Hi Everyone,
Today's card is one that I made for my daughter, she doesn't like big fussy cards so I thought I'd make her a plant instead haha. I was inspired by a card that I saw Jan B make quite a while ago and I love gingham so the Country Gingham dsp is ideal and my new favourite flower stamp is Two Tone Flora, I hope she likes how it turned out.
Materials
1 piece of mint macaron card stock 4 1/8" x 11 1/2", 1 piece 4 1/8" x 11 1/4", 1 piece 3/4" x 3 7/8"
3 pieces of basic white 3 7/8" x 5 3/8", 2 pieces 3 7/8" x 2 1/2", 1 piece 3 1/8" x 2 3/4", 1 piece 3/4" x 4 1/8", 1 piece 5/8" x 3 3/4"
2 pieces of Country Gingham dsp 3 3/4" x 5 1/4", 2 pieces 3 3/4" x 2 3/8"
Scrap basic white for stamping and to cover the back of the flowers
Gingham Embossing Folder
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
Two Tone Flora stamp set
Two Tone Flora dies
Happiness Abounds stamp set
Fresh Freesia ink
Highland Heather ink
Pear Pizzazz ink
Mint Macaron ink
Basic Rhinestones
Soft Succulent Ribbon
Paper Snips
Trimmer
Simply Scored
Bone Folder
Multipurpose Adhesive
Dimensionals
Mini Glue Dots
Instructions
On the long side, score the 11 1/2" piece of mint macaron at 5 3/4" and then 8 5/8" and the 11 1/4" piece at 5 5/8" and fold and burnish each piece. The slightly smaller one fits inside the other one and opens towards you.
Adhere the smaller one to the inside of the larger one making sure that the top will close over the bottom 
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Add the basic white and dsp mats to both sides of the front drop down flap and the smaller section above the plain white mat where you can see the sentiment and the flower in the picture above. Stamp a sentiment on the remaining large piece of basic white and add this to the inside of the card as shown in the picture above.
Take the 3 1/8" x 2 3/4" piece of white and put a mark 1/2" in from both edges on the 3 1/8" side and then cut from this mark up to the top corner of the piece, effectively cutting a small triangle from each side to make the flowerpot shape.
Run this flowerpot shaped piece and the 3/4" x 4 1/8" piece through the machine in the embossing folder. The long thin strip goes across the front flap of the easel and the pot tucks just underneath. The bottom of the pot needs to be level with the bottom of this front easel piece. I glued the top to the pot but NOT to the card at this point.
Stamp and cut out the flowers and leaves that you want to use. I didn't want the backs of the flowers to be visible, so I laid my flowerpot on top of a piece of scrap white card and arranged the flowers and leaves and glued in place on top of the scrap card. Then I cut around this so that you can't see the back of the flowers.
Now glue the flowerpot in place on the front of the easel and cut away the excess mint macaron card at either side so that the flowerpot stands up.
Stamp a sentiment on the remaining strip of white and then adhere it to the remaining strip of mint macaron, add dimensionals and stick to the front fold out piece to form a stopper so the flowerpot will stand up. Add some rhinestones to either end.
Make a small bow with some ribbon (I only had soft succulent but it seems to match ok) and add below the sentiment with some mini glue dots. I had one flower left over so I added that to the inside of the card.
It's a very pretty card and Jan B does a lovely video of hers on her channel, here's a picture of the one that she made
Check out what Victoria has made this week too
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Happy Crafting,
Karen X
