Welcome to Day 11 of 31 Days of Handmade Cards! Flowers, abstract or not, are a very common theme with greeting cards. This floral card can be given for a birthday, Mother’s Day or anniversary. Or, mail it to a friend or loved one as a thinking of you card.
Gather the following tools and supplies to create the card for Day 11 of 31 Days of Handmade Cards:
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- Ultimate Card Making Tool Kit
- 1.5″ and 1.25″ circle punches
- 1″ and .75″ circle punches
- .5″ circle punch
- hole punch
- white and colored cardstock
- tape runner
- glue pen
- Cut the white cardstock to be 4.25″ high by 8.5″ wide.
- Fold the white cardstock in half lengthwise and use the bone folder to crisp the edge.
- Punch out various circles using scraps of cardstock to create the flowers.
- Assemble the flowers using the tape runner and glue pen.
- Cut thin strips of green cardstock for stems.
- Adhere the stems to the cardstock. Adhere the flowers to the stem tops.
- Write your own sentiment or download the sentiments freebie and mail Day 11 of 31 Days of Handmade Cards.
This card was created originally as a Mother’s Day card for both my mother and mother-in-law.
It also is a scrap buster card. Paper crafters aren’t immune to collecting as I am the poster child for hoarding paper scraps.
Meet me back here for Day 12 of the 31 Days of Handmade Cards. Be creative!
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Love your card! It is such a happy card! Thanks for sharing,
Thank you for the love Jean! We need to share happiness and handmade goodness as much as possible.
I just signed up for your newsletter and can’t wait to get something in my inbox. Question: How can I get the days I have missed for your 31 Days of Handmade Cards?
Thank you and glad to e-meet a fellow card maker!
Awesome