🌸 Make Life Beautiful – Mixed Media Floral Card | Featuring Love From Lizi

Jul 2
3 min read

Looking for a card that blends elegance, texture, and meaning? This project layers florals, soft watercolor tones, and a bold sentiment to remind us to make life beautiful—no matter the occasion.

Today’s card features products from Love From Lizi and combines die cutting, stamping, embossing, and layered assembly for a dimensional and cohesive look.

💌 Supplies Used:

Love From Lizi Happy Days 6x6 Patterned Paper (pink watercolor-style and black and white patterned paper)
Love From Lizi Best Friends Forever stamp set (floral outline stamps)
Love From Lizi Peony Steel Cutting Die
Love From Lizi Make Life Beautiful Embossing Folder (sentiment)
Love From Lizi Mini Heart Black Peel-off Stickers
Dr. Ph. Martin's Black Star Ink
Spray bottle (filled with water)
Fan paintbrush
Vellum
Wonky stitched rectangle die
Top-folding white A2 card base

🛠️ Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Start with the Background

I began with a piece of watercolor-style patterned paper in soft pinks and peaches. To add more visual interest, I stamped coordinating floral outlines all over the paper, creating a cohesive and artistic base layer. To add texture and depth, I used watered-down Dr. Ph. Martin’s Black Star ink to splatter across the background panel after I finished stamping the floral outlines. The splatters created a subtle, artsy effect that helps tie the black elements of the card together and gives the entire piece a more cohesive, mixed media feel.

Step 2: Add a Decorative Edge

I die cut the background panel using a wonky stitched rectangle die. This not only cleaned up the edges but added a subtle, whimsical frame around the florals.

Step 3: Die Cut the Bold Floral

Next, I die cut the large floral design from black cardstock. I adhered it directly onto the stamped background and carefully trimmed away any parts that extended past the edges.

Step 4: Emboss the Sentiment Banner

For the sentiment, I used vellum and ran it through an embossing folder that reads "Make Life Beautiful." I then cut the a banner shape from the vellum to fit perfectly across the floral die cut.

Step 5: Assemble the Focal Panel

I adhered the vellum banner across the center of the floral die cut. To enhance the design and coordinate with the hearts in the background paper, I added black heart peel-offs to both the banner and the card panel.

Step 6: Create the Card Layers

I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and adhered the finished panel to it, creating a thin white border.
Then I cut a piece of black polka dot patterned paper to 4.25" x 5.5" and adhered it to a top-folding white A2 card base.
Finally, I centered the bordered floral panel on top for a layered, polished finish.

✨ Final Thoughts

This card was such a joy to create! I love how the bold black elements pop against the soft watercolor background, and the vellum sentiment adds the perfect gentle touch. It’s a versatile card that works for encouragement, thinking of you, or any moment when someone needs a little beauty in their day.

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy crafting 💜