Shabby Chic Floral Reverie Card Blog post - using my New Spellbinders Dies, Tool Set, Dried Flowers, Vintage Style Lace and Yummy Bits Blog Post

Shabby Chic Floral Reverie Card Blog post - using my New Spellbinders Dies, Tool Set, Dried Flowers, Vintage Style Lace and Yummy Bits

March 05, 2025

I’m beyond excited to introduce the New Opulence By Design – Floral Reverie Shabby Chic Signature Papers with Dried Flower Accents!

You can find it on the website here: https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/tnzPp

If you missed the launch blog post that goes into detail about the kit and some of it's potential you can find it here

I hope you like this little card i made for the launch using my New Spellbinders flower dies i have been getting

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I have made this A5 Card and added lot of yummy bits, i will also be posting a much simpler card later so you can see different ideas for how this kit can be used for your handmade card projects

Supplies List for the card

The cardblank was made by folding a 300gsm A4 Sheet in half to make a A5 Card - i used my scoreboard for this - https://amzn.to/3F5gKmO

The background paper was printed onto my 160gsm super smooth paper - https://amzn.to/4bpeF19

The shiny topper was printed onto my favourite glossy printing paper - https://amzn.to/3F38h3r

The Backing paper and topper are from the kit - you can find it on the website here: https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/tnzPp

The beautiful pink flowers were made with my NEW Spellbinders flower set - https://amzn.to/3F5gKmO

I used Creative Expressions micro beads for the "pink flower" centres - i used the pearl ones but sadly there's non left. I have ordered some of the other colours before the disappear :-( if you would like to take a look at the other colours available on amazon there is:

The Gold - https://amzn.to/4ipS2vB

The copper - https://amzn.to/4ipS2vB

The Black - https://amzn.to/4hVQIAV ( i have the black already it is perfect for Poppies and Anemones)

The small daisy die is from an old Leane Creatief die set (sadly this is no longer available on amazon)

The foliage is all from this spellbinders foliage die set - https://amzn.to/41xxB9w

I used the Spellbinders tool set to shape all of the foliage and flowers as well as using the detail tweezers to help with placement - you can find the kit here - https://amzn.to/43n5dZV

I coloured the leaves in with my green marker -https://amzn.to/4imcduv

Dried Flowers - The dried Gyp flowers i used can be found here: https://amzn.to/4imyoAI

I made some little bows using some natural raffia - you can find it here: https://amzn.to/3Dl7Cdc

Lace The lace that i used for the band across the backing paper base layer is this cute little vintage lace pack - there are lots of lovely colours available - https://amzn.to/43n5dZV

The gems are from Hobby Lobby

Adhesives:

Tape pens - https://amzn.to/3XrIBUq - video for these - https://youtu.be/4D4ZyLIN6aY

Wet glue for the gems - dries clear with the precision tip - https://amzn.to/4kFpNv9

Everything else was glued down with my hot glue gun

I have already got this kit earmarked for some special occasions throughout the year - starting with my Mother's Day cards, a New Home project gift for a friends, a special anniversary later in the year as well as some fun little ideas to make for items to sell so why not download it and come on a shabby chic journey with me filled with dreamy florals (keep popping back to see the individual blog posts for the projects)

Thank you for reading xo

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