Thursday, 28 July 2011

Counterfeit blog hop July

Hello- welcome to the latest instalment of the Counterfeit kit blog hop- if you need to go back to the beginning click here


The challenge for this months blog hop was flower power- a creative way to use flowers on a LO- well maybe mine isn't really creative but I found the tutorial for these flower rosettes on Pinterest ( and I pass my version of the instructions on to you below)



The LO- my kit had a lot of yellow and black in that I wasn't using- so I punched my circles out of those papers- with the teal buttons on the black they flowers matched perfectly with some recent photos of the circus that visited our town ( actually it was on our street)


Here's a close up of the flowers

And here's how to make them



1. punch out four scalloped circles from paper- double sided papers look best as you can see the reverse side

2. fold all of the circles in half

3. overlap the halved circles- each half has to go over and under another half

4. stick a button in the middle



your next step on the hop is here at the fabulous Milissa's ( hope this works ok- I am trying to send this from a dodgy wi-fi connection while on holiday- apoligies if it doesn't work.)


17 comments:

  1. Those a lovely flowers - I'm sure I have a scalloped circle die somewhere - off to try.

    Love your page - super stylish without fuss!

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  2. you did a fantastic job on the flowers

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  3. these rosette flowers are great - so easy but look so good. I will definitely be trying these - thanks! Great layout

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  4. Love the simplicity of this layout! Perfect arrangement and the flowers are great!!!

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  5. I love the flowers!!! Great layout!

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  6. Really great flowers - I like that they're not super girly, if that makes sense.
    Rinda

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  7. Great page - love the colour combo

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  8. great layout, very stylish! The flowers are great too, I like the texture to them

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  9. This page is great-I love your flowers!

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  10. Gorgeous LO!! I was deciding between showcasing these "box flap" flowers and the ones I ended up showing... glad I didn't do the same as you!! :)

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  11. I absolutely love your circus layout! Elephants are my favorite animal. Your flowers are gorgeous, and what a great way to use patterned paper on your layout without becoming overwhelmed!

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  12. I am a huge fan of your beautiful design and the white space. And I love those flowers!

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  13. These flowers look very pretty and easy to make...right up my alley!

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  14. Great way to use some of your papers you had still hanging around. The layout looks great!

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  15. Great flowers - that layout really pops. I'm pinning it for future reference.

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  16. gorgeous flowers, and that yellow and black LO rocks too.

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