Hello

First of September, WOW time sure does fly by doesn't it?
The first day of a month also means the start of a new challenge at
Dies R Us challenge blog.
and this time our theme is hand crafted flowers using dies.

I have to admit, I have an entire notebook (or 2) of flower dies
and had a hard time choosing, but in the end I went with
these Sue Wilson Finishing Touch String Flowers .
Because these flowers are so delicate, I recommend using a piece of wax paper
between the die and paper, 
making it much easier to release from the die. 

Each of these flowers have 3 layers that I first adhered to the leaf base.
I used Cheery Lynn Designs Tropical Leaves for these flowers.
For the base of the flowers to sit on, I die cut a 
Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Rectangles, using the largest size.

Now, I picked the string leaves up one by one starting with the top flower,
the pictures looks as though I left the flowers flat, but they aren't,
each and every petal on each layer was picked up with a die tool.
Black pearls were added to each center.
(I recommend you do this before 'picking' up each petal so as not to 
're-flatten' them (ask me how I know that...lol)!

I finished by die cutting  Tutti Designs Word Set Hello
three times and stacking one on another for a bit more height.

For great inspiration head on over to the 
Dies R Us Challenge blog and see all the amazing 
creations the Design Team has to inspire you!

Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Rectangles

Sue Wilson Finishing Touch String Flowers 

Cheery Lynn Designs Tropical Leaves

Tutti Designs Word Set Hello