Card or Package Topper…

Started out to create a birthday card for a very special and dear friend’s big 60th. Of course, with a December birthday my thoughts first revolved around a poinsettias. Then I realized her last several birthday flowers were poinsettias. Oh, I could not do that again this year. After very little debate I selected Lady E’s Flower 001 and cut 4 layers of each size out of a pink foamiran (flower foam.)

Now, I really wanted something that would be an outstanding accent. I have been experimenting with Pan Pastels during the past few weeks and having just too much fun. (Must say, I have watched and been completely influenced by Susan from Susan’s Garden Club with her use of these fantastic pastels.)   The Magenta Extra Dark was the perfect accent color for the pink. I did use the PP applicator to apply the color.

As an experiment, I used Krylon’s Workable Fixatif to set the pastels. Once I felt the Fixatif was dry, I heated the petals then rolled/scrunched per usual. Then I used the wooden ball stylus to open and shape each section.

To build the flowers, I used hot glue and just 2 layers for each of the three flowers. The centers are a soft yellow Prill that are again hot glued in place.

For the leaves, I cheated!  So sorry! Purchased these through Amazon. When I started to put it together, making this “just a card” did not feel right. So, I mounted the entire “card front” to a 5x7 canvas board. Gave it more stability.

The rest was just wrapping the package and mounting the “package topper.”

Thank you for stopping in. Hope you found this a fun project.

Well, I guess that is it for this year. I pray you have a Wonderful and a very Merry Christmas. May 2020 be an exciting and creative year for us all.

God Bless You, Everyone