A Birthday Flower…
Isn’t autumn beautiful? Our yard looks like a lovely
carpet of golden yellows, bright rusty shades and soft yellow-browns with just
a touch of fading green. The air smells fresh and is just starting to get that
little nip to it. Autumn, the second spring!
This week, I would like to share with you my latest Flowering
Birthday card. It is for a beautiful young woman celebrating her 30th
birthday.
The Flower: I die cut 6
layers of the two larger petals from Lady E's Flower #2 set. Using daubers, I accented
the edges and centers with Gelato's Red Cherry. When I scrunched the petals,
the Red Cherry coloring softened to a lovely soft pink – exactly what I had
wanted.
The Sepal: I cut two of
the larger sepals from a dark green Foamiran and accented with Chocolate and
Lemon Gelato's. (When assembled, the completed flower measures a little
under 3” in height.)
If you look hard, you can see an unbranded mandala die
cut, cut out from a pearled green paper. By luck, in my paper stock I had some
pale pink pearled cardstock which I mounted on the white card base.
Well, that is it for today. Hope you are having a
wonderful day. Christmas is not far off and it is time to get those cards ready.
Till next time,
May God watch
over you and yours.