Vellum and Mulberry Flower Card

This versatile card can be used for all kinds of occasions, from quick thank you's to cheerful birthday cards. It's easy to make as well.

Materials and Tools

• 1 white A6 card blank
• Pink Flower brads
• White mulberry paper
• A sheet of white happy birthday vellum
• Wisteria fluid chalk ink pads

You may also need...
A ruler, a wet paintbrush or cotton bud, glue stick and a tool for making small holes (a small long reach circle punch, a sharp pair of scissors or an eyelet setting tool).

Instructions

1. First we need to tear a rectangle of vellum. To do this lay the sheet of vellum on a flat surface the right way up. Place a ruler along one edge about 1/2 cm form the edge. Lift the corner of the vellum and tear the vellum using the ruler as a guide. Repeat this to make a torn rectangle which measure approximately 5cm x 12cm.

2. We now need to ink the torn edge. Holding the inkpad in one hand and the torn vellum in the other hand, dab the edge of the vellum onto the inkpad.

3. The next stage is to make the three mulberry flowers. Lay the piece of white mulberry paper flat on the table. Holding the inkpad in one hand and the stamp in the other dab the inkpad onto the stamp making sure it has an even covering of ink. Stamp a flower onto the mulberry paper, making sure there is at least 1cm around it. Take a wet paintbrush or cotton bud and mark out a circle around the mulberry flower (about 0.5cm or 1/4 ") from the flower. Once the water has soaked into the paper tease the paper apart along the wet line.

Repeat this twice so that you have three flowers.

4. Holding the ink pad in one hand and the mulberry flower in the other, dab the torn edge of each mulberry flower onto the inkpad, to give them a purple feathered edge.

5. The final step is to attach the flowers onto the vellum and the vellum onto the card using brads. Place the unfolded card blank onto a flat surface and position the vellum centrally and the mulberry flowers equally spaced on top of the vellum. Make a small hole at the centre of each mulberry flower that goes through the mulberry paper, the vellum and the card. Put a pink flower brad through each of the holes, flattening out the prongs on the other side of the card blank.

And finally...
Fold the insert in half and stick this into the card, by placing a line of glue to the right of the fold line, placing the folded insert onto this, and then putting a dab of glue on top of the insert and folding the card, to attach it to the front of the card.

Your card is finished!