Blooming Birthday Wishes by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate a summer birthday with the Delicate Fuchsia Trio and a bit of plaid. Add a gold foil greeting tab and Bright Jewels - and your card is ready to send or share. Hi, Jean here with a floral slimline design from our 2024 Fuchsia Collection.

Spritz both sides of watercolor paper with a light mist of water. Pressure-emboss the smoother side with the new Delicate Fuchsia Trio - use the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine. Diecut a stencil of the design from cardstock. Place the stencil over the embossed design and stencil the petals with varying shades of violet ink. Distress Oxide wilted violet and Radiant Neon Electric Purple were used here. Stenciling over the embossed image leaves a narrow border uninked and defines the layers when the fuchsia is assembled.

Remove the stencil and sponge or brush Brilliance Victorian Violet onto the stamens - and Distress Oxide mowed lawn onto the remaining pieces.

Heat-set the inks. Diecut all of the pieces. Assemble the blossoms - refer to the envelope's illustration or scan the QR code for layering details. Or mix and match the pieces like I did!

Cut the purple/violet/green Fuchsia Plaid with a portion of the 1-⅝" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die. Cut the lavender 6x6 from the Lagoon Collection with the ⅞" wide die.

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½") - use foam tape for the leaf tips. Add a Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab - use foam tape for the right side.

Add purple Bright Jewels. Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Hope you're enjoying our Design Team's 2024 Fuchsia Collection ideas and inspiration. Have a great weekend!