Pages

▼

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Flower with Swirl Center - surprise!


Sometimes you just have to look at things in a different way.  This card features the flower I showed you a few days ago.  The flower does not exist on any cartridge as you see it here.  It is made from four capital "C" letters from the Stork's Delivery cartridge.  This letter is from the the "girly" font on the cartridge which is lovely.


Here is a screen shot of the flower preview.  When the "C"s are turned at 90 degree angles and aligned with the dot at the top overlapping and welded a swirl pattern is produced.


You can click on this image to get a closer look.  It just takes a little care to make the spacing even for a nice effect.


 In order to make a two tone flower, I added a backer made from four circles welded together. 


I made it slightly smaller than the top layer of the flower to be sure that it would not show at the edges.


This flower is rather stylized and reminds me of art nouveau or arts and crafts style flowers (similar to some flowers in designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh).  This sort of flower is also similar to those drawn by Mary Engelbreit in many of her illustrations.


I cut both the flower and the backer from some pearlized textured cardstock from American Crafts.  A pink gem brad from Creative Charms was a perfect fit for the center.


I used a sharp piercing tool to start the hole in the center for the brad.


I added foam squares to the back to raise the flower from the card surface.


I put together a quick card with a stamp from Hero Arts (stamped twice in green and then brown for a shadow effect).  The green cross hatch design paper is from the DCWV Nana's Nursery baby girl mat stack.  I added some more gems - I am not sure if I like the look of the pearl paper and gems for this design and I will probably try another card with totally different papers.

I wonder if anyone guessed how I designed the flower...I didn't see a correct reply posted in the comments...

It's still raining cats and dogs here - we might get sun on Sunday or Monday but its not a sure thing.  I keep telling myself it is good for the garden!

link to Discussion Day #4  -  How do you decide?

Subscribe to Capadia Designs 

  Share/Bookmark
at

20 comments:

  1. ParchaMay 19, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    Should have known that it was your own creation. What a creative mind you have; seeing flowers from c's !!!
    Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Dawn, RIMay 19, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    You are so crafy and creative, thanks for sharing with us on a daily basis. DawnRI

    ReplyDelete
  3. McBDesignsMay 19, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    You are sooooo SNEAKY!!! I'm one of those people who looks at blog posts specifically to see if I can tell what cricut cart was used and what paper. This one had me stumped and now I can see why!

    I love it though. It makes a perfect flower! Thanks for the inspiration!

    ReplyDelete
  4. drdarcmomMay 19, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    Can u explain how you make it with one continual cut? I am new to the Cricut. I would only know how to do several c's and layer them. Same for the circles. So pretty!!! Thx.

    ReplyDelete
  5. NanetteMay 19, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    You are so amazingly creative! I never would have guessed it was made using the letter C. Great job!

    ReplyDelete
  6. KraftychickMay 19, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    You are so dang creative!!!! and, yes, this rain is good for the garden - but, it's also good for the mildew AND the weeds!! LOL!

    Have a great weekend,
    Jackie

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    You are SO OOOOOO amazing! how clever you were to see that in your mind's eye!! I knew there was a GOOD reason i follow your blog!!! and i wasnt wrong about it!!!

    thanks so much for your inspiration

    yes i did try to find the image, but i didnt come close LOL

    ReplyDelete
  8. SarahMay 19, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    I love how you are able to create designs from random elements. How clever to put those "C's" together and make a lovely flower

    ReplyDelete
  9. LenaMay 19, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    Diane, as always I'm just amazed at the wonderful things you come up. I have learned so much from you. Thank you. I have an award on my blog for you and I would love it for you to accept it.

    http://lenascreations.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  10. Nana JoMay 19, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Love that shape and would never have thought of it or known how to accomplish it. I however, think it would make a great pinwheel.

    ReplyDelete
  11. diMay 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    You are so creative! I never would have thought the flower was made of C's ... so Clever !

    ReplyDelete
  12. WendyMay 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    Okay, I NEVER would have guessed that!

    ReplyDelete
  13. JaneenMay 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    I wouldn't have guessed you used Cs! Great job thinking outside the box! You are an inspiration to all of us! TFS! I'm going to have to try this now! :)

    ReplyDelete
  14. KTbirdiegirlMay 19, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Wow, Diane! That is amazing! You can design anything. I'm always amazed at how you can think out-of-the-box. Crafting is so much fun! TFS.
    Kathryn

    ReplyDelete
  15. MelKilMDMay 19, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    Ingenious!! I thought it looked somewhat like an old-fashioned peppermint.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Melinda

    ReplyDelete
  16. blueskygirlMay 19, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    Wow Diane,

    You are so very creative to make that flower out of the letter "C"! Good eye!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Rita WInmillMay 19, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! you oucht to be kidding me!! You are back teaching us, and with a "C" no less..>WOW!!!

    ReplyDelete
  18. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    Diane,

    This is brilliant! I love the way you see new things from the common and ordinary! I mean that as a compliment! Great job!

    Cindy Hoffmann Smith

    ReplyDelete
  19. 4kids4May 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Ahhh, very clever! Your pearlized cardstock is very pretty....tfs!

    ~Sharon C.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Kim.May 21, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    You amaze me how you even think to use such shapes let alone what you could possibly make with them.
    Kim xXx

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I love to hear from the people who read my blog. I moderate all comments to keep spam off the blog without making you decode the squiggly letters so your comment may not appear immediately.