Materials…

• 3 shades of pink cardstock
• Purple cardstock
• Purple felt flowers
• Purple gingham ribbon
• Purple Making Memories mini brads
• Green embroidery floss
• Black fineliner pen
• Autumn Leaves sentiment circles clear stamps
• 1942 report font
• Craft knife, cutting mat and ruler
• Prick pen and prick mat
• Craft dots and double-sided tape
• Embroidery floss needle

To create…

1 Create a 14.8cm-square card blank from pink cardstock. Cut cardstock strips measuring 1cm-wide in two different shades of pink and attach to the card.

2 Adhere three purple felt flowers onto the card blank. Stitch a stem below every flower using green embroidery floss and embellish each with a ribbon bow.

3 Make a decorative border. Adhere the border to the card and highlight with a black fineliner. Embellish with purple mini brads.

4 Stamp ‘totally special’ onto a pink cardstock circle measuring 4.5cm in diameter. Mount onto a purple cardstock circle and highlight with a fineliner. Attach the centiment circle to the card.

5 Use your computer and two shades of cardstock to print out a black text box with black borders. Mount all the text onto purple cardstock, highlight with a fineliner and add to the card.

6 Cut a piece of pink cardstock measuring 14.3cm-square and attach to the inside of the card.

Project by Marieke Vermeulen. Originally published in issue 7 of Complete Cardmaking magazine.