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Peach Decoupage Card

This card is a lovely simple to make card and the shading done with chalks really looks great in conjunction with the floral decoupage image.

Below is a picture of the finished card, further down there is a picture taken at an angle to show off the flower decoupage layers.

Peach decoupage card

What you will need to make this card:

  1. 7″ x 5″ white card blank
  2. Peach Mulberry Tissue Paper
  3. Die-Cut Decoupage Sheet – Floral 122
  4. Vertical Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Gold
  5. Flower Corners & Simple Borders Peel Off Sheet – Gold
  6. Decorating Chalks
  7. Glue Dots – Invisi Dots for Vellum
  8. Sticky foam pads
  9. Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat

Directions to make:

Cover the top left hand corner and the bottom right hand corner of the card blank with peach mulberry tissue paper leaving a diagonal strip that is uncovered in the middle that measures approximately 60mm wide. Use Invisi Dots for Vellum to stick the mulberry tissue paper as these do not show through the fine paper.

Use a simple wavy border from the Gold Flower Corners & Simple Borders Peel Off Sheet along the inner edges of the mulberry tissue paper, trimming to required length.

Use a peachy coloured decorating chalk and either using your finger, a sponge tip applicator or even a cotton bud smudge the chalk all along the uncovered strip of card blank. Make the chalk darker nearer the peel off border edges and lighter in the centre of the strip.

Push out all of the ‘A’ sections from the Floral 122 die-cut decoupage sheet and use sticky foam pads to layer them in the correct order onto the centre of the chalked strip on the card. The image will overlap the mulberry tissue sections in places.

Finally remove a ‘Happy’ and a ‘Birthday’ sticker from the gold vertical Happy Birthday peel off sheet and apply the stickers to the bottom right hand section of the card.

Peach decoupage card flat

Card Idea by Jill

Bouquet of Roses Card

Say it with flowers for someone special on their birthday by giving them this lovely bouquet of roses card.

Bouquet of Roses Card

What you will need to make this card:

  1. A6 pearl white card blank
  2. Light pink mulberry tissue paper
  3. Lilac pearlised card
  4. Pale pink miniature rosebuds
  5. Pink small full open roses
  6. Pastel pink mini round brads
  7. Happy Birthday peel off sticker – diamond purple
  8. Double sided sticky tape & sticky tape
  9. Sticky foam pads
  10. Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat

How to make:

Measure and cut out a 70mm x 80mm rectangle from the lilac pearlised card. Use your craft knife to make a small hole in each of the four corners of the rectangle and then push a pastel pink mini brad through each of the four holes bending the prongs back behind.

Arrange a few of the pink open roses and the pale pink miniature rosebuds into a small bunch and secure their stalks together with some sticky tape. We’ve used 4 roses and 5 rosebuds. Trim any long stems with scissors.

Measure and cut out a 75mm x 75mm square from the light pink mulberry tissue paper. Use a small piece of double sided sticky tape to attach the bunch of roses you just made to the mulberry tissue paper with a corner of the paper at the top of the flowers, wrap the tissue paper around the flower stalks and secure it at the front of the bouquet with another small piece of double sided sticky tape, trim off any excess paper from the bottom of the bouquet if necessary.

Use some double sided sticky tape to attach the bouquet at an angle to the lilac card rectangle and then stick the completed topper onto the top centre of the card blank with sticky foam pads.

Remove the ‘Happy Birthday’ wording from the diamond purple peel off backing sheet and stick the wording to the bottom of the card blank.

Card Idea by Janine