22 January 2023

Floral Teacup Birthday Card

 

Make this pretty greeting card of flowers in a cup by using Lawn Fawns Stitched Teacup die set



I've used a small die set by Lawn Fawn called Stitched Teacup and filled it with flowers to create this card.
Use Lawn Fawns Stitched Teacup die to create this greeting card



You can use any teacup die or even cut one by hand and can choose any flowers or leaves to fill your cup. The beauty of making your own cards is that you can alter them to your recipients favourite colors etc.

Follow the below link to find out how the card was made

You will need
  • Lawn Fawn's Stitched Teacup die
  • Two nesting circle dies - the larger one about 9 cm in diameter and the smaller one about 7 . 5 cm
  • Leaf die
  • White, green and dark pink card
  • 3 matching patterned card
  • 5 small pink gems
  • Rounding corner punch
  • White Happy Birthday peel off
  • Guillotine with cutting and scoring blade
  • Die cutting machine
  • Glue and double sided foam pads

  1. Cut a piece of white card to 21 cm by 10 . 5 cm. Score and fold in half to create a square base card

  2. Glue a piece of pink patterned card to the front of the base card
    Cover front of base card with patterned pink paper


  3. Use the rounding corner punch to round each corner of the base card
    Use rounding corner punch to round corners of base card

    Rounding corners of card make a softer base card


  4. Using the two circle dies, cut each one out of different patterned pink card
    Cut 2 circles from patterned pink card


  5. Glue the smaller circle to the lower part of the larger circle
    Glue smaller circle to larger circle


  6. Glue the circles to the base card towards the bottom half of the card
    Glue circles to base card


  7. Die cut 5 green leaves, 5 white flowers and a teacup from the dark pink card
    Die cut 5 white flowers, 5 green leaves and a dark pink teacup


  8. Thread the leaves through the top of the teacup, turn it over and tape the leaf stems to the back of the cup
    Thread leaves through top of teacup

    Glue leaf stems to back of teacup


  9. When you turn the teacup back to the right side, you may find some of the leaves are showing down the sides of the teacup (see the first photo below where a leaf is sticking out from the left side of the teacup). Just trim any of these leaves away.
    You may get some leaves show down side of cup

    Trim away any leaves that show down side of cup


  10. Die cut a flower from one of the pink patterned papers used to die cut the circles

  11. Glue the pink flower to the centre front of the cup
    Die cut pink patterned flower and glue to teacup


  12. Glue the 5 white flowers to the the leaves
    Glue 5 white flowers to the leaves


  13. Use double sided foam pads to attach the cup to the card front so it sits centrally in the smaller circle
    Use double sided foam pads to attach teacup to base card


  14. Glue a pink gem to the centre of each white flower
    Glue pink gem to centre of each white flower


  15. Stick a Happy Birthday peel off greeting to a piece of dark pink card and cut it out in a rectangle shape. Round the left hand edges using the rounding corner punch
    Stick a white happy birthday peel off greeting to dark pink card

    Round lefthand corners of greeting rectangle


  16. Glue the greeting to the top right hand edge of the base card
    Glue greeting rectangle to top righthand edge of base card