Rainbow Flower Birthday - Flower Builder Collection Card Tutorial – Chloes Creative Cards

Hello Crafters,

Create a pretty birthday card with fluttering butterflies and delicate flowers using today's card tutorial by the talented Christine. Using the recently launched Flower Builder collection, Christine has crafted a gorgeous layout that anyone would be delighted to receive for their birthday. With a simple switch of sentiment, you could also use this design for any number of alternative occasions.

Read on for a full step-by-step project tutorial, complete with a materials list that has been linked so you can click on each product to be sent to its respective web page, making it easy for you to shop.

YOU WILL NEED:

Flower Builder collection:
- 3D embossing folder, stamp and die set – Flower Swirl
- Die and stamp set – Amazing, Beautiful, Lovely Sentiment Builder
- Die set – Tiny Butterflies
- 8x8” 2D embossing folder – Pretty Swirls
- 8x8” designer paper pad – Pastel Rainbow Delight
- Vellum paper pad – Flower Ombré
8x8” Pierced and Scalloped dies – Squares
A4 pearl card – Crystal White
Smooth white card
Chloe’s Creative Cards Designer White Vellum
Pearl Box – Candy
WOW! clear embossing inkpad
WOW! embossing powder – Rosewater, Key Lime Pie, and Clear Sparkle
Sparkelicious glitter – Crystallina, Rainbow Glitter from Chloe’s Papercraft Society Box #62
Chloe’s Creative Cards Ink-Blending Brushes
Ranger Distress Oxide inkpads – Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade and Broken China
Marker pens – pink, green and yellow
Foam pads on a roll
Chloe’s Creative Cards chisel-tip glue pen
Pinflair 3D glue gel
Art Glitter Dries-clear PVA glue
8x8” white straight-edged card blank
WOW! heat tool
A4 die-cutting machine

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Create a scalloped card blank using the largest die from the Pierced and Scalloped Squares die set. Using the same die, cut a sheet of spotted rainbow paper and affix to the card blank using foam pads.

2 Die-cut Crystal White pearl card using the second-largest die from the Pierced and Scalloped Squares die set. Emboss this panel using the 8x8” Pretty Swirls embossing folder, edge with the rainbow glitter and affix to the card front using foam pads.

3 Die-cut rainbow-patterned paper using the third-largest die from the Pierced and Scalloped Squares die set and affix to the card front at an angle, as shown, using foam pads. Die-cut Crystal White pearl card using the fourth-largest die from the Pierced and Scalloped Squares die set. Using the Flower Swirl embossing folder, emboss the panel with the embossing folder running down the right edge of the card with part of the design overlapping the edge. Using a green marker pen, colour the raised embossed foliage, repeat with a yellow pen for one of the swirling hearts and pink for the other. Cover all the inked areas with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter using dries-clear glue.

4 Remove three large yellow flowers, three medium pink flowers and three small turquoise flowers from the Flower Ombré vellum paper pad. Emboss each flower using the Flower Swirl embossing folder and die-cut using the corresponding dies. Add dries-clear adhesive to the raised embossed areas and cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Layer up the flowers using 3D glue gel to give you one large yellow flower, one medium pink flower and one small blue flower, as shown.

5 Die-cut three stamens from white card using the stamen die from the Flower Swirl set. Add yellow pearls from the Candy Pearl Box to one stamen, pink to another and finally blue to the last stamen. Affix stamens to the centre of each corresponding-coloured flower using dries-clear glue and add a larger pearl to the centre of each. Affix the flowers to the card front, as shown, using 3D glue gel.

6 Using the foliage from the Flower Swirl set, stamp three of each leaf onto white vellum using the clear embossing inkpad. Cover with Key Lime Pie embossing powder and heat set. Die-cut the leaves using the corresponding dies and affix to either side of the flowers using glue gel.

7 Die-cut one large and one small butterfly from smooth white card. Blend Broken China, Kitsch Flamingo and Squeezed Lemonade Ranger Distress Oxide inks onto the butterflies using ink-blending brushes. Press each butterfly onto the embossing inkpad to coat, cover with Clear Sparkle embossing powder and heat set. Affix the butterflies to the left of the card, as shown, using dries-clear glue.

8 Using the Sentiment Builder die and stamp set, die-cut the word ‘amazing’ and the corresponding outline from Crystal White pearl card. Cover the die-cut word with rainbow glitter and affix to the die-cut outline using dries-clear glue. Using the same die and stamp set, stamp ‘wishing you an’ and ‘birthday’ onto Crystal White pearl card using clear embossing ink. Cover with Rosewater embossing powder and heat set. Trim the words, add Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink around the edges, and attach to the card front, as shown, to finish.