Tuesday 11 February 2014

Red daisy


Hi, I've been doing a lot of fussy cutting lately and this large Hero Arts flower was a perfect candidate!
I also cut the stamped stem off and coloured a snippet of card green as I needed it to be longer.

It was one of the strips from my paper trimmer from me trying repeatedly to get something straight! I'm becoming obsessed by it...the more I trim something the crookeder it looks...maybe I need to replace the blade LOL!

I curled the petals and popped a second centre up on some foam dots for dimension.

Snippets means I can visit the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.
At A Blog Named Hero the theme is flowers.
Cuttlebug Mania is hosting a colour challenge, red. You also need to use a manual machine like a Big Shot.   I used the Entangled embossing folder for my background in my Cuttlebug.

The Hero Arts Blog has a birthday challenge with 5 categories for entries. I'm entering the Floral one with this tag card.
birthdaychallenge-heroarts

Supplies: Hero Arts Engraved Daisy stamp; inktense pencils; stickles; Entangled embossing folder; tag, sentiment sticker and ribbon from stash.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your week :)
Cathy x

26 comments:

Sue - said...

Beautiful flower. The time taken to fussy cut it was well worth it!

Karen M said...

Love your gorgeous card cathy - your red flower is stunning - hugs xx

rachel said...

stunning colours Cathy - this looks wonderful xx

Brenda in IN said...

I admire your patience in all the cutting. It is gorgeous as is the black and white wedding heart card. I couldn't get computer to post yesterday but I love both of these cards.

Di said...

Really striking Cathy - that flower is stunning! I have a trimmer that likes to cut curves too :) Glad you won in the end though.

Hugs, Di xx

Jannie said...

OM gosh, love this flower!! It pops right of the card!!! Love it!

Thank you so much for joining us at Cuttlebug Mania challenge!

Cuttlebugs & Hugs
Jannie

Twinks Stamping said...

Really love this. The flower really pops out at you. Lovely x

Jean said...

I love your red daisy. Great cutting job.
Jean x

roffeycreations said...

Well done Cathy - this is so 3D - love it... Mxx

scrappymo! said...

Wondeful use of your snippets. I love the 3D flower you created!

Kimbo said...

Your flower is stunning, it really stands out. Thanks for playing along at Cuttlebug Mania this time x

Michelle Lupton said...

Fabulous fussy cutting on that flower! Thanks for playing along with our Flowers challenge at A Blog Named Hero!

Monica said...

sooooo EYE catching. Just beautiful. The flower looks so three dimensional and real.

Sarn said...

That flower certainly was a perfect candidate. What a lovely card you've made with it. Very bold and striking. xxx

Kerry said...

Great flower, almost looks real. Thank you for joining in with our Touch of Red challenge at Cuttlebug Mania x

Deepti said...

You fuzzy cut that flower, its remarkable :) love this card

Viv said...

So pretty Cathy, love the flower ;)Viv xx

A Consuming Passion said...

Your Daisy is fabulous......looks real so worth the fussy cutting!

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Ooh lovely Cathy, Shaz in Oz.xx

Bonnie said...

You did a great job of fussy cutting this flower! Love the dimension and the tag!

Karen Dunbrook said...

gorgeous flower on you tag...I like the layout too.

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

You fuzzy cut this???? Just amazing! I like your black background too - makes the flower pop!

Diane said...

Beautiful flower and colors Cathy.

Hugs Diane

MaryH said...

This is some fussy cutting! What a beautiful job you did with this, and I love the pop of red against that black. These cutters can be so aggravating. I love my Genesis (but it took me a while to justify the cost of it!) but I got so frustrated with the Fiskars ones. Even new blades didn't help me...I had the same problem you're describing. Worked fine though for your flower stem. Good for you in saving the snippets. TFS & Hugs

Darnell said...

Oh, wow, I love your very ginormous and dimensional daisy, Cathy! Popping up the center was a genius idea!! Hugs, Darnell

jimlynn said...

Picture perfect and so very lovely! This is exactly what a card should look like! Love your fussy cutting on that image too! Fantastic.
Lynn