It’s never too early to make a paper flower bouquet card to get into a Spring mood!

As much as I love making winter cards, at some point i just have to turn out a paper flower bouquet card to remind myself that Spring really WILL come! I was inspired by the pretty colors in the patterned paper I used on the background of this card and love how the almost perfectly matching die cut paper flowers pull this whole card together in such a pretty way.

Card Base and Frames

• Use white cardstock to cut the A2 sized card base.
• Cut a 5.50″ x 4.25″ piece of designer paper and attach it to the card base using ATG adhesive.
• Use white and green cardstock to cut the two frame sections. 
• Attach the two white frames together using double stick tape.
• Use double stick tape to attach the green frame over top of the white frame.
• Apply strips of mounting tape to the back borders of the frame and attach it to the card base.

Paper Flower Bouquet and Multi Loop Bow

• Use purple cardstock to cut two sections of the Gentian and Stems and green cardstock to cut the stems.
• Cut three sections of the Branches and Leaves using green cardstock.  
• Assemble the flower sections and attach them together using glossy accents. 
• Attach the flowers to the stems using glossy accents.  Check out my How to Make Paper Flowers Step by Step Video One to see how I assembled the flowers and stems and how I gently formed the flowers using a round stylus. 
• Begin designing the bouquet by attaching the flower stems together using glossy accents.  
• Build the bouquet stem by stem and noting the direction of the how the flowers are falling – left or right to create a natural looking bouquet.
• Watch my Hot to Make Paper Flowers Step by Step Video Two to see how I designed and attach the flowers together to create my bouquet.  Note:  I used several different kinds of flowers for the video bouquet but the steps of building the bouquet are exactly the same.
• Attach several of the large foliage sections to the back of the bouquet to create a green base.
• Attach a few extra foliage stems to the bottom of the bouquet using glossy accents.
• Apply a generous amount of glossy accents to the back of the bouquet and attach it to the card base.
• Finish by attaching a white organza bow using several glue dots.  
• Watch my Multi Loop Bow Video to see how I make my blows.  It’s much easier than you think.

5217D Rectangle Combo OPC #4 Die Cut [ RBB ] 5402-02D Gentian and Stems Die [ RBB ] 5404D Branches and Leaves Die [ RBB ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ]

The Color Catalog by Sarah Renae Clark [ SRH ] Carta Bella Paper – Flora No. 4… [ SBC ] Carta Bella Paper – Flora No. 4… [ SBC ] Amazon.com : Accent Opaque White 8.5”… [ AMZUS ] Sizzix – Paper Sculpting Kit [ SBC | BLIC ] Amazon.com: Scotch CAT 085 Advanced… [ AMZUS ] Scor-Tape 1/4′ (5mm), Scor-Pal Tape [ ELH ] Scor-Tape 1/8′ (3mm), Scor-Pal Tape [ ELH ] Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents [ ELH ] Amazon.com: Mini Foam Dots… [ AMZUS ] Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by… [ AMZUS ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Glue Dots, Mini (3/16″) [ ELH ]

If you are fed up with winter, play around and make a paper flower bouquet card with these or any flower dies you have and see if you don’t start to thaw out a little!