This book is set in France...so when creating my sister's Christmas Thank-You card...I had to incorporate "Merci" and a simple pink carnation into her card. I scoured the web to find instructions on how to create a paper carnation. Most of them were made using tissue paper. I wanted one made of paper...scrapbooking paper. Boy, was I in luck when I hopped over to My Basket of Scraps! Many many thanks to Jackie for her very simple and easy to follow Carnation paper flower tutorial. I love that she photographed each step...This made creation of my carnation a breeze. For my card, I didn't use quite as many circles, because I want mine to be able to fold flat (semi-flat) for mailing. Isn't it cute?
The card is a dark burgundy color with a colorful flower ribbon to line the bottom. Because no card is complete without bling, I had to dot the centers of the flowers with pink Stickles. Now that I am finished with the Pink Carnation...It's on to the next book in the series, The Masque of the Black Tulip. Now, that's a flower I will be playing with in a few months...for Spring!
