Floral Happy Birthday

Hello Folks,

Todays card was a challenge I set myself, stilling learning as its not quite as bright as I hoped but I have learnt what my mistake was. The challenge was to combine the techniques I have learnt this year from the Crafters Companion Subscription Boxes but also think outside of the box with regards to if you don't have some of the items such as a Create a Card Diecut. 

I have used a rectangle white card, white card stock for everything else, this allowed me to colour items how I wished them to be, this is where I made a bit of a mistake, should have coloured some more a little bit darker to make them pop out more. My first step was to cut out of the white card stock the first layer to go against, which I then used Sara Davies Floral Delight Ornate Trellis Diecut, this I then coloured with Spectrum Noir Ink Pad Pale Fig and glued to card. Next I cut another piece of white card stock a little bit smaller than the previous, took a Spellbinders Oval shaped Diecut and placed it in the middle, one cut, removed that piece and put the rest through the Gemini machine with Sara Davies Together Forever Vine Leaves Embossing Folder, glued this to the card. I then took another piece of white card stock white a Spellbinders Scalloped Oval Shaped Diecut, as a smaller Spellbinders Oval shaped Diecut, placed them one inside the other and through the machine, this allowed me to use just the outside of the scalloped oval diecut which I coloured with Pale Fig, would have be better if I have used the Damson Wine one. After I glued this to the centre area of the card, I diecut some sentiments and a shape for them to sit on I coloured with ink pads, glued it all together and onto the card. From here I cut and shaped many of Sara Davies English Country Garden Grand Floral Flowers, coloured them as well as shaped and then layered them adding a gem to the centre. I also diecut some leaves from the Crafters Companion Subscription Box 5, coloured in green with an ink pad, laid them all out on the card in several ways first to find the one I liked where as I then glued them in place and this completes my card which is also a lesson.