Tuesday 22 April 2014

AVJ #4

Over at A Vintage Journey their theme is Spring Flowers
I finally felt inspired to play with some of my new goodies and this is what I made.

I used the Sizzix accordion flip 3D die to create the base, Papers are from the 'wallflower pad' edged with scattered straw DI. I also stamped the white edges of the inner pieces with the floral rosette type stamp from the 'nature walk' set.

The flowers are the smallest from the tattered florals die, cut in 2 colours and layered up with scattered straw distress stickle centres, and a smidge of victorian velvet DI.

The leaves are from the 'spring greenery' strip die and splodged with some mowed lawn DP.
The letters are from the 'block talk alpha' bigz XL die.


The last thing I added {which in hindsight should of been done much earlier} was to add some texture with grunge paste through a mini chicken wire stencil.

And job done, Hope you like.. This will be winging it's way to a special someone soon.

Stay Inky
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13 comments:

Terry L. said...

This is just beautiful and is so spring inspiring!! Love it!!

Hazel Agnew said...

Looks skillful and complicated but above all it is beautiful. X

Dana said...

Beautiful Nicky !! I've never seen that die before, LOVE it and what you did with it :0)

Jacqui Chimes said...

Beautiful

Words and Pictures said...

What a delight of an accordion card - the flowers are so pretty, and I love all the papers you used. Thanks so much for joining us on A Vintage Journey!
Alison x

Brenda Brown said...

Love this Nicky, you have created such a pretty card with lots of Tim inspiration. Thanks for travelling on A Vintage Journey with it xxx

Zuzu's Blog said...

OOooo Minxy.. this is gorgeous.

I may need that die. your project is very inspiring.

Siobhan Brignull said...

wow that looks like some hard work went into that x

Carol Q said...

beautiful!

Redanne said...

As a huge fan of accordion cards, I love what you have created Nicky. The flowers and greenery are beautiful! Thank you for joining our challenge at A Vintage Journey. Anne x

Jennie Atkinson said...

A Fabulous Accordian Card! Thanks for sharing it with us at A Vintage Journey for our Spring Flowers challenge. Jennie x

Mona Pendleton said...

Wow! What a beautiful project! I love all the pretty blossoms and die cut frames!

Wren said...

Wow this looks really complicated and must have taken some time - I love it, it's beautiful! An inspirational post :-)