Botanical Wings Border Card with Coloured Flower Detail

Run the botanical wings border die through your die-cutting machine with white cardstock to cut the large floral border design.

Remove all the small cut-out pieces from the die-cut border to reveal the full design.

Cut the beaming smile jar die twice from white cardstock to prepare for the layering technique.

Glue the first die-cut jar piece onto white cardstock using a glue stick, keeping it flat.

Colour inside the flower details with oil pastel pencils, starting with red and adding orange to create shading and dimension.

Blend the coloured pencil marks together using the same orange pencil to create a smooth gradient effect.

Glue the second die-cut jar piece directly on top of the first to hide the coloured imperfections underneath.

Prepare a black card base and add white side panels with gold trim to create the card foundation.

Glue the botanical wings border panels to the sides of the white panels, butting the edge lines up to the gold trim.

Trim away any excess border that overhangs the card edge using scissors or a craft knife.

Position the layered flower jar die-cut on the card front and glue in place using foam pads for dimension.

Add the 'kind friends' sentiment die-cut to the side of the card, positioning it to hang slightly off the edge like a tab.