Purple Passion!

Hello! How are you? What do you have in store for the long Memorial Day weekend coming up? It's really almost Summer now. You wouldn't know it here. Yesterday it poured rain for a good part of the day. Then, I came home and was watching TV when they interrupted to say there was a TORNADO warning for a county not too far from us! WH-AT? That does not happen very often – thank goodness. What a wacky season this has been. I'll be ready for some sunny skies and long days. We don't really have solid plans for the weekend…we'll see what develops.

I have a card "project" to share today. It's two projects in one. A card, with a pin attached! I'm not normally into purple but I love this royal velvet shade from PTI. It's yummmmy. Dark blue purple. I was inspired by our hydrangeas out front!

Here's how I made the pin… I cut four flower shapes from the purple felt with my Cuttlebug. I cut circles out of paper for the backing.  Chose a pretty pearlescent brad for the center and some leaves…

Layer the four flowers by folding them in half and then putting them over/under each other like how you would close a box. I used hot glue to hold everything in place. Be careful not to glue to the edge of the petals…you want them to stay fluffy.  

Here is one layer of the backing. I put the brad through the whole thing and then covered it up with the green circles you see below. Again…used the hot glue.  

Voila! Here is my finished flower pin! Now, to put it on the card… 

I layered my patterned paper pieces and then made two holes for the pin back to go through. Do you like the impression plate? It's new from PTI and looks like rattan or cane. Love. The sentiment was stamped onto a strip of vellum and then wrapped around the card. I mounted the green/cream piece with foam tape to allow room for the pin the be on the card.  

Here you can see the finished project from the side.  

At the last minute I decided to add a pop of matching ribbon!  

My inspiration from the garden… 

Okee Dokee…that's what I got for ya today! I hope your week has been good and that your weekend is even better! Don't forget that Taylored Expression June Sneak Peeks start May 31st. I've been working hard on my cards. I think you're gonna like these stamps! Hugs.