I love Stampin' Up!
Have I mentioned that before?
The colours coordinate, saving me hours of time (literally!) when putting together a card or scrapbook page.
Stampin'Up! came out with some really cute hand crocheted flower embellisments. Unfortunately, they came in a set of colours that I wouldn't really use.
Well, being Ady's daughter, and following in her footsteps, I decided to challenge myself, and see if I could come up with some crocheted flower embellishments of my own.
Thanks to my friend Kathy, who always inspires me and encourages me, I came up with the above.
Then I started thinking - crochet flowers in Stampin'Up! Colours, and this is what I came up with, using Stampin' Up! reinkers. Sue F was kind enough to lend me some reinkers to experiment with.
My first attempt.
(Note to self - mix the water and reinker before adding the flower).
Did I mention that I love Stampin' Up! ?
Then... I decided to take it a step further, and coloured the crochet cotton first and then crocheted a flower in two Stampin' Up colours:
Yup, I know the flower is imperfect, I used it as an example anyway, because I loved the colour combination - lovely lilac and apricot appeal.
The flower at the top of this blog was made dying the cotton with nearly navy and apricot appeal.
And then...
A fancier flower crocheted in white, dyed with Lovely Lavender reinker and water.
By the way, did I mention I love Stampin' Up?
What do you think of my flowers?
oh oh oh!!! so pretty!!! you are so talented! :)
ReplyDeleteOh WOW! These turned out soooo great! I am so thrilled that the re-inkers worked! Just imagine the possibilities. They're gorgeous Sue! I LOVE your fancier one! Now I want to see what you do with them on your cards! Hope your fingers don't get too sore, because I want to buy a wheel barrel full of these from you! lol
ReplyDeleteCan you teach me??? These are beautiful! You are very talented!
ReplyDeleteAwesome flowers Sue, you are very talented. I can see how they might become addicting. LOL
ReplyDeletegorgeous! sign me up if you decide to do a class! love them! i was thinking about doing something like that too! but i could not convince my mom to brush up on her crochet skills or teach me. great job! love the colours you choose!
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