Hello Crafters,
Flowers brighten up everyone's day, and it's no exception at Christmas time! And this is why today's card tutorial will be a definite hit this festive season. Created by the super-talented Glynis and featuring the brand-new Christmas Build-a-Bouquet collection, this bright and cheery design would also work brilliantly for a yuletide birthday card or a framed picture.
Read on for a full, step-by-step project tutorial, complete with a materials list that has been linked, allowing you to click on each product and be directed to its respective web page, making shopping easy.
YOU WILL NEED:
- Christmas Build-a-Bouquet collection:
- Stamp and die set – Christmas Bouquet Builder
- Stamp and die set – Beautiful Bouquet Christmas Flowers
- Metal die set – 3D Bow
- 8x8” designer paper pad – Christmas Flowers and Foliage
- Nesting die sets – Decorative Squares, Decorative Ovals and Basic Ovals
- A7 stamp set – Christmas Happiness
- Pearl card – Jupiter
- Mirror card – Red
- Smooth white card
- Sparkelicious glitters – Santa Suit, Diamante Sparkle, Dulce de Leche, and Crystallina
- Sparklers – 10mm and 12mm
- Bling Box – Beautiful Bouquets
- WOW! embossing powder – Polished Gold and Earthtone Olive
- WOW! clear embossing inkpad
- Marker pens
- Foam pads on a roll
- Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA glue
- Pinflair 3D glue gel
- 8x8” white straight-edged card blank
- WOW! heat tool
- Die-cutting machine
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 Score a line down the middle of the front of the base card and fold forward. Affix red mirror card to the two panels and the inside. Die-cut the largest Decorative Square die from the set into white card, cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter, cut in half and affix to the panels. Top tip: double-check the size is correct before attaching. Die-cut another panel for the inside, glitter as before, and secure in place. Trim down patterned paper to fit the panels and the inside. Go around all the edges using Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter and affix in place.
2 From the Decorative Oval die set, cut into white card and glitter. From the Basic Oval die set, cut one in red mirror card and one in white card to fit the decorative oval. Affix the red panel to the base card with foam pads. Glitter around the edges of the smaller white panel using Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter. Then, matte and layer the two white panels together, and secure them onto the main card with foam pads.
3 Stamp, heat-emboss and die-cut the main bouquet image using Earthtone Olive embossing powder. Colour with the marker pens and glitter with Santa Suit, Crystallina, and Dulce de Leche Sparkelicious glitters. Secure onto the base card with 3D glue gel. Stamp, heat-emboss, and die-cut the remaining foliage and glitter, as before.
4 Die-cut the poinsettia numerous times using Jupiter pearl card, then accent with Dulce de Leche Sparkelicious glitter. Shape the petals and adhere together using 3D glue gel. For the Christmas rose, stamp, heat-emboss, and die-cut using Polished Gold embossing powder. Glitter the centre of the flowers and attach a jewel from the Beautiful Bouquet Bling Box. Attach all the foliage and poinsettias to the main card using 3D glue gel.
5 For the bow, die-cut in Jupiter pearl card and cover with Dulce de Leche Sparkelicious glitter. Once dry, assemble and secure in place with 3D glue gel. Decorate the white oval background using Dulce de Leche Sparkelicious glitter.
6 For the inside, die-cut three different ovals as per the front, but smaller. Stamp and heat-emboss the Christmas Happiness stamp onto the top panel. Go around the edges using Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter, then matt and layer together and affix to the main card. Finish by decorating the bottom of the ovals using the Christmas rose and foliage.
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Chloe x
