Pinwheels – OCC Challenge

Happy Friday!  Today is a double post day so make sure you scroll down to see the other challenge I’m participating in (it’s Rare and Precious!)

This is a pretty collage of flowers don’t ya think?  Well, this is the inspiration photo for the Our Creative Corner challenge.  The challenge is to create a card based on this photo but not using any flowers in the design!

Since no flowers are allowed I started my design by  using a similar color palette as the inspiration photo.  In trying to think of something similar to flowers I decided to use pinwheels – they both live in gardens, have stems, are colorful and can be displayed in a variety of containers.  My card shows the pinwheels displayed in a stamped jar that resembles a Mason jar which is always a cute vase to use for flowers.    I thought the background paper with the doily design was very intricate and detailed like the rose petals in the inspiration pic.

Here’s a close up of the jar detail on the card.  I stamped the jar image on cardstock and then again on a glassine bag.  I cut the jar from the glassine bag and then stamped a text background on it to give some dimension and then sewed the two jar pieces together to create a pocket for the pinwheels to slip into.  I finished it off with the sentiment on a die cut label.

This would be a fun card to accompany of gift of homemade canned goods – fruits, veggies, jellies etc.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Blush Blossom, Whisper White, and Textured Basic Grey (Stampin’  UP!)
Patterned Paper: Juliette (SEI)
Ink: Regal Rose, Basic Grey, Blushing Bride (Stampin’ UP!)
Stamps: Sweets for the Sweet (Stampin’  UP!); Friendship Jar and Background Basics Text Style (Papertrey Ink)
Ribbon/Trim: Seam Binding (Laurence Schiff); Silver Cord (Stampin’ UP!)
Other: Silver Brads  (Making Memories); Friendship Jar Die Cut (Papertrey Ink); Glassine Bag (Papertrey Ink)