This card has a fresh springtime design. It is a useful card to have made ready in your craft box to send for a variety of occasions. Spring flowers make great cards for Easter or why not even use it as a simple note card to write to someone special. Add a peel off sentiment to the top or bottom of the card if you wish or simply make it as it is shown here. See further down for a picture of the decoupage sheet used for the tulips to make this card.

What you will need to make this card:

1. Small square (120mm x 120mm) cream card blank
2. Tulip / Daffodil / Daisy Trios Decoupage Sheet for the tulips (pictured below)
   
3. Mid Green Mulberry Tissue Paper
4. Craft glue and sticky foam pads or silicon glue
5. Decoupage Scissors
6. Craft knife, ruler & cutting mat

How to make:

Cut a rectangle from the mid green mulberry tissue paper that measures 6cm x 12cm. Use your finger or a cotton bud with water to make a wet line across the longest side of the paper 2cm down from the top edge. Carefully pull the paper apart from either side of the wet line so you end up with a 4cm x 12cm rectangle with a nice fluffy top edge and then put this to one side to dry.

Use the decoupage scissors to carefully cut out all of the tulip sections.

Once the mulberry tissue paper is dry use some craft glue thinned down with a little water to stick it to the card blank, aligning the straight edge with the bottom edge of the card blank as shown in the picture, then the fluffy edge at the top makes a nice grass like effect.

Stick the bottom layer of the tulips with the bottoms of their stalks overlapping the fluffy top edge of the mulberry tissue paper.

Finally use sticky foam pads or silicon glue to stick all of the remaining tulip layers in place.

Useful tips for this project:

1. Thinning the craft glue down before sticking the mulberry tissue paper will stop it showing up as much behind the paper once it has dried, whilst still sticking the paper in place.
2. When you cut out the tulip sections, you can lightly pencil in numbers on the back of each section to make it easier to match them up again later.
3. Use felt tip pens of the same colour as the decoupage sections to carefully colour the white side edges of the paper as this helps to ensure there are no white bits showing on the completed card.

Card Idea by Janine

Decoupage really gives a card project depth, the 3D layers on these daffodils really make them jump out from the card surface. Whilst this card is lovely for any occasion, the daffodil design makes it an ideal Easter card. Next to the completed card below is an image of the actual decoupage sheet used.

What you will need to make this card:

1. A6 Cream Oval Aperture Card Blank
2. Tulip / Daffodil / Daisy Trios Decoupage Sheet for the daffodils (sheet pictured above right).
   
3. Mid Green Mulberry Tissue Paper
4. Classic Corners Peel Off Sheet – Gold
5. Double sided sticky tape, craft glue and sticky foam pads or silicon glue
6. Decoupage Scissors
   

How to make:

Cut a rectangle from the mid green mulberry tissue paper and use double sided sticky tape to secure it to the back of the oval aperture.

Next fold the left hand side of the card blank over the back of the aperture and secure this in place with double sided sticky tape.

Use the decoupage scissors to carefully cut out all of the daffodil sections.

Stick the bottom layer of the daffodils onto the oval aperture, the tips of the petals and leaves will overlap the edges of the aperture slightly in places.

Use sticky foam pads or silicon glue to stick all of the remaining daffodil layers in place.

To complete the card apply a corner from the gold classic corners peel off sheet to each of the four corners of the card blank.

Useful tips for this project:

1. When you cut the daffodil sections out, you can lightly pencil in numbers on the back of each section to make it easier to match them up again later.
2. Use felt tip pens of the same colour as the decoupage sections to carefully colour the white side edges of the paper as this ensures there are no white bits showing on the finished card.
3. Allow each peel off sticker corner to relax for a minute or so before applying to the card, this will allow it to regain its shape if it has stretched at all when it was peeled away from the backing sheet.

Card Idea by Janine