Doily Flower Card
By: Gail Booth


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Designer's Tip: Use a border punch to make a beautiful folded focal point.

Instructions

  1. Place your card with fold on the left. Cover with red cardstock. Punch the top and bottom edges of a 5”x5 1/2” white cardstock with the Doily border punch. Place 1/8” from top edge. Place a 5” long punched doily strip 1/8” from lower edge. Center a 5”x1 1/2” striped paper on the white cardstock. Ink edges of card maroon.
  2. Place a Dazzles™ large outer doily on gingham paper and cut out. Foam tape to front of card. Punch the top edge of a 12”x1 3/4” vellum. Score vertically every 1/
  3. ” Accordion fold, then bring ends together and glue. Glue to gingham paper and trim to edge of folded doily. Center on top of Dazzles™ doily on card. Place small Dazzles™ doily on vellum and cut out. Center on folded doily. Place a pearl at center of small doily.
  4. Stamp “Just for you” on red cardstock with VersaMark™. Apply embossing powder and use heat tool to set. Cut out around stamped image. Mat on vellum with 1/8” border. Ink edges maroon. Foam tape to upper left of card. Zot on a 6” length of ribbon on lower red area, tucking ends under red cardstock. Tie a ribbon knot and place on ribbon strip. Place a pearl on the knot.
  5. For the inside: Cover with yellow floral paper. Punch the top and bottom edges of a 5”x6” red cardstock. Center on card. Place saved red scallop borders on top and bottom edges.
  6. Center a 5” punched red cardstock doily strip on a 5”x2 1/4” white cardstock with top and bottom edges punched. Center on a 5”x3 1/8” vellum with top and bottom edges punched. Center on card.
  7. Place a medium Dazzles™ doily on gingham paper and cut out. Mat on yellow paper with 1/8” border and ink edges maroon. Foam tape over a folded piece of ribbon, at center left of card. Stamp “Just for you” on vellum with VersaMark™. Apply embossing powder and use heat tool to set. Cut out around stamped image. Mat on red with 1/16” border. Mat on yellow with 1/8” border. Ink edges maroon. Foam tape to upper left of Dazzles™ doily.

Supplies: (Find these supplies and more at www.paperwishes.com)

  • Doily Border Geared Punch (link)
  • Doily Strip Geared Punch (link)
  • Homegrown Paper Pack (link)
  • Vellum Dots 12x12 (link)
  • 5”x6 1/2” blank white card (link)
  • Boutique Ribbon Set – White Swirl Sheer (link)
  • Lace & Doilies Dazzles (link)
  • Small White Pearls (link)
  • Well Preserved Stamp Set (link)
  • VersaMark™ Watermark Stamp Pad (link)
  • Acrylic Block (link)
  • White Super Fine Embossing Powder (link)
  • Maroon Chalk Ink Pad (link)
  • White and Red Cardstock (link)
  • Zots™ Adhesive Dots (link)
  • Heat Embossing Tool (link)
  • Cosmetic Sponge
  • Glue stick (link)
 
 

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