Welcome to your new home !

Hello everyone ! Today I present to you a card I made for a friend who bought a new house. All the dies used on this card are from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial.

Step 1: Card base

• Cut 11 X 5 1/2 inches rectangle in some White Soft Finish Cardstock, fold lengthwise at 5 1/2 to make a 5 1/2  X 5 1/2 inches card.
• In some dark green cardstock, cut a 5 1/4 X 5 1/4 inches square.
• In some brick patterned cardstock, cut a 5 X 5 inches square. (For this card, I used some cardstock from Mintay Papers by Karola - Bloomville Collection.)
• Adhere the layers one on top of the other with some Clear Adhesive Tape.

Step 2: The window

• Cover a 4 1/2 X 3 inches piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock with some Double Sided Tape.
• Release the sheet on one side and apply some gilding flakes to cover the sheet. 

• Release the other part of the adhesive sheet and cover with the flakes.
• Burnish the flakes into the paper and use a brush to take the excess out.

• Using the die set Planner Essentials - Planner Elements #1659, die cut the strip with the squares in some White Soft Finish Cardstock.
• With some scissors, cut the squares at each end of the strip, leaving you with 6 squares on 3 rows.

• Using the die set Fitted Rectangle #1121, die cut 2 frames with the 3rd and the 4th smallest dies in some White Soft Finish Cardstock. 

• Using a finger sponge dauber, shade the frames and the 6 squares strip with some Weathered Wood and Shabby Shutters Distress Oxide.

• With some Double Sided Tape, trap the 6 squares strip on the gilding flake cardstock between the 2 frames.

• Put some foam adhesive on the back of the window and adhere to the card.
• Add the leaves on the card with some Kids Choice Glue.

Step 3: Leaves and Berry Branch

• Using the Trio Of Leaves #1464 die set, die cut 6 leaves branches in some dark green cardstock (the one on the right of the package image here).

• Shade the edges of the leaves branches with a finger sponge dauber and some Forest Most Distress Oxide.
• Shape the branches with tweezers to give them dimension.
• Using the Berry Branch #1778 in the new Floral Collection, die cut one branch in some green cardstock.
• With some Nuvo Crystal Drops - Copper Penny, make the berries on the branch.

 

• Let air dry the berries for 24 hours or so.

Step 4: The flowers

• Using the Florals 3 #1775 from the new Elizabeth Craft Designs collection, die cut 5 of the smallest flowers.

• Shade the center of the flowers with some Shabby Shutters Distress Oxide and a make up applicator, and the edges with some Rusty Hinge and a finger sponge dauber.

• Shape the back of the flowers with the end of the tweezers to give dimension to the petals and cup the middle with a ball stylus or other sharp object.
• Adhere the flowers onto the leaves on the card.

• Finish the card by adding some more branches, the berry branches and some light green stones in the middle of each flower.

Here a closer look to the finish card:

I hope you enjoy this tutorial ! Please come back to visit me very soon !

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