I created simple pine bows filled with pinecones and framed them in red and white. The red bow sets off the project and makes me think of my mother's flower shop filled with pine during the holiday. She created wreaths, bows and arches with beautiful red velvet floral ribbon. The whole shop looked like old fashioned Christmas. Making this today reminded me of how much I loved working with my mother in her shop and how much I still miss her today.
If you would like to see how I made my pinecones please come over to my blog and check out the tutorial I posted today. They are really easy to make and add so much dimension to the punched pine foliage.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131640
Sat, Nov 05, 2011 @ 11:09 AM
Oh my, just look at those cones!! And I have scalloped dies, so I can definitely try this without improvising - I just think I'll wait till my shoulders are a bit less sore than they have been this week.
Thanks for sharing this lovely card and the how-to.
Registered: October 16, 2005 Location: Langley, WA. Posts: 96
Sat, Nov 05, 2011 @ 11:20 AM
OMGracious. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your expert tutorial to make these wonderful pine cones. Love your card. You are such an inspiration to me. thanks. {{hugs}}
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