I am at my sister's house with just a small portion of my toys along. Now how can I make a flower from what I have? You know the old saying about necessity being the mother of invention. I gave that the test. Last night I looked at the challenge and then went to bed thinking about it. Thoughts of different techniques were everywhere. So this morning I combined a few I had seen around and came up with my paper posies. They are actually made from an antibacterial wipe (I had some in the car) that I let dry out, then added ink to direct to paper. Next I cut it into a long strip and added adhesive to one edge and started rolling. I added a little more ink with a copic marker and my posie was born. Not too bad. I used the same technique to create the leaves and then rolled a length of the wipe to create the vine.
The card front was stamped with the Camellia from the new set being released by Mark's Finest Papers on July 13th called Apples and Camellia inked with Victorian Velvet Distress ink. I added my vine and flowers. The sentiment (another new set: Flourishes & Frame) is stamped with the same ink onto white cs and added to the green flourish tag from Spellbinders. I had actually stamped the sentiment right on the card front, but didn't like it much so added this over that. But it showed! Oh no! Since we are to be inspired by Carrie's Cakes for the CAS challenge, I thought more layers would be good, so I added a white deckled oval. I chose the cake called hand made white chocolate roses #301 All the white edges are inked with my copic marker. It's a subtle thing, but I really like the difference it makes.
I hope you like my adventure in making do today. Thanks for looking.
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010 GMT Views: 1899
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83875
Mon, Jul 05, 2010 @ 8:25 AM
Ok, you win the Ingenuity Award! Wow - I am so impressed! Great job with the flowers and vines and leaves, and your card is beautiful!
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Mon, Jul 05, 2010 @ 8:32 AM
Well, perhaps we should all take a holiday with limited supplies and let our creativity blossom like yours has! Great posies - very pretty card!
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Mon, Jul 05, 2010 @ 8:54 AM
What fabulous inventing, Karen!! Great job!
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Mon, Jul 05, 2010 @ 9:00 AM
I love the varigated feel to your flowers! My husband just bought me some roses like this and they are stunning. Gorgeous job being creative with limited supplies!
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Mon, Jul 05, 2010 @ 9:09 AM
Love the mottled effect of your roses and leaves. You can bet the gallery will be filled with a lot of flowers made with wipes.... that is such a clever and GREEN idea! Thanks for sharing a great tip! Love the photo backdrop too... it's perfect for your gorgeous card!
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