Saturday, 29 March 2014

Sequined Blooms

A birthday card for a friend.  I'd like to say it was quick but it kept morphing (started off as A6 size) and ended up taking a lot longer than I had planned.  The square frames were cut using the silhouette - my Spellbinders Squares were too small.  The tree was cut using the Memory Box Twiggy Tree with a twist - what you can see is the negative and there was a sheet of brown card underneath (I had to keep and paste in all the little pieces which were cut from between the branches).
The sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse Asian Gardens cut using a Spellbinders Label 14 and slightly distressed around the edge with Walnut DI.  The Butterfly is a Sizzix Movers and Shapers die overstamped with Crafty Individuals Stamp CI-258.  The grass was green lined vellum which was cut using a Martha Stewart edge die.


The colour inspiration was from this week's The Colour Throwdown challenge.


and the real life inspiration - the view from my window


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7 comments:

  1. Grá O'Neill29 March 2014 at 23:31

    Fabulous card, love the sequins & all the intricate pasting :)

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  2. Skye30 March 2014 at 01:11

    A gorgeous card. I like the scene you have created and the use of sequins for cherry blossom. You have done an amazing job reinserting all the little pieces in the tree.
    The view from your window is so pretty, you couldn't be blue with that for a view.

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  3. Barbara30 March 2014 at 16:28

    What a great idea to use sequins for blooms! Thanks so much for playing with us at the Color Throwdown!

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  4. Broni1 April 2014 at 01:04

    What a sweet way to make a tree sparkle! Thanks so much for playing along with us at the Color Throwdown this week!

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  5. Joan Ervin1 April 2014 at 04:38

    What a genius way to use all the sequins...this is beautiful!!! Thanks for joining us this week at the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!

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  6. Darnell2 April 2014 at 23:38

    Oh, wow, I was all in love with the card until I saw the view from your window! Holy moly, are you ever lucky to have that springtime view!! Your card is also awesome, Kate! It looks like it is framed, as it should be!! That was a LOT of work! Hugs, Darnell

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  7. jaine drake10 April 2014 at 20:54

    Love the card, love the colour inspiration and love the tree. Those sequins must have been a fiddle but worth it.

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