Card Aisle Inspiration + PPD #35

My online friend and fellow Paper Doll Laurie is hosting a great challenge on her blog.  It's all about finding inspiration for our card creations from store bought cards.  Perfect timing for this challenge because I actually set aside one of my birthday cards for this very purpose.  Of course, who knows how long it would have taken me to actually make a card from it if Laurie hadn't issued this challenge.

Here is the store bought card from one of my best friends:

And here is my take on the above card.  Truthfully, I like the store bought one better.

I had a lot of fun figuring out what kind of flower I wanted to use on this card.  I finally decided to use my Spellbinders Blossom Two Nestabilities dies (largest and second smallest dies).  I grabbed some Royal Velvet scraps and went to work.  Here are some pics of the steps I did to make the flowers.  Click on the photos to enlarge.



1.  Die cut flowers



2.  Scored from petal tip to opposite petal tip



3.  Cut between each scored petal



4.  Folded each petal inward after cutting


I decided to flip the little flower over when layering it on the bigger flower.  I liked the dimension that it gave the blossom.  Since the flowers and the leaves were all cut from scraps I had in my scrap box, this fits Katie's Papertrey Paper Dolls challenge this week too!!  You can check it out HERE.  I could probably submit just about every card I make for Katie's challenge.  I'm so frugal that I make sure to use every last scrap I can before cutting into a new sheet of paper.

That's it from me.  Whew, it felt good to be crafty today.  Hope you all have a great weekend!






All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless stated.

Stamps:  Delightful Dahlia
Paper:  Spring Moss, Royal Velvet
Ink:  Spring Moss, Vintage Cream, Rainbow (memories)
Other:  spellbinders blossom two nesties, delightful dahlia dies, brad from Target $1 spot