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Peony and Hydrangea Thank You Card

January 22, 2015

Peony_Hydrangea FrontCreated by Mary Dimercurio Prasad for Elizabeth Craft Designs

Making the Card

1. Cut blue cardstock 5.5 x 8.5 inches; fold in half to form an A2 sized card base. Cut pink cardstock 4 x 5.25 inches.

2. Die cut black cardstock, Light Blue Metallic Shimmer Sheetz and Raspberry Metallic Shimmer Sheetz using the Garden Patch 1 1/2-inch & Mini Petals main die. Die cut Thank You sentiment from Raspberry Metallic Shimmer Sheetz (use Metal Adaptor Plate to die cut Shimmer Sheetz). Die cut 2 more copies of Thank You from pink cardstock. Glue the Thank You words in a stack to form thick words, with the Shimmer Sheetz on top.

3. Adhere the black frame to the pink cardstock (step 1), centered at the top (long side) as shown.

4. Emboss square pieces of Raspberry Metallic Shimmer Sheetz using Bouquet folder, emboss blue pieces using Dancing Leaves folder. Tap/rub StazOn Black ink across the tops to enhance the design. Adhere into black frame using Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Transparent Double Sided Tape, alternating designs. Add blue ribbon around the bottom of the pink cardstock with squares as shown. Adhere pink cardstock to front of card base. Adhere stacked Thank You to card over ribbon as shown.

5. Using Hydrangea and Peony dies, die cut stems and leaves from green cardstock, Peony petals from light pink cardstock (cut about 3 copies of the single petal sets), Hydrangea flowers from cream cardstock (2 sets of flowers), and Peony center (stamen) from yellow cardstock (cut 2 copies).

Process Making Peony

6. Lightly ink all edges of cream flowers with Salty Ocean Distress Ink using an ink blending tool. Watercolor petals of Peony with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink: get each petal wet with a brush and water, add a small amount of color most of the way up the petal, then intensify the color at the base. Watercolor the leaves using Mowed Lawn Distress Ink: darker green in shaded areas (base of leaves), let dry then use a small brush to add veins. Add green shadows to the stems as well, along one side.

7. Shape the leaves and petals: rub the middle of the Hydrangea flowers with a small round stylus. Run a stylus around the back edge of each Peony Petal (including the ones that form the base), flip and rub with a large stylus or end of a die pick from the base about half way towards the tips – choose about 6 petals to shape the opposite way to go around the center and on the Peony bud (one very small and one small for bud), i.e. these will curve inwards while the others will curve outwards.

8. Cut the yellow stamen stalks (filaments) down the middles maybe 2/3rds of the way down. Add glue along the bottom edge of one, roll tightly along the bottom edge. Add glue to the other and roll it around the first. Spread the filaments out a bit with your finger.

9. Add a small dot (e.g. with toothpick) of Baby Blue Liquid Pearls to the centers of each of the Hydrangea flowers. With a large stylus or end of die pick, rub the back of the round Hydrangea base (top of stem) to form a cup. Add something to the cup to give it support from behind – I used a large enamel dot but you could fill it with Glossy Accents, Silicone Glue, or even dimensional tape (cut in circle). Glue the flowers to the outside. You may have to adhere a few on opposite sides then let them dry before adding more so they won’t shift on you.

Peony_Hydrangea Close Up

10. For the Peony bud, find the base (one with embossed lines), glue the small sized then the very small sized petals you reserved, as shown in photo. For the main Peony, rub the petal base in the center to give it a bit of a cupped shape (e.g. with the end of a die pick). Glue the stamen to the center. Glue the petals reserved for the center around the stamen then fill in the other petals.

11. Assemble and adhere stems, leaves, and flowers as shown. Don’t be afraid to trim a stem and/or move leaves to create the look you want. I cut an extra leaf for the Hydrangea (bottom) and glued it on top of its matching leaf, along the bottom edge, to make it pop out. Make a double bow with twine and adhere where stems meet.

Supplies

ECD Supplies

Other

  • Cardstock: Blue, Pink, Light Pink, Black, Green, Cream, Yellow
  • StazOn Ink: Black
  • Distress Ink: Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry
  • Liquid Pearls: Baby Blue
  • Blue Ribbon
  • Blue/Brown Twine

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  • graciela guzman March 1, 2015 at 11:47 am

    fron mexico your creations is beautiful

  • Marjorie January 25, 2015 at 9:41 am

    The card is beautiful.

  • Marianne January 22, 2015 at 8:55 pm

    What a beautiful card!

  • Frances January 22, 2015 at 2:38 pm

    Gorgeous card Mary

  • Mary Prasad January 22, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    LIKE! (I like all the comments!!) 🙂

  • clickityklak January 22, 2015 at 12:08 pm

    So beautiful and it makes me wonder why I did not order those squares. I have all the other items, so I am off to try as soon as my order arrives. Els is so good about getting ones order out,! ! ! TFS Mary

    • Els van de Burgt January 22, 2015 at 12:46 pm

      Mary, I have to give credit for shipping out the orders to the people working at the office and warehouse:-)! These days I am busy with designing and creating projects and needless to say that I love that!

  • Debra Hensley January 22, 2015 at 10:58 am

    Gorgeous Mary! Absolutely wonderful directions too! Love the SS with the softness of the flowers.

  • Raquel Mason January 22, 2015 at 10:52 am

    Beautiful card Mary! The flower is stunning and I love the different colors of Shimmer Sheetz.

  • Candy Spiegel January 22, 2015 at 10:07 am

    oh my! This is so beautiful!! I’m going to scraplift your background!

  • barb macaskill January 22, 2015 at 8:49 am

    Breathless! My heart is racing! This is such a stunning creation!!! TFS!

  • dyeandpigment55 January 22, 2015 at 8:43 am

    Wow, your card is beautiful.

  • Els van de Burgt January 22, 2015 at 8:19 am

    Beautiful Mary! Love the combination of the flowers and the Shimmer Sheetz.

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