Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Why Hello There!!!

Hi everyone!!

I feel like I've been missing in action the last little bit. First blogger was down, then I was in Buffalo for the weekend taking stamping classes from the amazing Jennifer McGuire, and finally I came home to discover our home computer wasn't working. Eek!!! As always my brilliant hubby came to the rescue and now has it (and me) up and running. :)

Anyways, I've been wanting to share the card I made for the first half of Hero Arts May challenge focusing on flowers. The background, frame, sentiment and pearls are all Hero Arts and the patterned papers are yummy My Mind's Eye: Stella and Rose.


and here's a quick pic showing the flowers in process...


I put glossy accents in the centers of the flowers and layered 4 together, scrunching them up to give them dimension. I cut some flowers in green and used individual petals for leaves.

Here's the detailed information:
HA:
Envelope Pattern
Sweet Thread Labels
Mixed Accents: Blush, Sea, Foliage
Latte Chalk Ink
Hero Arts shape for Silhouette (I used the blue flower):
www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/v2/viewShape.aspx?id=14335

Thanks so much for popping by!

15 comments:

Michelle said...

First of all, OMG you went to the stamping class with Jennifer?!!! Wish I could too, one day!

I did see this pretty card in the Flickr group.. I was in love with your cute flowers:-) Thank you for showing us how you made them!
Hugs!
Have a great day:-)

Tara said...

Love it! That paper is gorgeous!

Lin said...

This is fantastic, Sarah - love it from top to bottom!

Barb said...

Bet you had a fab weekend with Jennifer! Loved this card when I first saw it in the Flickr group! Beautiful paper and Love your flowers!

Michelle said...

WOW!! This is just jaw dropping gorgeous!!! Love those flowers!!!

Kathy (krolski) said...

Gorgeous paper and great flowers!

Sue McRae said...

Fabulous flowers Sarah!

Virginia L. said...

LOVE the flowers!! And glad that you are back in the blog land!

Judy1223 said...

Sarah, this is so pretty! Thanks for showing how you made those cool paper flowers!

Jill W. said...

GORGEOUS!!!! Those flowers look so detailed... I can't believe that they're that easy.

reen said...

How do you come up with these ideas? SO cute.

Krista Ritskes said...

Wow, LOVE this card! Those flowers look so unique. Same technique as others I've seen, but change the shape and it looks totally new!

Tiffany said...

Beautiful mix of colors on this card and love your handmade paper flowers, so cute!

Suzanne C said...

Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Such a pretty card. The flowers are wonderful. Thanks for showing how you created them.

paula said...

Wow what a card. It's so beautiful! Love to see how you made those gorgeous flowers xoxoxoxo