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Saturday, 15 June 2013

Tattered Flowers with Buttons


Hi, I've been having a lot of fun with distress inks and my tattered flowers die!

I've followed another tutorial by Amy Bowerman from Plucking daisies. This time it was  how to make watercolor paper flowers. Her flowers are gorgeous and the instructions are so easy to follow.

Instead of making all of my petals out of watercolour paper, I used an old music score for my top layers. The score was quite old so it was already distressed! I helped it along with the colour.

I used the tattered leaves die for my foliage. I used my shaping tool to score some lines to look like veins on the leaves and distressed them with 2 shades of ink.

I'm entering the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show, where the theme is to use buttons.

I'm also entering the challenge at Make It Monday, where the theme is anything goes.

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10 comments:

  1. Michelle 15 June 2013 at 11:42

    Beautiful! You did a lovely job. They're splendid!

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  2. Loll15 June 2013 at 13:27

    These flowers are beautiful Cathy. Love that you've used musical scores (great recycling idea) ... as well as the musical notes adding so much interest to your flowers. Loll xx

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  3. Irene15 June 2013 at 17:16

    Beautiful and stunning flowers Cathy.
    luv
    irene
    xxxx

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  4. roffeycreations15 June 2013 at 18:28

    Lovely and the music notes look brilliant - the dark green leaves look good against the purple... Mxx

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  5. Amy*15 June 2013 at 23:18

    Wow Cathy! The sheet music sure makes your blooms beautiful! I love how you have colored the petals and Using the Tattered leaves for foliage really ties it all together. My goodness those leaves look real the way you have scored and colored them! :)

    Amy*

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  6. rachel15 June 2013 at 23:29

    stunning flowers cathy - really beautiful xx

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  7. mulberry station15 June 2013 at 23:41

    How fun!!! I love your paper flowers! I saw you on Make It Monday.
    Nancy mulberrystation.blogspot.com

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  8. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans15 June 2013 at 23:53

    Gorgeos paper flowers, I love the music paper. They look wonderful in the vase. Love the dimension and the added button. The colour is particularly eye catching. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

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  9. Anita Houston The Artful Maven16 June 2013 at 03:30

    Amy is the best! I love all of her tutorials! I am so glad you do too! Love your purple flowers and the button centers are wonderful! Thanks for buttoning up with us this week here at Simon Says Stamp & Show!!!

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  10. Carol McCready16 June 2013 at 05:43

    Gorgeous tattered flowers.

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