Aster Royale
Aster Royale

Other Products: Die Cutting Machine, Score Board, Bone Folder, Smooth White Cardstock, Scissors, Rangers White Heat Embossing Powder, Heat gun, Hero Arts White Pigment Ink.
Instructions: The ready top fold card measures 4 1/2" by 8 1/2". For the card front, choose the pattern paper from the Floral Shoppe Paper Collection and cut it 1/8' smaller on all sides. Distress all the edges using sharp scissors and glue it on the card front.
Cut 2 pieces of die cuts from white cardstock using Royale Gateway Die and stack them together with the help of glue that dries clear. Slit the center and score on the edges to let open the gate. Layer the Royale gate on the card front.
For Blue Asters, Stamp a couple of petals from Wild Aster Cling Stamp Set using French Ultramarine Archival Ink and cut them using the coordinating die. Color the petals using the same ink and shape them using golf groove tools. Create one large, 4 medium, and 3 small-sized Asters. Complete the flowers by adding the prills in the centers.
Stamp and cut the loose Hydrangeas of both sizes multiple times using Forget Me Not and Magenta Hue and color them using the same images. Cut them using the coordinating die as well. Paint them using Forget Me Not and Cactus Flower. Do color the back as well. Soak the petals in water for few seconds in a bowl of water, damp them with A dry cloth and shape them using golf groove tools. Once shaped, press the center from the front. Pierce the center and glue tiny pollen.
Stamp the leaves using Leafy Accents Cling Stamp Set with white pigment ink on Vellum cardstock. Sprinkle white heat embossing powder and dust extras. Heat set the leaves and cut them using the coordinating die set. Color the leaves using Peeled Paint distress oxide and shape them using a needle tool.
Once all the elements are ready, assemble the card as shown.