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Monthly highlight- Fussy cutting flowers

Some paper is just too pretty and we don't want to cut it - EVER!!  
But we must - that is what it is there for!!

As Kylie Bertucci says "love it, chop it"!  
It's there to be used - and you can always buy more (that we know!!)

The papers from the Share What You Love range have some lovely images that you may not want to cut into for fear of cutting through the beautiful flowers.  So don't cut through them!  Cut AROUND them!!

For some, fussy cutting is their night mare, but personally I find it quite therapeutic, and rewarding.

So, I set about cutting away some of the gorgeous pearl finished  larger flowers, then some smaller ones and then some of the leaves.  These were all green ( Mint macaron, Old Olive and Tranquil Tide) so I needed some pop of colour to go with it.
 So then I grabbed another sheet, and cut out the grapefruit grove blossoms, and some of the Rich Razzleberry blooms from another - see there is lots to choose from!!


Once I had a nice little bundle, I clustered them together and played around until I was happy.
Before securing them to the card, I stamped some background dots and added some dimensionals.



I stamped the sentiments on strips and then tucked them behind the blooms before mounting it all onto matching card stock.

Mint Macaron and Grapefruit Grove combo


 Mint Macaron and Rich Razzleberry combos
Grab some pretty paper, get stuck in and start cutting away!
 Just imagine how many cards like this you could get from this beautiful paper - even if you only cut up one sheet (and that still leave 3 more!!).

If you need to replenish your supplies, or get you hands on this pack - just jump into my shop.

"Til next time.....

Comments

  1. Christine's Hobby Spot1 September 2018 at 06:54

    Hey, Shirley, Wow I wish I was able to fussy cut as neat as you. Your cards are gorgeous. I love the white space on the cards it makes your be drawn to the colours in the one corner. I also like your sizes of layers. I cannot pick a favourite card but making these cards make for a wonderful gift set for someone special. Xxx

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