Crisp Cozy and Colorful

I absolutely love fall colours, they are so rich and vibrant. When I received the Fall Phrases stamp set I just knew I had to create a fall bouquet. I have a niece that has an Autumn birthday so I decided to make this colourful bouquet card for her.

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I started by choosing the patterned paper that I was going to use for the background, then I chose the colours for the card base and the leaves. I wanted a lot of texture and dimension so I also chose different kinds of mulberry paper and coordinating pattern paper as well. I cut multiple leaves and flowers from different sets (they will all be listed at the end of this post) Because I had so many different leaves I used different techniques to add shading. For some I brushed on ink to add to different sections, and for some of the smaller pieces I used alcohol markers to add shading. I decided to hold off adding the white highlights until I add to the card so I can get the placement of the highlights correct.

I want a square card so I cut the cardbase to the dimensions shown below. I cut the other layers as shown. I cut the centers out of 3 of the panels to conserve cardstock. Layer as shown.

Add the panels to cardbase as shown below.

I decided to use the Photo Fan pop up up for my mechanism (Karen has a video tutorial on the product page at the link ⬆️ ) . I die cut 2 and assembled as per Karens directions and added to the cardbase as shown.

I started adding white highlights using a Gelly Roll pen, then adding them to the card. I open and close the card between each addition to make sure that the piece don’t get snagged on each other while opening and closing. Some of the stems I decided to separate and add into some of the tighter spaces.

I stamped the squirrel face from the Fun Faces 1 stamps and cut the squirrel from the Woodland Animals out then coloured with alcohol markers. I stamped the Fall phrase onto a label from the Rectangles and Labels. I layered the label onto yellow. I sponged matching ink along the edges. I created a matching label for a place to sign. I added these elements to the card and added a few leaves to embellish.

I cut out the pieces from the Happy Birthday Lorna Label Add on as shown and assembled. I added shading with a Versa Mark Marker, and highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen. I cut out the greeting to add it to the label that matches the inside. I layered the greeting and the label pieces to the front of the card and added a few leaves and flowers as shown.

The flowers and leaves are cut from the following sets

Autumn Elements – leaves, acorn

Flower Pot Pop up– flowers

Woven Basket – stems with the berries

Other Tools used

Fine Tip bottle

Lineco Neutral PH Adhesive 

Quick Stick Tool

Gelly Roll White Retractable Pen

Fiskars Trimmer