Do your floral bouquets ever feel a little flat?
Sometimes a flat floral panel just needs one extra detail to bring it to life. For these floral bouquet cards, I tried two simple ways to add dimension while keeping the designs soft, pretty, and easy to recreate.
Would you like to see today’s cards?
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Floral Bouquet Cards!
I love adding layers to floral bouquet cards, but sometimes it’s fun to step them up in a different way. For these designs, the flowers themselves are flat, but flat doesn’t have to mean boring, right?
So I added dimension in two different ways – let’s take a look.
Card #1 – Embossed Floral Bouquet
For my first card, I used the layered stamped bouquet and kept the floral image nice and flat on the card front (these flowers can be die cut and popped up… tempting 😉). To add interest, I embossed the whole panel with a 3D embossing folder, which gave the flowers a soft, painterly texture without adding any extra layers.
I also wanted to try a bolder sentiment on this design, so I used the smaller double-sided adhesive sheets to create a popped-up layered hello.
It was an easy way to add dimension in one small area while still letting the floral bouquet be the star.
Card #2 – Raised Panel Floral Bouquet
This time, I used a layered stencil bouquet and added dimension by cutting into the finished panel with nesting rectangle dies. I kept the centre section in place visually, but ‘double’ popped it up so the floral design still flows across the card front.
I love this kind of detail because it adds dimension without interrupting the image too much.
The simple black stamped sentiment at the top keeps the focus on the raised floral panel and all that soft colour.
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Over to you
Which of these techniques would you try to add easy dimension to a flat floral bouquet card design? Don’t forget to share, I’d love to see what you make.
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 Painterly Perfection ALT |  Softly Sketched Blooms ALT |  Nesting A2 Rectangles ALT |  Brushed Gold ALT | SSS |
 Neenah Solar 110 AMZ | SSS | Neenah Solar 80 AMZ | SSS |  Obsidian ALT | SSS |  Moonlit Twilight ALT | SSS |
 Sage Garden ALT | SSS |  Fall Harvest ALT | SSS |  Mini Blending Brush Set ALT | SSS |  Antique Gold Spray ALT | SSS |
 Pure White Spray ALT |  Bone Folder ALT |  Perfect Picker ALT | SSS |  Tweezers ALT | SSS |
 Fine Blade Scissors ALT | SSS |  Score Board ALT | SSS | Paper Trimmer SSS |  Sticky Grid Mat Ultra ALT | SSS | SB US |
 Stampwheel 2.0 ALT | SSS |  Platinum 6 ALT | SSS | SB UK | SB US |  Platesaver OTH |  Precision Glue Press AMZ | SSS |
Bearly Art Glue AMZ | SSS |  Glue Tape ALT | SSS |  Foam Squares ALT |  Foam Tape ALT | SSS |
 Double-sided Adhesive Sheets (A2) ALT |  Satin Masking Tape ALT |
so soft and beautiful, must try with the embossing folder!
Both are so lovely and soft.
Pretty color palette!
Really liked the rasied panel card.