Rainbow Lady's Challenge #163 - Hand Made Flowers

I love having an excuse to make flowers!  Usually they are rather large and grungy but today I thought I would try and make some dainty ones for a change.  I have made them all using paper punches and out of 160gsm white paper, with the exception of the centres for the daisies which are 80gsm.
The paper punches used are Boho Blossoms from Stampin Up for the daisies and little blue flowers and a small sun-ray punch from Floral Punches for the centres of the daisies.  An ordinary single hole punch made the centres for the blue flowers.  I moulded them into shape using a deet tool and moulding mat after brushing the edges with either pink or blue ink.  The daisies are 3 layers and the blue flowers 1 layer only.  The more you make,  the quicker you get at making them!

The sentiment is from Clarity Stamps and the foliage punches are by Stampin Up (branch from bird and branch punch) and Tesco.  The white base card was inked around edges with DI Spun Sugar and embossed using a flourish background stamp (Stampin Up) and a sparkly pale pink embossing powder.

Thank you for visiting my blog and feel free to leave a comment, I appreciate every one.

Pink and Tangerine

This is my entry for Crafty Ann's Challenge blog #17 - Embossing. My colour palette was inspired by the orange ribbon with pink spots.

This is a big card 8 x 8 as I wanted to try my version of a poppy and I knew they would not turn out small and dainty! The pink card was embossed in the Bug and the raised areas coloured with Pearlescent Orange Brilliance Ink. The left over card was punched and made into two poppies and the third made out of plain pink card coloured on the edges. The stamped image (Elusive Images) was black embossed and coloured with pencils.

To complete the card I punched three corners with a MS punch and added black ribbon with the orange and pink ribbon over the top. I mounted this onto a black base card. Black foliage was also added using a L-em punch.

I do hope you like this card and I look forward to your comments, which are always appreciated.

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Lots of Colour

For this entry I chose two of my favourite colours which have an instant affect on my energy levels - acid yellow and lime green. I need an energy boost after last weekend's battle with the horse!

The backing papers are by Kirsty Wiseman and the butterflies are from a MS punch. I made the flowers from 5 discs of thin cardstock, dampened and scrunched up several times to break down the fibres. A brad is pushed through the middles and then the layers of petals are pinched together and then fluffed out and left to dry. The stems and leaves are from Stampin Up.

I jazzed up the butterflies with Stickles and Pearlidoodles on the middles. Two toning ribbons complete the card.

I am pleased with the way the flowers have turned out and will experiment a bit more using different shapes of petals.

Thanks for stopping by and looking, please feel free to leave a comment!