CRD: Monthly Make - Flowers

When I started to play with this months Monthly Make from Crafty Roo Designs all I think was how the flower heads look like petals! 

So I had to give it a try...

Though this photo makes it look like snowflakes!

Materials

• Distress Inks - Aged Mahogany and Spun Sugar.
• Burgundy Ribbon.
• Large Burgundy Button.
• Pink Stranded Cotton.
• Versamark clear Ink Pad.
• Hologram Embossing Powder.
• CRD: Bren Butterfly Stamp.

How to make

• Onto pale pink card stamp nine large flower heads, Dream, Believe, Wish and two small flower head (with enough space in between to stamp over the solid ones) in Aged Mahogany, over stamp Wish and the two small ones with the small solid stamp and all the rest with the large solid stamp in Spun Sugar, when dry emboss Dream, Believe and Wish with holographic embossing powder.
• Cut out and shape all fourteen pieces.
• Cut a piece of burgundy card a little smaller than front of a pale pink A5 card, and piece of pale pink smaller than the burgundy.
• Onto the pink piece of card stamp two single swirls to look like stems and a few small solid shapes as leaves in Aged Mahogany.
• Randomly stamp Bren Butterfly in Spun Sugar.
• Attach a piece of burgundy chiffon ribbon near the top of card.
• Attach to the burgundy card and then to the A5 pink card.
• Attach with 3D glue seven large flowers and Believe into a flower in the bottom left corner, two large flowers and Dream to the top left, with Wish and the two small flowers in the middle to the right.
• Knot a piece of burgundy ribbon to the ribbon on the right side of the card, thread some pink stranded cotton through a large burgundy button and knot, 3D glue to the centre of the flower.

As always for more information about the Crafty Roo Designs Monthly Make please visit the website.

CRD: Monthly Make - On a branch

Another card made using this  months Monthly Make set from Crafty Roo Designs. 

I love how the colours turned out on this one.

Materials

• Memento  - Rich Cocoa.
• Distress Ink - Vintage Photo and Scattered Straw.
• Brown Lace.
• Stickles - Gold Ice and Cinnamon.

How to make

• Cut a 12cm x 5.2cm piece of white card.
• Using Rich Cocoa stamp the single swirl in the top right and bottom left corners, in the centre stamp "All dreams begin with a wish".
• Colour in the swirls and distress around the edges in Vintage Photo.
• Cut a 13cm x 9.5cm piece of white card and stamp one of the single swirls from the bottom left corner across the card, mask off the rest of the card from the end and stamp another swirl along the first, remove the mask and place it over the stamped part leaving a bit to join up to, turn the stamp around and stamp a third swirl making like a branch.
• Stamp two of the large flower heads above the branch to the right of the card and a small one to the left in Rich Cocoa, over stamp with the solid ones in Scattered Straw, colour in the swirls and distress the edges in Vintage Photo.
• Cut a piece of orange card a little smaller than the front of an A5 white card, adhere the small piece of card centrally to the top of the card and the large one to the bottom, in the space attach a piece of brown lace.
• Centrally attatach to the front of the A5 white card.
• Add gold ice stickles to the coloured in parts of the swirls and a spot of cinnamon stickles to each corner.

If you are interested about the Crafty Roo Designs Monthly Make please visit the website for more details.