How to Make a Pastel Bouquet of Thanks for Spring

Say ‘thank you’ with a lovely bouquet of spring flowers is stunning shades of pastel pinks, yellows and blues.

Today we have a sweet bouquet floral card from our designer, Maurilia. She has used a soft pastel pallet to create this spring Thank You card and we think it’s precious. We love the newspaper background with the added splatters for texture. The added Cross Hatch Cover Die design in white keeps this card crisp and fresh. Follow along with these steps to see how Maurilia made this pastel bouquet of ‘thanks’ for Spring.

Die cut 5820D cross hatch cover die out of white card stock.
Die cut 5814D flower wrap with bow die out of sage green from 2004 festive farmhouse 6×6 paper pad. Die cut bow from white card stock and shade in rose.
Die cut all flowers from white card stock from the following dies: 5811-02D whisper blossom die, 5811-03D sunlit blossoms die and 5402-02D gentian and stems die.
Using color fuse inks, shade whisper petals in rose and blush. Shade sunlit blossoms in sonata blue. Shade gentian flowers in custard. Lastly shade all stems and leaves in grass and fern green.
For text background, using a blending brush lightly shade white card stock panel in chill grey. Stamp both 35022 news paper background stamp and 3006 splatter stains stamp in arctic blue.
Die cut thanks word 5515-03 thanks word with shadow die out of white card stock. Shade top word in sonata blue. Adhere word die to shadow die.
Adhere cross hatch to text panel using glue. Attach panel to a folding card base.
Arrange and adhere flowers in bouquet. For added dimension prop up flower heads with a foam square. Adhere bow to flower wrap. Adhere bouquet onto top cross hatch panel. Adhere thanks in lower left-hand panel.