Whimsical Words and Felt Flowers

Time for a card I think.  I came across this card a few days ago and just had to head straight for my craft table (which is bearing a remarkable resemblance to our dining table just now!)  You know those cards you come across that just say 'make it now, go directly to the craft table, straight past the dishes, straight past the vacuum cleaner, gotta make it NOW.' 

Here's my version. 

(I must confess it doesn't take a lot to persuade me to go past the vacuum cleaner and dishes!)

I chose the colours from the Flowers Fusion Felt Flowers tin - Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. You can find the felt flower tins on page 144.  There are two great colour combos to pick from.  I love the tins too - once you've used the flowers you can recycle them as nice gift tins, filled up with something special.

The greeting is from the SaleABration set Whimsical Words and I got my embossing gear out to give it a bit of black shine.  SaleABration details here.

The brads are the Earth Elements pack on page 149.   

Thought I'd take a couple of pics before I completed the card to show you how I put it together.  I didn't want the brads to show through the card so cut across the bottom of the Rose Red cardstock in a way fashion.  Then popped the flowers along just above the bottom edge of the Rose Red, poked my paper piercer through to make a hole, poked a brad through this and opened the brad arms (hmmm arms, legs, what do you call those bits??) Repeated this for each flower.  Here's what the reverse side looks like.

Then I just flipped it over, popped some adhesive on the back and stuck it to my Pumpkin Pie card. 

Have you got a SaleABration stamp set?  I hope to show you lots more ideas for what to do with this year's sets in the coming weeks.

Back tomorrow with a GORGEOUS card using the hostess set Organic Grace.  (Well I think its rather spiffy! I've got it sitting on the bar and have been walking past admiring it all day.  Does anyone else do that?)   The kids have been busy creating too so we've got some new additions to our art wall for some more 'walking past and admiring.'   

Left:  Hannah's creation with her Paperific purchases   Right: Jack spent AGES doing this at Kinderplay last week, painstakingly making sure he'd covered every bit of the paper.   I love our art wall.  (It used to be the front of the fridge but it has expanded around the corner and up the walls.)

MARCH CARD MAKING CLASSES: AVONDALE HEIGHTS

If you're in Melbourne and you're in the mood for some card making and don't want to take over your dining room, come do some crafts on mine!   March classes start this week and there's space left Wednesday and Thursday. We'll be doing some watercolouring, plus a little Markers On Rubber and throwing a bit of embossing into the mix as well.  It should be lots of fun.   Details here.

Happy stamping,

Cheers, Sue

Comments

[Tina]

Love the colour combination. Hmmm I think you've talked me into getting some of the felt flowers!

[Annette Therik]

LOVE this card.....Now I NEED to get some of them....haha...easily convinced hey??
I like how you hid the back of the brads.

[Christine Blain]

Gorgeous, Sue, and great way to showcase how beautifully everything matches - I love it, and might just have to 'case' this one!