My daughter needed a couple of farewell cards for co-workers and called upon me to help her out. I've been wanting to try and make a Flower Pot Card since it was the TLC challenge back in April so gave it a shot.
Took much inspiration from the many cards in the gallery, but especially from this beauty by kerryj106 Manhattan Flower Pot.
I just mounted my Fifth Avenue Floral set this week and could hardly wait to ink it up. Used an Aquapainter and reinkers to colour the flowers. Lots of 'fussy-cutting' but once I got going it went pretty quickly. I doubled the size of the insert panel to allow for several people to sign the card. Also added a little stand at the back (inspired from one of the many Flower Pot cards in the gallery but I failed to write down whose card it was...sorry).
Did a test-run on the Sizzix alphabet (Garden Delight) that I happened to find for $15 at M's to add names to the cards. Added a few leaves made with the Little Leaves die.
Made these a little bigger than the instructions, again to allow for a bit more room for people to add their wishes on the inside. Great fun to make and DD was very pleased with the results.
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009 GMT Views: 1195
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Sun, Jul 19, 2009 @ 4:25 PM
Wow! Heather, that is just gorgeous!! A lot of fussy cutting is right!! Beautifully done!! Love the ribbon and the entire idea of a pot of flowers card - but I think creating such a fancy card is beyond me!! That is lovely!! Beautifully done!
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Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 4:45 PM
Oh, Heather, I love these flower pots card. I made one at my stamping class, but have never gotten back around to designing one myself. I LOVE IT and I'm sure you daughter was very pleased with this. I'm proud of you for all that cutting - no punches for those flowers!!! But, you hung in there and cut them all!!! Love the leaves too and you know how jealous I am over the sizzix alphabets for $15!!!! Great job my friend!!! TFS!
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