Shabby Chic flowers

 Hi everyone
well It's half way through half term and I have had a great time just crafting!!!!. I did do a bit of housework though.
Here is a card I made with my Saturday and Tuesday classes. These flowers are so easy to make and use up all those scraps of papers we crafters can't bear to throw away.
On Saturday I had 5 in class and every card was different.
How to make these flowers

• I cut various size circles with my Nesties and Sizzix die.
• I used my paper edge distress to roughen up the edges of the circles.
• At this stage you could use distress inks on the edges of the circles. 
• We did some Faux stitching around the edge of each circle then scrunched up all the circles in the palm of our hands.
• Then we flattened them out and layeerd them on top of each other
• We put a brad in the centre to hold the circles together and then stuck them to the front of our card.
• Finally we cut a thin strip of cardstock to use as a stem

There are lots of variations to the flowers and stem and any leaves you may want to add.

Hope you have a go making these and post them on your blog so that we can all see your creations
happy crafting
Love Sarah XXX

More snow!!!!!

What is happening with the weather? We had blue sky and sunshine and literally 10 minutes later we had a blizzard! The snow was so heavy you could hardly see. I was in a shop at the time ( a craft shop actually. What a surprise) and had to stay a bit longer until the snow lessened. Of course that meant I had to but a bit more stuff. Oh dear. Ten minutes later brilliant sunshine and blue skies again.
However as I type up this post it is dark again outside and the snow is heavy. So glad I have plenty of crafting goodies to keep me busy!
Actually I have just finished another Exploding box for the same friend. She has just become a Grandma again to a little boy. So another blue box.
Well here are some of the cards I made in my marathon card make on Monday. I never had time to photo all of them  including the new Wild Rose studio stamps girl, dogs and cats.  Sarah has them for sale at Hotshotcrafts.
Love from a very cold Sarah XXX