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Layered Flowers

By Pam Goodwin

This group of cards were based on a drawing

I did of an Iris I saw carved in marble inside the

Taj Mahal while on a trip to India. However, a

flower from the garden will work equally well!

The initial technique is similar to ‘Hand

Painted Paper’ in issue 24 of the Craft Creations

magazine.

Materials Required:

Gold or Silver acrylic paint.

Paint roller.

Piece of hardboard approx. A4.

White paper 11.5cm x 16.5cm.

Cartridge paper A5.

Water soluble ink, various colours.

Pencil with a rubber on the end.

Lightweight, see through fabric.

Fine and coarse netting.

Machine embroidery threads.

Card mount: AP01G-GO-30, White/Gold.

To Make The Card:

For this type of design it is most useful to

make an aperture template, it can be used to

check everything fits inside the aperture and it

doesn’t matter if it gets marked with paint or ink.

Above: Gold paint has been used as a base and the

flower drawn onto it whilst still wet. This is covered

with green, blue and purple ink. I placed a piece of fine

purple coloured fabric over the centre of the design

then covered the whole design with a fine gold fabric

and machined over with purple sparkly thread.

Take a spare AP01G card, cut away

and discard the two side flaps. Use a

sharp pair of scissors to enlarge the aper-

ture by cutting along the gold foiled

line. You can hold this over the design to

see how everything fits or in cases where

the paint or ink is dry, place it onto the

work and draw round the inside to use

as a guide.

Using the paint roller, roll out a small

amount of gold or silver paint onto the

smooth side of the hardboard. With the

rubber on the end of a pencil, draw a

flower shape in the wet paint bearing in

mind the size and shape of the aperture

it is going to fit into.

Place the

white paper

over the design

and gently press

the surface.

Carefully

remove the

print, don’t be

disappointed, it

won’t look very

inspiring at this

stage. Make a

few prints in

the same way,

re-roll the paint

and re-draw the

design as neces-

sary between

prints.

Dilute some ink and brush over the surface of

the design – try a variety of colour combinations,

if you don’t like some of your results don’t worry

Above: Gold paint used as a base, covered with pink

and purple ink. This design has been cut away to

show the magenta organdie fabric at the back. Gold

transparent fabric placed over the front and machine

embroidered in gold thread.

you can usually improve them by cutting and

adding fabrics and netting.

Above: Silver paint used as a base, covered with mauve

and blue ink. Small pieces of fabrics, nets and dazzle

dots have been put under silver transparent fabric then

machined in silver thread.

From this

point you can

experiment

even more, all

the results will

be different

and some may

appeal to you

more than oth-

ers. Allow the

ink and paint

to dry thor-

oughly before

proceeding.

Option 1.

Add layer of

very fine fabric

in front of the

design, pin the

layers together outside the aperture area. Set

your sewing machine up for free embroidery

and just have fun stitching over your design.

Use a sparkly gold, silver or coloured thread in

the machine to get the best effect. You can also

add smaller pieces of fine fabric in other colours

or with different weaves to give added interest

and texture.

Option 2. Sprinkle a few iridescent dazzle

dots or tiny heart sequins onto the design, not

too many or it will spoil the effect. Add a layer

of very fine fabric in front of the design. This will

trap the sequins between the fabric and paper,

pin the layers together outside the aperture area

before stitching as above.

If you like the cut away designs shown, go for

options three, four or five. These are also a good

way of improving on any designs which you are

less than happy with so far. Place your aperture

template over the painted area and draw round

the aperture to use as a guide before cutting.

Option 3. Use a scalpel to cut out some shapes

from the painted card, ignore the rubber drawn

design underneath and just make any shape you

like, it does not have to be symmetrical. Use a

Above: Silver paint used as a base, covered with pink

and purple ink. This design has also been cut away. A

beautiful sparkly net is placed behind the design to

show through the cut out areas. Purple transparent fab-

ric is placed over the front then machine embroidered

in silver thread. I have also cut the folded flap of card

behind the design so the light shines through giving a

leaded window effect.

piece of fine glittery netting behind the design

to show through the cut holes and a very fine

almost see through fabric in front to give the

whole design a pretty sheen.

Option 4. Cut the shapes from the painted

card as above and use a strong sparkly net

behind the design to accentuate the cut away

areas with an ultra fine mesh or fabric in front

to add the sheen.

Option 5. As above but cut away the flap

behind the design as well. Combined with a

coarse mesh the light will shine through making

it look like a leaded window. If you use a dark

coloured card, place a white insert inside to

reflect the light.

I am sure you will be able to think of other

ideas to vary the designs, have fun.

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