This week, the Teaparty is for Carla's aka Covington Crafter, 2nd cousin, LeAnna. LeAnna's husband died in late January, leaving behind an 11 year old daughter, Abby, and an 8 year old son, Aric. We hope our paper hugs and cheerful thoughts bring lots of smiles. All the details are HERE
I have taken my inspiration from the "flower cookies" and LeAnna's love of gardening. I stamped the image (it is half of a huge flower) on various pieces from my mixed media background stash, cutting out many petals and slowly building up the size of the flower.
To make the card tactile for the kids, I added lots of liquid pearls and Stickles and mounted the flower on a textured background. I used the nifty photo corner tutorial foundHERE. I now have a proper excuse for keeping 1" squares of scraps LOL.
I hope you get a chance to join in and send some sunshine to LeAnna and the kids. Thanks for looking and please stay safe.
Date: Monday, September 21, 2020 GMT Views: 1399
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Beautiful, Susie! Love the vivid colors of your flower and how you built it petal by petal. The liquid pearls are great on here too. Fun corners, too. I will check the photo corner tutorial. Thank you for the great challenge.
What an awesome Mixed Media card! I love those gorgeous petals, and all the beautiful colors you used on your card! Such great texture and lots of cool detail!
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Mon, Sep 21, 2020 @ 10:38 PM
Wow Susie I love all of this and fav’d. Good to see you back and hope you are ok over East. Keep well. Sending lots of hugs from the West. Jx
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Tue, Sep 22, 2020 @ 4:31 AM
I recognise that stamp - have several others from Julie and went to a class with her before lockdown. Love how you have used it with your selection of colours and textures
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Tue, Sep 22, 2020 @ 7:41 AM
Gorgeous flower and the photo corners works wonderfully to frame the card Miss Susie. This card is sure to be admired and cherished. Super challenge this week.
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Tue, Sep 22, 2020 @ 8:14 AM
Susie, the textures have me wanting to reach out and touch your wonderful card. Love the different colors and patterns of the flower petal and that fabulous bg. LeAnna, Abby and Aric will love your paper hug and the knock knock jokes! Thanks hosting the challenge and sending that marvelous card across the miles. It's sure to help lift them up.
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Tue, Sep 22, 2020 @ 8:41 AM
Oh, sis, another wonderful creation done with love! Yes, I knew those flower cookies inspired you, and it truly shows! I love all the amazing colors and the great dimension. And of course, your backgrounds are amazing. How cool to add the nifty photo corner! I love it, sis, and I love you so much! Squishy hugs and love! xoxo
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