Kia Ora Koutou

This bright and summery card featuring the Seasonal Wreath collection from Heartfelt Creations reminds me that summer is just around the corner here in New Zealand. I have used all the summer images to create a gorgeous bouquet of flowers with busy bees hovering near by.

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Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 10” x 7”, score at 5” along the long side and fold to create a base card of 5” x 7”. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 5” x 7” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of light green paper 4 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 4 5/8” x 6 5/8” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of light green paper 4 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and adhere to the front of the silver card.

Die cut three frames using the No. 2 die from the HCD2-7307 Royal Elegance Frame Die set – two from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and one from silver cardstock. Adhere the two white frames together and then adhere the silver frame to the top and then adhere to the front of the card.

Stamp the flower, leaves, birds and eggs, butterfly and bee images from the HCPC-3965 Summer Wreath Accents Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and colour pencils and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add the flower and leaf images to the centre of the frame to create a bouquet. Add the birds on the left side of the bouquet and the eggs in the nest on the bottom right of the bouquet as shown. Add the butterfly to the flowers and the bees with small foam squares on the outside of the frame as shown.

Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium and iridescent gems to some of the flower centres and outside the frame.

Die cut the outer bow image from the HCD1-7375 Seasonal Wreath Die out of silver cardstock. Die cut the outer bow image from the HCD1-7375 Seasonal Wreath Die out of light pattern paper and adhere to the silver bow image. Die cut the decorative bow image from the HCD1-7375 Seasonal Wreath Die out of silver cardstock and adhere to the front of the bow and then adhere the bow to the bottom of the bouquet. To finish add an iridescent gem to the centre of the bow.

Other Products:

Iris cardstock, Prismacolour pencils, iridescent gems, clear gloss gel medium, small foam squares.

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Ka Kite Anu

Patricia