Saturday, March 6, 2010

Handmade Flowers!


Every month on the 6th, the Limelight Papercrafts Design Team takes on the challenge of creating a themed project. This month, we have focused on handmade flowers.

For my project, I have created a headband with a ribbon flower and a matching card. My tutorial for these ribbon flowers can be found HERE. I chose this fabulously girlie ribbon, the Grosgrain in Black with Fuchsia Dots. The button in the center is also accented with our Pink Burlap String (35 cents for 10 yards!!!). The card base actually is embossed with an SU Big Shot polka dot Texturz Plate. The scalloped layer behind the polka dotted ribbon is Jillibean Soup Soup Staples in Pink Sugar. The sentiment, which I adore, is from the February Unity Stampin' Store Kit, Life is Fabulous.

The headband is simply a ribbon flower that I glued onto a $1 leather headband from Wal-Mart! Easy-peasy! Wouldn't this be a cute birthday gift for a little girl this spring? I even got my 2-year-old girlie to model it for you. The modeling was short lived. I was chasing her around the backyard trying to get her to stand still long enough to snap a few pics. She was distracted by the slide and the sandbox. And she thought she was hilarious running away.



Be sure to check out the other ladies' blogs to see what they have created for this fun challenge!!

Lisa Arana
Jennifer Taylor
Lynn Miller
Lisa Henke
Christi Snow
Maggie Haas (March Guest!)

16 comments:

JenMarie said...

LOVE this, and she looks PRECIOUS!!

Kerry said...

First of all, your daughter is adorable! :) I love your ribbon flower and can't wait to see what the rest of the DT has come up with. The scrapbook store that I design for is currently showcasing handmade flowers each week in March so I have been having fun trying out lots of new techniques.

de said...

OMG Mandy, amazing! And SO cute on your daughter! Love the colors too!

farmhouse-story said...

oh, such a sweet headband and card, mandy! what a sweetie your daughter is!

StampinCathy said...

What a great idea. I just love this headband and matching card. Great colors and your model is just adorable.

Amy said...

Wow Mandy!! I love this project so cute..and that little girl is pretty adorable too!!

Ravengirl said...

That is darling! Your daughter is such a cutie and the flowered headband is adorable!

Anonymous said...

How simply precious! These ribbon flowers are so sweet! Doesn't hurt to have such an adorable model!

lisa a.

Jennie said...

This is so CUTE and what an adorable model :o) She shows is well!

Maggie said...

What a neat idea! And your pint sized model is a cutie...glad you could pin her down long enough to get a picture! :)

Anonymous said...

I love it Mandy! So the question is how long did she leave it in? :) Katie is so cute! Give Katie bug a hug from me! :)

Ashley Newell said...

Oh my gosh! Too much cuteness from your blog today! I love your card and project but not nearly as much as I love your model! What a cute pie, just like mommy! Umm, I would love to have one of those headbands! Can I order one from you?!?

Lisa H. said...

oh, my goodness! this is so super cute, wish I had a little girl to make this for. Yours is getting so big! great project, Mandy! love it.

Becky said...

I love this!! The colors are fabulous together and love the ribbon flower.

Ryann said...

Love your project Mandy and Katy is such a doll!

Jenn said...

so adorable Mandy!