Powder Pink Chrysathemum-like Daisy

Flower number 2 using the Daisy Punch, but this time using  Powder Pink ink.  Wow!! I'm having so much fun!
I'd love to be outside in the garden, but it's very cold and its raining.  My son was playing football today and had to wear mittens and a toque.
So, I'm staying indoors and making flowers instead.

For this flower I punch 4 Whisper White petals inking them with Powder Pink ink.  After spritzing them, and shaping them, they were adhered together alternating petals.

Three Basic Black stamens, die cut using the Botanical Builder framelits, were adhered together and then adhered to the center of  the flower.

Then, using tweezers, each layer of petals was curled up resulting in the flower you see above.

Flower Pot Card

I had some fun today making flowers using various stamp sets, and punches, some of which are retiring and some are not.
I had quite a number when I was done, so make a flower pot easel card, the template for which I got at my local craft store.

The card base is Cajun Craze cardstock, layered with Moroccan Series DSP.  I used a template from a local craft store to make this flower pot shaped easel card.

I stamped floral images from various stamp sets (Flower Shop, Grateful Bunch), punched some of the others using the Petite Petal Punch, Bunch Punch, the Scallop circle framelit, and Botanical Framelits. Some flowers were made into tiny roses, or a Chrysanthemum.  Most of the floral centers have pearls in them, but some have small brads.

The sentiment is from "Blossom Birthdays"

Here is the side view.

And a close up of the flowers:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Grateful Bunch, Flower Shop, Birthday Blossoms
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Black Memento
Papers: Cajun Craze, Moroccan DSP, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Accessories: Petite Petal Punch, Bunch Punch, Botanical Framelits, Layering Circles framelits, Pearls, small brads

Flower Frenzy Friday - a flower embellishment-a tutorial

This is a first of what I hope will be a weekly feature on making paper flowers using current paper punches and framelits.
This week I am going to show you how to use the Bunch Punch in conjunction with the Botanical Builder framelits, to make a flower embellishment. To my utter dismay both the punch and the framelits are retiring the end of May.

Supplies Needed:

• Flower Bunch Punch
• Botanical Builder Framelit(for stem and leaf)
• Two colors of card stock (Calypso Coral and Flirty Flamingo) for flowers; Wild Wasabi for leaves
• Spritzer with water
• Stylus
• Ink pads to sponge flower edges (Calypso Coral, Wild Wasabi)
• Ink daubers
• Silicone mat
• Protective work surface
• Reverse tweezers
• Tombo glue

1. Punch 1 set of flowers in Flirty Flamingo; 1 set in Calypso Coral cardstock. Using two colours - a lighter one with a darker one makes a lovely variegated flower.
2. Die cut 2 of the leaves using the Botanical Builder framelits

3. Sponge edges of all flowers with Calypso Coral ink, using a finger dauber.  Sponge stem/leaves with Wild Wasabi ink.

4.  Spritz all lightly with water. This allows the sponged ink to blend and softens the fibers allowing them to be shaped easier.

5.  Let them dry a little.  Using a shaping tool or the end of a pencil, to "cup" each flower petal.

6.         First cup the petals from the wrong side.  This makes the petals curl up.

7.  Turn the petals over, and repeat the process.

8.  After all the petals have been treated this way, start building your flower. A reverse gripping tweezer is a great help with this.  Unlike a regular pair of tweezers which open when you squeeze the handles, the reverse tweezers close.  This gives you an extra "left" hand as the tweezers are holding the flower petal while you are holding the stylus in the right hand. While building the flower layers, alternate light and dark colors.  Also alternate petals with each layer.

Start building the flower starting with the largest petal decreasing the size of each petal per layer. A small amount of tombo placed in the center of each petal secures the layers.

Add the leaf to the underside of the completed flower.

You should have enough petals to make 2 sizes of flowers.

A pearl, or rhinestone could be placed in the center.

This flower has 3 layers, but a flower with more layers can be made.

And here's another example  of an embellishment made with the same punch, that looks like a Sunflower