Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Creative flowers

I have taken a break from scrapbooking since my kids have had school holidays with lots of sleepovers and we've enjoyed little trips away. I also have some sewing projects I need to complete, ahh life is so busy☺.
But I have completed my CT work and today I'm sharing my work for the challenge at ARTastic.



The extra criteria is to make your own flowers.




















I have done a page of Amy sitting by a fire we lit to burn off. We ended up having our dinner by it as a family, these are the moments I treasure and I hope my kids do too.
I have made my flowers from denim and tulle. The lace flowers I made by stitching a running stitch along the long side of the lace and then gathering till it sits in a round shape. This method can also be done with a strip of fabric. I have also added a doily behind one of the lace flowers and a yo-yo flower.
My butterflies are from Grant Archival, they are a mix and match packet so they can be built up, which are so cute.

Hope you feel inspired and join in with our challenge this month.

3 comments:

Chantelle said...

It's a great page Elaine - love your assorted fabric flowers and the butterflies are very cute too!! Was a fun challenge :)

http://blog.timetocreate.com.au/ said...

Elaine your page is lovely! The butterflies and flowers work beautifully with your lovely photo of Amy.

Helene Bogren said...

Love your flowers!! And the butterflies are cute too!