Vintage Blooms Easel

 

Here is the Easel card I promised.  Not as easy as I thought it was going to be.  Firstly I thought I could possibly purchase  a round easel blank ready to decorate but I couldn't find one.  This proved to be a challenge as my friends will tell you I only do 'squarish' cards.  So off to youtube and I found a good clear demonstration and I was quite surprised at how much easier it was than I thought it would be.

I had to get the larger die-cutting machine out as my little wonderful treasured Snap machine couldn't cope.

The circles  (three sizes) were cut with Carnation Crafts Crystalline dies. The flowers are from the Vintage Blooms collection by Carnation Crafts and the little blue birds are from 'Coming Home' - also Carnation Crafts.  The flowers have been decoupaged and a few of the extras were used on the tag.

The next project involves lovely small flower stems made into arrangements from the 'Arrangement Maker' collection.  Again dies and vignettes from Carnation Crafts. They have taken quite a while but fun to do.