Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Design Contest -- Dogwood Build-a-blossom

Okay, folks!  Here is a card I am really proud of.  Generally speaking, I'm not very talented at "thinking out of the box" when it comes to card making -- i.e. I am no Jackie Topa! (You REALLY ought to visit her blog if you haven't already, as she is simply amazing!).  Anyways, I came up with this idea for dogwood flowers using the Blossom Petals Punch from the new Occasions mini.  My mom's favorite flower is the dogwood, so I was thinking of a Mother's Day card when I created this card.

First, I punched some of the short/fat petals out of shimmery white card stock.  Then I stacked the petals on top of each other and used the small round punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack to punch a bite out of the top of each petal.  I then used the Early Espresso marker to add brown to the tips of each petal.  I stamped the little flower center from Build a Blossom in Old Olive ink, and punched it out with another punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes punches.  The rest is fairly self explanatory.  I plan to enter this card in a SU contest -- please wish me luck!  I've never won before....

Without further ado!  Here is my creation!

 Here is a close up of the blossoms:

Supplies used:  Early Espresso, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Shimmery White Card stock
Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive
Punches:  Scallop trim border and corner punches, two step bird, scallop oval, large oval, Blossoms Petals punch
Big Shot and square Lattice emb folder
Stamps: Build a Blossom, Baroque Motifs, Oval All

12 comments:

  1. So, so beautiful! I love dogwoods - we had a dogwood tree in our yard when I was growing up. Gorgeous!!!!

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  2. So much about this card to love. So much texture, gorgeous color, feels like a cool breeze. Beautiful

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  3. What a beautiful card! And way to go thinking outside the box. I will definitely give this a try myself and link back! Visiting from SCS.

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  4. Fabulous job on creating the dogwood blossom. TFS

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  5. Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing how you did it. I will try this when I get that punch. Mary

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  6. Beautiful card. You are very talented. Thanks for sharing. With your permission, I would love to CASE this.

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  7. Beautiful card and dogwood blossoms.

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  8. This card deserves to win!!! It's beautiful. Good luck.

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  9. Beth, I am so impressed with how truly lovely this card is! I love the way you made the blossoms into dogwood ones and the color scheme....the black and brown are great foils for the blue and green.....is the ribbon brown or black? (It looks brown in the 1st pix and then black in the next two....

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  10. I was trolling the SU gallery looking for inspiration for my recently purchased Build A Blossom stamp set and punch and came across your fabulous dogwood blossom card. Wow! I love it!! I used to live in Western WA and loved springtime when the wild dogwoods bloomed. This brings back lovely memories and this cherished blossom. Thanks!!!

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