Exploding Flower Garden
Exploding Flower Garden
Other Products: Ranger Distress Ink -peeled paint, Ranger Distress Oxide-worn lipstick, paper piercer, paper trimmer, scissors, score board, hot glue gun, foam adhesive, glue, white cardstock
For more tips on creating with the Oakberry Lane collection, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/HirfUN8NEYY.
Instructions: Box is 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4". Cut out two white paper strips 3 1/4" x 11 1/8", score and fold them on each side to a length 3 1/4". Put them on each other by crossing and gluing. Check that all sides are equal. From the Butterfly Dreams Paper Collection cut 9 pieces of 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" squares and cover them to the side of the box and the center using glue.
Cut 5 decorative eyelet accent from white paper HCD1-7202 Album Tags and Accents Die, Die cut 5 matching decorative inlays from the Butterfly Dreams Paper Collection. On 4 pieces trim about 1" from the side of each eyelet accent and adhere using foam adhesive on the sides of the box as shown. Die cut Elegant Pocket dies from white cardstock, trim and adhere on eyelet accent. Die cut two corners of albums tags and accents die from white cardstock and adhere onto center square. Cut sentiments from paper pad and mat using coordinating paper. Adhere on eyelet accents using foam adhesive.
To create flowers, stamp the Oakberry Lane Blossoms Cling Stamp Set on the Deluxe Flower Shaping paper few times using Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick ink, then shadow with the same ink and die cut using the coordinating dies. Shape using Flower Shaping Essentials kit. Use a paper piercer to make a hole in the middle and pull through the green stamens from the Pastel Bead Stamens-Medium set. Layer the petals together using the hot glue gun making sure to offset them. Add a little hot glue to the underside of the flower to adhere. To create leaves, stamp the Oakberry Lane Blossoms Cling Stamp Set on the Deluxe Flower Shaping paper with Distress Peeled Paint ink, die cut with the coordinating die, shade use this same ink and shape.
Cut out a square of 7 x 7" from white paper. Score and fold on each side to the length of 1 5/8". Cut the sides of the lid as needed, fold and adhere sides creating a box. Cut a square of 3 1/4"x 3 1/4" from the paper collection and glue it on top of the lid. Cut 4 coordinating strips with dimensions of 1 1/2" x 3 1/4" and glue on the sides of the lid. Decorate the lid with ribbon, flowers and leaves and a sentiment fussy cut from the paper collection. Adhere using foam adhesive. Die cut four corner dies of the Elegant Pocket Accents die onto white cardstock and adhere, one on each side of the box.