Kari’s Purplie’s Design Team

Welcome back to my blog once again.

For today's Kari's Purplie's Design Team posting we were asked to create a sketch and then create a card or layout from that sketch. Crafty and Green created a beautiful sketch for us, which I decided to use but switch it around just a bit to make it my own.

Yesterday I posted that one of my favorite embellishments were flowers. This card was no different, as I added flowers to it as well. However, this time I tried something a little bit different. While shopping at Wal-Mart, I found these cool flower petals in the wedding isle. What is even better, they were on sale half off. I bought them in both plain white and light pastel colors. There are over 500 in each box. I think they will last a while.
I used tiny purple and ivory roses from my stash to complete the center of the design.

Sorry for the ugly craft mat - it sure is well used and really does protect my dining room table.

To make my flowers, I used a dab of hot glue in the center of the petal, I then added the tiny rose and cupped it up around the bottom of the tiny rose. I then added a second petal by gluing it offset from the first one. I really like how they turned out.

My sister in law, Lisa over at My Crafty Spaces gave me these awesome Easter images and I thought this sketch would be a great time to try one out. I had tried to create the image using my RubOnz, but I did not have much luck. so I had to rethink my idea. I ended printing the design out on yellow Stampin' Up card stock, then cutting the shape out using my Sizzix Die. However, I wanted something different, so I used my metal straight edge and my trusty exacto knife and I sliced off the top and bottom portions of the cut, giving it a square look rather than the pointed look it would normally have.

I then did the same thing with my Happy Easter sentiment. I was unsure how I wanted to embellish the sentiment, so I went simple and added two small pearls at the points. The Happy Easter Sentiment is Stampin' Up.

I was not sure I would like this squared look, however, the more I look at it, the more I like it. It makes me wonder what else I can do to change up this cut. It provides a whole different look from the standard cut I use quite often. I am beginning to get a little more adventurous with my designs, yet, I still revert back to the simplistic side I am most familiar with most of the time.