Influenced by Susan’s Garden…

A few years ago, I was entertaining the notion of taking my A2 cardmaking to a different level and direction. It was then that I stumbled upon an article within the Chameleon Pen’s e-newsletter showing the outstanding paper flowers by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. Wow! So extremely impressive.

I searched Susan out on Facebook and You Tube and continue to be amazed by her talents. (What I first found interesting is that she only designs dies. It is up to you to give the flowers shape and life.) She is the reason I have challenged myself to study and create flowers.

Last October, Susan presented a project entitled Southern Magnolia, Y’all! That tutorial has intrigued me ever since. I have been collecting her dies for the last few years and realized last week that I actually had all the ones she used for that project…I just had to give it a go.

First, let me direct you to Susan’s original tutorial: https://stierneyc.wordpress.com/2017/10/. Impressive!

For the most part, I followed her technique. The only major changes I made were to use White Foamiran for the flower and Stickle’s Rose Gold for the berries.

I do wish Susan lived closer as I would be visiting her studio regularly. For now, I’ll have to settle for her weekly FB/YT classes. If you had trouble finding her site, go to Elizabeth Craft Designs and look under Susan’s Garden Spot.

Thank you for dropping in today. I’m really excited with my results, but mostly with the chance to express my admiration for a gifted lady and her love for flower creations.

May God Bless You and Yours.