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Flower Fabric Birthday Card

Description

An ivory card has a fabric flower design mounted on it. It has punched card butterflies in two corners and spots of glitter glue add background interest. The edges are tinted with a violet Dauber Duo. The greeting is added with a gold Happy Birthday sticker.

Materials used

  • Textured ivory single fold greetings card with deckle edges 144 mm x 144 mm (5¾ in x 5¾ in)
  • Flower fabric
  • Double sided self-adhesive sheet
  • Sticker gold Happy Birthday
  • Dauber Duo in violet
  • Violet card
  • Purple hologram paper
  • Small butterfly 2 punch
  • Jumbo butterfly 2 punch
  • Scissors
  • Diamond glitter glue
  • Adhesive

Method

Decorate the edges of the greeting card with a violet Dauber Duo.

Select the area of the flower fabric you are going to use and mount this face up on one side of the double-sided self-adhesive sheet.

Cut out the design with scissors.

Remove the backing of the self-adhesive sheet and mount the fabric flowers on the front of the greeting card.

Butterfly detaliPunch out two butterflies in violet card with a punch.

Punch out two butterflies in purple hologram paper with a small punch.

Stick each hologram paper butterfly on to a card butterfly.

Shape the butterfly wings to give them a 3-dimensional appearance.

Mount one butterfly in the bottom left corner and one in the top right corner with adhesive.

Add a gold Happy Birthday sticker.

Add spots of glitter glue to the background.


Flower fabric birthday card made by Lynda Bishop.

Sticker images used by kind permission of the copyright owners.

This project was originally published at Card Inspirations. It is reproduced here here with kind permission. Card Inspirations are sponsors of the Card Making Inspirations web site.


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