Fabric and Paper Scraps Card

I’ve been making these cards for a while, and when I saw PaperArtsy's Flower Challenge, I knew this would be perfect for it.

I began this card by finding some red sparkly paper – left over from Christmas – and on the back drew the shape for the petals.  Then on the right side, I glued on some other red scraps of paper and fabric.  I made sure that some of the shiny bits underneath showed through to give it a little ‘bling’.

This picture taken at an angle, to catch the light, shows the sparkle a little better.

Once the scraps were stuck down, I then did some rough sewing with a shiny thread to attach the pieces to the paper.  The petals shape was then cut out.

I repeated the same process for the leaves – but obviously, in green!  And I also cut a small circular piece of gold ribbon for the centre of the flower.

Then began the construction stage.  I layered the green leaves onto the beautiful and translucent Japanese Watermark Hemp Flower Paper, which in turn was layered on some purple fabric.  Using a zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine, with green thread, I sewed around the leaves.  When stitching curves, I make sure I stop regularly to turn the fabric so there aren’t any awkward turns.  At the same point, I sewed the flower stalk.

The petals and flower centre were then layered and stitched on in a similar way.  The last step was to use an aperture card to mount the picture to hide the messy edges!

I hope you like it, I’m thinking of selling similar cards on PaperToots – please give me your feedback as to whether you think they’ll sell!

Jane