A Touch of Sunshine – Elegant Yellow Rose Card with Handmade Embellishments 🌼 and embossing folder bargain!!

May 20, 2025

A Touch of Sunshine – Elegant Yellow Rose Card with Handmade Embellishments 🌼

Today I’m sharing a simple yet elegant square card created using elements from the Golden Garden Whispers kit. This design is all about soft textures, classic florals, and layering just the right touches to bring it to life.

The background features a beautifully embossed panel made from one of the plain green paper in the kit, which adds subtle depth without taking away from the focal point — a gorgeous yellow rose topper paired with a coordinating sentiment, both included in the collection.

To finish it off, I added a handmade pansy flower (details below), along with a few die-cut flowers and sprigs of foliage for extra texture and charm. It’s a lovely mix of simple design and thoughtful details — perfect for birthdays, thank yous, or just to brighten someone’s day.

Scroll down for a closer look and the full list of materials used!

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Green backing paper is page 20 from the kit - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/UiBRp

This was embossed with my ABSOLUTE BARGAIN Xcut embossing folder available on amazon here - https://amzn.to/435RlD3 i am not allowed to put the price of items on my blog posts so check this out for yourself!

The cardmaking topper is from page 8 of the kit - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/UiBRp

The sentiment can be found on page 18 of the kit (this was cut out with a circle die and mattered and layered onto a circle loopy edge die cut. I used some foam pads to elevate it off the card.

The large ivy leaf is one of my printable leaves, you can find these on the website - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/8slFt

If you are looking for a new pair of snips - these are amazing!! Tim Holtz scissors - https://amzn.to/4mpKnQR

The yellow pansy flower is from my Printable flower sheets you can find it on the website here:

https://shop.obyd.co.uk/b/aFRZL

The sheet was printed onto may FAV printing paper that i use for all of my flower forming sheets - you can find that here: https://amzn.to/45hSjNT this super smooth paper is a great all-rounder for papers, toppers etc..

The flower has 2 layers - if you are new to my Flower forming sheets check out this blog post where i did a deep dive the for the lilac version of this sheet - https://shop.obyd.co.uk/blog/opulence-by-design-crafty-corner-blog/elegant-pansy-bouquet-card-florist-s-top-tips-for-crafting-realistic-paper-pansies-arranging-them-beautifully-on-your-crafty-makes-blog-post

The fern die is from Spellbinders

The little yellow flowers were left over from the previous card - these have liquid pearl centres.

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