Where is the time going?

I simply can't believe how fast this year is going! At the moment it's the best I can do to keep up with my own cards let alone think of anything else - hay ho! Stampin Up send out a monthly Ispirations newsletter and this idea landed in May - I was dying to try it out for myself!

Here you use the Tag punch and the 1-3/8" Circle punch.
Use one punched circle as your base (the back of your flower) and one as the centre, using 8 punched tags as your petals.

To make the petals, position the tag shoulders uppermost, fold in half vertically. Then with the fold on your right, fold the top half back from bottom-left corner to top of the first vertical fold (making a diagonal fold, and the rounded petal).

To complete your flower, adhere 8 petals around the base circle - I then printed the petal stamp before I stamped out the top circle (so it was central) - simply securing the whole thing with a central brad. For papers I used the free hostess patterns pack in my last order and then the So Saffron Striped Grosgrain Ribbon from the Mini Catalogue :-) I have to admit that I ordered all my wish list for the Mini Catalogue as it only runs to the end of September, and I'm bound to forget otherwise ;-) The new 2009/2010 Ideas Book will also come out in October so if there is anything you need to order from the current Ideas Book just email it through. Will try to put up my other cards so that you can see what I've been up to!