Hello crafty friends. Today’s card features another of the new floral aperture framer dies from ClarityCrafts, this time the ‘snowdrops’ one which I decided would pair up nicely with the ‘SHAC snowdrop’ stamp set.

I cut a square of Waimea Falls designer paper & edged it with a black Sharpie & a ruler (it’s easiest to do this first when the paper is intact and therefore more stable). I attached a piece of Stick It adhesive sheet to the back, then cut the snowdrops die into the paper and attached it to a 7×7 card blank. I had left the cut pieces in the die (a few fell out) – the easiest way to do this is to keep the die face down and then gently lift the die cut off the back. I then picked out each of the flowers & leaves pieces in turn, removed the backing paper and stuck them into the die cut – just like doing a jigsaw but with a mirror image! I realised quite quickly that I’d rotated the die unintentionally, but I liked the effect as the paper pieced inserts were not exactly the same shade as the outline.

I stamped one of the ‘SHAC snowdrop’ images into the centre square & shaded it with Pergaliners

I rather like the soft colours on this one – very reminscent of snowdrops! I’m going to share this card with the challenge at Time Out – although the colours on this are more muted, it does pick up the flowers and leaves from the bag in their inspiration photo.