Creative Card Ideas

Creative Card Ideas

Three Big Flowers!

You'll find lots of creative card ideas on this web site. And if you love flowers then this card idea is just for you!

Three big blossoming flowers take center-stage for this creative card idea. The buttons and curly stems make for an interesting and very tactile card that people will just want to touch.

And the great news is that every piece of decorated paper on this card is made from the printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized eKit. So if you like this card and have a few basic card supplies, you can download the printable 'Sweetie Pie' Valentine card making kit and get started within minutes!

Here are the instructions for this creative card idea...

Difficulty Level: An intermediate creative card idea.

To make this card you will need the printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized eKit, which can be found here...

You Will Need:

• A6 white card blank
• 3 sheets of photocopying paper
• Sheets 4, 5 and 11 from the '17-iloveu2' folder from the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized Card Making eKit here...
• Large flower punch or flower template
• Scissors
• Green wired thread
• Craft glue and glue dots
• Pencil
• Sentiment sticker or peel off
• 3 pink buttons

1. Print it! Open up the '17-iloveu2' folder from the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized eKit [the what?]. Print out sheets 4, 5 and 11.
2. Cut it! Cut a piece 14.5cm x 10cm from sheet 11.
3. Stick it! Stick this green paper to the front of the card blank using double-sided tape.
4. Punch it! Punch 3 flowers from sheet 4 and 3 flowers from sheet 5, or use a flower template.
5. Layer it! Layer the flowers together using one blue and one lilac for each flower. Glue the flowers together with a touch of craft glue.
6. Curl it! Cut 3 pieces of green wired thread making sure they are long enough and curl them round a pencil to make stems for the flowers.
7. Attach it!
   
1. Turn the flowers over and glue the wired 'stems' to the flowers making sure they are secured. A small piece of tape can be used just to make sure they are secure.
2. Attach the flowers making sure they are spaced evenly across the card using double-sided tape.
3. Add 3 buttons to the centre of each flower using glue dots.
4. Finally attach your sticker or peel off to the bottom right hand side of the card.

And your card is completed! Creative card ideas are plentiful but we think this one is just lovely - especially if you love flowers!