Floral Bouquet

Good afternoon everyone.  It was a lovely day yesterday, the sun was shining all day.  Today, however, is quite overcast and gloomy.  What better way to brighten up the day than a beautiful, bright, colourful bouquet?

 

This is one of my samples from Maria's last show on Hochanda.

 

 

 

I have used the following Groovi plates:-

 

 

 

Firstly, I used the nested Octagon Plate and embossed a border using the smallest ball tool.

Next I worked out my flower arrangement.  There are endless possibilities, I have made a few cards with different bouquets. 

I added a sentiment at the bottom.

My favourite part of the project now - colouring and embossing.  I have done some colouring on the back and some on the front.  I like to do both as it gives the flowers more depth.  I have used Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils to colour the design. I have also done a little embossing on the back of the parchment.

Finally I added some embossed lines within the octagon border.

I have hand-stitched the parchment onto the card.  This does take a while to do but I think it finishes off the card beautifully. 

 

Hope this has brightened up your day too.

 

Susan xx