Friday, February 15, 2013

Punchy Wreath

I really enjoy visiting the Flourishes blog, and since I have two practically un-inked sets of theirs I thought I'd try a hand at their Hearts challenge.

I wanted to try a little punch-craft, so I made this little wreath. I embossed the yellow cardstock with the Fiskars' Lace texture plate on my BigShot, then punched out the hearts. First, I framed the circle (cut with a Spellbinder's die) with flat hearts. Then I scored more hearts (using a hand embossing tool), folded them in half, and used Glossy Accents to make them 3D.

For further inspiration, I turned to the Photo Inspiration/Recipe Challenge at The Ribbon Reel (below right) and the simply lovely layout at Sketch Saturday (below left). I also included the elements Heart, Stamp, Love per the BINGO challenge at Addicted to Stamps.




The Ribbon Reel
Both the background & sentiment stamps are by Flourishes Boutique. I used the "step on it" technique for the background stamp; I was really pleased with how even it came out. The background is stamped in Memento Rose Bud ink, and the sentiment is stamped in SU! Wild Wasabi.

The ribbon & lace seam binding are from my stash, and I bought the tissue-paper rose at an artist's market in Mexico. 




Challenges/Inspiration:
Addicted to Stamps: BINGO (right vertical column: Heart, Stamp, Love)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Put Your Heart On It
Sketch Saturday: Sketch
The Ribbon Reel: Photo Inspiration + Yellow & Pink + Ribbon, Flower, Lace/Twine


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8 comments:

  1. Beautiful card! I love how you've used little hearts to make the frame and your ribbon and rose are so pretty. Thank you for joining us at ATSM. Sue x

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  2. How pretty, I really like the wreath made of hearts, creative and beautiful! The colors of the card are great too. Thanks for joining us this week at ATSM!

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  3. This is sooo pretty! LOVE it. Thanks so much for playing along at ATSM xx

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  4. Oh I love that clever little ring of embossed hearts! Simply stunning!

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  5. So glad you were able to play along and ink up some of your Flourishes stamps! Great job on the wreath- perfect for the challenge! Thanks for joining us in the Timeless Tuesday Challenge.

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  6. There's a lot of work gone into that heart wreath! It paid off though, card is beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Sketch Saturday this week, Niki xx

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  7. I love the color combination you used! It is so unique and lovely. Thanks for playing at ATSM this week in our Bingo challenge. :)

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  8. Terrific way to make a wreath and you nailed that color combo/inspiration with this card. Thanks for joining us this week at ATS&M!

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