Last week I was asked to make a birthday card for a woman in Massachusetts Nursing Home who is turning 103!!! I was honored to make her a card and today I am honored to share this card with all of you!
How I made it:
Cut and Score with your Paper Trimmer
- Thick Whisper White – 8.5″ x 5.5″, scored at 4.25″ on the long side
- Old Olive – 4 1/8″ x 1 1/8″
- Old Olive – 2″ x 1″
Die Cut Using Ornate Layers Dies:
- A piece of floral-patterned DSP from Ornate Garden using the long skinny die with scallops and polka dots around the edge
- A piece of Gold Foil Paper using the tall skinny scallop-lace edged die that nests inside the one we just used
- A piece of So Saffron using the stitched rectangle die that fits inside both the dies we just used
Stamp using Here’s a Card:
- The sentiment “Happy Birthday” in Early Espresso on the 2″ x 1″ piece of Old Olive that you cut
Stamp Using Daisy Lane:
- 6 of the smaller daisies in Smoky Slate on Whisper White
Punch using the Medium Daisy Punch:
- All 6 daisies that you just stamped
Assemble the Card:
- Fold your scored Thick Whisper White card base at the 4.25” score line and burnish with your bone folder
- Place a petal from one daisy between your thumb and the tip of your bone folder, holding it firmly yet allowing for movement without ripping the paper. “Flick” your wrist to draw your thumb and bone folder along the petal from the center of the flower toward the outer edge of the petal – this will give the paper a life-like, curved petal look, rather than having a flat flower. Repeat for each petal of all 6 daisies
- Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, adhere two daisies together such that the petals of the top daisy fill in the gaps between the petals of the bottom daisy. Repeat twice more so that you have 3 assembled daisies
- Use your Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker to color in the centers of the assembled flowers
- Adhere the die cut floral-pattern DSP to the card front, lining it up to the left of the card
- Adhere the Gold Foil panel so the the right edge of the floral layer below is approximately centered behind your Gold Foil
- Adhere the 4 1/8″ x 1 1/8″ piece of Old Olive to the center of the Gold Foil panel
- Adhere the So Saffron panel to the center of the Old Olive layer
- Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the “Happy Birthday” sentiment to the lower right part of the card, as shown. I allowed some of the scalloped Gold Foil to peek out beneath my sentiment, I love the way the light catches that foil!
- Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere your assembled flowers onto the So Saffron panel. I chose to tuck must of the petals of the bottom flower under my sentiment, but left one on top to give some added fun and dimension to the card
- Finally, adhere 3 Gilded Gems to the centers of your flowers for the finishing “wow” factor!
