Saturday Sketch Challenge 197 ~ Fun Fabric Flowers

Good Evening Friends!

I'm so excited about this weeks sketch challenge from the operators at stampin 411. Why? Well, I was stumbling on my own sketch... Thinking ugghhhh, putting off making my card... Then, something sort of happened!

This card came together in about 20 minutes, and I really think it's the bomb! (now that it's done) LOL I stamped the medallion on crumb cake cardstock on crumb cake paper. I ran that piece through the big shot with the cute tulip embossing folder.

Then, I pulled out my fabric and big shot. I love that the fabric matches the paper below. Total happiness!!

I ran the fabric through the big shot using the fun flowers die. I started to sponge my fabric with not quite navy ink and realized that my flowers were still blending together. so I cut some vanilla flowers out of paper.. I sponged those layers also.. In keeping with the sketch, I cut half of my large flower off, then put the layers down, including the ribbon and grabbed a push pin and my mat pack. i pushed through all the layers and attached the fabric with a small gold brad.

Next, I pulled out my buttons.. I tried a few colors, off white, crumb cake, and settled on this not quite navy button.. You don't see how pretty it is in this picture.. there's lots of variation in color in the button.. Total eye candy! I used the other half of my flower as scrap, and stamped "friends" on it, then punched it with the small tag punch. I tied that all up with some linen thread... I had a ball making this card!

Measurements:
Base: Not Quite Navy, 11 x 4 1/4" scored and folded in half at 5 1/2"
Layer 2: Baja Breeze 5 x 3 3/4"
Layer 3: Crumb Cake 4 7/8" x 5 5/8"
Layer 4: DSP 2 x 4 7/8" (scallop border punched)
Layer 5-9: All die cut flowers from the big shot, paper and fabric mixed.

That's all for tonight! Come play along with your Stampin' Up! 411! operators this week, won't you?

Rubbah hugs,
Selene Kempton