Set of Three Beautiful Bouquet Cards

It’s been very gray, cold and damp around here. Winter is setting in. So I was in the mood for flowers and color today. Here is a set of three cheerful cards that I made with the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set, In Color Bitty Bows and Glitter Enamel Dots.

This is a card that for sure would brighten anyone’s day. Here is what you need if you wish to recreate it. (Supplies are also at the bottom listed visually and linked to my online store.)

Supplies:

• Stamps: Beautiful Bouquet (143666p)
• Paper:
  • Garden Green cardstock (102584): 4-1/4” x 11” folded in half at 5-1/2” for card base
  • Whisper White cardstock (100730): two pieces that are 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” one for the outside and one for the inside of the card…and scraps for stamping and die-cutting a couple flowers
  • 2017-19 In Color (Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig) cardstock (144247): 3-5/8” x 4-7/8”…and scraps of Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock for die-cutting flower bunches
• Ink: 126973 Garden Green, 144083 Berry Burst, 126986 Island Indigo
• Other: 144217 In Color Bitty Bows, 144200 Glitter Enamel Dots, 143659 Bouquet Bunch Framelits (OR…145297… purchase stamp set and dies together and save 10%), 143263 Big Shot, 126889 Stampin’ Trimmer, 104332 SNAIL Adhesive, 104430 Dimensionals

Instructions:

1. Stamp a sentiment of your choice in Garden Green ink on one of the 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” Whisper White pieces and attach to the inside on the card.
2. Then stamp the stems image in Garden Green ink in the middle of the other 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” Whisper White piece. Then attach to the 3-5/8” x 4-7/8” colored cardstock piece and attach to the front of the card.
3. Die-cut the detailed flower bunch dies from Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock scraps. Attach to the stems.
4. Stamp and die-cut the remaining three flowers. Attach them to the stems (the two largest ones are attached with Dimensionals). Add Glitter Enamel Dots to the centers of the two largest flowers.
5. Stick on one of the Bitty Bows.

I received my Back in Plaid November 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit today and am working on sharing my fun alternate ideas with you VERY soon! Click here to see to see this kit’s “how-to” video and then be sure you’re subscribed to my blog posts so that you won’t miss my projects when I share them.

Supply List

Did you see my photos from Stampin’ Up! big OnStage event in Salt Lake City last week? New products are around the corner! And that means new catalogs are coming soon.  For information on the release of the new 2018 Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Brochure and for how to request these publications, CLICK HERE.