It may still be chilly outside, but our thoughts are already turning to spring and watching our gardens burst into bloom. This cute watering can die, complete with flowers, will supply a much-needed shot of dopamine and is ideal to create greetings for all kinds of events, from birthdays to anniversaries, or just to surprise a keen gardener. We’ve already burrowed away in our craft rooms and made 13 cards plus a couple of seed saver envelopes – what will you make with your gift?
1 Glue a 12cm square of stripy paper onto coloured card leaving a narrow border all round, then mount onto a 15cm white blank. Die-cut a watering can and a sentiment from white textured cardstock. Back both pieces with bright coloured card. Use foam pads to fix the can in the lower centre of the card and add the sentiment across the top. Die-cut a few flowers from two shades of coloured card. Glue most of them behind the main bouquet and fix two small ones to the front using foam pads.
2 Cover a slimline blank with red card. Apply blue ink onto a smaller piece of white card. Die-cut the watering can three times from green card. Cut off the flowers and glue onto the blue background. Die-cut the flowers from white and red card, attach onto the leaves and add gems. Die-cut a green grass edge and glue in place. Mount onto white card and glue onto the blank. Add a stamped sentiment.
3 Double mount patterned papers onto coloured card and wrap ribbon across the panel. Glue onto a white card base. Add a ribbon bow and button onto the left side. Die-cut white card twice using the flower die and double mount onto coloured card. Die-cut the flowers from red and pink card, add them onto the panel and fix gems to the centres. Die-cut a white circle, stamp a sentiment and secure to the panel. Fix to the right side with foam pads.
4 Score down a patterned paper rectangle 1cm in from each side. Trim this strip from the top two sections. Cut a curve in the top of the first section to make a flap. Fold in the tabs either side of the bottom section, fold up and glue to the middle section. Bring the flap down to make an envelope. Fix a die-cut watering can to the main body. Trim the bouquet from the can and glue to the flap, cover the cut lines with more flowers and add a glue dot under the flap. 5 Gently blend blue ink on the left side of white card. Add a strip of patterned paper at the bottom, layered on coloured card. Die-cut the watering card and flowers from coloured card, assemble and glue onto the panel. Double mount onto coloured card and glue onto a blank. Attach a printed sentiment and add p
