A tutorial for hand embossing + Decorating a die cut flower

Hello Everyone,
   
Today I am going to show you how to make a simple but elegant card with more details and textures.
        

This is a very simple card, you have your stamped card base your layer , and your embellishments

now its time to add some texture.

Step 1,  The layer for your base: (option get the basket weave embossing folder and stip this step)

Cut a 3 3/4 x 5 piece of cardstock and line it up against the envelope template of the score board (if you have the Martha Stewart Scoreboard) an score every 1/2 inch.

    

Rotate cardstock 90 degrees (NOT FLIP) and continue scoring every 1/2 inch, till you get it to look like this basket weave design.

Step 2,  Cutting your flower:
To cut the Tim Holtz  Bigz dies (in this case the tattered florals) in your bigshot you will need the following sanwhich recipe as shown.

From bottom up: Acrylic plate, bigz die(facing up),cardstock, and the other acrylic plate.
Run through machine and pop out flowers.

Step 3, Embossing and distressing flowers:
Choose 2 embossing folders and place your flowers inside them,

For the Bigshot use tab 1 of the Multi purpose plate, and sandwhich your embossing folder between that and the 2 acrylic plate, run through.

Next get the distress ink of your choosing ( I used faded jeans for the demo)

and apply to your flowers.

So the flowers aren't so stiff, begin taking 1 at time and fold and/or crumple the petals inwards, I think it really helps the flowers stand out and gives a soft feel to the card.
 Next apply a pop dot in-between the flowers for even more depth to the card.

Step 4, making leaves with a circle punch:

Punch a piece of cardstock and put the circle you just punched back in half way to get your leaf shape.

To color your leafs you can color with pencils, markers/copics, or distress inks, if you are using darker background colors, make sure to use darker greens, to match.

Step 5, Making your Butterfly punch come to life:

Punch 2 butterflies and distress each side then stamp your text only on 1 side of each with text sides facing out adhere the body leaving the wings to hang free

Place a pop dot in between each wing, or for a side view fold the body over one set wings

And Now you have all your elements ready to place on your card!

Have a Great weekend, I'm going to get ready to make pizza, and go to the Forest park Hot air balloon glow and then watch them race the energizer bunny tomorrow : )