I was planning to make the entire card with the small print paper on the left side of the card front, but who can resist those gorgeous flowers?! So this card turned into the Hues of Happiness Floral Friend Card with a strip of the paper with the tiny flower designs on the left and a large piece of the floral paper on the right.

This is the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog that is so gorgeous! So many flowers in so many different colors! And because the paper is so pretty, it allows you to make easy and simple cards that allow the paper to be showcased.

The card base is Night of Navy with a layer of Daffodil Delight. There are so many other colors I could have chosen as well! Sometimes I get out several colors of paper and see which ones I like the best together. After I decided to use a smaller piece of the print with the tiny flowers, I cut a strip of that at 1 1/2″ x 3 3/4″. The large-flowered piece of designer paper is 3 3/4″ x 4″. The floral piece overlaps the small piece by 1/2″ so they could be adhered together and ribbon wrapped around the piece before it was adhered to the card. The Grid Paper is great for lining things up in a case like this.

The ribbon I used to cover the seam of the two papers adhered together is the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. I used a Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend Marker to color the ribbon quickly and easily to match the card. Just put down a piece of scrap paper, hold one end of the ribbon down, and run the marker along the ribbon. It should dry very quickly but you can wipe a tissue across it to be sure before you use it in case there is any excess or wet ink. Alcohol ink will dry quickly, though. The ink actually stiffens the ribbon a tiny bit which makes it easier to work with. I tied a simple knot around the ribbon with another piece of the colored ribbon.

The greeting is stamped in Melon Mambo ink on Basic White and diecut with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The greeting is from the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. To add a little extra, I fussy cut two small flowers directly from the designer paper to pop up on Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals® on the corners of the greeting. I also added some Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels to the greeting and on the card front. I almost always like a little bling or sparkle!

Here is another card I made with this same designer paper and cut-out flowers.

There you have an easy card you can copy exactly or just use the design with your choice of designer paper and colors plus a greeting in this Hues of Happiness Floral Friend Card.