I created this card for 3 challenges...and these 3 fit together SO well. These ladies always come up with great challenges, every week. It's a lot of fun to play along with them!
The challenges are:
*Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC74...get the details here.
*Crazy 4 Challenges C4C42, to use a paper flower...details here.
*Just Us Girls Color Challenge, using lt. pink, choc chip & vanilla..deets, here.
On several of the blogs that I follow, I've seen crafters making their own paper flowers. I decided it was high time that I gave it a try! After punching the flowers out of pretty in pink CS, I roughed it up with my bone folder, then used my distressing tool around all of the edges. Eventually, I was able to separate the layers of card stock, the I sponged a little brown on and curled the edges. For my first try, I'm really pleased with the results.
I'm posting 2 pics; the second is a closeup of my paper flower.
Cardstock: chocolate chip, pretty in pink, very vanilla (SU)
Ink: chocolate chip, pretty in pink, cameo coral
Designer Series Paper: Sending Love Specialty (SU)
Stamps: Fantasy tree (Penny Black), Tiny Tags (SU)
Punches: scallop circle, flower trio, word window (SU)
Embellishments: cotton candy stickles, petal pink liquid pearls (Ranger), brad (Making Memories), brown flat back pearl (Recollections)
Tools: crimper, distressing tool
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AND ~ I just have to add this fun pic from our family gathering today. This is a pic of my father-in-law and all of his sons. In the first shot I took, one of my BIL's had his arms folded, but no one else did. So...I thought getting all of them posed the same way would make for a more interesting shot. They humored me! They're good guys!!!
Hope you had a happy Father's Day, too.
