We went to one of our local nurseries today (Grass Roots in Graniteville, SC) and wow! Loads of inspiration! Not only do they have greenhouses full of plants, one of them has tropical plants with parotts and other lovely birds, amongst the plants. They also have a koi pond and a river water feature. Oh and did I mention plants? Oh my gosh bazillions of plants.
As we got home with our load of flowers to plant I thought of the fence and trellis cards with stamped or diecut flowers on them. This is a fence card. I'll do a tutorial for the Trellis card in the next couple days.
Materials:
Stamps: Quiet Meadow
Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Thick Basic White
Ink: Gorgeous Grape
Tools: Meadow Dies, washi tape or low tack tape
Preparation:
Thick Basic White card base 4-1/4 x 11 scored @ 5-1/2
Assemble Card:
From bottom of card front, trim off five 1/2" strips and two 3/8" strips.
Trim the tops of the two 3/8" strips, which will be the fence posts then set aside.
Add a strip of washi tape to just under front card flap, with sticky side up.
Lay one of the half inch strips across the bottom of the card front, lining it up at the bottom edge over the tape.
Add the additional four strips leaving space in between.
Add a dot of liquid glue along the two sides of the card to attach the fence posts (as shown with pencil dots in photo above).
Attach both 3/8" strips for the fence posts, and let dry. Trim the excess from the bottom. Then carefully remove the wasi tape.
Decorate with any diecuts or stamped diecut pieces you wish.
