Always Flowers

 

Challenge #265 at Time Out Challenges has just gone live and this fortnight we have an Inspired By Words Challenge with this lovely quote from Henri Matisse 

 “There are always flowers for those who want to see them”

An Inspired By Words challenge works exactly as you would expect - you take the words from the featured quote and use them to inspire your creation!   You can use one word, multiple words or just the general idea of the quote.

 This fortnight we are generously being sponsored by Altenew and they are offering our Top Pick as chosen by the design team $15 store credit and our Top Pick will also be invited to Guest Design with us in a future challenge.  

Speaking of guest designers, we're joined this challenge by the very talented Arlene Rose as our guest!  Be sure to check out her gorgeous interpretation of our quote as well as the rest of the team on the Time Out Blog!

How do these words inspire you and where do they lead your imagination?  We hope you can take Time Out of your busy schedule to come play cards with us!

I think it's fair to say there are always flowers (and lots of them) in any card maker's cache - I certainly have one or two (hundred) flower stamps and die sets in my stash and this lovely Altenew Dog Rose Panel Bundle is just one that I haven't got around to using yet!   As Altenew is sponsoring our challenge this fortnight at Time Out, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to have a play with it! 

There are two dies in this bundle and for my first card, I cut the two panels from two shades of cream and backed it with gold and added a "thinking of you" sentiment below it.  Love the dimension!

Then I noticed the word "always" in the quote and I had another idea so I made up another panel, this time with green, cream and gold and added the die cut word "always" (Winnie and Walter) under the panel.

 Space was tight, so it had to overlap the panel, which wasn't straightforward because the Dog Rose Panel was three layers high ... so I cut just the bottom half three times and stacked them up so that these were the same level as the panel.  Then I cut the complete word and added this to the top, overlapping the panel.

I can't wait to try new colour variations with this fab die set!

I'd like to enter the following Challenges

NBUS Challenge #63 -  NBUS Altenew Dog Rose Panel;

Triple B Challenge - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms;

Inspirational June Challenge - Flowers;

Inspirational Challenge #317 - Word Prompt Frame;

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate