Paper ....

.... Roses. Does anyone remember that song, from the dim and distant 70s I think. Country and Western ain't my thing, but "Paper Roses" is the title of my challenge this week on PaperPlay Challenges:

Use a flower (or flowers) on your project, but they can't be bought flowers, you have to make them yourself!!!

My inspiration for this challenge came from a Circle Journal I did recently, as I made flowers for the cover.

I did intend to enter something else for the challenge itself. I made a sympathy card for an ex-colleague of DH. I used papers from a kit that weren't really my cup of tea, but I thought they were suitable for the occasion and that I could make something of them. Mistake. I cut flowers and chopped them and inked them and changed the colours altogether and eventually I put something OKish together. DH liked it, but I was so pained and irritated by the whole process that I will NEVER use those papers again. (Tinkering Ink Provincial Faire, in case you're wondering!!!)

So instead of going back to the drawing board, I like the CJ cover, so that is what I used for my DT entry!!!

And here's a wee close-up of the flower.


Thanks for looking, and apologies if that song ends up stuck in your head all week!!!