This is a birthday card for my DIL who loves all things Hawaiian. She seems to especially love Hibiscus. I have made her a stamped Hibiscus card in the past but wanted to do one with dimension. This is an SVG file I found on line (free) and I cut it with my Cricut (twice and glued the two petals together to give them a little more body). It was a little challenging because all the pieces were separate! I printed a picture of a real Hibiscus flower from my garden and I first tried to draw the lines that were apparent in the petals. I am NOT an artist by hand and I quickly knew that it wasnÂ’t the route to go. I then decided to try my sunburst EF. SO munch better than my drawn lines! IRL you can see that I deepened the colors towards the center with some chalks. I used flower soft on the stamen. I was so careful to do the project in a coffee filter so I could contain the flower soft and then I had glue on my fingers and picked up the containerÂ…which stuck to my fingers and I ended up spilling most of the small container all over my work space! Quite the mess! I went through my leaf dies and picked one (Die-namics) that was closest to the real leaf but I had trouble with placement and size. Finally ended up with what you seeÂ…made with lots of love!
SU Melon Mambo ink and paper
SU Old Olive card stock (leaves and card base)
Unknown textured white paper
SU scalloped border punch
Half pearls
Stylus (different sizes) to form petals and stamen
Rubbernecker Happy Birthday
Inside I used the negative of this flower cut smaller and backed it in the same white paper. I did the sentiment inside using the Spellbinder Scalloped Rectangle.
Date: Friday, April 12, 2013 GMT Views: 2175
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Sun, Apr 14, 2013 @ 4:02 AM
Peggy, you may not be an artist with hand drawn items but you're an artist non the less. This is a stunning dimensional card for your DIL. And, what a great idea to use the flower soft for the stamen! This is a favorite in my book and so are you!
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Sun, Apr 14, 2013 @ 5:11 PM
Peggy, another beauty from one of my favorite artist.... You are so talented, and this is so pretty.
I also have some flower soft, and it is not the easiest to work with... it seems to shed no matter how well you have it glued..... but I love the effects here on your beauty...
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Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
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Thu, May 02, 2013 @ 6:41 PM
Oh
My
Word!!!
This is ringing my floral bells like church bells on a wedding day! I love this ... in every way. (And love the "sounds like my table" story about the flower soft too!) ;)
Registered: September 21, 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 407
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @ 5:44 PM
I also LOVE the Hibiscus flower, too. I think I will try this myself and frame it for a wall hanging. How clever of you to create the flower in such a unique way. I never would have thought of that. Peggy, you are such an inspiration!