Sunday, April 21, 2013

Good Morning!

I started a new job approximately a month and a half ago, and it has been very challenging, to say the least!  I have been putting in a lot of hours with this new job, and that hasn't lent itself to my having any extra time to create cards and flowers.  However, the other day, I needed to work on a card for my husband's niece who just got engaged, and I started playing again.  Gosh, I really love creating flowers out of paper...

I started out using Cheery Lynn Designs Orchid die, and ran it thru my Big Shot using dark purple.  I had "extra" pieces that I saved, and inspiration hit me.  I was going to make a small purple clematis with it.  Well, once I got started, I couldn't stop!  I sat in front of the television with my family running purple paper thru my Big Shot to get a bunch of the extra pieces, and the flowers in the card shown below are what I got.  I wanted to make a card that looked like a small bouquet of flowers.  Clematis are known to climb up a wall or a trellis, so I added some Cheery Lynn Designs Flourishes cut out of a dark green to show the tendrils on the clematis vine.

I am pretty pleased with how this card turned out, and was even more excited when I realized the card qualified for this week's Cheery Lynn Designs Card Challenge # 76, "Pretty in Purple":  http://cheerylynndesignschallenge.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge

In order to see more of the detail of these clematis, here is a close-up.

I hope you enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Card Recipe:

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Whisper White, Hobby Lobby Dark Purple, Lilac, Dark Green, Medium Green and Olive Green.  For the clematis centers I used a dark yellow and a light yellow.

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels 8, Decorative Labels 8.  Cheery Lynn Designs Orchid, Build-A-Flower Embellishment 1, Olive Branches, Mini Fanciful Flourish .

Also used a Sizzix embossing folder on the light purple cardstock, but I don't know the name of the folder!

Have a great week!

Paper Hugs,

Deb