Sunday 2 July 2017

Basket of flowers


This is the second of the cards I made for Stretch your Easter Stash for Papercraft Essentials magazine.  I didn't actually have much Easter stuff so I was very pleased to buy this Memory Box bountiful basket die reduced when I went to Ally Pally in April. It would look lovely filled with eggs for an Easter card of course. I used DI aged mahogany to bring out the embossing on the die and filled it with MS punched leaves and Wild Orchid cherry blossom and roses. I used silver acrylic paint on the cherry blossom, added a bow and sentiment. The circle was cut with a Tonic trellis circle die.

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19 comments:

meg said...

beautiful basket of flowers, the circular card shows it off so well

aussie aNNie said...

Stunning.
[aNNie]

brenda said...

So pretty Marianne, sure to brighten the recipients day.

Have a good Sunday.

B x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

This is a lovely get well card Marianne, great alternative use for this pretty basket die too.
Lorraine

Carole Pollard said...

This is delightful what a great idea it looks so pretty Love and hugs Carole x

Valerija said...

Gorgeous card. Love the flowers in the basket. Great idea!

Barb said...

This really is a beautiful card Marianne and just right for someone feeling unwell. Your flowers are beautiful and I'm sure the basket die will come in very handy for lots of occasions. I really like your choice of background paper too. Barbxx

Christine Dol said...

What an awesome idea Marianne. I love how you placed the flowers in the basket like that!! Totally adorable!

Wishcraft said...

Lovely card Marianne, so pretty :o) Hugs, Lisa x

Linda Simpson said...

Beautiful card, love the basket and flowers.
Hugs
Linda xxx

KraftyKoolKat said...

This looks gorgeous Marianne.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely gorgeous Marianne, what a wonderful card, and the basket die is just brilliant and just perfect for those pretty flowers, it all makes a perfect Get Well card, Kate x

Sarah said...

A perfect get well card Marianne, I can see that basket being extremely useful xx

Fikreta said...

so pretty basket of flowers!

Carol S. said...

Saw your brilliant cards in the mag! Loved this one. Hugs, Carol S.xx

Cobnut Crafter said...

What a lovely use of the basket die - beautful flower arrangement and a timely reminder that I shouldn't neglect my stash of punches when they can be used to such good effect! x Anne

Janice said...

Very pretty card.
Janice x

Debra K. said...

What a wonderful basket of flowers! Love the bow on the handle and the pretty paper. Debra x

misteejay said...

This is really beautiful.
Toni xx