I’m warning you now, this post is pic heavy! Lots of stamping. Lots of layers. Lots of punching! This card turned out pretty thick, so I would recommend that this one be hand delivered or you’ll probably be paying extra postage lol.
Okay, so here are the supplies that I used today …
I started by stamping the large flower stamp onto the Flirty Flamingo cardstock, with Flirty Flamingo ink. You need 4 daisies for each flower, so I'm stamping 8 times to make 2 flowers …
I did the same thing on the Melon Mambo cardstock, using the smaller daisy stamp and Melon Mambo ink. Again, you need 4 daisies for each flower, so I'm stamping 8 times to make 2 flowers …
I inked up the flower center stamp with Early Espresso ink and stamped 4 times on So Saffron cardstock, leaving room between for cutting …
Now it's time to cut everything out! I flipped the Daisy Punch over, lined up the stamped image on the Flirty Flamingo and punched it out. I did that for all 8 daisies …
I did the same to the Melon Mambo cardstock, using the Medium Daisy Punch …
Next, I used the smallest scalloped circle of the Layering Circles Die Set and cut out all 4 of the flower centers …
Then I used my scissors to snip around the edges, using the center stamp as a guide …
To make 1 flower, you need 4 of the large daisies, 4 of the smaller daisies and 2 of the centers …
I used my bone folder to break up the fibers and give the flowers a little curl. I positioned the flower over the bone folder and used my thumb to hold it still while gently pulling the bone folder from the center towards the tip. I did this on all of the flowers …
It's time to put everything together! I started with the 4 larger Flirty Flamingo daisies. I added a drop of liquid glue to the center and added another daisy on top of it. I added glue and stacked all of the daisies (one at a time), making sure to stagger each one …
I did the same thing for the smaller Melon Mambo daisies …
Using the liquid glue, I attached one flower center on top of the other …
I added a dollop of liquid glue to the center of the larger flower and pressed the smaller one on top. Then I added glue to the center and added the flower center on top …
I repeated the whole process to end up with 2 flowers and set them aside …
Next, I began working on the card. Using Soft Sea Foam ink, I stamped the sentiment on the top right corner of the Soft Sea Foam cardstock …
With no adhesive on the flowers, I placed them on the cardstock and moved them around until I had them in position …
Then I inked up the stem stamp with Soft Sea Foam ink, lifted one of the flowers and stamped it in position. I did the same to the second flower, stamping the stem off the cardstock a little …
I added adhesive to the back and attached it to the Melon Mambo card base …
I added adhesive to the back of a piece of Whisper White cardstock, and attached it to the inside. Then I added liquid glue to the back of the flowers and attached them to the card front ...
And the card was complete … whew!!
As I said, the card turned out pretty thick with the flowers, so this one is best to hand deliver unless you want to pay extra postage. I really like the way the flowers turned out, and I'm eager to try other colors! If you'd like to make this card, here is a list of everything that I used. You can purchase all of these items on my online shopping site by clicking right HERE
Thanks for stopping by!!
xoxo
Dawn
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