Friendship :: StampsandScrapbooks.com

Friendship and Loyalty have always been important to me. This Friend Card was made for one of my oldest and dearest friends. She and I were "The New Girl" in school in the middle of the school year in 7th Grade. Naturally, we gravitated to each other. We have remained friends all these years and I can truly say I would trust her with my life. She has been one of my most loyal friends and that means a lot! Her birthday is next week and her name is Rose so I thought a rose on her card would be appropriate and would add just the right amount of color to this Shabby Chic Monochromatic Card. The Supply List is below. All products are Stampin' Up! and are available in my ONLINE STORE.

I love Paper Flowers!!! They're easy to make and they look great on anything! This flower was created using a Scallop Punch. Just punch out 3 scallops and then distress them to break down the fibers of the paper. You can do this by crumpling the paper and then pulling your bone folder across the card stock over and over until the card stock begins to separate. Stampin' Up! card stock is dyed all the way through so the color is the same inside the paper as it is outside. Once you've taken the punch outs apart, you'll have 6 layers. Pierce a hole in the center and insert a brad. Then, crumple the scallops in toward the center – bunching them up. Rearrange until you're happy with the flower. I distressed it by sponging on Baked Brown Sugar Ink with a Stampin' Sponge. I love the look of Vintage/Shabby with Glitter and Pearls so I added some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter by running a 2 Way Glue Pen across the edges of the rose and then sprinkled the glitter on. (You can see a VIDEO on how to make this flower HERE.)

All of the edges were distressed with a Distressing Tool and then sponged with Baked Brown Sugar Ink. The letters of the embossing folder also have a little of the ink on them. This is repeated with the inside of the card as well.