Happy Anniversary! Card

 Hello Fellow Crafters and Flower Lovers!  I would like to Congratulate Donna Walls and "Beautiful Blossoms Challenge" on their 1st Anniversary.   I made this fabulous Z-Fold card in celebration of this illustrious occasion and invite you to join us in celebrating.  

     Come along as I walk you through this charming Anniversary Card Celebrating "Beautiful Blossoms".   Like so many, I have a box of specialty papers I keep saving and saving for something special and never seem to use.  Today I am breaking into that stash of special papers. 

     These are the materials that I used to make this card.  To start the papers I chose were Hammermill® 100lb. White Coverstock,  The Paper Studio® - Crepe - White,  The Paper Studio® - Circle Stitched - White,  Indian Embossed Cotton® - Pearl Swirl White, a 5"x7" Z-fold Cardbase and Silver Mirrored Foil Cardstock.   The Stamp Sets I used are from Jan's Digital Etsy Shop®:  Silver Bells 5095J and Violets are Blue 5105.  The sentiment I used was a "Happy Anniversary" die.  To color and embellish the images I used COPIC® Markers and American Crafts®-Pearlescent Watercolor,  Liquid Pearls® White Opal.  You will also need Foam Tape,  EZ-Tear® Tape, Bearly Art® Precision Glue and a small paint brush.

To start I cut my rectangles of specialty papers.   Cut a 2-1/2"x7" rectangle of The Paper Studio® - Crepe - White.   Cut a 2"x7" rectangle of  Indian Embossed Cotton® - Pearl Swirl White.   Cut a 3-1/2"x7" rectangle of The Paper Studio® - Circle Stitched - White.

Adhere the 2"x7" rectangle of  Indian Embossed Cotton® - Pearl Swirl White to the inside panel of the 5"x7" Z-Fold cardbase as shown. 

Adhere the  2-1/2"x7" rectangle of The Paper Studio® - Crepe - White to the front top panel of the 5"x7" cardbase as shown.

Adhere the 3-1/2"x7" rectangle of The Paper Studio® - Circle Stitched - White to the outer front panel of the 5"x7" Z-Fold Cardbase as shown.

Using your scrap of Silver Mirrored Foil Cardstock and your sentiment die run through the Big Shot and adhere to the front top panel of the 5"x7" Z-Fold Cardbase.

For the images I used 5095 Silver Bells and 5105 Violets are Blue from "Jan's Digital Etsy Shop".  I sized the Silver Bells with bow only to 3"x 3-3/4".   I sized the Violets are Blue Image to 2-1/4"x 2-1/4",  copied and pasted Violets are Blue to the bow of Silver Bells as shown.

Print on Hammermill® 100lb. White Coverstock.

Color as desired.

I chose to use COPIC Markers to color:

BG90,  BG93 for the leaves

C0,  C1,   C3 for the bells and bow

YG01 for the flower centers

R81,   R83,   R85 for the flower petals and stamen 

Fussy cut your images as shown.

Embellish the flowers using American Crafts®-Pearlescent Watercolor.

Brush on a light coat of Liquid Pearls® White Opal to the bow.  Apply small dots of Liquid Pearls® White Opal to the bands on the bells.   LET DRY! 

Using foam taper align and adhere the small flower image to the flower and Bell image.

Adhere the sentiment and the Bell flower image to the Front (Center) panel as shown.

I like to decorate the backside of my cards as well.  It is optional... Using rectangle scraps from materials used to make my cards arrange a few pieces and a name plaque (Maker's mark) and adhere to the backside of the cardbase as shown.

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    I hope you enjoyed this inspirational tutorial and join us in celebrating "Beautiful Blossoms" by entering your own Birthday / Anniversary card using our mood board.

Hugs,

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