How to Use Specialty Paper to Die Cut Florals for Cards

Using patterned paper is a great way to add texture and unique looks to your die cut florals. Peep this garden of florals, each with a different look.

Today’s beautiful burst of florals is from our designer, Lisa, who is showing us how to use specialty paper to die cut florals for cards. Lisa is working with the Watercolor Beauty paper pad which was hand painted by the lovely Melinda Stearns, because it has a lot of beautiful pages perfect for cutting dies from. The watercolor aesthetic adds so much to this overall card project and we can’t wait to share the details on how this was made. Follow along and pin this project for later!

I die cut white card stock with the largest die from the 5013d Nested Rectangle Small Stitch Die Set
Next I used the 4011 Clouds Stencil 6×6, a large brush from the Large Blending Brushes 4 Pack and Sky ink from the Color Fuse Set 7 to create a cloudy background.
At the bottom of the panel I created a rolling hill but cutting a free hand wave mask from white cardstock. I used the inverted side to add Fern ink from the Color Fuse Set 11 to blend a grassy hill and used the hilly side to mask off that hill so I could add a second one.
Then I chose some pretty papers from the 2019 Watercolor Beauty 6×6 Paper Pad to die cut the flowers from the new 5808-03d Build A Bloom Hollyhock Die and 5808-02d Build A Bloom Clematis Die and used solid papers for the stems, centers and butterflies from the 5147-08d Small Butterflies Die.
Next the 5152-01d Picket Fence Die was cut from white cardstock and adhered to the panel with liquid adhesive.
That gorgeous frame was cut using the oval die from the 5600-02d Decorative Rectangle Die set from white glitter and adhered the frame to the landscape background with foam tape.
A small oval was cut from white cardstock using the 5030d Nested Scallop Oval Nested Dies and the sentiment was stamped on it using a sentiment from the 36033 Mothers Day Script 4×8 Stamp Set with Blush ink from the Color Fuse Set 5 and popped up over the decorative oval.
Finally the flowers were added around the sentiment as well as a few butterflies and clear sequins.