Hi Everyone, It's Julie here today. Thanks so much to
everyone for their lovely comments on my Spring Bouquet last week, I loved
reading them all. I had a few people requesting a tutorial on how I made my
Daffodils out of the Black- Eyed Susan Strip, so here it is just for you.
These are the products I used to make my flowers. It is
important to use Watercolour card for this technique and a Dye based ink. I
found the Adirondack Ink (Sunshine Yellow) kept the vibrance on my flowers the best out of all the Dye
inks I have.
Spritz the die cut flower with water to dampen the paper
but do not soak as it will go too limp. I like to press the water into the paper,
then fold the flower as shown.
Keeping a tight grip on your petals, press and rub into
your ink pad. Next dip into the water, lift out and press to remove excess
water. You will now see how the ink has travelled down your petals to colour
them. If you wish a stronger colour repeat the process.
Carefully open your flower back up. Pinch the ends of the
petals as shown and press against your thumb to form the shape of your
Daffodil. Dry with your heat gun re-pinching the ends of your petals half way
through to re-tighten. Continue until totally dry. Your paper should now feel
firm.
Cut the die cut strip in half winding around a cocktail
stick repeating the colouring and drying process. I like to work with Pergamano
or Cosmic Shimmer glue as find it grips quickly and doesn't soak into the
cardstock /paper making it limp.
Cut a petal out of your flower to give the look of a Daffodil and press in the centre with
your embossing tool.
Next put a little glue at the base and around the sides of
the centrepiece.
Position the petals around the centre and hold in place for a
couple of minutes.
Leave until almost dry and then start to pull petals back
to open your finished flower.
The bud is made in the same way without the centre piece. Just add a little glue and crush the petals gently together. Notice how I covered the base of the bud with a leaf and a little grass for a realistic look.
Here are the flowers once again on my finished tag with
the beautiful Mayan Butterfly. Should you wish to see some more close ups
photos of my ongoing tag and my background please hop over HERE to my blog.
Cheery Lynn Dies Used:
- B338 Black-Eyed Susan Strip
- B126 Grass Border
- B533 Mayan Butterfly w/Angel Wing
- B315 Ivy Corner Flourish
- FRM144 Chicken Wire
Julie x
You are too sweet to share a tute on this lovely flower...Thanks much. Love it totally :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant tut Julie, daffs are my favourite flower and yours are so gorgeous and realistic. Great photos too and your latest tag shows them off perfectly. Enjoy your weekend xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful tutorial Julie! Love those pretty daffodils! Your tag is lovely. : )
ReplyDeleteAmazing flower and tutorial :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous daffodils. Thank you so much for the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteWow thank you for this tutorial, I was wondering how you did those beautiful daffodils!! Gorgeous butterfly tag too xx
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial - thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteStunning tag and flowers once again. Thanks for the tutorial!
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