[rhondag]

Today's Technique Challenge is Shabby Flowers.

You've seen them on leadership boards and all over the internet. Today's challenge is simple....make some sort of Shabby Flower.

You can use all round punches or throw in the new Extra Large Fancy Flower punch....Distress the edges, then layer them up... add a center and you're all finished!

Here's a link to my card that has a plain round shabby flower.

Exact Directions for my shabby flower:

1. Punch the Rose Red Cardstock with the 1-3/4 inch and 1-1/4 inch circle punches.
2. Punch Pretty in Pink Cardstock with the 1-3/8 inch and 1 inch circle punches.
3. Bend up the edge at about 1/4 inch all around each circle and rough up the edge a little using your craft and rubber scissors.
4. Adhere them in decreasing size order and add leaves and a center.

Be sure to distress the edge of your "petals" rather than just make a flower too...Not just a flower like this card. If I had distressed the edges, that would have been fine.

I hope you find time to add a shabby flower to a card this week!

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You can work on this challenge whenever you want. There is no time limit. Please post your work in the Technique challenge gallery with the phrase Tech41 in the keywords and post your link here, so we can all see it.

I hope you will find time to play and Have fun!

Since many of us are SU! enthusiasts, I’m going to give you very early warnings about upcoming challenges, so that you can order if needed.

Soon you will need....a solid stamp...and any wheel.

[MaryR]

Here's my shabby flower! Thanks Rhonda!

Tech 41 Shabby Flower - Stampin Addicts Gallery

[rhondag]

Great job Mary! Thanks for playing!