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Yesterday was my son’s wedding so of course I had to make a Wedding Card using die cut flowers. I decided to use the Dainty Delight Dies that are available in the Mini Catalogue and also in the NEW Annual Catalogue. Also I love that Stampin’ Up! make some amazing dies that you can use without using the matching stamp set. As there was no set colour scheme I thought it would be very hard to design and make my son and his future wife a suitable card to celebrate their special day. All I knew was that their invite was on Kraft Card so I used this as the base for my card.
How I made my Wedding Card using die cut flowers.
First I had to choose which colours I wanted my flowers and leaves. I used a water brush to ‘paint’ White Shimmer card stock with water and then I added the ink. Next I started by using a block to press onto the ink pad and used the ink from the block to paint onto the damp White Shimmer paper. I also used a few drops from the reinkers to add a much more deeper colour. By ‘painting’ the card stock I was able to get different shades of each colour and as we know flowers and leaves are not one solid colour. Once I was happy with the tones of each colour I put them to one side to dry over night.
Once dry I then die cut out the various elements to make the card. For the leaves I die cut the curve leaf die from the Garden Green and the Granny Apple Green shimmer card. I die cut 3 of each colour and put them to one side. Next I die cut the flower stem with the smaller flowers out of the same shimmer paper. I die cut 2 from each colour.
Then I started to die cut the daisies using the daisy die. I used the Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo and Daffodil Delight shimmer paper. I did try using just 1 daisy but it looked batter with 2. Once I was happy with the daisies I stuck them together and added a Daffodil Delight or Basic Black centre to each one. Finally I die cut the hanging flowers using Fresh Freesia shimmer paper.
How I built up my Wedding Card using die cut flowers.
First I cut a 6×6 piece of Kraft card stock down to make a 5 3/4 inch square. This allowed me to have a 6×6 Basic White card base. Next I laid out my die cut leaves and flowers. Using a white gel pen I added dots around the edges.
I stuck the 3 Garden Green curved leaves to make a circle and then I added the 3 Granny Apple Green curved leaved on top. I then started to add the daisies. Initially I was going to have 4 sets of daisies in each corner but it meant that there was no where to add a sentiment. I wanted to put my sentiment onto a Kraft Tag as this is what they were using on their table decorations so I put them in 3 of the corners but slightly out of line.
Next I added the Fresh Freesia hanging flowers behind the cluster of daisies one I was happy I stuck these onto the wreath of leaves. I than added the Balmy Blue and Flirty Flamingo daisies using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The mini sized ones work perfectly behind the daisy centres. Next I stuck the Daffodil Delight daisies between each cluster.
How I finished off my Wedding Card using die cut flowers.
First I stamped my sentiment from the Very Best Occasions stamp set onto Kraft card using Versamark and heat embossed it using White embossing powder. Next I die cut it out using the second largest tag die from Tailored Tags and a Basic Black circle for the top of the tag. I then added a length of White Bakers Twine to the tag and used another length to make a bow. Finally I added some of the White dots from the Classic Matte Dots and stuck the Kraft mat layer onto the Basic White card base.
I do hoe you have enjoyed seeing my Wedding Card using die cut flowers. I am sure that my son and his new wife will love it. Why not have a go at making a card using die cuts rather than stamps and share on my Facebook page.
Until next time, keep stampin n crafting,
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Such a pretty card Cheryl, love the pastel colour palette x