Americana Bouquet

I love anything Americana.

Today I am sharing this Uncle Sam Bouquet using  the Uncle Sam Hat Box and the Gerbera Daisy from Daisy Flowers-4 Set by My Scrap Chick.

                                                                                                                         

I made the outer portion of the Uncle Sam Hat Box to use as a vase for my bouquet. I enlarged the hat so it stands 5 3/4 inches tall.  I made the box from tagboard for stability, and made the rest of the hat using Glitter cardstock by Colorbok.  I added a 4th of July spray and four 11 inch flags to the Uncle Sam Hat Box, then added the flower stem in around them.

 I made the flowers from Americana prints from Vintage Nation Stack by the Paper Studio, Americana from Colorbok and Starry Day from Over the Moon Press. I used a shaping tool to add shape and dimension to the flowers and leaves. I glued the flowers to a multi pronged silk flower stem with the flowers and leaves removed.

I curled the ends of the petals between my thumb and first finger.

I assembled the flowers alternating the alignment of the layers and shaping the middle of the flowers.  I added a gem to the center of each flower.

I shaped the leaves in a similar fashion.

The flowers, leaves and stems were attached to the flower stem with hot glue.

I love how this Bouquet turned out! This daisy file is so versatile I can see myself using it over and over.

Thanks for stopping by!

Shirley

BBQ Apron Easel Card

Hi! Today I am sharing a BBQ Apron Father's Day Easel Card.

For my card I used BBQ Pocket Easel Card  and  # Happy Father's Day from My Scrap Chick.

                                          

This cute BBQ apron has a front pocket to tuck in a BBQ Sauce bottle, a BBQ mitt and BBQ utensils. 

MATERIALS

Dots, Stripes and Plaids Stack by DCWV

Glitter Cardstock in green and blue by Recollections

Cardstock in white, light gray, dark gray, tan, orange and reddish brown

5/8 inch striped grosgrain ribbon

two 1/2 inch green buttons 

glue, large glue dots and foam tape

I made my card slightly larger than given. (The largest piece measured 11 1/2 inches tall.) I used the plaid cardstock for the base and the blue print for the apron. I duplicated the apron piece and made it about an inch smaller than the original apron piece. This was cut from white. I cut the pocket piece off, then layered this white piece over the blue apron piece as shown. (A message could be added to the white layer.) I cut slits at the top of the apron to run the ribbon through, turned the ribbon up about an inch, then glued it in place. Green buttons was attached with a large glue dot. More ribbon was tied around the pocket of the apron. 

The # Happy Father's Day sentiment was sized to fit on the mats. The sentiment was glued to the center of the white mat, the white mat was glued to the blue mat, and the completed sentiment was attached to the card base with foam tape.

 

I love how this card turned out!

 Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Father's Day!

Shirley