Flower Thank You Card
I love the lotus flower and piecing this card together is super easy with the Silhouette doing most of the work for you…
This card was inspired by this beautiful card:
I loved the idea of cutting petals from different colored/patterned papers and arranging them like that.
The stitching seemed like a LOT of work though and I wanted to streamline the process to make a batch of these.
What I used for this project:
-white or beige card
-5 pages of different colored/patterned paper
-three matching pages of cardstock
-book paper
-glue stick
-ink
-thank you stamp and block
Note that this doesn’t have to be a thank you card! It works for Mother’s day, Easter, a sympathy card, a birthday card, etc.
I’ve included a cut file for this project, but I will give a quick rundown on how I made the petals:
-Draw a circle and duplicate it.
-Arrange them to overlap.
-Select both, then click on the modify window.
-Click on Intersect
Now my limiting factor was the patterned paper, as I only had 6×6 inch squares of each. I made my paper that size and arranged the petals on it.
I could fit 23 petals, so that meant if I used two per card, I could make 11 cards. Its always good to have a few extra in case you lose/accidentally destroy one.
I also cut 33 petals from the pink cardstock and 44 from the book paper, since I needed 17 petals per card.
I also cut 11 each small pink, medium blue, and yellow scalloped circles.
I then used Silhouette studio to figure out how I wanted to arrange the petals. I colored in 17 petals in different colors and rotated them until I was happy with the design. I then welded it and did a small internal offset so I have a little guide for sticking my flowers (included in the cut file). If you’re picky about certain things like me, you can use the guide, or you can just glue the flowers willy-nilly if you prefer a more organic look.
I cut the guide from the thinnest copy paper I had and began glueing in my petals.
I wasn’t too happy with them as is so I decided to ink the edges to really make them pop.
I tried both the dark purple and the pinky purple ink, and I preferred the dark. I glued the finished flower to the card and cut off the excess.
I stamped a piece of copy paper to prime my stamp a bit and to help determine positioning, and then stamped the card.
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.
Click Here To Download Cut File
If you use the cut file, I would love to see what you make :)
xoxo
-A
