The Flower Challenge: #71 Circle/Circles

 

Hi and welcome to August! We have a new challenge on The Flower Challenge Blog.

Use a circle or circles with your main star, flower.

I needed a sympathy card for a friend who lost her mother recently, and thought of

encircling my sentiment (The Greetery) with a circle.

This is one of my favorite circles to use, it's by Altenew and it's called: Mid Century

Frame Die. 

The card also features one of my old time favorite techniques, clear embossing

on a dark card stock. I stamped Altenew's Dot Art on the corners of my 3 3/4 x 5" panel

and glued it to a panel of silver cardstock cut just a hair bigger. That panel was 

added to my card base. 

The beautiful rose is also Altenew, Open Bloom 3D Die Set.

I began with die cutting the flower from watercolor card stock, and lightly colored it 

with my watercolors. Didn't like it, and went over the pieces with Distressed Oxide ink.

The slight texture of the pieces looked like felt when I assembled the flower. 

Loved the result!

Don't you love happy accidents?

Hope you have some ideas for adding circles to your cards, and play along

with our latest challenge. We love to see your creative genius!

Have a wonderful, crafty week!