Mandala Florals

     These are the flowers and leaves from John Next Door that go with the mandala die set, something a little different, one set has a solid petal and another has an open petal and it's the same with the leaves.

     

     For the centre panel I cut the purple card with the second solid die from the mandala set and cut the green card layer with a solid die from the Woodford set, they match very well.

     Using the stencil words I cut the sentiment in the purple layer and backed it with some silver paper before putting it on foam tape over the green card.

     I also cut two corners from the purple card and glued them on opposite corners, leaving the bottom left for the flower spray.

     I had a piece of card left over from playing around with Brusho Purple, there was enough to cut some flowers and a couple of corners. 

     The corners were trimmed a little, stuck on silver paper and then cut out by hand. Once cut out I glued them together at the square tip to form a butterfly to fill the empty corner at the top of the card.

     For the leaves I used two shades of green card, keeping the lighter for the open leaves and the dark for the solid. Using a ball tool and a soft mat the leaves were given a little shape.

     The spray was built up on the card by tucking the leaves under the flowers and sticking them down. Each flower has a small silver pearl in the centre to tie in with the silver greeting and butterfly wings.

     The Mandal die set may have been an exclusive to Hochanda but you will be able to get the flowers and leaves from your local craft shop. 

Materials List   (available from your local craft shop)
JND204 - Mandala Flowers die

JND205 - Mandala Leaves die set

JND172 - Woodford die set

Mandala die set was limited edition to Hochanda only

JND206 - Mayfield Corner die set

S57262 - 3D PVA Glue from Stix2

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Green and Purple

A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes     Winner

Mandala Quatrefoil Card

     Another card made using the new limited edition Mandal die set from John Next Door. I like to play around with my dies to see what else I can do with them other than the expected basic cut. For a mandala it's usually cut and stack, which looks amazing, but there must be other things you can do with it. That's why I cut from inexpensive card and fold, snip and mess around to see what it will do, we all want value for money from our products don't we?, I know I do.

     The card used was the same brand in two different shades, that way I knew it was the same thickness. Each piece of card measured 4 5/8inches wide by 9 1/2 long, the width is most important although this can be trimmed if it's a little too wide once you have the mandala cut at both ends.    

     The hardest part of this card was remembering to use to 'far' side of the die on the edges of the card, this meant having my cutting plates staggered so it only cut the top half.

     Once the edges were cut I scored along each inner edge and folded the patterned cut inwards. 

     After both pieces of card were cut at the ends I cut the outer patterned part of the mandala and the inner full cut in the darker card. I cut a gold mirri outer pattern with both full cut inner and outer dies and glued this over the aperture to frame it.

      Before gluing the two pieces of card together I placed them over each other and made sure they formed a perfect square so all points would meet, I had to trim a tiny bit here and there to achieve this but if I hadn't the card wouldn't have folded correctly.

     I stamped through the aperture to make sure my sentiment would be in exactly the right place, then I glued the two pieces of card together. I added some of the leftovers from the mirri mandala frame to the corners of the inside and a mirri centre to one point on the outside, this disc acts as a 'seal' to hold the card shut when all points are folded in.

     This would look amazing in white or cream for a save the date card or wedding invitation, cut a plain disc for the outside to hold the couples initials, there are so many possibilities with this die set.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. - New

Daring Cardmakers - You're So Square

Moving Along With The Times - #126 New

The Crafter's Cafe - #258 New

Happy Little Stampers Dies - Anything Using A Die

Little Red Wagon - #585 Dies