Whisk away a loved one to the lavender fields of Provence with this beautiful collection free lavender printables. These lovely free printable are brilliant for some matt occasions, but we have a set by step tutorial showing you how to use them in a retirement greeting, so they are really brilliant free retirement printables that work for both male and female retirees.

Advertisement

These lavender papers are perfect for a birthday or holiday cards too. This collection features gorgeous fluttering butterflies in shades of purple and cream, bringing a real breath of fresh air to the classic combination of summer blooms.Scroll down for a tutorial on how to make an easy retirement card with the free printables.

Fussy cut the delicate button and butterfly details and combine with the sentiments and toppers to add some French romance to your cards or scrapbook pages with these lavender printables – ooh la la! First, Download your free lavender printable collection to get started.

If you like these - why not check out our lavender-themed cross stitch cards, we love the sweet lavender posy! Want more free patterned paper? Take a look at our ever-growing collection of free patterned papers, there are lots to choose from and there are lots of different themes. We love these free flower printables, or more general card making, let us show you how to make cards. We love seeing what you make with our free printable papers, so don’t forget to share your cards and papercraft projects with us on Facebook and Twitter, too!

Make this easy retirement printables card

Lavender printables

Step 1

First, download your free lavender printable collection.

To make this easy retirement printables card, cover the front of an A6 card base with some floral-patterned paper. The front of the card is shorter than the back of the card, so cut a 3cm-wide strip from the right-hand side of the front card flap.

Lavender printables

Step 2

Cut a strip of lavender-patterned paper to 4 x 14.8cm. Attach the paper strip to the right-hand side of the inside of the card base, using double-sided tape or another adhesive of your choice.

Lavender printables

Step 3

Add some layered greeting flags to the top left of the card. Fussy cut some butterflies and attach them to the right-hand edge of the front flap using sticky foam pads to finish off your free retirement printables card.

More like this

Download your free lavender printables:

To download the free lavender printables, click on the link and it will open in a new window. You can then save/download the collection. Scroll the gallery to see what freebies you’re getting!

Download your free lavender printables collection

Are you looking for more crafts to take on? Check out our large collection of free papers. If you want to learn a new papercraft skill try these lovely paper cutting templates.

Advertisement

More free retirement printables

We have lots more free printables on Gathered that would make ideal retirement cards. Try our free coastal village patterned papers or our free spring printables.

Authors

Jenny ElloryIllustrator

An experienced illustrator, Jenny Ellory has created designs for fashion, stationery, homeware and publishing companies. After studying surface pattern design at university, Jenny has learned to find inspiration everywhere around her, and especially loves to create nature designs. You can find out more about her designs and check out her blog on her website, www.jennyellory.co.uk

Comments, questions and tips

Rate this recipe

What is your star rating out of 5?

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

Overall rating

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement