French Courtyard Birthday in the Round
French Courtyard Birthday in the Round

Instructions:
Cut Deluxe Flower Shaping paper to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2”. Score and fold at 4 1/4”. Cut panel of sheet 3B of paper panel to 5 3/8 x 4 1/8”, use dauber to apply Rose Madder ink along edge and adhere onto card front. Diecut large intricate square from HCD1-7398 French Courtyard die from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Repeat this using the same die, this time using Luxe Gold cardstock. Use paper trimmer to cut apart two opposite corners as you’ll be using these individually. Repeat this for the gold piece as well. Apply Dries Clear Adhesive onto Hydra Sponge, dab randomly over white corner dies, sprinkle with Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear. Adhere gold piece behind white piece to create a golden shadow. Adhere both corners onto the bottom of card base, you’ll need to overlap the centers for it to fit on the card front. From same die set, use the large and small plain circles to die cut a circle frame from sheet 10B of paper collection. Adhere onto card base as shown. Use same two circles, this time adding the Birthday sentiment die in the center. Diecut this combination on Deluxe Flower Shaping paper. Repeat this same step, this time diecutting onto Luxe Gold cardstock. Apply Dries Clear Adhesive onto Hydra Sponge, dab randomly over white birthday sentiment circle. Adhere gold sentiment circle behind white glittered sentiment circle, creating a golden shadow. Adhere onto purple circle using foam adhesive, you may need to cut the foam into smaller pieces.
Stamp the following images onto Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Stamp a few roses from HCPC-3752 Classic Rose stamp set using Rose Madder ink. Stamp three smaller roses from same stamp set using Leaf Green ink to work as small filler flowers. Stamp the Leaf from same stamp set using Library Green ink as well as a few leaves from the HCPC-3835 Leafy Accents stamp set. Stamp two Clematis flowers using Rose Madder ink. Diecut all using coordinating dies.
Color the images using the Stack and Store dauber along with the following inks. For the roses and clematis flowers use both Pink Peony and Plum inks add a soft splash of Buttercup ink in center of clematis. Color the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse and Leaf Green inks. Add Vivid Chartreuse in the center of the small green filler flowers.
Shape flowers and leaves using their coordinating molds. There is a great video on how to create roses, be sure to watch that as well. Use hot glue to assemble the roses. Use Dries Clear Adhesive for the clematis flower and small green roses, pierce the center and add your stamens. On the clematis flower add some Dries Clear Adhesive around the stamen and add Go Man Go and Lettuce Entertain You Prills as an accent.
Arrange flowers and leaves as shown, add some Dries Clear glue onto leaves and flowers, adding Crystal Glitter for sparkle.
Other Products: Hot Glue, Foam Adhesive, Paper Trimmer, Die cutting machine, Archival ink Library Green