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Free Flower Tutorial

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I’m trying to learn how to make a Peace rose….note to self, red + yellow = orange! The smallest flower below is due to my not allowing the yellow to dry completely before I touched the edges with the pink – it’s what happens when you finish up crafting after having friends over for games, and after they’ve all gone home, and you’ve cleaned up, you decide; Let’s do that last flower real quick! (At 10:45pm!)

I’ve been on a kick using up scraps. I have so many!! This paper is using Graphic 45’s “Grow with Love” collection. It has beautiful artwork (as usual!) and is perfect for Springtime, Mothers Day and/or Easter. If we are lucky, perhaps Graphic 45 will re-release it with a die in a Collectors pack, in the near future!!

You can see here I am able to shape and gain dimension with these dies, just the way I like it! You might also note some of the leaves are using a patterned paper – this is (leftover scraps) from the patterns and solids pack from “Cottage Life” I believe. I ran out of both of these paper packs much too quickly!

So I’ve tried to upload the video tutorial – I guess it’s too long, so instead I’ll have to refer you to my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/EQ57F1JbV8w?si=xVsvTVczT-Kr1I7l

Enjoy!!

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Once again, it is time to visit the ladies in the neighborhood, and see how they have been faring with the Pandemic/CoVid-19. I leave these on the doorstep with some homemade cookies or quick bread to let them know I’ve been thinking about them! (I haven’t had any complaints yet!)

These cards use the Sweet Peony paper from Heartfelt Creations, and some flowers (peonies) that I created out of vellum, and a rose out of paper, which was colored with Prisma water-color pencils.

This first card features the vellum flowers I made. It is important to select high quality vellum, ink and powder, or the powder will just flake off the paper and get everywhere!
It is a simple z-fold card, which basically means this: take a piece of paper (this one is 6″ x 12″), and place it long side against the edge of your score-pal, score at 3″ and 6″. Fold along the score lines, the two 3″ wide sections create the front.
This particular card has a paper rose that I made.
The center scene is only glued on the left side, and has a lace border to emphasize it.
The middle part is left alone, or sometimes I will put a pocket and insert a tag. Then select a pretty flower (mine are hand crafted, of course) and secure to the left lower edge of the decorative center panel. Also I shellac the flowers with “Glossy Accent” or something similar, when I make them out of paper, to give them that shine.