Monday 4 October 2010

Jumbo home made flowers for Christmas


Hello everyone, thanks so much for your comforting words when my daughter was ill. Thanks to your loving wishes, she is much better now... And I am back to crafting!!!

Yours truly made these  jumbo flowers yesterday with a Sizzix mini. I promise I will post the instructions soon. I need to get better at clicking pictures for tutorials. I was quite thrilled with the way these flowers turned out and could not wait to put them on a card.

The roses have been stuck on handmade card stock from India - it has a very nice distressed look to it with splashes of gold. The ribbon is from a dollar store in Sydney (from my stash) and the red faux gems are from Paper Mania. The holly leaves have been punched out of Carla craft holly punch on handmade gold paper.

Hope you like it...

Lots of love,

Monica



17 comments:

Always with a Sentiment said...

WOW Monica, this is gorgeous. Such a wonderful colour and those flowers are absolutely fantastic. You really are the flower lady. Happy crafting my friend.
With love, Sandra xx

Michelle said...

Hi Monica
Glad to hear your little one is starting to feel better. Im glad that it wasn't dengue. We worry about that here in Cairns too. We have an outbreak of it at the moment. Apparently though the scientists have managed to breed a bacteria in mosquitoes now that kills of the dengue. They are planning on releasing these mosquitoes here where we live in January as a trial. Wonders of modern science hey!
Your card is absolutely stunning!! Your flowers are incredible, so beautiful. You are very clever.

Thank you for linking this lovely card up to "Make It Monday" this week

Michelle :-)

Helen said...

Great colors! Glad to hear everything is almost back to normal. :)

Loraine Arderne said...

Beautifull Monica and you like'd my flowers - these are stunning!

Shirley-Anne said...

very rustic I think
Love the splashes of gold and your flowers,,,,WOW

Shirley-Anne said...

Meant to say before finger ran away and clicked that I am so pleased to read that your Daughter is recovering . May she continue to improve .

Unknown said...

This is sooo rich x gorgeous x I have the frame for the card you sent me x will decorate it over the next couple of days and I will blog the result x So glad your daughter is getting better x Leigh x

cardmaking bird said...

Hi Monica,
So glad to hear that your daughter is feeling better - it must've been very frightening for you! This is a gorgeous card - I love those flowers, they're fab!! Hugs, Marie xx
P.S. I've become a follower - thought I already had, so sorry about that! x

Do What You Love said...

Monica, WOW! I absolutely LOVE this card - it is so elegant and my dear, your roses are exquisite! I haven't made my flowers yet but I plan to work on them soon since they are all punched - just need me to glue it up! Your paper is stunning and the gold foil leaves - wow; I love how you created this - super beautiful, my dear! I'm so glad your daughter is feeling better. {{{Hugs!}}}

Rosalee said...

Hey there Monica, Love your card. I've made flowers like this before. Takes quite a bit of time and careful hands but they always turn out beautifully. Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog.
Here is a tutorial to the flowers I was talking about. A little more complicated but all in all it seems to be the same thing as the ones on your card.
http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/12-tags-of-christmasday-12.html
Hugs, Rosalee

Always with a Sentiment said...

Hello again Monica. Please pop over to my blog I have left something there for you.
Lots of love, Sandra xx

Unknown said...

Monica, I am so sorry... I did comment on this, but must have forgotten to hit post comment. Your card is beauitul and I love the hand made design paper with all it's shimmery. Your flowers are very beautiful and I am sure they took a lot of time and patience to make...The entire card is gorgeous! Hugz

Sammi said...

Wow! this is gorgeous!!
xx

Pegcraftalot.blogspot.com said...

Lovely card again Monica and glad your little one is feeling better. I have a flower card on my blog tomorrow so if you have time take a look.

1CardCreator said...

They did turn out lovely, and so did the gold foil leaves, they look perfect with that ribbon. ~Diane

Michelle said...

Hi Monica

Just popping in to let you know that you are this week's Make It Monday featured blogger with this stunning card you submitted.

Michelle :-)

Abounding Treasures said...

Simply gorgeous and full of richness!!

Sorry to hear your daughter was ill but glad she's doing better :o)