Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sun?

In honor of all the beautiful sun we've been having here in Washington, I thought I'd post a sunflower for the occasion!


I cut out the flower and leaves from the tattered floral die by Tim Holtz using some canvas. I then used some distress dyes to color them up. After they dried, I used more distress inks to grunge them up a bit. The brown button for the center of the flower comes from American Crafts.

Embossing folder is from Darice and the cardstock is sugar cookie from Bazzill. I added the yellow polka dot designer paper since the dots match all of them in the embossing folder. Everything is layered in brown and a length of brown satin ribbon is run down the middle.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm headed out to enjoy the Vitamin D!

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11 comments:

  1. Patti JMay 2, 2013 at 7:25 PM

    Thanks for the sunshine, Laurie! Beautiful card. We are to have rain for days and days and days...bah!

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  2. Glittered PawsMay 2, 2013 at 7:27 PM

    Very pretty and it is bright and cheerful - even if the sun doesn't shine very often. We had 3 days of sun in MO. but once again it is raining, I'm thinking we live in WA. LOL

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  3. TammyMay 3, 2013 at 4:08 AM

    Love the pretty sunflower, very clever to use a button for its center! Great card!

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  4. DonnaMay 3, 2013 at 8:42 AM

    Bright and cheery card! I enjoyed the sunshine the last 3 days, it won't be back for awhile but love it when its here.

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  5. NatalieMay 8, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    Love that embossed background!! Love the hot spell! But it's now back to the regular weather, cool with moments of sunshine!

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  6. conilAugust 4, 2013 at 8:48 AM

    I LOVE sunflowers and this is one of the prettiest I've seen. Wonderful card, the dry embossing is perfect for your focal point.

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  7. ErikaAugust 4, 2013 at 2:54 PM

    I love the tattered sunflower and leaves. The colors really stand out against the cream background.

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  8. UnknownAugust 4, 2013 at 3:22 PM

    Beautiful card, love how you inked the flowers edges to make them pop! Thanks for sharing and being the inspiration on today's sketch!

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  9. AnonymousAugust 5, 2013 at 4:57 AM

    Congrats on getting picked as a sketch inspiration. :)

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  10. Heather NorthAugust 6, 2013 at 2:02 PM

    The sun has been nice, but I am ready for it to rain again here in SW Washington. :) Found you on the OWH blog. Love the embossing on your card and the bold sunflower. It was fun working with your sketch.

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  11. UnknownAugust 7, 2013 at 5:53 AM

    Love the simple elegance of this card. The use of embossing instead of patterned paper makes it very clean. I love the look, everything about it.

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