Two-Tone Flora All-Occasion Card

Celebrate any occasion by adding the sentiment of your choice to this card made with the Two-Tone Floral Bundle from Stampin’ Up! (R).

Supplies and Measurements…

• Basic Thick White cardstock, 8 1/2”x 11, cut at 5 1/2” and scored at 4 1/4”. Cut second half into two pieces, one 5 ½” x 4 ¼” and one 5 ¼”x 4”. Scrap to cut dies as listed below.

• Polished Pink cardstock, 5 ½” x 4 ¼” 

• Balmy Blue cardstock scrap to cut dies as listed below.

• Mossy Meadow cardstock scrap to cut dies as listed below

• Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels

• Multipurpose Liquid Glue or other adhesive of choice

• Foam Adhesive Strips (preferred) or Stampin’ Dimensionals

Tools…

• Two-Tone Flora Stamp and Die Bundle 

• Clear Block D

• Blending Brush

• Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder

• Paper Trimmer

• Stampin’ Cut and Emboss and Die-Cutting Plates

• Paper Snips

• Bone Folder

• Stampin’ Scrub

• Stampin’ Mist

• Silicone Craft Sheet

Instructions…

• Cut and score cardstock as indicated. Use the bone folder to burnish the score line to create a crisp fold.    

• Using the large background die from the Two-Tone Flora Stamp and Die Bundle, die cut the 5 ½”x 4 ¼” Basic White cardstock.

• Using the Pretty Flowers embossing folder, emboss the Polished Pink cardstock.

• Adhere the embossed Polished Pink cardstock to the inside of the card. 

• Using the blending brush, lightly blend Polished Pink ink onto the 5 ¼”x 4” Basic White cardstock set aside for the card inside. Keep it light! Adhere the blended cardstock to the embossed Polished Pink.  

• Stamp the largest flower and second-to-largest flower using Polished Pink ink. Stamp the detail in full strength and stamp off once for the filler. 

• Stamp three leaf branches on the Mossy Meadow scrap using Mossy Meadow ink.

• Stamp the cluster of small flowers in the Balmy Blue scrap using Balmy Blue ink.

• Die cut the flowers and leaves using the corresponding dies from the Two-Tone Flora Stamp and Die Bundle.

• Using the blending brush, lightly blend Polished Pink ink onto the solid surface of the card front. Keep it light!

• Adhere adhesive strips around the perimeter of the background die and adhere it to the sponged polished pink card front. (You can use Stampin’ Dimensionals cut in half for this step; however, the strips are preferred as they provide better support to the card front.)

• Match the stamped and die-cut images to the corresponding images on the die-cut front card panel. Note that the leaf sprig at the top of the card is not an exact match. (But it works!) 

• Embellish the flowers with Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels – three for each flower center and one on each flower in the cluster.