Do you ever look at your catalog as a source of inspiration? When I was finding ideas for my May Flower class I did just that. On page 25 of the catalog that just retired, I found this flower. It used the brayer which for some reason I tended to avoid using. No longer after finding out how easy it was to make this flower.
1. I punched out 6 flowers all at once using the blossom punch and crepe filter paper. Then punched out two flowers using the now retired blossom party big shot die. Any flower punch or die would work
2. Using a brayer, I inked up Tangerine Tango and brayed over the largest flowers one at a time until I got them the color I wanted. Then, inked up the brayer with Daffodil Delight and repeated the brayering on the smaller flowers.
2. The rest was easy. I layered the flowers staggering them a little , stapled the middle, and scrunched them up around the staples.
3. Using hot glue, I attached a florist stem on the back of the flower, and then finally added a green circle over the stem to give the back a finished look.
If you would like to make a similar flower there is a really great video you can watch to give you some visual instructions. Check it out here.
I think this would be a great addition to the top of a package. When would you use this flower/
Have you ever looked at a picture and tried duplicate it for yourself? When I was looking at the new catalog (for maybe the 15th time) I noticed a really cute flower on the back cover. I thought it looked easy enough to duplicate and would be a cute item for my May Flower class. Here is what I did......
1. Cut a 1 1/2 inch piece of Daffodil Delight card stock about 5 inches long. I made a pencil mark at the 3/4 inch mark. This would be my cutting line with the fringe scissors.
2. Make the fringe trying very hard to stop at the penciled in line. Once that was completed, I trimmed the paper to about 1 inch.
3. Punch and crush 5 2 3/8 inch scalloped circle punches made from Crisp Cantaloupe card stock.
4. Layer the scalloped circles using glue dots in the center.
5. Roll the fringed paper into a tight circle and attach to the center of the scalloped circles with some hot glue.
Now, you have a cute flower that can decorate any kind of a project. Who would you give this cute box to/
Everyone needs a great box to give the perfect gift to someone special. This is one of the flowers we made in my May flower class. I love all the special gold items that were used in the creation of this box.
Gold Foil paper
Watercolor Washi tape
Champagne Glimmer paper
Gold Encore ink pad
Gold sequins
Gold Vellum
What would you place in a box like this and who would you give it to?
Don't you love the look of flowers? My recent class called Fay Flowers was so much fun. Everyone made a vase of last years in color flowers. Well, I thought it would be fun to add some flowers for this years in colors. You might wonder how I made the cute flowers.
1. Stamp and punch 3 flowers for each color you want in the vase. Glue them together using a glue dot or two.
2. Make some slits in the top flower so it can fold up a bit.
3. Add a button to the center.
4. Use the fringe scissors to make some filler for your vase.
5. Add a ribbon embellishment to finalize your project.
Does this design look familiar to you? I adapted the flowers I found in the old catalog on page 95.
