Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Dancing daisies

I've been feeling totally lacking in inspiration this week, so I dug out an old book that always gets my creative juices flowing- "Simply Beautiful Rubber Stamping" by Kathie Seaverns, and this card is an almost exact CASE of one of the projects in it.







I started with a whole sheet of A4 card and stamped Daisy from Just For Fun (I've had this stamp for about 20 years so I don't know whether it's still available) in a roughly diagonal line from near the top right to near the bottom left,  Then filled in the space below the line with more stampings of the daisy. 

Next I cut out along the top of the line of flowers, not too close to the petals, and turned the card over to stamp along the line again. Because neither the flower nor the arrangement is symmetrical, it isn't possible to line the flowers up exactly with the cut lines,  so I kept them a bit further from the edge than on the front. I didn't cover the back of the card, to give the sender somewhere to write. 

I coloured all the flowers with watercolour markers - alcohol ones would be no use as the colour can show through -  then used a scoring board to make it into a tri-fold card. Finally I heat embossed a dainty sentiment in white on back card and added it to the front section of the card. 

I am sharing this with 

Alphabet Challenge - Flora or Fauna  

Stamping Sensations - Make it Colourful  

A Place to Start - shaped card  

Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions  





14 comments:

Dawn Phillips said...

That is just fabulous Jane. You are patient to cut around all those edges but it certainly paid off. Thanks for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge. Love Dawn x

Crafting Queen said...

Love this card and the stamp works perfectly with it.

Mrs A. said...

Super make Jane and love how you have place the daisy flower so well. Works a dream with the fold. hugs Mrs A.

brenda said...

What a very pretty card and effective design Jane, thanks so much for sharing and joining in our 'Colourful' theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.

B x

Swissie said...

This is just great, Jane!
Thank you for showing and telling how you made it. Wonderful!
Have a nice day!
Hugs, Liv

meg said...

Your creative stamp juices were certainly flowing here Jane a fabulous make,thank you for joining in at the Alphabet Challenge

Lisa Bird said...

Beautiful card, I love how you have only added slight colours to the flowers
Best Wishes Lisa xx
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Michelle W said...

Gorgeous card Jane! Thanks for sharing with us at Watercooler Wednesday.

Karen Brown said...

What a beautiful tri-fold card! Your daisies are gorgeous. We are so pleased that you joined us this week at Watercooler Wednesday. Karen - DT

Karthikha said...

Such a beautiful floral card! Love the trifold design! Thank you for sharing your work at A Place to Start challenge. All the best :)

Karthikha,
DT - A Place to Start
My Blog - K's Kards and Krafts

Lynne K said...

That's gorgeous, Jane. Love the fresh, elegant design. Thank you for sharing it with us for our June Challenge at Stamping Sensations.

Lynne

Chana Malkah said...

Beautiful card! I love it! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place To Start!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner

Chana Malkah said...

Congratulations! You have been chosen as a Rising Star for the period of June 15 - 20, 2020. Thanks for accepting the challenge at A Place To Start! We appreciate your support!

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Chana Malkah said...

Congratulations! You have been chosen as a TOP SPROUT for the month of June at A Place To Start! Thanks so much for sharing your inspiration with us and our subscribers!

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