Birthday Beauty ~ Scrap-Friendzy March Challenge #10 ~ Flowers

Here is a layout of Grace at her 5th birthday party.  She looks so happy and so pretty.

My challenge to the Girlz at Scrap-Friendzy is to create or alter a flower for their layout.  Here is my example:

I pleated 1 1/2" by 1 yd torn strips of muslin, then loosely machine stitched the edge and gathered to form into these double layered flowers which I glued onto cardstock circles with Fabri-tac glue.  I rescued from the trash, the uneven strip that I tore off the end to make the twisted fabric centers which I dyed with watered down alcohol ink.

Here's a close-up of the flowers:

I used:

MME - Kraft/red print paper

Basic Grey - blue/white print paper, green leaves, yellow swirls

Red Cardstock ~ stash

Sewing machine/thread

Martha Stewart ~ Waterfall around the border punch set

Tim Holtz Die for Sizzix

Ranger Alcohol Ink - to dye flower centers

Muslin from JoAnn's

Sewing machine/thread

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Tsukineko chalk ink - black, pesto

Cricket Cartridge for cakes - leaf image

Honey bee scissors

Gazelle to cut title letters

I've entered this layout in:

Anything Goes Challenge Blog Challenge ~ Make your own embellishments ~ I made the flowers (4/5)

Scrap-Creations Challenge ~ Spring has Sprung ~ Hand made flowers represent spring 

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Just be Girlie ~ This is a feminine girly LO 

Tuesday Throwdown #41 ~ Anything but a card ~ LO 

Crafty Cardmakers #42 ~ Special Birthday ~ 5th birthday (5/5) 
Pink Paper Paradise ~ Anything goes

Thanks for dropping by!

~ Blessings ~