Back to Nature

Hi!  Welcome back to the blog!  I have been busy playing with flowers!  The current challenge at Frilly and Funkie is hosted by the talented Sara Emily and she has asked us to be inspired by nature!

The challenge as described by Sara Emily:

"Having just returned from our annual trek to the mountains of West Virginia where we observed so much natural beauty on our hikes, I couldn't help but make my challenge nature themed. You can make anything you like, from a card or tag to altered art, just be sure to include a natural element in your vintage or shabby chic project. Think real twigs, leaves, shells, pebbles. Or you could include a die cut or a stamped or stenciled image representing a natural object."

This had me thinking about all the flowers in our yard during the summer.  I ran out and started gathering them. 

I shared the whole process behind the pressing of the flowers on the Frilly and Funkie blog on Saturday and this was one of the results of those experiments.


I saw this beautiful sheet of rose petals on pinterest.  That had me thinking what if I pressed a sheet of roses?  Well this is what happened:

First I set the flowers up like this in a folded piece of cardstock:

After I ran it through the big shot it looked like this when I opened it up:

 And after I moved them around and ran it through a few times this is what I ended up with:

 It wasn't what I had expected but I used it as a background and created my card:

 I stamped over the background with a background stamp about roses.  I then created my butterflies and guess what their bodies are made of..... I used some dried lavender. The moths around here have such fuzzy bodies it just reminded me of them!

I hope this has you thinking of how you can incorporate nature into your art!  Come join us in the challenge! 

The winner will earn the chance to be a Guest Designer here at Frilly and Funkie, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. We are also awarding Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team, because we can't pick just one favorite!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

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