a mosaic filled with love

How is this for organised?

I plan on using this 5x7" card for my Mum on Mother's Day.

Here is a close up so show the texture and dimension.

I took a 12x12 sheet of green textured cardstock and kept cutting leaves using the Winnie & Walter - In Bloom - Maggie's Roses Cutaways until I had used it all ... I had lots and lots of leaves.  I put some of the two-leaf pieces aside, then trimmed the leaves apart from the rest, so that I had a collection of leaves in three sizes.

Next came the rose - I cut the largest roses (both the detailed and solid dies from the W&W cutaway set above) in red and white several times as I wasn't sure whether I was going to layer them and if so, how.

Then came the fun part - my goal was to make a background using a single rose surrounded by a mosaic of delicate leaves.  In preparation for assembly, I took some Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue and added a tiny dollop to the back of each leaf, at the top where the veins start and to the back of some of the solid roses & solid leaves (single & double leafed).  When left to dry without being adhered to anything, this adhesive becomes repositionable, so my die cut pieces become lightly adhesive.

I placed the rose and feature leaves in place then started putting the leaves around them, working from the feature pieces outwards and over the edge of my 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" panel.  Yes, it took a while to get them to fit together without huge spaces or being too close together, but it was worth every second (... a true labour of love).  AND I used every leaf too!  Once I was happy with their placement, I adhered the rose and solid leaves in place, then lifted each leaf, one at a time and adhered them in place, using the same Tombow Mono, which becomes a permanent adhesive when pieces are layered together.

Once all the pieces were adhered, I trimmed the overhanging leaves with scissors and matted on to white then red cardstock, then adhered it to a white 5x7 base made from the same textured cardstock.  (I use Helmar 450 Quick Dry, a clear liquid adhesive when adhering mats and panels to cards, as it gives me a little time and wriggle-room to get the layers aligned before it dries permanently in place.)  

I cut the word "love" using the same red cardstock as the rose using the Winnie & Walter - In A Word - Love Cutaway.  OK, I confess, I cut several, several in red, several in white and several in black, as I was going to layer some together for more pop.  It didn't matter which colour I tried, the leafy background was a little too distracting, so I cut a narrow strip of vellum to place behind it and I think it looked pretty layered together, subtle, without distracting from either the background or sentiment.  What do you think?  I just placed some small dollops of Tombow Mono Multi behind the sections where the "love" was, so that the adhesive wasn't visible through the vellum and the vellum lifts a little at the edges giving it some delicate dimension.

I matted inside the card too.  Apart from looking pretty, it adds weight to help the card stand tall without bending or bowing.  

I hope you enjoyed my mosaic filled with love :)

Ingredients:

Winnie & Walter - In A Word - Love Cutaway

Winnie & Walter - In Bloom - Maggie's Roses Cutaways

American Crafts Textured Cardstock

Vellum

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Liquid Adhesive

I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:

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Winnie & Walter Blog

Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenges

W&W - Create Your Own Background Challenge with Gayatri

- I created my background by using die cut leaves to make a mosaic

W&W - Two Challenge with Shay

- I used two different die sets to create my card,
W&W In A Word - Love Cutaway and W&W - In Bloom - Maggie's Roses Cutaways

and I used two different colours, (red and green, white is a freebie)

W&W - Over The Edge Challenge with Kelly

- my leaves go over the edge on all sides of card panel

W&W - Floral Challenge with Lydia

- I have used a rose with many, many leaves

PS - W&W will be giving away a Guest Star spot for their next release.  They will be choosing their winner based on the entries submitted for their Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenges.  A minimum of four projects must be entered in different challenges for their consideration, so I'm heading off to work on some more challenge entries.

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PaperCrafter's Corner Blog

Magazine Monday's - Week 134

 

I was inspired by the floral background and large title.

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Simon Says Stamp Blog
Work It Wednesday February - use something floral

My floral is the rose with lots and lots of leaves.

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Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge Blog
Simon Says - Anything Goes


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Crafty Gals Corner Blog
Challenge #60 - Anything Goes