I had lunch today with two of my best friends, both of whom have April birthdays. Their birthday cards were in my mind when I asked for the Flower Shoppe dies from Concord & 9th for Christmas.
I started putting together the flower pots, cart, and hanging plants when I was in Racine in March. I ended up needing more, but it was a good head start. After assembling the pop-up shoppe with Concord and 9th's Window Shoppe die, I added the acetate behind the windows, the architectural details, and the door.
Getting the hanging pots, shelf and florals inside the shoppe would have been easier if I had added them before assembling the shoppe itself. But it was easier to know what I wanted back there, and a nice pair of straight tweezers made it pretty easy. Everything else was glued to the front of the shop.
I wanted the two cards to be somewhat different, so chose a different color for the shoppe and the awning. The "flower shoppe" sign dies looked fine on the green awning, but got lost on the black and white one.
I changed up some of the flowers, adding a tall plant in a gold pot from the Window Shoppe die, and a second hanging plant instead of a shelf.
Both cards had the same inside message.
Last year I created a Fashion Boutique for one of my granddaughtes. I love that the shoppes fold up and fit into an A2 envelope, and I love all the tiny details that are included in both the Fashion Boutique dies as well as these floral dies. Before I ever made one of these shoppe, I purchased the Book Shoppe dies and used it for a card for my grandson. Next on my list is to create a book shoppe.
I'm sending these off to A Cut Above: Anything Goes.
