How to arrange florals easily on a handmade card by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp #watercolor #homemade

The June Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp is out today, details below. By June the flowers are in full flow so I thought I’d share a floral watercolour today using the Fabulous Florals set and talk about how to arrange florals in your card design easily. I’ve linked all supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

SIMON SAYS STAMP JUNE CARD KIT

First off, here’s a look at the new Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit. I’ll list the items individually too in case the kit sells out, or you come across this post later on.

* SSS JUNE CARD KIT
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* SSS BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES
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* SSS BUTTERFLY TRAILS
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* Simple Stories GARDEN DISTRICT 6 x…
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* Tim Holtz Idea-ology CLIPPINGS…
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* Tim Holtz Idea-ology TYPOGRAPHY…
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* Therm O Web Gina K Designs…
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* SSS LEMON CHIFFON Card
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* SSS SLATE Card
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* SSS COTTON CANDY Card
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* SSS IVORY Card
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HOW TO EASILY ARRANGE FLORALS

How to arrange florals easily on a handmade card by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp #watercolor #homemade

KEY INGREDIENTS

STEP BY STEP HOW TO

How to arrange florals easily on a handmade card by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp #watercolor #homemade

TAKEAWAYS

How to arrange florals easily on a handmade card by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp #watercolor #homemade

So let’s talk about how to arrange florals easily. Firstly, painting and fussy cutting your flowers and leaves as individual elements is key. It is much easier to play around with where to place the flowers if you can move them around. Then thinking of design, I like to use odd numbers as these are more pleasing to the eye supposedly. So a single flower or a group of three or five. I like to use differently sized images  – a large and a couple of smaller flowers, a few long stems of leaves and a few shorter sprigs. All these variations add interest and with this in mind, for the flowers, I used one layer of foam adhesive on the smaller flowers and two layers on the larger flower to make it pop and bring it forward. I also, although not always, like to arrange flowers across the diagonal rather than horizontal. You get more room for a start and can have leaves trailing off to give the arrangement a lovely shape. If you prefer a one-layer design, I suggest you stamp the elements on scrap paper, play around with arranging them and then stamp and mask the bouquet according to your plan.

FURTHER EXAMPLES

How to arrange florals easily on a handmade card by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp #watercolor #homemade

Here’s another example where fussy cutting the elements made life so much easier. It would’ve been a tricky feat to stamp and paint this arrangement of flowers cascading from an envelope. Five flowers on this one (odd number) but because of fitting in the envelope, I didn’t work on a diagonal across the card. However, even though the arrangement is horizontal, I did aim to hit a higher point to the left and a lower end to the right with the trailing leaves to give some movement. You can find the original post here which mainly uses the  Look For The Rainbows set.

How to arrange florals easily on a handmade card by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp #watercolor #homemade

There’s a video which goes with this more complex arrangement. If you look closely, there are seven flowers (odd number), some painted in more detail than others and layers of foam adhesive help to add dimension and bring some of the elements forward. You can find the original post here using the Beautiful Flowers set.

Oh and unrelated to arranging florals, but I thought you might like to see an example of a butterfly card which would relate to the June Card Kit. This uses the Comfort & Prayers set and the original post can be found here.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or shop icon to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you! Items marked with an asterisk (*) provided by a store or the manufacturer. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I genuinely appreciate your support.

* SSS FABULOUS FLORALS
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Simon Says Stamp BOLD HELLO Wafer Die…
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* SSS WONKY RECTANGLES Wafer Dies
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Fabriano WATERCOLOR PAPER 5×7 BLOCK…
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Daniel Smith at Simon Says STAMP
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Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN
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Hero Arts Hues PINKS Enamel Dots
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Little Things From Lucy’s Cards…
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Winsor Newton WHITE GOUACHE
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#…
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# FOG…
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* Hero Arts Misti at Simon Says STAMP
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* Hero Arts MISTI MINI BLACK
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Hero Arts MISTI MINI MOUSE PAD
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* Hero Arts MISTI BAR MAGNATE Black
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3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE
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SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER
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Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE
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Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT
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Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE
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Scor-Pal Mini Scoring Board
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EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors
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TWEEZERS
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T SQUARE RULER
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