Enjoying The Sun And Flowers

Today we finally have blue skies and sunshine, the first in quite a while it seems. I can’t tell you how nice it is, even if the temperature’s still a little chilly. Many of the birds are back and it’s fun watching them from where I’m working. Sadly there’s still no flowers blooming in the garden, so for those I had to look closer to me. I have so many choices in my craft studio, but today decided on the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper. Then in no time at all I had my simple Sunday project ready to go.

Pretty gift tag with fussy cut flowers created using the Ornate Garden Specialty Paper and Layered With Kindness Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

TAG BASE

I began my project with the tag base by cutting a 2″ x 3-3/4″ piece of Very Vanilla Card. Then I turned to the Ornate Garden 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP). While most of the sheets are covered with gorgeous flowers, some have ornate patterns. I chose a Mint Macaron and gold foil design and cut it to the same size as the tag base.

Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) I fixed the two pieces together before shaping the top with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Then I threaded some Mint Macaron twine from the Nature’s Twine Combo Pack through the slot at the top and tied it in a simple knot.

Next I decided to look for a suitable sentiment and found what I needed in the Layered With Kindness Stamp Set. First I stamped the large “happy birthday” image onto Very Vanilla Card using Early Espresso ink. Then with my Paper Snips I cut around the words and discarded the rest.

FUSSY CUT FLOWERS

With everything else prepared all I needed now were the flowers. I chose another sheet from the Ornate Garden DSP and used my Paper Snips to fussy cut a piece from one of the corners. I carefully cut away any part flowers until I had a piece about the height of the tag.

As the DSP is not as thick as card I placed quite few Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back of the flowers. This way when I added it to the tag the paper wouldn’t collapse. With the flowers in place all I had left to do was add my sentiment with more Stampin’ Dimensionals.

In no time at all and with just a little effort I’d created a bright and cheerful gift tag. Then when I looked up there were five white-tailed deer in the garden. It seems I’m not the only one enjoying the sunshine today