Hello crafty friends. This is the first of a set of cards without videos, as the countdown until we move out on our way to living in Japan is down to 13 days. EEEK! Hubby and I have both been struck down with a cold, and we’re accomplishing a day’s work over about four days. To say it’s going slowly is an understatement! Anyway, onto the cards!

These cards are made with the adorable Daisy Bouquet die from Paper Rose Studio. I’ve made three different iterations of the cards, using colour for the outline, background and inserts to give three very different looks. Before I show the close ups, I also need to apologise for the quality of the photos. My photos are usually taken outside on a cloudy day, but between the rush to Japan, the sickness, and a run of sunshine, except for a very stormy day, I haven’t had the change to get better photos, so the rice paper that I use as a background is very prominent above, and it gets worse – the closeups styled shots didn’t happen at all, so you have full frontal photos!

The first card above uses a 3D embossing folder called Ben’s Plaid for some texture behind, and a simple layering of the two dies – outline and detail. In the card below, I’ve used the negative card from the background above and popped it up with foam tape, then added in some coloured petals to the flowers. The sentiment comes from the Thank you Stamp set from Paper Rose, and I’ve cut it with the coordinating die. I’ll link all these sentiments below.

Finally, I’ve cut the main image from different coloured cardstocks, and cut them apart and put them back together (if that isn’t a description of all card making, I don’t know what is!!!). The sentiment comes from the same Thank You Stamp set as the previous card.

These are the supplies I used. You can click on the link to shop. Where available, I have used affiliate links, which means that I will receive a small commission at no cost to you. I’ve tried to link to companies in different countries, so you can save on postage costs. Thank you so much for your support.

Paper Rose Daisy Bouquet die Shop at: PRS	Paper Rose Ben’s Plaid 3D embossing folder Shop at: PRS | SBC | SSS	Paper Rose Stacked Sentiments 1 stamp Shop at: PRS	Paper Rose Stacked Sentiments 1 dies Shop at: PRS	Paper Rose Thank you stamp set Shop at: PRS | SSS
Paper Rose Thank you stamp set coordinating dies Shop at: PRS | SSS