Paper Piecing and Dotted Dahlias

Welcome - May I take this opportunity to wish you all the best for 2012.

This card was inspired by another blogger who uses the paper piecing technique frequently and to great advantage.

I used the Nina B designed Dotted Dahlias set from Layers of Color . 

 The paper on the flower is from an old, unnamed set of scrap book papers, the stems from a Bug a Boo set of papers.

These layers were from various scraps that I had saved/hoarded (depends on your perspective) and punched the edges.

The sentiment was stamped on another re-purposed scrap and formed into a mini-tag with a punched the edge.

This fabulous thread is called feather twine and is gorgeous!

The butterflies were punched and adhered to the base, then had micro beads glued on.

I am linking this to:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #20 - something new -' new to me' technique, paper piecing and new stamps

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #8 - Something new - Stamps and Technique

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #83 - Anything Goes

Pile It On 1st Challenge for 2012 - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes challenge #101 - Something Old, Something New (old paper stash, new stamps, technique.

Robyn's fetish Challenge Blog #88 - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping Challenge #12 - Use new stash - the stamps

Creative Inspiration paints Challenge - Inspired by Something New - the stamp set
Paper Creations Challenge #16 - die Cuts and/or Punches

thank you for visiting - May your day be blessed

Blue and White Flowers

Here I am again, and thank you for visiting again. 

 Yes, I have had a very productive time recently and I have loved it.

This card is one that I am really pleased with.

I started with a piece of paper from the Kaisercraft pad Le Château using the  'friendship' page, triming it to fit. 

I then used stamps from Layers of Color Nature Walk set for the rest of the card.  The flourish was only partly inked, with a combination of two inks to get the green that I wanted.

I then machine stitched the dp to the base.

Next the the flowers were stamped on white card with blue ink, and clear embossed, white glue added to the centres and gold micro-beads adhered.

The flowers were adhered to the card with a foam spot for a wee bit of dimension.

The whole card took less than and hour from sitting down to completion - love it when that happens!!

I will edit this tomorrow to link to some challenges - time has run out !


Linking to:
Your Next Challenge #42 - Pop It Up
Crafts and Me Challenge #35 - Anything Goes
Creative Belli challenge #117 - Anything Starting with S - sewing,swirl
Diva's By Design Challenge #2 - for the girls
Penny's Paper Crafty Blog - Challenge #35 - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Challenge #154 - Flowers
Simon Says - Sparkle and Shine - the micro beads
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Let it shine - the beads and embossing
Truly Scrumptious #57 - Anything Goes
The Hot Spot Challenge #4 - case a cake - shades of lavender #2

Thank you for visiting - may your day be richly blessed.