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Flower Power!

March 29, 2008 By Spoonful of Sugar - 17 Comments

I was so happy with the results of the butterflies that I decided to make another picture for my room only this time with flowers.

A few people have asked where to get the punches. My mum bought the Fiskars/Heidi Grace punch from Big W for about $8. For the paper I used a spare Hancock’s of Paducah catalogue. This is good because it has all different colours and patterns in it. To make the flowers slightly raised I used sticky foam dots. My Mum and I had trouble finding a deep frame but found one when we went to IKEA. It was a ribba for $10.

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  1. Fiona @ Dragonfly-Crafts says

    March 30, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Such a simple striking picture.

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  2. CurlyPops says

    March 30, 2008 at 2:58 am

    I love that. What a perfect picture and perfect recycling of a catalogue!

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  3. twolimeleaves says

    March 30, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    These are all looking sooo good!
    (and I love your batch of Arnos too!)

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  4. Melissa says

    March 30, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    This is such a happy work of art ; ). Love all the colorful flowers! Very pretty.
    Thank you for your compliment!!

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  5. Erna says

    March 30, 2008 at 8:14 am

    this flowery one looks soo great! Love the way you made it. Your babybibs and softies are so cute! Where did you get the pattern for the bib?

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  6. melissa s. says

    March 30, 2008 at 8:36 am

    again, so pretty! i love the simplicity of the white on white frame. we just got an ikea here in portland, OR, so i’ll have to check on that frame!

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  7. Jelly Wares says

    March 30, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    I love that frame you picked up from ikea… Don’t you just love that shop??

    Jodie 🙂

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  8. BigCat says

    March 31, 2008 at 12:03 am

    The flowers look awesome. I was loving the butterflies too. You are right though, they look great in a frame with some depth to it.

    You have lots of lovely craft on your blog. Thanks for visiting over at mine.

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  9. Leanne says

    March 31, 2008 at 2:55 am

    Your flowers look great thanks for all the help yesterday.

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  10. Selina says

    April 1, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    really like the flowers, they work well

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  11. Kate says

    April 1, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    Thanks for the punch information – the flowers look great!

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  12. Beth says

    April 1, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    That’s really cute!

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  13. dontlooknow says

    April 2, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    This is just lovely Sarah! Ignore my ignorance please but what is Hancock & Paducah? 🙂

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  14. gina says

    April 6, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    I love anything quick and easy and this si a great idea for my littles’ room! thanks so much.

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  15. nicky says

    April 7, 2008 at 3:24 am

    I just love that frame and the flowers, they are so bright and cheery. I just found your blog and i love it, i’ll definately be back to visit.
    nicky

    Reply
  16. Jule says

    March 7, 2011 at 5:17 am

    Oh I see you found that RIBBA frame. They also have bigger ones, I made a bigger butterfly frame for our entry (which looks really good) and smaller ones to give away.
    Bye,
    Jule

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  17. Jule says

    October 30, 2011 at 9:20 am

    I made one like that with butterflies, and I love it so much! I also put mine in a RIBBA. Love Ikea, too.
    Jule

    Reply

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