Flower Card

This weekend I made a flower birthday card for a swap group that I belong to.  I really liked the way it turned out and wanted to share the instructions with you.

1,  Cut one 8 1/2"  x 11" sheet of Whisper White card stock to 4/1/4" by 11".  Score along the 11" side at 5 1/2" to form the card base.

2.  Cut one sheet of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 5 1/4" x 4".

3.  Cut one sheet of the Lost Lagoon and light green flowered cardstock from the All Abloom cardstack to 5" x 3 3/4".

4.  Cut one sheet of Lost Lagoon cardstock  to 5" x 1".  Using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, emboss the 1" wide cardstock in your Cuttlebug or Big Shot machine.

5.  From the remaining section of the Lost Lagoon cardstock punch out one flower with the Fun Flower punch.

6.  From the remaining section of the Whisper White cardstock cut one flower with the Fun Flower punch.

7.  Stamp "Happy Birthday Wishes" from the Petite Pairs stamp set on the large white flower using the  Lost Lagoon ink pad.

8.  Stamp 5 small flowers on the Whisper White cardstock scraps using a variety of designs from the Petite Petals stamp set.  Align the Petite Petals punch over each of the stamped flowers and cut out the flowers.

9.  Cut a piece of white ribbon 6" long.

10.  To assemble the card:  adhere the printed cardstock from #3 above to the Lost Lagoon cardstock  leaving an 1/8" border all around.  Adhere the white ribbon down the middle of the embossed strip folding the ends of the ribbon over to the back of the strip.  Then adhere the strip to the card front about 1/2" inside the left side of the card front.

11.  Adhere the cut out flowers evenly spaced down the center of the white ribbon on the embossed strip and decorate with a pearl in the center of each flower.

12.  Adhere the white large flower to the large Lost Lagoon flower so that the petals are staggered.  Using two dimensionals attach the flower to the top right corner of the card.

13.  Finally, attach the entire card front to the card base leaving a 1/8" border all around.

Materials:  (Stampin' Up item number in parentheses)

Whisper White cardstock (#100730)
Lost Lagoon cardstock (#133679)
All Abloom paper stack (#133703)
Lost Lagoon stamp pad (#133644)
Petite Pairs stamp set (#122497)
Fun Flower Punch (#133785)
Petite Petals Punch (#133322)
Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder (#117335)
Pearl Basic Jewels (#119247)
Adhesives:  Glue dots  (#103683
                    Dimensionals (#104430)
                    Snail adhesive (#107332)

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