Wooden Flower Cards

These cards all measure 5ins x 5ins and are made using ivory linen effect card.

I’m still continuing to try and make something from everything I bought at the NEC on Saturday …. I’ve used up one box of Kars wooden flower embellishments (£2.99 for 45 flowers, what a bargain!) to make a set of cards like these.

 

The papers are from the My Minds Eye, Stella and Rose, 6 x 6 pads I also got. 

 

They are turning out to be my most favourite papers ever! But instead of keeping them just to look at, I am determined to use every last scrap!

All I have done is embellish the flowers with a tiny punched daisy and flat backed pearl.

Out of My Comfort Zone.

This is my version of a card I saw on http://craftworkcards.blogspot.com/ and loved .

I have used papers from the Hampstead Collection from Docrafts/Papermania, basically because I was lazy and knew that they already matched perfectly!

The large flowers are made using my Retro Flower Whale of a Punch.

It’s really funny but I am just not confident in using more than one backing paper on a design, hopefully when I have more time in the summer it’s something I intend to really work on.

I also want to have a go at using pins and flowers like these …now that’s really out of my comfort zone!

Two Simple Flower Cards

Sometimes It’s nice to cut out the fiddlefarting and make something very plain, simple and quick.

The flower brads and paper in this card are from the Margo range by K & Co.  I have cut the scalloped square using a Nestabilities die on my Big Shot

The daisy card is also made using a K & Co flower, but I have added a flat back gem to the centre, I am sorry I don’t know the name of the paper I have used though.

I love K & Co embellishments but they are SO expensive, I only buy them from e-bay, where you can sometimes find them at a reduced price or in craft shop sales, which to be honest is a rare occasion!

Hodge Podge of a Card

This was a weird card to make as it sort of snowballed into something completely different from what I had in mind.

I was trying to use up some of the printed panels I had leftover from yesterday using my Stampin’ Up Fresh Cuts stamp.

I added another panel using a Hero Arts stamp – Thanks (G2679) which is of a dictionary definition of the word “thanks” and matted it on gold.

Next came a flower made from Prima Flowers, Hydrangea, Apricot Medley.  This is the first time I have ever used Prima Flowers, they were a gift about three years ago, and whenever I have tried to use them they have never looked right.  The brad is from Papermania.

The black corners looked like they were missing something, so I found a very small Chinese stamp and stamped it in gold.  I then scattered a few Preciosa crystals here and there.

I thought I was finished but as I took photo the middle dictionary panel just didn’t look right, it was missing something.  I tried another flower but that was too  overwhelming.

Then I spied the I Ching coins I had on my desk for another project, with a little black ribbon threaded through them they filled the gap.

This is quite a different style for me, I think all the blog hopping I have been doing recently and seeing other peoples styles has rubbed off on me a bit.
After I wrote this post I fiddled some more ………….

And tried the design in purple …..

…… I also added “flourish” above the flower, using another smaller stamp from the set. I think the design is finally finished!