Secret of my Roses

Secret of my roses. 

All about layer count i used for making my roses. Girls i did not count at the time of making just went by.. i have gone back and tried to pen down the layers.

Here we go, when we pass once our classic rose dies from Heartfelt Creations through our die cut system, we get 11 flat layers of flower. I tried to sort them in sizes and we have 5 different sizes of flowers. I have marked them as A, B, C, D and E in the below picture. Just to make sure that we are on same track 😁

For the biggest flower I made, i have used 

2 layers of A

2 layers of B

1 layer of C

2 layers of D

2 layers of E

I did use the ball tools and classic rose shaping mold to shape them. You need to use 3mm ball tool and press down on the outer edges of the petals to make them like cups. Then flip the flower and use 6mm or bigger ball tool to press in the centre. Now your flower petals will start taking the shape. Layer them all starting with the biggest size (A) first. After you reach 1st layer of D size, you would need to start making the bud.

You need to make the bud separately and then attach it to the main flower. To make the bud you need the smallest E layer. Just bring the petals together and layer the tips one by one overlapping each other and pasting them in between using liquid glue. I did try doing this with hot glue gun but that was burning my fingers. Take another layer of E and layer it on top of the previous layer. The bud will start taking the shape. Then our last D layer is left which will go asnext layer for the bud. Try pinching the petals' top edges a bit out like they are trying to bloom. Stick this bud to the main flower applying glue in the centre. After this just place the flower on your palm and apply a bit of pressure. Just a bit to cup it in your palm. This will bring the flower together. 😊

Signing off for now. Do leave in your valuable comments.

Thanks

Shikha

Christmas Flower Challenge

Warmest Holiday Greeting 

Made for a challenge going on Happy Craft Creations on Christmas flowers. 

Materials used

1. Papers from Heartfelt Creations - Candlelit Christmas

2. Card base paper - white cardstock - Dress My Craft

3. Rounded Eyelet Window die from Heartfelt Creations

4. Elegant Pocket Accent Dies from Heartfelt Creations

5. Garland from Glow of Christmas die from heartfelt creations

6. Merry and bright accents die for Christmas accents -from heartfelt creations

7. Flowers - Christmas Poinsettia and Holly from Heartfelt creations

8. Gold and Silver Cardstock - Crafter's Emporio

9. Archival Ink - Fern Green and Library Green for leaves and garland

10. Archival ink - Vermillion and orange blossom - for flowers and berries

11. Ranger Stickles -Diamond

12. Beads from my stash

13. Versamark ink

14. Ranger gold embossing powder

Steps to follow:

1. Cut white cardstock measuring 7x 12 inches

2. Fold it in half on 12 inch side

3. Place the eyelet circle die just a bit off the folded edge and run through your machine. You will have a circle card. Now on one layer score at half the measurement horizontally. This will make the stand or easel for the card. 

4. Cut another eyelet circle out of same white cardstock and paste it on to the folding part of easel card base. 

5. Now the base card is ready for decor. 

6. Cut 1 eyelet circles out of any pattern paper. It will go on the top layer of the base card.

7. Cut one more eyelet circle in silver cardstock. And cut the floral pattern using another die from the same rounded eyelet die collection. You will have to trim the inside layer of this silver  cardstock a bit so that it can fit in the fold edge. 

8. Next is to cut Elegant Pocket die in Gold n white cardstock using the layered dies. 

9. Made my 3 D flowers using Christmas Poinsettia and Holly die cuts.. And colored them.. Then kept them on a hard foam and sprayed water and started shaping them with flower making ball tools. Layer the flower cuts offsetting the petals. Add beads in center. 

10. Stamp the Merry and Bright accents and Garland from Glow of Christmas in versamark ink and emboss in gold with a heat gun. Die cut using coordinating dies or fussy cut. And color them. 

11. Paste the elegant pocket die aligning the top of card. Arrange all the die cut elements and flowers on the card. 

12. Place a sentiment with double sided tape. 

Your dimensional card is ready to make your loved ones happy ☺

Signing off for now 

Creative Caddy by Shikha Chander

A Product Challenge and Upcycle Project

Hello Everyone!

So today I have created a fun project! Actually there is a product challenge going on. And the product to be used is RIBBON.

What a coincidence I found a fused LED bulb. So thought of combining both the projects. As it was an up-cycle project too, so I thought of using just the leftover crafty elements from my stash.

Christmas is just around the corner so, I thought of making a Christmas Ornament.

Link to the YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/czNKW-Tq_vg

Material Used - 

1. Fused Bulb

2. Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays - Scintillating Silver 

                                                  - Silent Night Silver

                                                  - Gossamer Gold

3. Immix Sprinkle Glitz

4. Aurora Up Close - Ribbons from Disney - 1" width

5. Pretty Princess - Ribbons from Disney - used as filler ribbons - 5/8" width

6. Paper Flowers - From my previous projects - Most of them are from Heartfelt Creations and Altenew

Steps to make :

1. Firstly, I colored the bulb with white acrylic color. Just dabbed with a sponge. Till this point I was not really sure what exactly will I make. Just went with the flow. Base coat always a good choice, this is what I have learnt.

2. Then I let it dry and sprayed it with Lindy's Sprays. Tip here is to keep the object you need to spray in a waste carton n then spray. 'coz it has happened with me earlier that I was trying to spray and OMG it went on my wall..LOLsss.. And these are permanent sprays, so imagine the cleaning process!!

3. Next is to dab some glue with sponge on upper half of the bulb and sprinkle some Immix Sprinkle Glitz. Such beautiful effect you get from this. 

4. Place the bulb on a coffee mug so that it doesn't move. We will be adding the ribbons now. I have cut the princess motif ribbon as per the design repeat and in case you are using a plain ribbon then just cut double the length of bulb. You would need 8 ribbons add this too depend upon the size on the circumference of the bulb. 

5. Next I have used the Pretty Princess ribbons as fillers. These I have cut to 5".

6. I had some leftover flowers from my previous projects. So thought of using them in this project.

7. Added a brown embroidery thread for hanging.

 Thats the Final look. 

Signing off for now. :)

Creative Caddy by Shikha Chander