Celebrate special occasions with these spring-fresh cards

What you need...

• Card: green; mauve; pink; blue; off-white
  
• Ribbons: plum; organza, aqua; silk, blue
  
• Inkpad: Versa Magic Dew Drop, Aloe Vera; celadon blue
  
• Punch, daisy: large; medium; small
  
• Fiskars shape template, Box 2
  
• Eyelets, floral, mixed colours
  
• Pens, Sakura Gelly Roll
  
• Tape, double-sided
  
• Stamps, floral
  
• String, cotton, green
  
• Gems, stick-on: purple, small; green, large

instructions

1. square card - 1 Make an A4 piece of watercoloureffect paper as described above and stamp on some flower designs in a random pattern across the card, using both Aloe Vera and celadon blue ink, overlapping the flowers a little.
   
   2 Make this decorated background up into a card that measures 12cm square then colour in the centres and stamens of the flowers with the Gelly Roll pens. Add a pink insert cut to the same size as the card and attach this with double-sided tape.
   
   3 Tie organza aqua ribbon around the spine of the card and finish with a bow. Stamp three small flower images onto three different cards; green, blue and mauve. Decorate them with a silver pen and stick them on top of each other with foam pads for depth. Adhere to the front of the card and stick on a purple gem in the centre of the smallest flower.