Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sew Thoughtful

This is entered in the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Grow Your Own,
where you were to use a flower that you had made yourself
Card is made from a recycled pattern from the thrift store.
A piece of the pattern was cut and distressed and matted with brown cardstock

Inside strip is a twill measuring tape with you buy by the yard

The flower is made with the Sizzix 3D flower die and distress with Vintage Photo

Thread spool is a die cut and the thread is baker's twine

8 comments:

Carol said...

Very creative... love it..

Sharon Caudle said...

Patti you are soooo creative and talented! This is gorgeous!!! I love that big, beautiful flower and that you used an old pattern!! Absolutely fanfreakingtastic!!! hugs, Sharon

Sharon Caudle said...

Oh! and thanks so much for joining us over at Papertake Weekly! :)
hugs, Sharon

Sasha said...

Super card! I love how you recycled the paper pattern, and your flower is fab!

Sasha said...

Hi Patti, Thanks for your sweet comments. My flowers are just rolled roses. You draw a spiral onto paper/card, cut it out and just roll them around. There will be tutorials for them on YouTube. Hope this helps - Sasha x

Louise said...

Cute card and fantastic flower, thanks for joing us at Papertake weekly
Louise

Sasha said...

Hello again, Patti, It's not an embossing folder, its a die, from Cheery Lynn Designs called Tropical Flourish. You can purchase it from here...
http://www.joannasheen.co.uk/craft-supplies/cheery-lynn-cutting-dies/misc-dies/

It's free P&P worldwide. But unfortunately it's out of stock at the moment.

Unknown said...

Oh, what a lovely card. Beautiful colors. I like it a lot. Wonderful detail. A great week for you. Thank you for playing this week PTWC
Hugs August GDT Marika