Speedy Tulips

Hi there. I decided to have a go at the current challenge at As You See It. This time, it is a speed challenge – make a card within 10 minutes, and the theme is ‘tulips, or other spring bulbs‘.

This is the second attempt at this challenge, as my first attempt – I dropped a die into my machine, my glue was blocked – and I hadn’t figures out where each die cut piece went – so the time went over, hence the second attempt:

I used an older Sizzix die set, then all the Concord & 9th card stock I wanted to use for the flower and the leaves, got out my Spellbinders embossing folder and a white panel, my card base, and the sentiment die from Time 4 Tea Designs.

Off we go. The panel was embossed first and taped to the card base.

The layers for the flowers and leaves were die cut – several pieces through at once – then the sentiment with it’s shadow. That took over 6 minutes…..

I then assembled all the layers with glue, stuck them down onto the panel, added the sentiment – done – phew!

Only just though – it was tight:

A couple of errors found whilst speedily gluing – the left hand leaf has the lighter green attached to the back……and I missed off one of the mid pink layers on the tulip – so added it anyway on top……but it still looks pretty, I think.

On a previous speed challenge I did stamping and (bad) colouring, which is why I thought die cutting would be a better way to go……..perhaps not such an intricate one – not realising until I did the first card how many little pieces there were – but I was going to get it done, no matter how many times I had to try…

I shall be entering the following challenges:

As You See It – speed challenge and tulips or other bulb flowers

Make My Monday – say it with flowers

11 thoughts on “Speedy Tulips”

  1. hcooper52's avatar

    Wow! You’re amazing! All those little pieces to glue! That can be frustrating with a time limit! But only you would know what’s missing. It looks absolutely gorgeous to me! Thanks for getting your adrenaline pumping with As You See It.

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  2. janclothier's avatar

    Fiddly gluing in not your friend in a speed challenge – but you did it! And it was a bright, cheerful card for someone to enjoy. Thanks for sharing with us at As You See It.

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  3. lavenderhousecreations's avatar

    Doing all the fiddly gluing of tiny pieces for a speed challenge and actually completing it just under the wire deserves a prize all on its own. Add to this that the tulip is pretty and I think you did very well.

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  6. deborahwheeler13's avatar

    That’s so pretty – fab die cut. Its funny how often you can think a design is simple and then there’s more to it than you realised! Well done on getting your pulse racing with our speed theme at As You See It – great time!

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