Spread Your Wings

 

Good Morning fellow crafters and bloggers! :)  Well yesterday was a beautiful spring day here in Scotland, and I am sooooo ready for some sunshine!

 

My card today was featured in a recent issue of  Scrap & Stamp Arts Magazine showcasing the versatility of Cheery Lynn Dies, and in particular creating your own flowers.  This fits in with our new challenge theme this week and what better excuse to add a little spring and summer to your projects than with some pretty hand-made paper blooms.

 

This card is 8 x 8 inches (so quite a big size) and I hand-stitched and layered K&Co papers onto some 300gsm cream cardstock.  The image is matted onto 2 layers of the gorgeous Italian Flourish Doily die with the back layer cut in half and elongated to create a different look.  I then added a couple of strips of my favourite Lace Light Deco Border and some beautiful butterflies before creating and arranging the floral spray.

 

 

 

As you can see I made some really pretty and very delicate Carnations using lots of layers of pearly apricot paper.  This paper was almost tissue thin and so was really quick to cut lots of layers and to scrunch up in a carnation shape.  I think there are approximately 20 - 25 petals to each flower and they are backed with a couple of layers of the Sweet Williams die to make them look really full and rounded.  I used a brad to hold the layers together and once assembled I coloured in some lines to give a variegated effect to the petals.

 

I created the fringey flowers using BAF#1 and the tiny buttercups were from the Embellishment set.  I thought they complimented the dandelion image :)

 

I finally added some leaves, pearls, pearl brad, and an organza bow with a charm for a finishing touch.

 

All dies used on this project are:

 

DL103 - Italian Flourish Doily

B133 - Lace Light Deco Border

DL113AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #2

DL112AB - Small Exotic Butterflies #1

D138 - Mini Dimensional Butterflies

L4 - Classic Silver Stackers

XL5 - Scalloped Circle Stackers

B178 - Flourish Leaf Strip

Olive Branches

B181 - Build a Flower #1 - Stamen/Fringe Flowers

B187 - Build a Flower #2 - Carnation Petals and Leaves

B188 - Embellishment #2 - Buttercups and tiny centres

D137 - Sweet Williams

 

 

I hope you find time to join us this week as I love to see hand-made flowers, and you still have plenty of time left to enter.  Dont forget there is also gorgeous, and fresh inspiration daily from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Desings Inspiration Blog.

 

Thanks so much for visiting our blog today and have a smashing week!