I absolutely loved working with Mintay’s “Garden Peony” paper collection! These colors and the “shabby chic” feel, really appeal to me. It may not appear to be all that fancy at first glance, but there are a few hidden details once you get inside!

From the onset, you see one of the cut-aparts as the focal image, with some fabric lace, and flat back pearls. The belly band also includes some flat back pearls, as well as a peony and two peony buds crafted from Heartfelt Creations dies, and some little white blossom from a generic flower punch. I arranged the flowers on a round disc of paper, and then glued that disc on to the belly band itself.

Inside you see I have a couple of pockets, one for a large tag about 8”x 4”, and then below with two smaller tags which are about 3”x 4”. I also used some of the die cut ephemera to add interest to the center back, since I needed to keep the dimensional element for the outside of the card. If you wanted to, you could make either pocket a bit more dimensional, so you could include a gift, like a chocolate bar or something.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this sweet card, and as always thanks for stopping by!!