Beautiful Anemones at Bluebell WoodsCompleted by Pamela Horton The whispering Platypus

Beautiful summery spring scene and gorgeous anemone flower sprays have made a delightful topper for a very easy quick card for so many occasions.

I have made this several times and today I have made the card by printing the sheet supplied 4 times onto light card and used all the elements in a step by step method to give the finished image extra dimension.

The main card is light purple gingham printed onto both sides of a white card cut at 28 x 15cm, then scored and folded.

The backing card is cup9520_126 a design by Jolis De Angelis, cut at 14 x 13.5cm and I have used a silver metallic pen to define the edges, before attaching the silver edged 13 x 12.5cm white backing sheet.

I used a 2.5cm wide mauve satin ribbon and a 1cm wide silver ribbon to wrap across the joined backing sheets 4.5cm up from the lower edge securing the tails at the back, then used padded D.S. tape to attach them to the card front.

To complete the topper I used one full copy of the image to attach to the card front using D.S. tape.

I used the second copy of the main image to remove the outer silver frame while still retaining the overhanging leaves and petals and then used padded D.S. squares to attach this to the card front.

I used the third copy to carefully cut out the 2 sprays of flowers and leaves and attached them both using padded tiny D.S. squares.

I attached the silver ribbon bow and the sentiment.

To complete the double insert, I have used the same gingham print onto light card, cut it at 26.5 x 14cm and folded it at the 13cm point, added the lace, white inserts and the verse which is from the free verse section.

I used D.S. tape to attach the back of the extra insert onto the inside back of the main card.

I have used one of the small images to attach to the inside of the front left hand side of the main card and made 2 gift cards using the other 2 small images.

Thank you Ceredwyn your beautiful work always inspires me. Pamela Horton. The Whispering Platypus.