Garden variety A tutorial
June Stricker
Materials: • Making Memories Slice Elite and “Paper Reverie” and “Greetings” MS+ design cards • two-tone, raised-pattern orange cardstock (such as Bazzill Basics Two Scoops in Orange Sorbet) • medium-pink and light-yellow textured cardstock • light-blue cardstock • flower stamp (such as outline star flower by Impress) • heart stamp (such as “heart key” from Hero Arts Type collection) • light-pink ink (such as ColorBox Cat’s Eye Queue pigment ink in chiffon white) • fuchsia ink (such as Fresh Ink’s) • pink dotted ribbon • light-blue button • white embroidery thread • fine sandpaper or file • sewing needle • adhesive and dimensional adhesive
Make a card from a 5-by-10-inch piece of two-tone, raised-pattern cardstock. File the edges of the card’s front to show the second color under the raised pattern.
Using the Slice, cut a 3 1/2-inch flower from the “Paper Reverie� design card out of the medium-pink cardstock.
Cut a different, 2 1/2-inch flower out of light-yellow cardstock; set aside.
Adhere the pink flower to the top-left corner of the card, hanging off the edge. Trim the excess.
Stamp a flower image onto the center of the pink flower in light-pink ink.
Using the Slice, cut a 4-inch tab from the “Greetings� design card out of light-blue cardstock.
Stamp a heart image onto the tab in fuchsia ink.
Adhere the tab 1 inch from the bottom of the card. Tie pink dotted ribbon around the card’s front.
Sew the button onto the ribbon using white embroidery thread, about 2 inches from the card’s left edge. Tie the thread’s ends on the front of the button. Using dimensional adhesive, affix the yellow flower to the card, centering it over the button.