Have a sunny birthday Sunflower Card

Created this birthday card using Hero Arts Sizzix stamp & die cut set. Challenged myself to use felt for 3D dimension to die cut with and it cut just fine with my Sizzix BIGkick.

I die cutted the flowers & then stamped them. I find it easier to do it in this order. The directions indicate to stamp & then die cut. I found that my die cut moves whether or not I tape it down so I prefer to die cut & then stamp.

Used glitter on the Sunflower. Used a new Spellbinders banner die cut I bought at JoAnns that was 50% off and had military id for addl 20% discount. Used edge scissors to cut felt to resemble grass.  I have a couple of these scissors & rarely use. Added LadyBug ribbon for whimsy & LadyBugs are meant to bring good luck.
 
Hardest part of making this card was using foam adhesive on the felt. Whenever I would put the foam adhesive on and then have to peel the paper off the foam adhesive would stick to me and not stay on the felt. Tried using tweezers but that did not make it any easier. Just had to go slow at it and keep my patience to get it done when the sticking & non-sticking occurred.

Photographed this Sunflower in our backyard couple years ago. See if you can see the bzzz Bee on the Sunflower that was a neat photo surprise.

                                              
LadyBug photographed on my cucumber plant. LadyBugs are meant to bring good luck. I ck the cucumber plant daily and the LadyBug is still there. The day I first saw & photographed the LadyBug I saw 2 LadyBugs but do not see the 2nd LadyBug often.

calligraphy: hand calligraphy of sentiment

felt: lt green & yellow

glitter: lt green (center of flower & flower stem) & yellow (petals & remaining center of flower)

Hero Arts Sizzix:
Garden Flowers set die cut & stamp - Sunflower
 
paper:
5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Base blue core'dinations cardstock
5 1/4" x 4" lt blue cardstock
5" x 3 3/4" md blue carstock

ribbon: Ribbon Boutique LadyBug

scissors: 
Armada Paper Shapers FLASH (lt green felt resemble grass)

Spellbinders: Shapeabilities Ribbon Banners

Stickles: Lime Green (leaves)

Entering this into the following challenges:

Allsorts Wk156 Happy Birthday 5/26-6/1
Aud Sentiments Ch55 Any Sentiment unlim 5th 5/23-6/5
Creative Card Crew Ch11 Dimension lim3 2nd 5/22-6/3
Cute Card Thurs Ch218 Pink & Green unlim 1st 5/24-6/30
Gingerloft GL41 Circles, Circles & More Circles flowers have circle centers 5/27-6/9
Hot Shot Ch8 Die Cuts unlim 21st 5/12-6/9
Jaihart Sundays are Lovely #9 Anything Goes unlim 41st 5/6-31
Just Keep On Creating Anything Goes unlim 38th 5/5-6/18
Papercraft Star Ch98 B'day Card or Bag 5/23-28
Paper Pretties Wed PWC207 Use Bold Bright Colors unlim 6th 5/23-29
Ribbon Carousel RCC54 Fancy Flowers Flowers made from ribbon, fabric, felt or burlap unlim 1st 5/22-28
Robyns Fetish B'day card w/ sentiment on front lim3 1st 5/27-6/2
Scrap-Creations Going Grey BINGO 1st row: glitter, flowers & ribbon lim2 1st 5/22-28
Sentimental Sundays Ch104 Pocket Full of Posies lim3 1st 5/27-6/2
That Craft Place Trees & Nature lim3 1st 5/27-6/9 
Totally Papercrafts Ch118 Animals 5/25-31