Sunburst Technique

Fringe Flower

February 20, 2014 By Connie | 9 Comments

We have a fun sketch challenge for you today over on Create with Connie and Mary..super simple! Come play along!

I've only played around with the fringe scissors a couple times. I decided this sketch would be perfect to make a flower. The challenge is keeping the flower "stem" low enough so that it looks good on the front of a card.

I've also been wanting to learn how to do the Sunburst Technique with Designer Paper. It was easier than I thought it would be! I used the soft colors in Watercolor Wonder for mine and made the points show under the flower where I wanted the focus to be.

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, folded in half.
I stamped the bottom of the front with the little line of flowers from You're Lovely SAB, then added tiny pearls in each center.
I started the Sunburst Technique with a 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 piece of scrap cardstock, then cut my diagonal pieces to fit across it.
Across the top of the Sunburst piece, I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials with Gumball Green ink on 1/2 strip Whisper White.
The fringe flower was made with a 2 x 10 piece of DSP, folded in half lengthwise and adhered, then added Sticky Strip across one end and fringed the bottom portion. I rolled it up and then flattened it out, leaving the loops in the flower "petals" as much as possible. I added two Gumball Green bird wing leaves under the flower.
In the center, I placed a green Glimmer Brad with Mini Glue Dots (it doesn't fit all the way thru).
It was placed on the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Make sure to check out the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge Team's creations this week! I love what they did with this sketch!

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