Fern & Flora, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock.  On top of that I glued on a piece of Mossy Meadow card stock that was textured using the "Fern & Flora" embossing folder.  I set this under my stamping mat to firm up and lay flat. 

In the meantime I did some die cutting. I used the 3rd and 4th largest dies in the "Everyday Arches" set, I cut the Berry Burst colored Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Moonlit Flora" 12" x 12" package. I also cut the bottom flora piece. I used a 1-1/2" wide strip and set it in the die so I could get the dotted edges around the sides and bottom.  I taped this piece to the Berry Burst colored piece of DSP.

I cut two Basic White borders so I could have a double thick frame. I glued one of the Basic White pieces to the front of the card and I centered it as much as I could. Then I glued the Berry Burst colored piece in place in the center of the framed piece. I glued the other Basic White frame on top of the first one.  

Then I cut a circle using a die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. I used the third largest one in the set. 

Using the dies in the "Fern & Flora" bundle, I cut the greenery using Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Berry Burst and Soft Sea Foam card stock. I didn't like how light the Soft Sea Foam piece was so I took a blending brush and Soft Sea Foam ink and scrubbed on some color over it until I liked the new look. 

I added tape to the bottoms of the greenery pieces and set them in place on the circle. I didn't add the Berry Burst colored one yet, I set it aside.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the circle and it was set in place on the front of the card. 

The words were done on my computer. I had printed and die cut a bunch of them and I ran across them so I thought I'd just use them. Obviously I printed and cut them to use them! I cut them using the ribbon die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. I added tape to the left and Dimensionals to the right and set it in place on the front of the card over the area where the bottom DSP edge shows. 

A little tape was added to the Berry Burst greenery piece and it was tucked in under the word piece and the card was done.

I am happy with the way this card turned out. I had no idea what I was doing when I started making it but it all came together and I ended up with a card I liked.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda