon at the top right hand corner, and made a little balloon with a sentiment "Just to say hello".

The insert for this, is a salmon textured backing sheet, cut to size, and has sections of the same lace, a miniature from the sheet supplied and my greeting for the proposed recipients. This did take a little longer due to the drying time. However having worked with paper doilies before, I found that the pieces of the doily, are hard to manage with double sided tape strips.

I am really pleased with how both these cards have turned out and thank you Nick for a lovely easy to work with design.

Pamela Horton

This is a beautiful, feminine design by, Nick Bowley, and it lands itself to be so useful, as it is suitable for many celebrations and occasions. I love this style of design, so I have made 2 cards to display here. One is a very quick and simple card. To make this card, I used a 200gsm, white card, cut at, 29cm wide and 14cm high and folded it in half. To this, and using D.S tape I attached a textured, salmon pink backing sheet, cut at 13 cm high x 12.5 cm wide.

Note, that I attached it at,1.5cm, in from the left hand side edge, of the folded card front, and 0.5 cm, in from the right hand front edge. I then cut out all the elements from, a 200gsm, white card copy, of the sheet provided. I attached the main art work to the card front with D.S tape . I used small squares of padded tape to attach the butterflies, and the bow. I then attached, vertically, to the left hand side, the 2cm wide, pink organza ribbon. I used a tiny length of red power tape at the point I planned for the bow to be attached. I anchored the ends inside the card. I made a simple bow with the same ribbon and used the power tape to attach this to the left front of the card, in the mid-centre point. For the insert, I used, the same backing sheet cut to fit the inside of the card, and used a small section of paper lace from a square doily, vertically, to the centre of the right hand side, of the insert, with a few dots of white glue.

A very quick and easy, beautiful result.

I do like the way Nick has been able to allow the butterfly feelers not to be compromised. It means that when the decoupage is completed, it is not necessary to include the feelers when cutting out the small elements.

The next card I made, is the one in the first photograph. It takes a little longer and makes into a larger card. I have chosen to make this in an easel style opening.

I printed the sheet supplied twice to achieve the result I wanted. For the first copy, I used good quality copy paper. I cut out, all the elements and using the main, 12.5cm high, x 12cm wide image, I mounted this with double sided tape onto a rose pink backing sheet, 13cm x 13cm square. I then made the main card, in a white, 250gsm card, with a 16.5 cm square front. I then used a square, 20cm, lace doily, to cut off the lace edging at the width of 3cm. I measured accurately along each side to cut the 17cm, lengths I needed. I angled the corners to join the lengths, as I attached them, with small dots of white glue. I covered this with a sheet of baking paper, to allow pressing with a heavy book, and drying time while I made the bow, and attached a length of ribbon across the front centre of the topper. This is the same organza ribbon as used above. I fastened it at the back of the pink backing sheet, and left the bow aside while I completed the decoupage.

From the 200gsm copy of the sheet, I cut out the rose, including the stem, the 2 lower leaves, and the left hand bud. I attached these to the topper over the organza ribbon with tiny padded D.S squares. I used the copy paper elements and the,200gsm, card elements, to decoupage the butterflies and the bow. I used the copy of the bow that seems to look transparent, as the top copy. This I actually cut from the main art work. Once the lace was dry, on the front of the main card, I used the red power tape to attach the completed decoupage worked topper. I used the power tape to attach the ribbon at the top right hand corner, and made a little balloon with a sentiment "Just to say hello".

The insert for this, is a salmon textured backing sheet, cut to size, and has sections of the same lace, a miniature from the sheet supplied and my greeting for the proposed recipients. This did take a little longer due to the drying time. However having worked with paper doilies before, I found that the pieces of the doily, are hard to manage with double sided tape strips.

I am really pleased with how both these cards have turned out and thank you Nick for a lovely easy to work with design.

Pamela Horton

This is a beautiful, feminine design by, Nick Bowley, and it lands itself to be so useful, as it is suitable for many celebrations and occasions. I love this style of design, so I have made 2 cards to display here. One is a very quick and simple card. To make this card, I used a 200gsm, white card, cut at, 29cm wide and 14cm high and folded it in half. To this, and using D.S tape I attached a textured, salmon pink backing sheet, cut at 13 cm high x 12.5 cm wide.

Note, that I attached it at,1.5cm, in from the left hand side edge, of the folded card front, and 0.5 cm, in from the right hand front edge. I then cut out all the elements from, a 200gsm, white card copy, of the sheet provided. I attached the main art work to the card front with D.S tape . I used small squares of padded tape to attach the butterflies, and the bow. I then attached, vertically, to the left hand side, the 2cm wide, pink organza ribbon. I used a tiny length of red power tape at the point I planned for the bow to be attached. I anchored the ends inside the card. I made a simple bow with the same ribbon and used the power tape to attach this to the left front of the card, in the mid-centre point. For the insert, I used, the same backing sheet cut to fit the inside of the card, and used a small section of paper lace from a square doily, vertically, to the centre of the right hand side, of the insert, with a few dots of white glue.

A very quick and easy, beautiful result.

I do like the way Nick has been able to allow the butterfly feelers not to be compromised. It means that when the decoupage is completed, it is not necessary to include the feelers when cutting out the small elements.

The next card I made, is the one in the first photograph. It takes a little longer and makes into a larger card. I have chosen to make this in an easel style opening.

I printed the sheet supplied twice to achieve the result I wanted. For the first copy, I used good quality copy paper. I cut out, all the elements and using the main, 12.5cm high, x 12cm wide image, I mounted this with double sided tape onto a rose pink backing sheet, 13cm x 13cm square. I then made the main card, in a white, 250gsm card, with a 16.5 cm square front. I then used a square, 20cm, lace doily, to cut off the lace edging at the width of 3cm. I measured accurately along each side to cut the 17cm, lengths I needed. I angled the corners to join the lengths, as I attached them, with small dots of white glue. I covered this with a sheet of baking paper, to allow pressing with a heavy book, and drying time while I made the bow, and attached a length of ribbon across the front centre of the topper. This is the same organza ribbon as used above. I fastened it at the back of the pink backing sheet, and left the bow aside while I completed the decoupage.

From the 200gsm copy of the sheet, I cut out the rose, including the stem, the 2 lower leaves, and the left hand bud. I attached these to the topper over the organza ribbon with tiny padded D.S squares. I used the copy paper elements and the,200gsm, card elements, to decoupage the butterflies and the bow. I used the copy of the bow that seems to look transparent, as the top copy. This I actually cut from the main art work. Once the lace was dry, on the front of the main card, I used the red power tape to attach the completed decoupage worked topper. I used the power tape to attach the ribbon at the top right hand corner, and made a little balloon with a sentiment "Just to say hello".

The insert for this, is a salmon textured backing sheet, cut to size, and has sections of the same lace, a miniature from the sheet supplied and my greeting for the proposed recipients. This did take a little longer due to the drying time. However having worked with paper doilies before, I found that the pieces of the doily, are hard to manage with double sided tape strips.

I am really pleased with how both these cards have turned out and thank you Nick for a lovely easy to work with design.

Pamela Horton