I Challenge You Wednesday: Silk Flowers

It's time for "I Challenge You Wednesday"! I chose the challenge this week, and I decided my friend and I were going to use some of the silk flowers we've been collecting from thrift stores and such. :) We both have quite the stash, and mine just about doubled after a recent trip to my parents' where I got daisy bushes for $0.50/bush.

So here are my cards featuring silk flowers:



Supplies: stamp (Studio G); Sizzlets tag die; CB fleur de lis embossing folder; EK Success fleur de lis border punch; paper (ATD Serendipity, Making Memories, Paper Reflections); ink (SU Chocolate Chip); flowers (Michaels fall line).

I was going for a masculine sympathy card here. I needed one for our church member who just lost his mother. I figured brown and fleur de lis was about as masculine as I was capable of at the moment (since I was in "silk flower mode"), so this is the result. I really, really like this one! The picture doesn't do it justice because the colors are a little washed out.



Supplies: stamp (PSX); papers (Making Memories, Paper Reflections); rhinestones (Darice); Nestabilities Labels 8; ink (SU Chocolate Chip); flowers (thrifted silk).

This was actually the first card I made. I LOVE daisies! When I pull apart silk flowers to use on cards, I try to save the centers. They tend to be very lumpy, so I cut the back "stick" off this one to make it lay somewhat-flat.



Supplies: paper (Paper Reflections); MS PATP Eyelet Lace; CB Swiss Dots embossing folder; flowers (thrifted silk).

I don't have enough centers for all the flowers I pull apart, since there are sometimes 7+ layers to each flower. So here I created my own flower center by punching out a circle and running it through my Swiss Dots embossing folder. Then I popped it up on a dimensional before adding it to the flower. This card measures 5x5".



Supplies: stamp (Inkadinkado); papers (Paper Reflections; ATD Serendipity); EK Success fleur de lis border punch; Nestabilities Scallop Circles; ribbon (unknown); flowers (thrifted silk).

I love the color combination on this card, which was completely inspired by the patterned paper. I love it when supplies I've gathered from 15 different manufacturers (slight exaggeration) over a span of nearly 15 years all falls together into a coordinating card. (Yes, the ribbon dates back 15 years!)

I've had the sentiment stamps for awhile. They came with a whole set of circles in the vein of JustRite stamps. I've been wanting to try adding them to the center of a big flower for awhile now. I like the effect!



Supplies: stamp (Inkadinkado); paper (Paper Reflections; ATD Serendipity); MS PATP 3-Dot; Nestabilities Scallop Circles; flowers (thrifted silk).

This card is so bright it might just hurt your eyes! :) I love how cheery it is, though, and I love how the patterned paper made me use a color combination that I probably wouldn't have come up with otherwise. I think this will be a birthday card for one of my teen-aged nieces.

I was going to make a larger variety of cards to include more colors, but my time got cut a little short, so I didn't get the chance. Maybe I'll do more later! :)

In the meantime, check out my friend's blog to see what she came up with this week!