To me, fall colors and images are so vibrant and beautiful. These sunflowers just said "make a wreath" to me. What really made this card so much easier, are the exclusive, matching dies for both of these sunflower images! I stamped a bunch of the single sunflower and a couple of the sunflower bunch, then die cut them!
The sunflowers were colored with markers and a waterbrush and I arranged them on a "donut" I cut with two Spellbinders circles. This helps me get and keep a good circle shape for my wreath. I used a corner rounder on the ivory layer behind the wreath. The butter colored layer is actually strips I used a corner and border punch and put them together to form a frame. Since the size I needed was a little odd, I found it easier to put it together than to punch a whole layer. I'm including this in today's FTTC81 (to use lace or lace punch- I think the yellow punched layer fits this).
I added some cut out wheat to the top of the wreath. The sentiment was die cut using Spellbinder's Fancy Tags and a tiny bit of sponging was added. A few more layers were added then it was all attached to a 5 1/2 inch square white card.
Thanks so much for looking! My blog:The Write Stuff. Sorry! I had to delete a bunch of really old posts from my blog & this is one of them.
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 GMT Views: 1348
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Tue, Aug 24, 2010 @ 10:23 AM
Oh, my goodness gracious Julie. This is AMAZING!! I LOVE your showcasing of those beautiful ODBD sunflowers. Your papers, colors and details are always top notch and this is no exception. I miss seeing your gallery. I'll have to pop back over when I have a chance. Been a busy summer!! BEAUTIFUL work my friend!! TFS!
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Wed, Aug 25, 2010 @ 7:17 AM
Beautiful, Julie! Wonderful colors and laced edge framing. The layered sunflower wreath and design is just amazing! Lovely card! Thanks for playing FTTC!