Today is a good friend of mine's birthday, the lovely Ali and this is the card I made for her.
I used an 8x8 inch pearl base card. I kept this card simple die cutting a top note in soft suede card and another from the new gorgeous spice cake papers, I also die cut a large paisley shape to use for my bird and a small paisley shape for the wing, using the reverse of the spice cake paper to show contrast, this time adding two wings rather than the one of my previous designs. I coloured my very vanilla seam binding with soft suede ink and spritzed it with gold mica spray to add a subtle shimmer, I added a single strip across the card and added a very simple bow to the right hand side.
I made my "flower" using a 2x12" strip of paper, I folded it down the centre and stuck the long edge together, I then snipped along the strip approx 3/4 of the way up the strip making a fringe but not cutting through the spine, I took my time and cut my snips close together as I prefer the finish like this. I then glued along the uncut long side and rolled it up tightly making sure the end was stuck well, I use my favorite tombo glue for this, after a few seconds I then gently smoothed the spines into the position I wanted for the finished flower, super cute, I love these flowers, slightly different from what is about at the moment and very easy to make. I have made these out of felt and they would look great on clothes or as bag charms etc
What do you think?
Thank you for visiting, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x
Wow this is lovely Dawn , I like the way you have made the shape into a bird , super .
ReplyDeletelike the way you craft. Love the flowers below.
Hugs Elaine your newest follower.