I'm this late this evening because I've had a busy day ... I watched Barbara Gray's demos on TV this morning, visited the family in the afternoon, and just had to watch Dancing on Ice this evening ... it's all go, isn't it :))
However, I did manage to finish off this wee card I started making yesterday. It is wee too, just 4" square and the papers are from the same pile of Papermania snippets - again! I promise I'll move on to something different for my next project :) The flower is made up from 9 tiny punched hearts, glued on to a circle of card, edged with glitter glue then topped with a 3/4" punched daisy flower and a button tied with bakers' twine. The flower is a variation on the late, and sadly missed, Sarah Lawrence's designs featured in this month's Craft Stamper - so simple yet inexpensive to make.
Because it is such a small card, I've confined the decoration of the inside to a few tiny punched daisy flowers.
And there's a sweet row of little daisies on the back too.
Materials used:
- white cardstock measuring 8" x 4" folded in half to form a 4" square card.
- black cardstock measuring 4" square
- Docrafts Papermania Henbury Lane Poinsettia paper snippets
- black fine tip pen for faux stitching
- punches: 1" heart shape; 3/4" daisy
- crystal glitter glue
- buttons from Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas selection
- red/white bakers' twine from Ribbonbox
- Crafty Stamps 'Thank You' stamp
- Inks: Memento, Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz DI, Black Soot
I'm entering this into a couple of challenges, firstly, because it's a snippet card:
Pixie's Crafty Snippets Challenge No. 2 - Di's first week as the snippet playground inspector has been a resounding success with lots of lovely entries to keep her busy.
The second challenge is down to Di too - in her snippet post she mentioned the following challenge:
Fat Pages With Attitude Challenge #4 - 'Anything Goes' The Fat Pages requirement is that the card is only 4" square - perfect as my card is exactly that.
That's me for tonight. I trust you are all well and have had a lovely weekend - the kids are back to school tomorrow which should give some of you more crafting time :))
Happy Crafting,
Nice ideas of making card with flowers. This is really am amazing thought. If you are using paper flowers then you can make an awesome greeting card.
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Gorgeous card Elizabeth - and the flower especially caught my eye. Love the heart shape punch you used! Being only 4" x 4" will have meant some fiddly work here - the end result is well worth it though! Di xx
ReplyDeleteA very pretty card and just as beautiful as a larger card would be :o)
ReplyDeleteJackie xx
gorgeous card elizabeth.your papers and colours are beautiful and i love your pretty flower ;D
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I had my fill of BG as well Elizabeth, essential viewing.
ReplyDeleteI really love your card and the super dimension of the flower.
B x
lovely hun, but then they always are, xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty card Elizabeth. It may be Wee but it packs a big punch!!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Elizabeth, I love the flower and lush colours too :)
ReplyDeleteKelly.x
Elizabeth I just adore your " Wee " card such a beauty, that flower is scrumptious ! love the design and the great dp's too.
ReplyDeleteMarie
Totally lovely card. Such a pretty colour. x
ReplyDeleteWow this is gorgeous. I love the flower. Just got a little heart shaped punch so I'll have to make one of those ASAP.
ReplyDeleteBlessings Bernie
This is so pretty! I love the flower, such a clever idea!
ReplyDeletelove Mags B x
Gorgeous, just love the flower idea. Thank you for joining us at FAT PAGES WITH ATTITUDE this fortnight. xx
ReplyDeleteElizabeth I love your faux stitching, it really makes the page "pop" and your attention to detail is fab!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us over on Fat Pages With Attitude.
Hugs Alison x x
I really love this! Fantastic! Beautiful! And very elegant! Thanks for taking part in the Fat Pages with Attitude challenge.
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