Floribunda Rose Easel Hat Card

What a fun project!   On Susan's Facebook Live last week, she showed us how to create a Hat Easel Card.   

I decorated my hat using Susan's Floribunda Rose die set from her new Through The Garden Gate release.  I used Susan's Foliage & Ladybug die set for the leafy branches with the berries.  I have Susan's newest release linked below.

First the hat easel card was assembled following Susan's step by step instructions on her Facebook  Spring Hat Easel Card video.

The Floribunda Rose set was used to die cut the rose petals and leaves.  I used Susan's White Specialty Cardstock and sponged two shades of pink ink around the edges of all petals. The petals were shaped using the loop tool in Susan's Flower Tooll Kit.  The rose was assembled using Bearly Art Glue.  One rose bud was created.  The rose bud was die cut twice - once in green and once in white cardstock.  The white bud was colored with pink ink and the stem cut off.  The green rose bud was trimmed cutting the bud portion off, using scissors.  The pink bud was glued on the back of the green stem.   The Rose leaves were die cut using the same color green cardstock as the leaves in the design paper.  The edges of the leaves was sponged with a darker olive ink.

To match the leaves in the design paper, I used the Foliage & Ladybug die set and die cut 8 leafy branches out of the same cardstock as the rose leaves.  I used a thin line pen to draw the veins in each little leaf.  To highlight the tips of the petals I used light lime green PanPastel on the tips of each leaf. Each leaf was shaped using the tweezers to shape each leaf.   For the pink berries, I used pink styrofoam balls. It is hard to see, but there are pink berries in the design paper.   They were glued onto the branch using Bearly Art Glue.  Once they were dry, I used a fine tip pen to push down on the end of each berry.  

First the rose was attached to the front of the hat. It had to be pushed down well.  I used glue dots and glue, to help make it fit down well.   The rose leaves were attached then the leafy branches.  There are three branches with berries on each side of the rose and one leafy branch with no leaves.  The rose bud was attached above the rose.  A narrow satin ribbon was attached around the base of the top of the hat.  A large bow was made and attached at the back of the card.  

On the inside of the card, I stamped one of the sentiments from Susan's Through The Garden Gate Stamp Set on white cardstock, die cut, and attached to a slightly larger green die cut.  It was attached to the card using dimensional tape.

This project was not hard to create and I am very happy with how it turned out.  

If you would like to create one of these cute hats, be sure to watch Susan's Garden Club Live video for complete instructions.