Tuesday 4 September 2012

Felt & paper flower for a special birthday

 
It was my lovely Mum's 65th birthday two weeks ago
and this is the card I made for her.
I was making a Christmas table runner from felt and because I had the felt already out on the table I thought I'd try it out on the card.
I loved the effect and I'm pleased to say, Mum loved her card too :)


 Sizzix, Nestablilities, and Cuttlebug dies cut through felt very well and I used Sizzix dies for the flower and the flourish.
The hexagons are from a sheet of Echo Park paper (Sweet Day) and I cut them out individually and arranged them on the card blank.


I cut a rough spiral from a circle of patterned paper and rolled it into a flower and layered it on top of the yellow felt flower.
The sentiment is printed on the computer using 'Delius' font.

 
 
That's it for today,
I'd better go now and rustle up something for tea!

I'd love you to join me tomorrow for my project in Creative Craft World's rainbow blog hop!
I'm also having a prize draw.
Check out all the details here tomorrow (from 7am).

Thanks for visiting today :)
Take care
Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
The pink elephant ~ patterned paper
Ladybug Crafts ~ anything goes
Stamp & Create ~ anything goes
Challenges4everybody ~ anything goes
MIM #105 ~ anything goes
Papertake Weekly ~ anything goes
Tuesday Alchemy ~ anything goes

24 comments:

Margie said...

No wonder your Mum loved it Sarah - its gorgeous! I'm really liking hexagons at the minute - this looks very classy.

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous Sarah,love the flower and fab design.xxx

MiniOwner said...

Another super card, Sarah. I'm not at all surprised your mum liked it. :o)
Sue xx

Grace said...

Oh how cute!!! I'm sure mum did love this!!! I love the clean graphic lines and the dp choices... and your rolled flower is awesome! Saw it on MIM!

Sue said...

I love this card Sarah. Such a fabulous design and the colours are gorgeous. It's no wonder that your mum loved it too!

Thank you also for taking part in the first Ladybug Craft's Challenge

hugs Sue

Anonymous said...

What a fabulous design and love the felt!
Helen x

Anonymous said...

Wow!! What a gorgeous design Sarah! Love the flower!
xx

Unknown said...

This is fabulous Sarah no wonder your Mum loved it and your handmade flower is stunning Hugs Elaine

Darnell said...

Aw, Sarah, how cool for your Mom to have such a loving and crafty daughter!!

Julia said...

I saw your beautiful creation on Make It Monday and had to visit and take a closer look. Gorgeous! TFS!
My entries are: #13, #53, # 117, #118 and #119.
I would love to have you visit my blog!
Hugs,
Julia

Vicky Hayes said...

How gorgeous Sarah - and very trendy too, just right for your lovely mum! Vicky x

Elizabeth Hart said...

Wow - love how you so artfully pieced the hexagons together - interesting placements and beautifully coordinated colors too. (Saw you at MIM)

lalkygirl said...

what a gorgeous card ...no wonder your mum loved it,love how you used the felt and the patchwork background is fab
thanks for joining us at MIM AND GOOD LUCK

Christine L said...

Fabulous card Sarah.... I'm sure your Mum will treasure it!

Hugs
Christine x

mixamatoasties said...

That's a fab card Sarah! Love it.

Susan x

Vicky said...

beautiful card love the flower, thanks for joining us on challenges 4 everybody hugs vicky

Shelley said...

gorgeous design and layout
Thank you for sharing with us at Tuesday Alchemy
*hugs* Shell x

Victoria said...

These hexagons look incredible with the white space. Lovely bright colours too :)

BlackLissi said...

Very fun with hexagon shapes on the card! Creative!
Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Alchemy!
Maria

Katya- Ангел в кедах said...

It's great to see you embrace one of the latest scrabooking trends- hexagons! They look great!

Thanks so much for joining us this week at Tuesday Alchemy!
Hugs Katya x

Lisa said...

This is gorgeous Sarah! I'm loving the hexagons and your flower, just perfect!
Thank you for joining us at Papertake Weekly :)

Aileen said...

Beautiful card. Love the hexagons and colour tones. x

Corrinne said...

Love it! Very fun, bright & quirky :) It was wonderful to have you join us at Tuesday Alchemy last week - And I hope to see you again :)

I welcome you to join me for the Anything Goes challenge here:
http://pinandtack.blogspot.com/2012/09/spark-your-creativity-now-challenge-1.html

Lots of joy,
Corrinne

Plastic Card said...

What a beautiful card, so stunning design. I'm sure your Mum will treasure it!