Lilac and teal hydrangeas on lace

I love hydrangeas - both because, I think, pinks and purples are my favourite colours, and because of the beauty of the complex clumps of flower heads.
To make the card, start with preparing a card base of 14,5cm square from a sturdy cardstock. In South Africa I do this, because our A4 papers are not exactly 30cm long so a 14,5cm square card works better.
Cut light purple cardstock 14,5 cm and printed paper from the Heartfelt Creations Lush lilac paper pad 14x14cm. The Lush lilac paper pack has the most amazing soft colours and pretty designs. Adhere the two mats to your card base.
Use the Craft Passion flower 07 die to cut several flowers. (These sets have 3 different flower designs in 2 sizes each and they are perfect for small paper and foamiran flowers.) Colour the flowers with daubers and Versamagic oasis green and Brilliance pearlescent lavender. I find the Heartfelt Creations daubers great for colouring all kinds of flowers, but especially smaller ones.

Place the flowers face down on a flower shaping mat and use a ball tool from the Heartfelt Creations Deluxe toolkit to shape the four petals of each flower. Turn them facing upside and press down into the centre of each flower.
Pierce a small hole in the centre of each flower and pull a 3mm pearl stamen through. Put a small dot of glue at the back to adhere the stamen on each flower.

While you wait for the glue to dry, cut the two shapes out of white sturdy cardstock 240gsm, using the Butterfly kisses decorative die set.

Glue them down, a bit offset to the left and bottom - that is, not exactly in the centre of the card base, to add some interest to your card design.
Snip the stamen threads off at the back right against of the base of the flowers.
Die cut 3 sets of leaves using Lady E Design Leaf 5 and colour them using the oasis green ink and Versamagic key lime.
Arrange flowers and leaves on the round die cut, leaving some of the lacy edge to show.
I hope you found some inspiration to make a pretty card. If so, please take a few seconds to leave me a comment about your impression.
Have a lovely day
Marie Smith