Created 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).
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.
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
- 1001 Garden Patch 1 1/2 Inch & Mini Petals
- 994 Garden Notes – Hydrangea
- 996 Garden Notes – Peony
- 788 Thank You
- E106 Dancing Leaves Embossing Folder
- E121 Bouquet Embossing Folder
- SS 0230 Light Blue Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
- SS 0224 Raspberry Metallic Shimmer Sheetz
- 803 Metal Adaptor Plate
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
fron mexico your creations is beautiful
The card is beautiful.
What a beautiful card!
Gorgeous card Mary
LIKE! (I like all the comments!!) 🙂
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
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!
Gorgeous Mary! Absolutely wonderful directions too! Love the SS with the softness of the flowers.
Beautiful card Mary! The flower is stunning and I love the different colors of Shimmer Sheetz.
oh my! This is so beautiful!! I’m going to scraplift your background!
Breathless! My heart is racing! This is such a stunning creation!!! TFS!
Wow, your card is beautiful.
Beautiful Mary! Love the combination of the flowers and the Shimmer Sheetz.