This time we created a special anniversary card in our Card Class Workshop.Our cards are usually regular sizes 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", but once in a while we make a nice big one. This card is made from a 5" x 7" card base.
I found this card base from DCWV in our local scrapbook store and thought it would be ideal for this project. It came already embossed with a beautiful satin-silver Moroccan design on white cardstock.
When I was looking through my Close to My Heart Cricut cartridges I found many beautiful roses, sunflowers and other botanical treasures, but all were more of a 3-D kind of flower.
The beauty of a Cricut machine is that you can cut any size you want from any image you have. The Orchid is a three part set with two white pieces for the flower and one apricot piece for the stem. Before I adhered them together I used my bigger styluses to shape the pedals just a bit. The green leave are from our Cricut cartridges.
The beautiful apricot lace place-mat was cut with a dies called "Claudette Oval Frame" from "Poppystamps.com". And again, my Cricut helped me to cut the perfect oval for the placement. The place-mat was adhered with foam dots and the orchid is assembled and adhered with glue dots.
When I cut the lace place-mat I was left with a beautiful negative image that I couldn't just through away. So I thought I could use the piece as a frame for a beautiful anniversary phrase that I had... and this is how the inside of the card was decorated.
So, what do you think? Do you like the card design? I do and I love the Orchid, I think I have to make a few more projects with this wonderful flower....speaking of, I took some wonderful photos of an orchid exhibition in Germany. I think I should share a few with you....Contact me if you have questions or would like to purchase this card....
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