Apple Blossom Time

We have a very cool challenge for you this week at Our Creative Corner.  Our host this week is Kristin from LilyBeth Boutique and she is challenging us to incorporate fabric into our projects.  You can use it as an embellishment or as a background.  Stamp it, cut it, fold it, weave it!  Use whatever makes you happy - canvas, cotton, silk, satin, burlap, polyester, tulle.  The only restriction is that ribbon doesn't count as fabric.  We want you to try something new.  Wait until you see the wonderful job our design team did this week with fabric - lots of out-of-the-box thinking this week to inspire your creativity!

I bought these beautiful Farmer's Market tags from Isabella's Sketchbook a few weeks ago and have been itching to use them.  I was studying the image and decided I wanted to try to create apple blossoms out of fabric to go along with the tag.  You know I'm nuts over handmade flowers, especially fabric ones!  I used two dies, of course one was my treasured Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and cut the second largest flower on that die.  I cut two in tulle and two in crinoline for each flower.  The other die I used was the Sizzix Flower and Vines #3 and I cut two in crinoline with the middle sized flower on that die.  So each flower has six layers.  I used a Certainly Celery brad from SU and a jewelry spacer in the center of each flower.  The leaves were cut from canvas with a Spellbinders die and dyed with Garden Green reinker.

What else did I use?  Humm...lots of tools and supplies but after I was finished, I realized there there is no stamping on this card.  The border is a Martha Stewart punch, the dry embossing is from the Organic Flourishes edge embossing folders from Cuttlebug, the DP is by Raspberry Road, but you won't find it because I changed it up quite a bit with my Photoshop Elements.  I found the sentiment line and used one of my cool fonts to type it on my computer and print it out (I also collect fonts).  And there these is a wisp of shabby seam binding that I left in its original color.  All the edges are very gently ink distressed with Creamy Caramel ink and I threw in a little stitching for interest.

I really love these Farmer's Market tags and can't wait to use more.  I am thinking of trying to do a little series with them so you will definitely be seeing them again in the future!  You should drop by Isabella's Sketchbook.  She has a whole series of hand illustrated collage sheets with floral tags, country roosters, Easter tags, etc.  Her digis are wonderful too!

Stop by Our Creative Corner and check out how the rest of the design team has used fabric on their cards this week.  Hope you will be playing along with us too!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for any comment you care to leave.  Have a great weekend!

Challenges Entered:

Sugar Creek Hollow - Handmade Flowers

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Retro Cool

Creative Cottage - Tag, You're It

Flourishes - The Cut Above the Rest challenge