Kia Ora Koutou

We all love the look of the hollyhock blooms, perfect for creating floral gardenscapes with depth and variation in sizes, adding that unique feature to our flower gardens and I am so excited to announce the debut of the Hollyhock Garden collection by Heartfelt Creations. The flowers are just so easy to shape with the coordinating mold and look stunning!!

For more details on the products I have used please visit Heartfelt Creations here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/gallery/hollyhock-love

Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.

Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.

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”

Die cut the background out of light green paper using the No. 1 die from the HCD2-7384 Fancy Classic Rectangle Die and adhere to the front of the card.  Die cut the decorative die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Using the No 2 die from the HCD2-7384 Fancy Classic Rectangle Die and adhere over the light green paper.  Die cut the light green paper using the No. 2 die from the HCD2-7384 Fancy Classic Rectangle Die and adhere inside the white decorative frame.  Die cut the medium decorative frame using the No. 3 die from the HCD2-7384 Fancy Classic Rectangle Die and adhere to the centre of the frame.  Die cut light apricot paper using the No. 3 die from the HCD2-7384 Fancy Classic Rectangle Die and adhere inside the medium decorative frame.  Die cut the small decorative frame out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere to the centre of the card.  Die cut the small inner decorative die using the No. 4 die from the HCD2-7384 Fancy Classic Rectangle Die and adhere to the centre of the medium white decorative frame.

Stamp the long stem images from the HCPC-31000 Hollyhock Stem & Blooms Cling Stamp Set in English Ivy ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating die.  Shape the leaves and adhere to the left front of the card with foam tapes.

Stamp the leaf images from the HCPC-3999 Hollyhock Petals & Leaves Cling Stamp Set in English Ivy ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Colour the backs with Leaf Green ink and shape using the coordinating mold.  Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium and adhere around the long stems.

Stamp the flower images from the HCPC-3999 Hollyhock Petals & Leaves Cling Stamp Set in Lilac Posies and Magenta Hue inks.  Colour the centres with Citrus Burst ink and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Colour the edges and backs of the Lilac Posies flowers with Lilac Posies ink and the Magenta Hue flowers with Cotton Candy ink.  Shape using the coordinating mold.  Pierce the centres of the flowers and insert yellow rock candy stamens and magenta pearl stamens and fasten with Dries Clear glue.  When dry trim the threads, add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium and adhere over the leaves. For the small dark pink flowers insert a yellow bead stamen and use Dries Clear glue to fasten the wires.  Trim the wire and adhere to the top of the stems as shown.

To make the buds at the top of the flower stem stamp the small flower images from the HCPC-3999 Hollyhock Petals & Leaves Cling Stamp Set in English Ivy ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating die.  Colour the backs with Leaf Green ink and shape using the coordinating mold.  Shape the flowers with the stamped side on the outside into a small ball and adhere to the top of the stems as shown.  Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel image.

Trim the sentiment from the paper collection and adhere to the card as shown.

Other Products Used:

Clear gloss gel medium, Altenew inks Citrus Burst, Cotton Candy

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Patricia