Wednesday 18 January 2012

Felted Flowers

Penny a dear friend of mine, kindly sent me some felt flowers that she had cut from a die, I decided to incorporate one in a card with a scalloped border for this weeks Casual Friday challenge here and for Moxie Fab's Cool tools challenge here (my cool tool is my sewing machine!).














I stamped some leaves from Penny Black's 'Trims' transparent set 30-068 with Aloe Vera Versamagic chalk ink, I then filled in around the leaves with a small spray of flowers from the 'Flower Gallery' transparent set 30-031, to give a soft effect I used Memento London Fog dye ink and then coloured the flowers with Marvy alcohol markers YG642 and GB69. I added small dots to the centres of the flowers using a sakura stardust gelly roll pen #725.

The felt flower was then placed in the middle of the flowers and a small gem added to the centre. The sentiment from the 'Salutations' transparent set 30-014 was then stamped with Versafine Onyx black ink and the card edged with a fine liner pen.

I then cut a mat using Penny Black's 'Blue Lagoon' mix and match card stock and used Martha Stewart's Double Loops Punch Around the Page set  to create a scalloped border, the main image was then stitched onto this mount and finally mounted onto a white card blank.

If you want to see more flower cards I have a brushstrokes stamped card to share on Friday.

Thanks for visiting and for all your wonderful comments.

Hugs Cathy
x

12 comments:

Isha Gupta said...

This is really a gorgeous card Cathy. Love it.

walchowDesign said...

Love the colours you used on the card, Cathy! Beautiful!

Lin said...

Breathtaking, Sista! Your use of the punched border is the perfect frame for these wonderful mix of flowers l- I love it!

Annette Allen said...

So beautiful..

Elizabeth Allan said...

Love the warmth of the felt flower paired with the soft inking of the flowers!

CinnamonSally said...

Gorgeous card Cathy and I am in love with that bright blue you have used, so pretty. The flower is cute too.

Penny said...

It's beautiful and what a pretty border to match the felt flower! I'm glad you could make it into something so lovely :)


Penny x

Michele Gross said...

Such a classically pretty card :) Thanks for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Maureen Morton said...

So very feminine and lovely! Great colors and design.

Virginia L. said...

Stunning and classy!! Love it when you play with us at CAS-ual Fridays, sista!

Tiffany Ervin said...

This is so soft and heavenly! I love the surrounding scalloped edges!

Paula (PEP) said...

This makes me think of Forget-me-not flowers & I love the way you have constructed the foliage around the felt flower. The Martha Stewart Double Loops is a super complement to the felt flower for there is the same kind of scrolling movement in both. I love how effective your black frame is.
Paula (PEP)