JUGS124 & PPA129 - Birthday Flowers

Well, we're off to the start of a new week!  I hope everyone had a good weekend.  I went to a Eagle Scout Court of Honor, got to visit my mom and dad, and even had a little time to make a card!  My son is off school today to celebrate President's Day.  He stayed overnight at a friends house for an all night video game session so I will be leaving shortly to pick him up. 

Today I'm playing along with Just Us Girls Challenge 124 - this week is a color challenge.  I took the sketch design from  Pals Paper Arts for a starting point.  I turned the design upside down because I thought the flowers hid too much of that pretty scalloped edge.  

You can get the details for both challenges here:

Just Us Girls:  http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/color-with-just-us-girls-124.htmlhtml

Pals Paper Arts  http://www.palspaperarts.com/2012/02/ppa129-sketch-challenge.html

I made the flowers using a Sizzix Bigz die called Spiral/Garland.  It was originally intended as a Christmas decoration die but seeing as all rolled flowers start with this simple spiral design I thought  - why not?  I think this simple spiral resulted in a more casual looking flower which was what I was aiming for.  After I hot glued them down (so they wouldn't keep rolling apart) and  added a little glitter.  I dipped a cotton swab in glue and ran it along the edges of the flowers, and then sprinkled on some Martha Stewart coarse glitter.   I didn't have any blue pearl gems for the flower centers so I took some regular white pearls and colored them with a Copic Marker.

I have to tell you I hated buying that big bottle of glitter around Christmas time - I thought I would never in my lifetime use that much glitter - but it's turning out to be one of the things I keep reaching for.  I can say the same thing for the Twinery Twine Spools - 240 yards???  That's a lot of twine!  Sure it's a great deal - about 6 cents a yard - but really do I need that much???  It's turning out to be another great item to have on hand that always adds a little extra to my cards.

Thank you for stopping by to have a look.  I hope you find some time to create something special today - just to show someone you love how much you care!

Jeanne

Supplies Used:  Finished Size 6X6"
Paper:  K& Co Cut N'Paste Collection - Green Leaf Paper is from Wild Raspberry Collection
Die Cuts:  Flowers Sizzix Bigz Spiral/Garland, Leaves Spellbinders Foliage, Blue Flowers Spellbinders Rose Creations
Border Punch:  EK Success Double Embossed Dotted Lace
Stamp:  Serendipity Happy Birthday  from Everyday Words Set Large 471QCL
Extras:  Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter, Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Ink in Mustard Seed, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Sentiment Stamped in Versa Fine Vintage Sepia, Pins, Gems, Copic B16, Twinery Twine Blossom