When we traveled this fall, there were several planters in Savannah that used cabbage in with the flowers for wonderful bursts of texture and color.
When I saw this week's Tuesday Trigger was a gorgeous head of King Cabbage, I knew I had to play along. Green and Purple is a favorite color combination of mine.
I started with a gorgeous piece of designer paper from Memory Box that beautifully combined the colors from the Cabbage. The flourish reminded me of a flower stem, so I punched flowers (the large one is the new chrysanthemum punch from Martha Stewart) from several pieces of designer paper to make my own floral embellishment. I shaped the papers with my fingers to mimic the unfolding leaves of the cabbage and added ink to the edges for dimension.
The sentiment is a grungy little bloom from Artistic Outpost's Harmony plate. I distressed the edges of the panel and added more ink. I moved my adhesive in slightly from the edges, so I could use my finger to distress and bend the paper (like the cabbage leaves) after attaching it to the card base (which is more Halloween paper … a great source for purple papers).
This is absolutely stunning – I love the colours and especially the layers in the flower.
Wow that is so pretty!! I love how you took from something gorgeous in nature and turned it into a beautiful nature inspired card. GORGEOUS 🙂 I wonder if I could get a skirt in those colors. hmmm
oh WOW…i ♥LOVE♥ this stef…i love the colors and that fabulous dimensional flower…and then the inky distressy bits are just the PERFECT icing on this already awesome cake!!! ♥♥♥
Really pretty card!
Beautiful card, Stef! Your flower is amazing.
Beautiful!!
Hey Stef! What a pretty approach to this week’s Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! Thanks for playing along! 🙂
Is this the real color of cabbage?
~Ashley