New Cottage Flower Circle Frame and Bold Friendly Greetings by Jean Okimoto

The new Cottage Flower Circle Frame is ready for spring...and so are we! It's fresh, delicate and perfect when you need a quick card. Finish it off with a message and dotted strip from the Bold Friendly Greetings Clear Stamp Set.

Hi everyone, Jean Okimoto here with a simple design for any occasion. Add a dimensional look to your cards by pressure-embossing the delicate dies, then topping it with the diecut.

Cut textured white cardstock with the 4" Circle Basics die.

Separate the frame and the blossom stem of the Cottage Flower Circle Frame. Pressure-emboss the frame onto the circle diecut.

Cut the frame from smooth white cardstock.

Here's a tip - make it easy to attach the diecut frame to the embossed frame. Just add tiny dots of glue to the soon-to-be-hidden sections of the the sturdy embossed frame instead of the delicate diecut. Press the delicate diecut onto the embossed frame.

Stamp the dotted strip - from the greetings set - on white cardstock with Brilliance Pearlescent Thyme. Dry the ink,then trim it to about 4-½" long.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Bold Friendly Greetings Clear Stamp Set - onto white cardstock with Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid. Trim it with the 1" x 2-¼" Rectangle Basics die.

Cut the blossom stem from green cardstock. Attach pink felt to adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) and diecut just the flowers. The adhesive backing stabilizes the felt and keeps adhesives from soaking through the fabicc.

Cut the small Simple Garden Pot from silver cardstock.

Attach all of the pieces to a side-folded 5-¼" square card - use foam dots for the greeting.

Very big thanks to everyone from Monday's SIMPLY ASIAN class at Impress! I appreciate how so many of you drove and/or ferried to Tukwila after days of snow, ice and slush. Thanks also to everyone who helped shovel your driveway so you could get to Tukwila. And thanks to Ann and Shari for helping everyone fill their shopping baskets with the new Spring Collection. See you again at this Saturday's BIRCH PRESS GREETINGS Class at Impress!