Sunday, April 17, 2011

Flower Bunch




The weather is getting cooler here in the Centre, but I know it's warming up on the other side of the world, so it's fun to play with all the Spring themed challenges that are around at the moment.


This bunch of flowers is for a friend of mine who lives quite some distance away - we did actually see her on her actual birthday, but as we were away from home I didn't have her card made. Luana helped her plant some flowers while we were visiting so a flower pot card was perfect for her - using this weeks Colour Q challenge for the colours, and Stampin' Royalty's Spring challenge as inspiration.


I found the tutorial for this flower pot card on Splitcoast Stamper's quite some time ago, but didn't save the link - sorry. I have made my own adjustments over time too :) I inked up the large flower from Punched Posies (hostess - retired) in Tangerine Tango, then rock 'n' rolled it in Cherry Cobbler, and used the Fancy Flower punch to save me cutting!! The 5 petal flower from the same stamp set was stamped in Kiwi Kiss ink on cardstock the same colour and punched out using the 5 petal flower punch for the leaves. The centre of the middle flower is a 1" circle of Cherry Cobbler flower punched out and attached with a dimensional. The pot is Kraft/Crumb Cake cardstock and tied together with some retired Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon. Finally, I stamped Happy Birthday from Well Scripted (retired) in Cherry Cobbler straight onto the pot.



I hope this little piece of Spring brings a smile to my friend's face - and yours too!


Thanks for visiting!



Stamps: Punched Posies (retired), Well Scripted (retired)

Card: Crumb Cake, Kiwi Kiss, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler

Punches: Fancy Flower, 5 Petal Flower, Scallop Edge, 1" Circle

Other: Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon


5 comments:

Sylvia said...

Such a lovely birthday card, Natasha! Love the flowers you created. thanks so much for joining us at the ColourQ.

Pam Speidel said...

This is fabulous and looks like a winner to me! Love the flower pot design and it worked perfectly with the color q colors! :)

Hands On said...

Lovely pot of flowers. Looks like a wonderful gift to me. So glad you played with us at Stampin' Royalty this week.

Georgeann Manning said...

What a fun and happy card! Thanks for playing this weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge!

KimB said...

Hi Natasha :)

this is a lovely flower pot card! Love the big cluster you created and the Kiwi ribbon (an old favourite of mine).
Kim