Fun Day

Today was a fun day for me.  My neighbor Pat came over to learn how to make a card.  She wanted a pretty birthday card for her mother.  We spent the morning making a bunch of flowers, stopped to have lunch, then this afternoon started working on designing the card.

Pat and I both made flowers but this is the card she design and completed herself. Isn't it gorgeous!  On the aqua background, corners were punched with the Martha Stewart "Swirling Lace Corner" punch.  The pretty doily was die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Sophia's Heart"   die.  Isn't it perfect with the roses.  The large rose was created with the Spellbinders "Spiral Blossom One" die.  I taught her how to sponge along the bottom edge, then "scrunch" up the spiral petals.  She had fun learning how to use the tools from the Flower Tool kit to shape her flowers.  The smaller roses so we used the  Spellbinders "Bitty Blossoms" (medium) die.   The roses were die cut using light weight, white card stock, available from Joan's Gardens, and were also sponged and "scrunched" like the large rose before rolling.  The flourish at the top of the roses was die cut using the Marianne Design "Forest Branch" and small leaves from the Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip" were tucked in under the flowers. The small pink butterflies are from the Memory Box "Butterfly Delights" die.  To complete the front of the card white Kaiser Craft pearls were added to the corners.  

This is the first card Pat has ever made and I think she did a fabulous job.  I know her mom will know it was made with lots of love and will think it is gorgeous.  I think Pat is really hooked on creating pretty flowers and she does plan to come back over to learn more techniques.  We had a wonderful day together.  

All the products we used to create this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

Spellbinders Spiral Blossom One

Spellbinders "Bitty Blossoms

Marianne Design "Forest Branch" (LR0150)

Cheery Lynn "Flourish Leaf Strip" (B178)

Martha Stewart "Swirling Lace Corner" punch

Memory Box "Butterfly Delights"
Kaiser Craft Pearls

Distress Ink 

Flower making card stock

Flower Tool Kit

Black Flower Shaping Pad

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