Hello!  It’s Rachel, and today we are going to be using Emily Moore Designs products to create a planter box filled with flowers.

For this project you will need:

Make a Moth Set – Lorelai
Make a Moth Set – Stevie
Horizontal Pocket Die
Decorative Sentiment Dies (for the hearts)
Happy Birthday Word Dies – Short & Sweet
Optional: All the Happy Things Stamp Set, Birthday Sentiment Stamp Set, or For You Word Dies

Step One: Creating the Planter Box

Die cut a piece of woodgrain card stock using the Horizontal Pocket Die (plain card stock works well too.)

Trim off all three of the pocket’s flaps, leaving a flat panel with the decorative edge at the top.

Ink the panel for added dimension, and set aside.

Step Two: Creating Flower Petals

For a larger flower, die cut Lorelai’s wing three times from card stock.

For a smaller flower, die cut Stevie’s smallest wing three times from card stock.

To keep the inner pieces inside the wings, add a piece of tape to the back of each wing and re-insert any pieces that have fallen out.

Ink each petal for added dimension.

Note: Repeat this step to create more flowers.  I chose to make two larger flowers and three smaller flowers, but make as many as you like!

Step Three: Creating Flower Centers, Leaves, and Stems

For a larger flower center, die cut the small semi-circle (bean-shaped) piece found in the Lorelai set.

For a smaller flower center, die cut the larger donut-shaped piece from Lorelai.  Add tape to the back of this piece to keep the center circle inside the donut-shaped piece.

For a larger flower’s leaves and stems, die cut Lorelai’s body (the one with the leafy-looking antennae) two times from green card stock.

Cut the body in half so that you have two pieces-one piece with the head and antennae, and one with the rest of the body.  Do the same with the second body.

Ink the bottom edges of both the antennae and body pieces for added dimension.

Step Four: Assembling the Flowers

Arrange three petals and adhere them together.  Attach the flower centers at the top of each flower.  Note: It’s helpful to use repositionable tape on the back of the flowers at this stage.  Once the flowers are temporarily adhered together, you can arrange flowers in and above the flower box until you find a design you like.  This way, you will still be able to re-arrange petals or even remove a petal if it doesn’t fit your design.  Then adhere the pieces together permanently.

To create the stem for a larger flower, attach two Lorelai bodies together and adhere under the center petal of the flower. 

Use the two head/antennae pieces to create the leaves for the larger flower by gluing the heads under the petals on each side of the stem-allowing just the antennae to peek out.

Depending on your floral arrangement, you might not need a stem for a smaller flower as they will be adhered just above the planter box.  If a flower is high enough it needs a stem, cut a thin piece of card stock and adhere underneath the bottom of the flower.

Step Five: Decorating the Planter Box

Die cut two hearts from the banner die in the Decorative Sentiment Dies set.

Die cut birthday from the Happy Birthday Word Dies – Short & Sweet from card stock and adhere to the shadow birthday die cut from vellum.

Note: Here I added the sub-sentiment “wishes” from my stash.  Other options could include using the All the Happy Things Stamp Set with the words, “congratulations” and “it’s your” to create “congratulations it’s your birthday.”  You could also use the stamp “happiest birthday to you” from the Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set and put “happiest” above the birthday word die and “to you” below the birthday word die.  The sentiment could also be changed completely to use the For You Word Dies-lots of fun options here!

Adhere hearts and sentiments to the front of the planter box.

Step Six: Assemble!

Adhere the planter box and flowers to a sheet of patterned paper.  The paper should be just big enough to create a nice border around the planter box.  Note: I found it easiest to attach my flowers with repositionable tape to the back of the planter box until I was happy with the arrangement.  Then I added glue to the entire planter box/flower piece and adhered it to the patterned paper.

Adhere the patterned paper to a mat of card stock.  Use the same color of card stock that you used for the flower centers-it helps to tie everything together! 

Final Note: The finished piece will be quite large, as it was designed around the size of the Horizontal Pocket Die.  Because of this, it would make a wonderful card to hand-deliver, or even use as a home décor piece.  If you wanted to make a smaller piece (more suitable for mailing,) simply trim down the pocket die to the desired size in step one, and use less flowers.