Backyard Basic flowers in a vase card

Today I will be showing you how to make this card. This is just one of the cards we will be making at Monday night's card class. On this card we use the following items.

1. Backyard basics stamp set and matching framelits for the Big Shot. Page 79 and 187
2. Baked Brown Sugar Stamp pad
3. Two of our markers, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight.
4. Daffodil Delight Washi Tape  page 171.
5. Framed Tulip embossing folder page 191 .
6. Burmuda Bay and Baked Brown Sugar cardstock. 

 
  

Your card base, Baked Brown Sugar should measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. This is exactly half of a piece of cardstock.  The Burmuda Bay should measure 4 x 5 1/4.

Fold your Baked Brown Sugar in half and score with our bone folder.

Next place the Burmuda Bay cardstock

 in the Framed Tulip embossing folder 

and run it through the Big Shot. 

Using the Baked Brown Sugar stamp pad, stamp the flower onto a piece of vanilla cardstock measuring about 3 x 4.

Color in the flower using our Old Olive and Daffodil Delight. One thing I would like to point out with our markers, do not use a lot of pressure. This will mush your points of your brush and ruin your marker. Have a light touch and your markers will last a long time. Also store them horizontally. 

Place the flower framelit over your colored flower and run it through the Big Shot. I am using the Magnetic Platform here. Super nice with the framelits, really holds them in place. 

Using the Ornament Keepsake framelit, a carryover from last year's Holiday mini, cut our one of the bulbs. I used some of the designer paper from the Gingham Garden collection on page 153.

You could cut both this and the flower at the same time. There is enough room on the platform.

Cut the tip off of the bulb so that it will then end up being the base of your vase! 

 

Stamp "Happy Birthday Wishes"  a saying from the Petite Pairs shown on page 73 onto a very vanilla cardstock.

Using the Postage Stamp punch sold on page 180, punch out your saying. It helps to use the punch upside down so that you can see where to punch your image.

Assemble your card. I used dimensionals behind the vase and saying to make it pop out a little more.

Place a strip of the Washi tape on the Burmuda Bay cardstock. The Washi tape is fun to use because it is adhesive and you just cut and place.

And your creation is complete! 

I did add a candy dot sold on page 171. 

They come in lots of cool colors and add that little special touch to your projects!