SO I am really getting my use out of this die...to me it is a must if you have the Big Shot!!! I LOVE this die!!!! I LOVE these flowers...I want to put them on everything!! Well I pretty much am...Lol...
I made this gift for my step-mother's friend (Mary) who is very ill with cancer. She loves my cards (ahh) and loves to send Thank You cards. She has received lots of flowers, gifts etc. so I wanted to do something. I had a lot of Thank You cards wrapped up to sell, so instead I made up this box (below) and put all the cards and envelopes inside and passed it along to my wonderful step-mother Mary (yes the same name) to give to her friend, Mary. As you will notice I made one of the bookmarks from the Fun Flowers Die, to wrap around the box for Decoration and for her to use for later as she wishes.
These flowers are so easy to make and can also be made with any die or punch. You just spritz each piece with water, crumble them up very tightly, then very carefully unravel them and layer them as you wish. I then use my heat gun to dry them. I have made some smaller ones and glued them on barrettes for my daughter's hair (I will show you those when I take pictures).
Coincidentally in this morning's paper I noticed the Mars Bar's company is running an Random Act of Kindness Campaign and to kick it off they are giving away a free chocolate bar - how awesome is that? Check out the link here www.marsacts.ca and get on board!! I really like stuff like this! Ok so have a great Earth day and weekend!! Lynda
You are so thoughtful... and talented! Love the flower and the box...the whole thing, really! Great idea and great job!
Both Mary's will LOVE it!
Posted by: Laura Happy-Koley | 03/26/2011 at 10:30 PM