Enjoy today floral gatefold C6 card - Day 48 of my 365 day challenge

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Enjoy today floral gatefold C6 card - 
Day 48 of my 365 day challenge 

Hi Craft addicts!

Happy Saturday to you all! And as the sun is shining I have made this bright and cheerful floral gatefold card for day 48 of my 365 day challenge!


How I made this card:-

  • I wanted to make a cheerful card and so used this C6 white gatefold card and measured two panels of green cardstock (approx. 6.25x9.5cm).
  • I then stamped the largest of the flowers in the Zendoodle RTG Flowers using Versafine Onyx Black ink on both panels.
  • I thought that alcohol markers wouldn't work on the paper I used so decided to try Colouring Pencils instead (the ones I have are the Rembrandt Polycolor set) and used orange and yellow pencils which seemed to blend quite well. I used a green for the stem and leaves.
  • I then edged them both (the panels that is) with a green alcohol marker (using the chisel edge) as I wanted them to stand out and then stuck them to each side of the card using a tape pen.
  • I then stamped "Enjoy Today" sentiment (from For The Love of Stamps) on to a small circle and again edged it in a dark green marker and coloured the inside with a lighter one.
  • Finally I added that to the left hand side of the card making sure that the glue was only on half of the circle...

And there you are a card that is cheerful but is simple to make....

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Products and items you may need to make this project
  • C6 white gatefold card with matching envelope
  • Zendoodle RTG Flowers stamp set from Sweet Dixie
  • Enjoy Today sentiment stamp from For the Love of Stamps by Hunkydory
  • Green paper/cardstock
  • Rembrandt Polycolor pencils set
  • Green (2 shades) alcohol markers
  • Versafine Black Onyx ink pad
  • Tape pen
  • Foam pads
  • Glue-it glue from Pinflair
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
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