How To Tuesday

"For today's how to I decided to make a card that utilizes circles in a few different ways, and I'll show you how to make the center paper flower, and the circle confetti background."  - Laura Craigie, Pebbles Design Team Member 

Here are the punches, and paper pad I used for today's card.

Making confetti with your patterned paper can be done in a few ways, if you have a border punch like this it's super easy, or if you have a die cut machine you can set it up to cut hundreds of tiny shapes at one time.  Once you have a small amount you just need to coat the top of your card with pretty much any adhesive you like, and sprinkle it on till you are happy.

Next I got started on the easy paper flower by simply punching out 4 circles with a large circle punch.

Fold your 4 circles in half.

Fold those circles in half again, and add a foam adhesive to the middle so they keep some dimension on your project.  Your 4 "petals" of the flower are now done.  SO easy! :)

Here is my nearly paper flower, and the confetti background.  Using a dry adhesive allowed me to even sew through the top confetti for an additional fun detail.

Finally my finished card!  I added a dimensional flower to the paper one just for fun, and then stuck my sentiment in a circle around that. I really like how the card is so busy and fun up top, and contrasts the simpleness of the bottom portion.

Family Ties 6x6 Paper Pad (751360)
Family Ties Mini Alpha Stickers (732152)
Family Ties Dimensional Stickers (732150)
Family Ties Chips Chipboard Shapes (732153)