Thursday, May 11, 2017

Be Your Own Beautiful...

Managed to get back into the craft room after a few days... busy evenings lately :)  When I saw the inspiration challenge at Just Add Ink, I knew what I wanted to use.

I thought the Live Beautifully papers were perfect for it.  And of course, any excuse to do some fussy cutting is good for me :)  I fussy cut different parts of the pattern paper then created a cluster of flowers.
I mounted the cluster on foam squares, adhered a die cut sentiment and finally embellished with some gold gems.  

The sketch is from: 
The inspiration photo:  


10 comments:

Jeanne said...

You're so good at fussy cutting, too! :) Actually I sometimes find fussy cutting to me kind of relaxing...as long as I don't grip the scissors too tightly. Wonderful card! Those roses are lovely. :)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card!

~amy~ said...

You're a pro-fussy cutter...this is gorgeous!!

Stempelmelli said...

Wow, what a beautiful card!

KimB said...

The flowers are just gorgeous Laurel, clustered together against that classic B&W pattern this is really eye catching! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week.

Jan said...

This is so pretty, Laurel! I love the contrast between your background pattern and your lush and gorgeous floral arrangement. The depth of colour is so realistic and your fussy cutting is fantastic too. Thanks for sharing with us at Just Add Ink this week.

Nadine said...

Wow, how pretty! Thanks for playing with us at Match the Sketch!

Fanny said...

great, cute, thanks for joining us. greets

Anonymous said...

A lovely cluster of flowers and a great way to use your papers. Chantell Just Add Ink

Shona Chambers said...

I love fussy cutting too, I'm not very good at it but find it quite relaxing!! Those flowers are gorgeous and fit with the challenge perfectly. And really like the black and white geometric paper you used in the background, makes those flowers pop. So glad you joined us this week at Just Add Ink!

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