Thursday, March 20, 2014

Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration ~ Make a Flower tutorial!


Today at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, we're celebrating the first day of Spring by showcasing flowers! I've been (not so patiently) awaiting Spring for a very long time. To me, Spring means lots and lots of outside time with my kids, riding horses, 4-wheeler rides, yard work, new baby chicks, green grass and lots of FLOWERS! 

I decided a while ago that I wanted to make a bouquet of flowers. What I thought would be an easy project, turned into a 2 1/2 week ordeal. I think I could probably make them in my sleep by now. My fingers have just about had it with the glue gun!  

Poppies are my favorite flower, so I started with that idea. One idea sparked another and I found myself with a huge bundle of flowers including Poppies, Artichokes, Peonies, Hydrangeas and Alliums. For today, I'm going to share my technique for making Poppies.




How to:
*I used coffee filters for all of my flowers. They color nicely and are easy to work with. You can cut LOTS of layers at once with the Big Shot.

*I used circles and cut them with paper snips into hear shapes




*I used white cardstock and the Brayer tool to color these. Black on one side, Pumpkin Pie on the other. Then curled them with a Bone Folder.


*The "leaf" was made using the Floral Frames Framelit and I used Old Olive and Baked Brown Sugar to die them. 
*For the final step, I splattered the flowers with a toothbrush dipped in ink to give them the speckles.

Supplies:
Cardstock ~ Crisp Cantaloupe, Old Olive
Ink ~ Crisp Cantaloupe, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
NO STAMPS
Tools ~ Circle Framelits, Floral Frames Framelits, Hot Glue & Glue Gun, Paper Snips, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 3/4" Circle punch
Other Supplies ~ Floral stems (from the craft store), coffee filters, dish or tray for dying, drying rack

I hope you've found this tutorial helpful. Don't forget to stop by Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration to see more flowers!


4 comments:

  1. super pretty poppies. Great job with the tutorial. I am enjoying making paper flowers too, they are so fun!

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  2. These are beautiful! Great idea to use the brayer to create the double sides paper!

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  3. Love these flowers and fabulous tutorial! I see some flowers in my future (that my cat will probably still eat).

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  4. These are GORGEOUS Melissa. I really want to try this. It would be nice to have some flowers in the house that my cats won't eat!!!!!!

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