Springtime Tilda w/ Wool Brooch

Isn't this color just heavenly?! The perfect tint of blue violet. It is without a doubt, one of my most favorite colors. The Memory Box 'Sprout' collection of papers is the only one that incorporates it into their patterned paper. I wish, wish, wish they would make single sheets of papers (maybe 12 x 12) so I could stock up on this one paper!
Anyway, the unique thing about this card is the wool felt brooch attached to the ribbon in the upper right corner. Instead of leaving it as an embellishment permanently attached to the card, I thought maybe a removable pin might be a better idea! I dyed a bunch of wool felt last year, with cake icing colors if you can believe it, and one of the blues came out perfect. It was variegated from a pale baby blue to the lightest of lavenders, really beautiful! It reminded me of Hydrangeas. SO that's what I decided to make with it. Now get this: I punched one of the Hydrangea flowers with my Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch! Dont' get all excited yet, it wasn't easy--and far from perfect! I probably won't do it again. Too rough of a cut, I had to trim all the edges, they were fuzzy and uneven. I ended up cutting the two smaller flowers by hand.

After some decorative stitching around the edges, I attached it to a self stick pin backing, with a bit of extra red liner tape to make sure it doesn't fall off.

Till later!

Stamps: Magnolia, Papertrey Ink

Ink: Palette, Paper Salon

Paper: W/C paper, Memory Box, PTI

Accessories: Spellbinders die, Rhinestones, Wool felt, Liquid Pearls, Martha Stewart tag punch, PTI stitched ribbon, Embroidery floss, pin back, markers