Sunflowers Golden Birthday Card
For the card front: Place the card with the fold on the left. Cut 4¾"x6¼" Sunflowers tan flourishes cardstock and mat it on Gold cardstock with 1/16" borders. Glue it centered on the card front. Die cut the chicken wire from Gold cardstock, then clip off the excess “wire” ends on each long edge. Use Sticky Specks to attach the wire to the front, aligning the top edge with the top edge of the tan cardstock.
Cut 4¾"x1" Sunflowers dark wood grain cardstock and mat the long edges, first on brown cardstock with 1/8" borders, then on Gold cardstock with 1/16" borders. Glue it across the tan cardstock, just overlapping the lower edge of the chicken wire.
Die cut two large sunflowers from dark yellow cardstock, one from light yellow cardstock, a 1¼" flower center from brown cardstock, and three leaves from green cardstock. Ink the edges of the flowers and leaves, then cover the edges with Gold embossing powder. Tap off the excess powder and heat the remainder to melt it.
Gently curve the sides of each petal upward. Use the bone folder to gently curve the leaves (as you would curl ribbon). Stack and glue the large flowers together, then foam tape the smaller flower on top. For the flower center, ink the entire die-cut and emboss it with Iron Age embossing powder. Lightly ink it again along the edges and emboss it with Gold powder. Glue the center to the small flower, then glue the flower and leaves to the front as shown.
Punch out the Sunflowers “happy birthday” die-cut and mat it first on brown cardstock with 1/16" borders, then on Gold cardstock with 1/8" borders. Foam tape it as shown.
For the inside: Cut 3"x6½" Sunflowers tan flourishes cardstock and mat the right long edge on brown cardstock with a 1/8" border. Glue it to the inside against the fold. Cut a ¼"x6½" strip of Gold cardstock and glue it to the tan cardstock, ¾" from the right edge.
Cut 4¾"x1" Sunflowers dark wood grain cardstock and mat the long edges, first on brown cardstock with 1/8" borders, then on Gold cardstock with 1/16" borders. Glue it across the tan cardstock, just overlapping the lower edge of the chicken wire.
Die cut two large sunflowers from dark yellow cardstock, one from light yellow cardstock, a 1¼" flower center from brown cardstock, and three leaves from green cardstock. Ink the edges of the flowers and leaves, then cover the edges with Gold embossing powder. Tap off the excess powder and heat the remainder to melt it.
Gently curve the sides of each petal upward. Use the bone folder to gently curve the leaves (as you would curl ribbon). Stack and glue the large flowers together, then foam tape the smaller flower on top. For the flower center, ink the entire die-cut and emboss it with Iron Age embossing powder. Lightly ink it again along the edges and emboss it with Gold powder. Glue the center to the small flower, then glue the flower and leaves to the front as shown.
Punch out the Sunflowers “happy birthday” die-cut and mat it first on brown cardstock with 1/16" borders, then on Gold cardstock with 1/8" borders. Foam tape it as shown.
For the inside: Cut 3"x6½" Sunflowers tan flourishes cardstock and mat the right long edge on brown cardstock with a 1/8" border. Glue it to the inside against the fold. Cut a ¼"x6½" strip of Gold cardstock and glue it to the tan cardstock, ¾" from the right edge.
