Susan Smit: This Wednesday is the last of the...

Pan-Pastels: Pink-26603, Green-26083. Card-stock: Pink, Dark Pink. Inks: Forest Moss, Victorian Velvet distress inks, STAZ-ON Black Cherry. Other: Bone folder, Craft mat, Scissors, Ruler , Sate skewer, Versa-mark, Fussy Cutting Scissors, Double sided Tape, Double Sided Foam Tape, Misti stamping tool, Hot glue Gun.

Instructions:

The finished size of this card is 6.102in in x 5.31 in (15.5 cm x 13. 5 cm)

Taking the white card-stock, make a tent fold card base 5.31 in x 5.31 in (13.5 cm x 13. 5 cm) Take the pink card-stock and make the matting a little smaller than the card base. Adhere the matting to the base with 3d foam dots. For the card front, take the pink card-stock and cut to 3.858in x 4.803in (9.8 cm x12.2 cm) Find the paper in the collection with the verse beginning with “There is strength for every burden,” Trim this so it fits the pink card-stock. Ink the edges with the Forest Moss and Victorian Velvet distress inks and daubers. Adhere together using double sided tape. Taking the dark pink and pink card-stock and the lace border die from the Sweet Borders die set, die cut this 2x each colour. Adhere the two colours back to back. Trim to fit a border at both sides of the card front. Adhere in place; adhere also along the card front bottom edge. Adhere this to the card front with 3d foam dots so it peeks over the top of the card base 0.787in (2cm) For the banner, find the stamp in the Banners of Love stamp and matching die collection. Stamp the image using the gold embossing powder onto the white card-stock. Die cut 4x extra from the white card-stock, adhere all the layers together to form a chipboard banner. Adhere the banner in place by using the 3d foam dots.

To make the flowers:

To see how to shape the petunia, watch the video at https://youtu.be/KOy_qNB9OAk.

For more tips on creating with the foam paper & stamp; stamens, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/Oma6ctVmUD0

The flowers are made from the art foam paper and green stamens. They are coloured using the pink and the leaves the green Pan-Pastels. Make the leaves using the same method as the flowers. Arrange and adhere in place around the card front corner and the banner, using the hot glue gun. To make the screw swirls, take the dark pink card-stock and cut small strips of card-stock .039in (1mm). Wrap the card-stock strips around the sate stick. This will form a screw. Trim the screw to the length wanted. Adhere in place using the hot glue gun, pull to stretch the screw out so you will get a swirl screw effect. Add more to the flower clusters as fillers. This card has 10.