The Card is a CIRCLE!!!

Shabby Tea Room challenge this week is to make a circle card..."Ring around the Rosie".    I have a hard time getting the look I love with just a circle.... so I incorporated it into a step card... how much fun did I have....  I can't begin to tell you how much fun I had...

I also am entering this into Simon Says Wednesday challenge... as the theme is Anything Goes for this challenge... 

I started with a piece of paper that I adore... and haven't used... didn't have anything that was really calling to me... but this did... so I started to cut apart this precious piece of paper...

Why did I choose it for this challenge... well this challenge also says that the colors should be pink and green... and also a flower and also some BLING... well this paper has all that built right into it... the bling is on the hydrangea and the pink and green... oh I love pink and green together ... one of my favorite combos...  so this was just the perfect piece of paper... 

After cutting it all apart, All I had to do was glue everything onto a step card... love it...  how much fun!!!!

 

Here is the finished card... 

A close up of the flower... I used a burlap flower, then layered some book page flowers and some muslin flowers and they were all cut with Tim Holtz's Tattered floral die cut... my most used die cut in the pile...

 

You can also see that I used a Martha Stewart corner and border punch for the back panel... and I used a Provo embossing folder for the insert on that panel... 

 

In this picture you can see the bling on the hydrangea  ....

Loving it... 

 

Each little flowers is cut out of the 12 x 12 paper and put aside... until ready for gluing... also the little birds...  which I had to tuck into little places...  I used everything on that 12 x 12 paper... EVERYTHING was cut out... 

 

The little butterflies I doubled up on, to give flight to them...  and little pink bows were also tucked around in different places.. 

Can you tell I had fun??? 

I did...  and I just love the way it came out too..

I have a dear friend that is having a shoulder transplant in the fall.. .and she loves frilly things like this ... so she is going to receive this card... this ROUND card... it is ROUND!!!

 

Here is the round cards... it lifts out of the step card.. and it is round... 

 

I had to have a few things flowing off the circle... just for balance... and if you notice, not everything is glued down flat...  I love things that move on a card...

 

 

 

Inside the card is a message...  Celebrate Each DAY!!

How true is that... we need to do that each and every day to be thankful for whom we are in all ways... 

 

Okay... so I got a little carried away... this is the back of the card... I made the pink paper with some distress inks by Tim Holtz and white cardstock... love making my own papers... so very much fun.. .but the bests reason being that I get to create what I want in papers for my projects... 

 

When the card is removed, I wanted the base unit to still be pretty.. .so I added some birds and flowers there too...

 

A close up will show you how pretty even that area is... I just had to put a little bow there too... 

 

 

Okay... so that is my ROUND card...  it is Round... and I love it... hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did making it...

 

Thank You so very much for stopping by today and I love all the comments that you leave... I appreciate each and every one of them... and read them all... and generally will answer you back... 

 

Thanks again... and see you soon...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie