Sunday 24 January 2016

Snippets Playground - Week 213

Hello and thanks for calling

I really enjoyed making this card and while I had my heat gun  out decided to make a few similar cards in different colours.

I cut the embossed background to size then into strips and mounted onto the pink card.

I made quite a lot of the little flowers from offcut of parchment paper so that I could make a batch of cards.

They were heat embossed onto vellum and fussy cut and I used a Sakura pen to colour the stamens.

The sentiments are from a set by Paula Pascal that I use a great deal and the banner is a Sue Wilson die.

I 'm popping this card over to join in at Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 213

27 comments:

Sue Jones said...

Beautiful card. Love those flower heads.

Viv said...

Great snippets make Barb. Need to get my skates on for this week - but that rocket fuel that Sarn said was Hooch has given me a headache!!

Stamps and Paper said...

Very pretty card Barb and love your different colour flowers they really pop out of the card

Anne

Sarn said...

Lovely use of snippets there Barbara. Very pretty looking vellum flowers.

It's Hooch o'clock at the Tree house later!

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Carole said...

This is very pretty. I like the embossed panels behind your vellum flowers.

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Hi Barb....Pretty card....like the embossed panels.....and the flowers in vellum....Joolsx

Darnell said...

I am a sucker for vellum embossed flowers and I love yours, Barb!! What a great idea to make up a bunch of them. I've got drawers and drawers of store-bought flowers that don't "speak" to me so they just hide away there unloved, but these vellum beauties sure make me smile! Great use of snippets, too!! Hugs, Darnell

Annie said...

hi Barb - this card is so pretty. I love your vellum flowers and such a clever way of using up the small pieces we all end up with. Annie xxx

Lisa Andersson said...

I really like the embossed panels, such a nice background for the beautiful flowers.
Hugs Lisa

cuilliesocks said...

This is lovely Barb, I love your design and the little flowers are beautiful, Kate x

Carol L said...

The embossed flowers are really pretty and that's an idea I've never thought of, so thanks for the inspiration!

PJ said...

Fabulous. This card is beautiful. I like your technique of cutting the embossed layer, and then mounting them on a different color. Beautiful. You might see that idea soon in one of my cards.. I hope you don't mind ☺

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A very pretty card Barb and lovely vellum flowers.
Lorraine

rachel said...

great embossing barb - and fab use of snippets! Hugs Rachel x

Kathleen said...

Love the flowers and especially like the way you have used the EF for the background, great idear with the three strips, breaks it nicely.

Kath x

KT Fit Kitty said...

This is gorgeous, Barb! Love the embossed vellum flowers and embossed cardstock!

MaryH said...

A wonderful card for this specific occasion (or any other that you needed by changing up the sentiment). It has a very light hearted & cheery feel with the panels of embossing behind those delicate gold outline posies. A most feminine design, and so very pretty. I really like this layout and it's perfect with the flowers. TFS & Hugs

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Oh, how lovely is it??!! Very sweet card, with this embossed background and the vellum flowers! Adorable colours combo! Love so much the clean design and the details!

Greta said...

Love how you used the ef & made the background--beautiful card!

Dana M said...

Oh Barb, I just love this card!

scrappymo! said...

This is so retty. I love the idea of batch baking the flowers so they are to hand when you need them!

Di said...

Absolutely beautiful Barb - I love those flowers and the embossed strips look stunning. I wonder why it's only recently I've been noticing this idea - it's so clever and really does make such a difference.

Hope that Friday went off OK and that perhaps this week will be less stressful.

Hugs

Di xx

Cara said...

Gosh, you've been busy since I last had a chance to visit you! What an amazing selection of cards. I love the flowers stamped on parchment, what a great use for it, so delicate and effective. Cara x

KandA said...

Such a lovely card Barb. Fabulous design and I love those flowers xx

AlisonC said...

Your flowers are so pretty on this card.

Erika said...

A super card Barb I love how you've embossed the flowers on parchment.

Hugs Erika. x

meg said...

Lovely card Barb you are using up lots of snippets of card as well as vellum, the flowers are beautiful.