Friday, November 5, 2010

Fall Flowers


It's Friday again - where did the week go?  The fairies over at Fairy Fun Friday all got together this week and had a blast making our own flowers.  And that's our challenge to you for this fortnight - make your own flowers.  Wow, there are just SOOOO many way to make your own.  I don't have the time right now, but will try to update this post later this evening and include some of my favorite links for creating handmade flowers. 

So please check back later for all the details for my card and some valuable links too.  Right now, have to fly out the door to work.  Be sure to hop over to Fairy Fun Friday to see what the fairys have for your inspiration this week.  And check out the Prairie Fairy store for this charming new vintage-style image I have used here. 

UPDATE:  Okay, worked a 10 hour day, received 4000 pounds of food from our local Feeding America affiliated food bank, supervised the securing of the food, supervised the packing of food bags and finally, stood a counter for 2 hours and distributed food to local out-of-work, elderly and homeless individuals and families.  Now I'm back home and ready to get into the artistic groove.

I promised to share some of my favorite links for making hand made flowers.  Here are a few:

Creations with Christina - one of my favorites and the way I made these flowers
Vanja's Crafty Den - Torn paper flowers
Sherry Sheever's video tutorial for making handmade flowers - another of my favorites
Another Sherry Cheever tutorial for hand made flowers
Dimensional Flowers from SplitCoast Stampers

That's it for tonight.  I have to get some sleep.  I have to be back to work at 8:00 a.m. for another busy day - the story of my life until after the holidays.  Hopefully then things will slow down a bit!

Blessings & hugs,

Challenges entered:
Crafty Cardmakers - Stitching
City Crafter - Get Your Digi On
Tuesday Throwdown - Be Thankful
Creative Cottage - Embossing
Raise the Bar - Let's See Those Curves

22 comments:

BEARKIS said...

Много приятни,есенни тонове!Моите поздравления!!!

Nancy said...

Oh, this is so pretty, Linda!

stephanne said...

Oh so stunning!!! What a beautiful fall scene you have created with that stunning image, your beautiful flowers and thoughtfully distressed details!!
hugs, stephanne

Cor* said...

Details, details, we want details! Your cards is totally fall vintage! Great warm feel to it! Spectacular coloring and those flowers ....MWAH....perfect!

Sian said...

Gorgeous card, LOVE the flowers and great colours.
Have a great weekend,
hugs

Kelly said...

Linda, really beautiful, I love the homemade flowers, the embossed background with ric rac the aged greeting.... just beautiful!!

Made by Mandy said...

Love the shabby distressed feel to this card, kind of perfect for the colour sand your grungy flowers are great.

Thank you for joining in with our stitching challenge at Crafty Cardmakers :)

Hege-Annie Simonsen said...

This is abslutely beautiful!! Love your vintage style!! :D

Hope your weekend is good!
Hugs, Hege

Lori said...

Gorgeous! Love the flowers. All those videos are great, have watched them numerous times.. lol..

Davi said...

Beautiful card. Love the vintage look Thanks for sharing with us at TT this week.

Unknown said...

You make coloring that image look so easy Linda! Just perfect!

xoxoxox

Jen said...

Beautiful card Linda! Thanks for the flower tutorial links!

Unknown said...

Hi Linda,
Your card is so beautiful.. I just love all the little details you put into your creations.. Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

Ros said...

Stunning card and I love your flowers ... thanks for joining in this week at CCCB

Suzi Mac said...

Utterly adorable Linda, love the image and those flowers are TDF. Thank you for all the wonderful links. You are a busy bee, don't overdo it hun.
Hugs
Suzi x

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

This is a WOWZER! Thanks for sharing it with us at CCCB!

cnelson said...

GORGEOUS! Thank you for joining us at CCCB!

Kim said...

Your card is gorgeous! I love the colors and all the wonderful details. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown.

Sue said...

Hi ya
aww gorgeous card, lovely image & colouring, beautiful papers & flowers,thank you for joining us at The Creative Cottage this week, hope to 2moro, sue,x

Suzie McFloozy said...

Wow what a beautiful autumnal card your embossed border panle looks great x
Thanks for joining in with us at creative cottage challenge blog this week x
((hugs)) Suzie xx

Unknown said...

gorgeous fall card. Thanks for sharing at Raise the bar this week

Marjo said...

Hi Linda,

Gorgeous flowers! Thanks for sharing your links.

Hugs, Marjo

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