Last Saturday, I was here at Cheery Lynn and I gave you a tutorial for making what I called a CHEERY BLOOM. Today I am showing a different version of this same type of flower. I will not give the FULL tutorial here. I will just give a condensed version. The full version will be available on my blog, today, March 11, 2011. It will be under the tag CHEERY LYNN in case you are interested.
As a refresher, here was last weeks final product:
The next flower is assembled much the same way.
Start with the strips cut from the WITTLE WICKER die.
This time I just kept them together and did not separate them.
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This is my coordinating paper, the faint pink is where I have applied the adhesive in a straight line.
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Next, I have folded the strips in half to seal them together with the adhesive applied as described above.
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You can separate the individual pieces, and using the flower circle as pictured above, start forming the bloom by inserting the petals(wickers) through the center of the flower shape.
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After you get the 1st layer done, cover up the back with a matching piece, with NO circle cut out in the center. This makes the back of the flower look nice and neat.
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For the 2nd layer, I put a big dollop of glue in the center and starting placing individual strips in the glue.
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Keep placing the strips into the glue until the flower is to your liking in fullness. Next, it is time for the buttons!
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Stack some buttons to create a nice center and sew them together tightly, using a heavy duty thread.
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I prefer to hot glue the buttons to the center of the flower. Here is the final product ready to go on a card.
Here I have taken a piece of Core' dinations cardstock from the Black Magic collection. I cut the large circle with the Large Stackers Scalloped Circle set. Then I embossed the circle using the ECCENTRIC CIRCLES plate.
Here is my card, all assembled and ready to go.
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Side view to see the detail.
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Closer up.
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I love the way this turned out. The WITTLE WICKERS made the creation of this flower a breeze.
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I hope you enjoyed the short tutorial. If you have any questions, just let me know.
Thank you for stopping by have a great weekend.
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Very nice project. The Wittle Wickers are very versatile. Thanks Jeannie for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteCute card, Jeannie!
ReplyDeletelooooove it!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic tutorial!
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