How to Make a Barrel Full of Country Florals

Fill your cards with an array of florals and create a card worthy of a frame. Perfect for any occasion, this design is a MUST SEE!

We have a treat for you today from the very talented Miss Kittie Caracciolo. Kittie shared, “I love making floral projects and the Brass and Bliss Wooden Barrel gave me the perfect container to use to fill my 5×7 card base with flowers.”  For today’s card Kittie used the Wooden Barrel and Crate, 5×7 Nested Classic Stitch Rectangle, 5×7 Nested Deckle Rectangle, Classic Grass, Grass #2, Mixable Flower Stack, Fall Florals, Small Flowers #3, Build a Bloom Hollyhock, Spring Garden Starter, Fern Leaves, Wild Leaves and Simply Fluttering  The way these blooms dominate the card feels like a burst of sunshine. We love her use of yellows, soft blues and purples, for a country bouquet that is sweet and wonderful. Follow along with Kitties steps below and see how you can recreate this barrel full of country florals.

Card Base, Frame and Barrel

• Use white cardstock to cut a 5×7 card base
• Cut the deckle rectangle using white cardstock.
• Place the deckle hill layer back on the cutting platform, line up a smaller nested stitch rectangle and cut it out to create the frame.
• Cut a single grass layer using green cardstock and attach it to the frame base using double stick tape.
• Apply strips of mounting tape to the to the back of the frame and attach it to the card base.
• Use Kraft cardstock to cut the barrel and gray cardstock to cut the hoops.
• Apply brown ink to the barrel using a large blending brush.
• Attach the hoops to the barrel using Nuvo glue.
• Tuck the barrel behind the grass and attach it to the base using pieces of mounting tape. I love how the wooden barrel was perfect for my country flower arrangement.

Foliage and Large Flower Placement

I usually place my flowers on the card base first and then tuck foliage under and around them.  With this large 5×7 card base I want to create a foliage base

• Cut several sections of the wild leaves using green cardstock.
• Create a foliage base by attaching them to the card base using Nuvo glue.  Pro Tip:  I placed the foliage down first on this large card base to help fill in space.  I usually place my flowers first and then attach the foliage.

Place the three large yellow flowers first to be the main focus of the flower arrangement.

• Assemble all of the other flowers and foliage.
• Tuck and attach the blue, yellow stems and purple flowers around the large flowers.
• Cut sections of the fern leaves, tuck them under the flowers to complete the arrangement.

I failed to take step additional pictures.  I hope these side views help you to see how they filled in the country flower arrangement and created dimension.