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Layered Floral Card with Kind Friends Die

A project from our live show CREATE AND CRAFT EXCLUSIVE - Join Helen Kirkham for show 2 - broadcast 31st March 22 · 31/03/2022

A cheerful card featuring layered flowers in coordinating colours with a sentiment. The die-cut florals are snipped from their foliage and layered with slight offsets to create depth and dimension, finished with a coordinating sentiment.

9steps
19:30in the show
Step 1 of 9

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  1. 1

    Place the Kind Friends die onto white cardstock and run through your die-cutting machine.

    ▶ watch this step 20:30
  2. 2

    Cut the same die from green, pink and a lighter pink cardstock to create multiple layers.

    ▶ watch this step 21:00
  3. 3

    Carefully snip away the foliage from each die-cut, following the lines to isolate just the flowers.

    ▶ watch this step 21:45
  4. 4

    Layer the green die-cut as your base layer onto a card blank.

    ▶ watch this step 22:30
  5. 5

    Apply a small amount of glue to the back of the pink layer and position it slightly offset on top of the green layer to create a drop shadow effect.

    ▶ watch this step 23:00
  6. 6

    Add the lighter pink layer on top, again offsetting it slightly for additional dimension.

    ▶ watch this step 23:30
  7. 7

    Use a stencil brush to add a touch of pink ink to the centre of each flower to add shading and depth.

    ▶ watch this step 24:15
  8. 8

    Position a coordinating sentiment die-cut over any imperfections or to complete the card design.

    ▶ watch this step 25:00
  9. 9

    Adhere the finished floral topper to your card base using glue.

    ▶ watch this step 27:00

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