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Thursday, 16 February 2023

Say it with flowers

 Another birthday card to share with you today made for a friend.


I used a 7 x7 inch card blank for this card as I knew I could fit my one of my favourite lacy panel dies perfectly on it from my Tattered Lace stash.


I chose this Happy Birthday Cardmaking Topper collection from Opulence by Design because I love the flowers and the colours in this kit go so well with these beautiful toppers too. 

As I have mentioned before, I find these flowers easy to cut out.  They don't have a solid cut line around the petals which allows you to give them a more natural shape rather than following a hard line. 

This set comes with two more plain A4 pain papers which I'm saving for another project and I am using a shade of green from my stash for the background on this card.


I used a stardust gelly roll pen to add highlights to the middle of the flowers and added gold prills to the centres. This was a tip that I picked up from Amanda Aitken, in one of her YouTube videos. I also added some rose petals from her website too. Give them a little scrunch and they look so life like and have become so handy when I've needed foliage to accompany my flowers. 


On the green layer of paper, I splattered it with some of my treasured gold dinky inky Reinker by The Dreamees to leave a hint of gold behind on the paper itself which already had a faux texture on it.


The fact that I can resize the toppers and flowers from this kit to fit what I want to make stretches this kit further and it becomes a kit that never runs out.   I can add to this as everything I use works with it, which is why I have been using more downloadable crafting, it suits how I craft now.

If you are interested in more inspiration from Opulence by Design and love making flowers as I do you can follow her on  Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign/featured

If you've crafting, what's on your craft table this week?  Have a great rest of the week.

Happy crafting


Challenges:-
Paper Funday - ATG/Lots of Layers
Unicorn - Birthday 


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16 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper16 February 2023 at 18:39

    Gorgeous birthday day love the beautiful lacy panel background and flowers
    Carol x

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  2. Valerie-Jael16 February 2023 at 19:34

    Gorgeous birthday card. Have a great day, hugs, Valerie

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  3. HilaryJane16 February 2023 at 19:59

    Lots of lovely detail and interest on this one. Love the colours and those flowers too. Thanks for visiting me and leaving me 2 lovely comments xx

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  4. Mariann Jakobsen16 February 2023 at 22:25

    Awesome birthday card! Love your flowers - so delicate.
    Thanks for visiting my blog and your kind words.
    Hugs - Mariann

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  5. Cheryl W.17 February 2023 at 02:48

    Oh my goodness, your card is so beautiful, Michelle. The elegant lacy panel and pretty flowers really make it special. Thanks for sharing this wonderful creation!

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  6. Dr Sonia S V17 February 2023 at 03:56

    This is stunning. Love the colors, your choice of background die and the floral arrangement. Am your new follower. Love your work
    Cheers, Dr Sonia

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  7. Donna Walls17 February 2023 at 12:03

    Absolutely gorgeous color combo and a very pretty card for a Birthday. Thanks for playing along at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and we hope to see more of your lovely projects soon!
    Donna xx
    Paper Funday Challenge
    Inspiration Station Challenge

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  8. Chris17 February 2023 at 12:08

    A beautiful birthday card, the lace diecut and flowers are gorgeous and such lovely colours.
    xx

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  9. Darlene 17 February 2023 at 15:58

    Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Beautiful Blossoms! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!

    Darlene
    BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOMS CHALLENGE
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  10. stampinwithanita17 February 2023 at 22:55

    Lovely lovely card in an unusual size! Such great 3 dimension! Thanks so much for joining us at The Paper Funday Challenge!

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  11. Donna Ellis18 February 2023 at 02:34

    Hi, Michelle! Your die cuts are just lovely, and so are the papers and arrangement of your friend's birthday card (hope she enjoys many more!) It's always a pleasure seeing how crafters are inspired by the Mood Board at our challenge. Thank you for sharing your love of all things flowers at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. I hope to see more of your designs soon.
    Crafting Smiles,
    Donna
    {Creative Smiles - my little crafting world}

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  12. Donna Walls18 February 2023 at 13:17

    I'm popping back by to say Thanks for joining us at the Paper Funday Challenge.
    Donna xx
    Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
    Inspiration Station Challenge

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  13. Faith A at Daffodil Cards20 February 2023 at 12:02

    WOW! This is stunning, I love your lacy border with the beautiful flowers and the beautiful colour mix.
    Faith x

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  14. Jan Mahew21 February 2023 at 11:48

    Beautiful composition, Michelle! The layers and the handmade flowers are perfect for "Beautiful Blossoms". Thank you for sharing your elegant creation with us at "Beautiful Blossoms". Hope you will join us again.
    Hugs,
    Jan

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  15. ILEANA ARTUFFO26 February 2023 at 17:35

    Wonderful creation! Thank-you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge February "ATG".
    Ileanaxx

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  16. Helen15 March 2023 at 00:41

    Beautiful design - love your colours and your flowers are gorgeous.

    Thanks for joining us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

    Helen x
    DT

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