Summer Bloom Cards

Hayley Bignall has combined vintage-chic touches for these elegant makes

Craft a set of summer Bloom Cards

We love the delicate florals and combination of shapes that Hayley has used to craft these cards. If you’re new to layering or card-making, start with the square project - it’s super simple, really effective and you’ll be able to practise your skills before moving on to the other two makes. But, if you’re a card-making expert… these makes are still for you! You’ll be able to create a complementary set of greetings, and if you batch-make, you’ll have something in the bag whenever you’ve forgotten a special day!

Square card

Kit List

Dreamees: Tickled Pink paper pad; True Friends stamp set; Pretty in Pink Pearl Collection; Go To glue

White card base, 6” x 6” White card Grey ink pad Acrylic block Foam pads 1 Cut pieces of paper from the Tickled

Pink paper pad to the following sizes: 13cm x 9cm; 1 1cm x 5cm; and 12cm x 4cm. Cut white card to 10cm x 5cm. Use scissors to distress the edges of the papers and card. 2 Attach the pieces of paper and card to the card base in the following order: 13cm x 9cm pa tterned piece towards the left of the card base; 12cm x 5cm ho rizontally across the centre of the card; 11cm x 5cm vertically overlapping the right edge of the last piece; the white panel slightly higher than the last ho rizontal piece. 3 Using grey ink, stamp a sentiment onto white cardstock and trim into a r ectangle leaving a narrow border. Layer onto a scrap of paper from the pad and trim to leave a narrow border. Layer this onto the centre of the card. 4 On patterned paper, stamp and cut out three medium flowers and four small flowers. Crease down the centre of each petal. Layer the three medium flowers. Adhere centrally underneath the sentiment. Layer two of the small flowers. Repeat. Stick either side of the central flower. 5 Stamp four small leaves onto white cardstock and cut out. Attach two to either side of the flower arrangement. To finish, add pearls to the centre of the flowers and the corners of the layers. Shaped card

Kit List

Dreamees: Designer Damask gatefold die set; Tickled Pink paper pad; True Friends stamp set; Pretty in Pink pearl collection; Mini Blooms die set; Basket stamp and die duo; Go To glue White 8” x 8” card blank White wired raffia White card Shaped die (label, circle, or similar Pink ribbon Pink sisal Lace Grey ink pad Acrylic block Foam pads 1 Make the shaped card blank. With the folded edge of the 8” x 8” card blank on the left, place the largest damask die on top making sure that the folded edge will be left intact when passed thr ough the die cutting machine. 2 Cut a layer from patterned paper using the half damask die. Rotate the die by 180 degrees and cut the other half from the same

Helping HAND

Use shaped dies to create unique base cards. It helps get your mojo going by changing up the shape a little!

Use scraps of paper to build up patchwork cards - it helps to get the most out of our paper pads. If the card is looking bare, try adding in moss, sisal or pearls to areas that need a little extra.

If your flower arrangements look bare, add pearls to the gaps or even small die-cut flowers to fill it out.

Sent with love “I love this collection of stamps as it has so many sizes of flower and some unique sentiments too... perfect for when we have forgotten someone’s birthday!” HAYLEY BIGNALL, DESIGNER piece of paper. Cut a strip of patterned paper to 5cm x 21cm, and layer onto a piece of white car d measuring 5.5cm x 21cm. Layer onto the die-cut panel and trim around to make flush to the damask shape. Attach this layer to the c entre of the card blank. 3 Cut two pieces of patterned paper to 6cm x 10cm, and stagger towards the right of the car d at opposing angles. Attach a strip of lace across the centre of the card and a strip of pink ribbon along the top edge of the lace. 4 Die cut the damask panel of the basket stamp/die duo, along with the outside edge from white card. Cut out the outside edge shape. Layer the damask onto the plain panel and attach to the left of the card. 5 Using the Mini Blooms set and grey ink, stamp and cut out six of the second sma llest flower and five of the smallest flower from patterned paper. Layer together two of the second smallest flowers. Repeat to create three flowers. Crease and shape the petals. 6 Add pink sisal inside the basket and begin to arrange the flowers on top. Use small Mini Blooms flowers to fill any gaps. Attach a bow to the basket front. 7 Create coils of wired raffia to poke out of the arrangement. Using grey ink, stamp a sentiment onto white card and cut into a r ectangle. Create the same sized panel from patterned paper and stagger together. Attach to the right of the basket and add pearls to finish.

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