Saturday, September 14

FALL FLOWERS AND SHADES OF BLUE

HEY BLOGGIES,

Welcome back to my little part of the world.  Today I have two cards for you.  They are going to be part of a set of cards I am giving as a gift to a friend.

First up is the friend or generic type card:

Crumb cake and blue - I love that combination.  I find it is my "go to" when I need a quick card and don't have time to mull over what colors I will use.  I think this is fall flowers because the flower is made with the packing material they sometimes use in boxes I receive from UPS, etc. I HOARD this stuff from my boxes I receive and now I am finally trying to use it!!

Sponging the layers and a little bit of the flower adds dimension and more color.  I used a retired corduroy button in the middle of my punched flower.

I created a fun element underneath the 1/8" taffeta ribbon - I used the scallop edge punch and punched it on both sides.  It created a rick-rack effect and I am really liking it!!
This card is entered at:

MOJO MONDAY CHALLENGE 310
USE IT TUESDAY CHALLENGE
TRY IT ON TUESDAY - MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWERS


NEXT CARD BELOW IS ENTERED INTO:

CRAFT DASH 10 MINUTE CARD
SUO CHALLENGE - TECHNIQUE
PAPERCRAFT STAR

My NEXT card uses the same colors and similar design since they are part of a gift set.  This card is a thank you card and would be perfect for the new teacher.  The technique I am focusing on is using punches and dies.  I used 2 punches and a die.

 I did a similar design with this card, but I put the flower at the bottom left, made it a bigger flower and put just a single punched scallop edge under the dsp.

 This flower is cut from the same package stuffing but with a big shot die.  It took me 9 minutes 27 seconds to make this card.  I made it under 10 minutes!!

Here are the two cards together.  I am making two more and then a fun package to gift them in for my friend.  Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Please stop back in again to see some more fun creations.


8 comments:

  1. Love;y cards ... Thanks so much for playing along at Papercraft Star!!

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  2. Beautiful card. Thanks for playing along with us in the 10 Minute Craft Dash and hope to see you again.

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  3. I love this colour combo, and your flower is stunning. Great recycling!
    Thanks for sharing with us at TioT
    Avril

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  4. Beautiful cards. Love the color combos. Thank you for playing along with us at UIT.

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  5. Gorgeous colors, and I love the packaging materials! Glad to know I'm not the only hoarder. Your flowers are stunning. Thanks for playing at Use It Tuesday.

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  6. Wow!! What a great up-cycle project and to make a card in less than 10 minutes- perfect!! Thanks for sharing with us at SUO Challenges- I am sure your friend will love her set of cards :-)

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  7. This is an awesome creation!! So pretty!!

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  8. What a great way to recycle and use the 'extras' that SU sends! LOL!!! I love the blue and brown together too! Thanks for joining the SUO challenge!

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