3D flower instructions

Well today, Saturday I am holding a workshop to make 3D flowers using the fabulous Stampin' Up! die called Blossom Party, available until the end of April, only through your Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

First cut 4 of the largest flowers from the die using any card or designer series papers of your choice.

I have used rose red card so it shows up well in my photo's.

Then I daubed around the edge of each flower using soft suede ink. 

I cut the flowers as shown in the photo (although I have them lined up in reverse order-sorry!)

I cut the first flower into the centre, between the petals, the second flower was cut into the centre and then one petal was cut out, the third flower was cut into the centre and then two petals were cut out in one piece and the final flower was cut into the centre and three petals were cut out in a single piece, I hope that makes sense.

I used the first flower and over lapped two of the petals and glued them together to form this shape, this is the base of my flower.

I then took the flower with the single petal cut out, again over lapped two of the petals and glued them together.

This is what my first two flowers look like from the underneath side. I then cut a small section off the base of my second flower, as this was a slit I then turned the flower and cut it again across the opposite direction as shown in the photo.

I continued to gluing each flower piece that I had, overlapping a whole petal until I got to the three petal flower and smaller, for these I overlapped by a little part and glued carefully along the edge. Each flower has a cut out of the centre except the first largest flower. I added shape to my petals at this stage with a bone folder, when using paper this is easier to achieve so be careful not to rip between the petals.

This is what all the parts look like at this stage.

My chosen glue for this is Tombo multipurpose glue, this is a fabulous glue that dries clear, so although it shows white in the photograph, it will dry clear. I have begun to layer my flower, starting with the largest piece as the base I glued the next largest into the centre, twisting the flower so the petals sit between the petals of the previous layer.

You continue to stick the pieces on top of each other going from largest to smallest, the double and single petals are like small tubes and I stick them in using tweezers to hold them as they are quite small. As you can see in this final photograph the glue is showing white, it does however dry completely clear and then does not show.

I hope to take some photographs of the flowers we make on Saturday and post them soon.

I hope you like my 3D flower instructions using the blossom party die, if you would like to purchase this die, please contact me for details, it will be available to order until the end of April as we are then saying goodbye to the mini catalogue where this item is from, click on the link to take a closer look.

Thank you for visiting my blog, please feel free to leave a comment so I know you have been, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x 

Spice cake papers...

Spice cake papers from the spring mini.....I just LOVE these papers, they are probably my favourite Stampin' Up! papers ever! and that's quite a statement to make as they have some gorgeous papers.

Here I have made a very simple card, using a small piece of my fav design from this paper pack, added a mat with a punched edge, a swirl, a butterfly, a greeting and some embossing to the lower section (I love this embossing folder, its sooo textured!!) I inked all my edges with soft suede to make them all pop.

Here is a close up of the swirl and butterfly

Products used;
Spice cake papers, Beautiful wings embosslit, Square lattice embossing folder, Swirls scribbles die, Teeny tiny wishes stamp set, Soft suede ink, Sponge daubers and scallop edge border punch.
All these products are available from Stampin' Up! if you would like to order any of these gorgeous goodies please email me for details. The spice cake papers are only available until the end of April so if you LOVE them as much as me then don't take to long to order.

Thank you for visiting, until next time, Happy Crafting Dawn x

Happy Birthday...

Today is a good friend of mine's birthday, the lovely Ali and this is the card I made for her.

I used an 8x8 inch pearl base card. I kept this card simple die cutting a top note in soft suede card and another from the new gorgeous spice cake papers, I also die cut a large paisley shape to use for my bird and a small paisley shape for the wing, using the reverse of the spice cake paper to show contrast, this time adding two wings rather than the one of my previous designs. I coloured my very vanilla seam binding with soft suede ink and spritzed it with gold mica spray to add a subtle shimmer, I added a single strip across the card and added a very simple bow to the right hand side. 

I made my "flower" using a 2x12" strip of paper, I folded it down the centre and stuck the long edge together, I then snipped along the strip approx 3/4 of the way up the strip making a fringe but not cutting through the spine, I took my time and cut my snips close together as I prefer the finish like this. I then glued along the uncut long side and rolled it up tightly making sure the end was stuck well, I use my favorite tombo glue for this, after a few seconds I then gently smoothed the spines into the position I wanted for the finished flower, super cute, I love these flowers, slightly different from what is about at the moment and very easy to make. I have made these out of felt and they would look great on clothes or as bag charms etc

Here is a close up (although not a good pic I'm afraid) of the flower, I added a couple of pearl pins for added interest.
What do you think?
Thank you for visiting, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Spice cake, little birdie...

Well as you will see this is the same design as my sneak peak card both using the gorgeous new spice cake papers available exclusively from Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

You can't see in this picture the pearl I used for the eye of the birdie. I made this card to show the different colour combos of the papers. I hope you like it, back with more soon.
Until next time Happy crafting dawn x

Spice cake wall hanging...

I decided to try something new for these gorgeous papers and this is what I came up with...

This is the top rosette of my wall hanging, using the gorgeous new spice cake papers, mmm yum!

A soft suede scallop circle as the base. An antique brad in the centre with a ribbon bow to complete, this layer.

A larger soft suede scallop circle for the base with another medium size rosette on top, finished with a soft suede button from the new spice cake button collection, these buttons are simply gorgeous and rather large for added impact, oh and a ribbon bow to finish.

For the final layer, the largest of the three soft suede scallop circles and another spice cake paper rosette, also the largest of the three. This time finished with a handmade rose, hand stamped and inked to match the  papers and another matching bow.

I'm really pleased with the finished wall hanging although my photography has a lot to be desired, well I guess you can't win them all.

Let me know what you think, leave me a comment to show you have visited.

If you would like to make projects like this then contact me for my new craft dates for 2012

More spice cake makes to follow.

Thank you for visiting, until next time, Happy crafting dawn x

Sneak peak...

Today is my first craft class of 2012 and here is a sneak peak of one of the cards we will be making using the gorgeous spice cake papers...!

I Love these papers, I don't usually get soooo excited about papers but these are just amazing, and would suit so many styles of project, I will show you my other projects soon.

Here I have made a very simple card with only one small stamped sentiment, from the swirls and curls verses stamp set so, if stamping is not your thing, this may suit you. The background shape was cut using a Stampin' Up! exclusive die called "Top Note" this is probably my all time favorite die as it is so versatile and you will often see it on my projects.

First I cut a top note in soft suede and another from a chosen piece of spice cake paper (this was a tricky decision as they are all scrumptious) I trimmed the edge off the paper die cut to show the border of the card underneath. As you can see I trimmed the edge of the die cut after fixing to my base card.

I cut the "bird" using a paisley die cut and the wing was a small paisley die cut, I inked the edges with soft suede ink to add definition.

I stamped the cute happy birthday, from the swirls and curls verses stamp set also using soft suede ink and added pearls to the balloon design.

I hope you like my simple card design, pop back soon to see what else I made using these fab new papers, available through your Stampin' Up! demonstrator, if you don't have your own demonstrator please feel free to contact me and I can assist you with your order.

Happy crafting Dawn x