Belle Fleur Window Card

 Hello again, there’s a new release at Craft Consortium called Belle Fleur. This is a beautiful collection of very elegant floral cardstock in neutral tones, stamps, ribbon,  and other ephemera that all coordinate together. It’s perfect for those wedding, anniversary, engagement and feminine birthday cards. I’ve created a card today that has a see-through acetate window. 

I started by temporarily taping a card front to the card base. Then I placed a circle die in position in the lower right hand side of the card. I ran this through my die cutting machine several times to cut through both layers.  Taping the layers together ensured that the openings were cut in the same spot on both the card front and the base.  I also cut a piece of the patterned paper the same size as my card front. I placed the patterned paper under the card front and notched the same circle die into position and ran that through my die cutting machine. 

Next, I cut a piece of acetate (I used some scrap packaging) that was just big enough to cover the circle opening and made sure it had a straight edge. I sandwiched this between the card front and the card base using double sided tape to keep it in position, and making sure the straight edge was aligned with where the edge of the card should be.  

I then cut a piece of the coordinating ribbon to fit along the left hand side of the card. I adhered this with some double sided tape to the patterned paper piece, and wrapped it around to the back of the paper. Then I used some glue to attach the patterned paper to the card front, making sure the circle openings lined up. 

I then die cut the flowers and leaves from the French Marigold set by Creative Expressions. I only used the two smallest flower dies and cut them from white cardstock that I had coloured with Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Polish in Custard. Since that gave them quite a yellowish look, I went over them with Matt Chalk Polish in Simply White. That helped to tone down the yellow giving a more ivory colour. I used the Antique Rosewood Matt Chalk Polish lightly on the very edges of the flowers to give a hint of colour. For the leaves, I used Matt Chalk Polish in Opulent Olive which I applied to white cardstock before cutting them out. I think it would be really pretty too if the flowers were cut from a pearlescent cardstock. 

To shape the flowers, I placed them upside down on an old spongy mouse pad and used a round ball head tool to press and shape the the petals.  Then I turned them over and used a slightly larger round ball head to press and shape the centres. I then used glue dots to attach a smaller set of petals inside a larger one. Finally, I put some liquid glue inside the centres of the flowers and added some Prills (small, round Pearl like accents) in white for the flower center. Once the glue was dry, I used a little more glue to attach the flowers around the acetate window being careful not to put them on the acetate, as it would show through from the inside. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you are having a great day!