Makeup to mud in 3 seconds flat: flowers

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Happy Mother's Day!

So a huge shout out to my mom!!! Love her!!!! Our life would not succeed, function, exist without her help! I simply adore my momma!

I did this layout I think 2 years ago using Glitz Design & Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock. Still love it!

So why not create a bouquet out of paper flowers? Lot's of flower petal layers.

start out by getting out your Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock and die cutting as many flower petals & leaves as you think you will need. I mix and matched colours. Remember, try to make as much dimension as possible, so use Cardstock like Core'dinations, so you can sand it, emboss it, ink it, or try their patterned cardstock. You will have more choices on what your flowers will look like.

don't forget leaves too. Here I edged al my leaves with Clearsnap ink. It gives a little more dimension. these leaves are from the Sizzix Bigz Die- Flowers & leaf

Now start creating flowers. I like to ink where I am going to manipulate the petals. For this flower below, it is kind of any easy decision. this flower is called the 3D Fringed Flower from Sizzix.

I use the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam squares to make the flowers "pop" more.

then try other types of flowers from Sizzix- Tattered Florals

here's another type of flower I love. click here to see Sizzix die.

(sorry this next picture I took at night, tried to brighten it, but not really successful) But you get the idea of what it should start looking like.

Now you need to create something to arrange your flowers on. I purchased a foam ball, but I don't want the white to show through, so I covered it with a green tulle.

Once the entire thing is covered it should look like this. (keep in mind, I didn't cover the bottom since it would be adhered into the pot.)

Not start pinning the flowers all over. I chose to use the Trinket Pins by Maya Road for the flower centres, that way it looked pretty AND I had a way to adhere them.

Here's the finished look again! Hope you enjoy and have a FANTASTIC Mother's Day!

Thanks for looking!

Leica

supplies used:

Sizzix flower dies: flowers & leaf, Tattered Florals, 3D fringed Flower

Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock

Maya Road Trinket Pins

Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L- 3D Foam Squares

Clearsnap Ink

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May 02, 2013

Sizzix!

YES YES YES!

I have to say I was completely flabbergasted when Tammy asked me to join. Right now I am feeling the pressure a bit. Have you seen how AMAZING the team is? OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!

Make sure you take a sec to check out their dies, they are simply AWESOME!!!!! click here to see them.

Coming off a fantastic 5 weeks of teaching, and only being home for 2.5 days in that was a little hard. I always love spending every minute with the family. Now I have a nice break till the end of the month to catch up life, and start creating for Sizzix! and another fun thing to share on Friday...

Life is going pretty darn good for me right now, which is cool. I've been asked to stay on with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L & Core'dinations again. I don't think I will ever be able to say goodbye to these 2 when the time comes. I've moved into a "Special Projects" position with Core, which I am pretty stoked about. The teaching, demoing and CHA boothwork projects really are my thing. And I joined one more team "officially". You will see on Friday. They are a staple for me in all my teaching an personal projects. I'm sure some of you will be able to figure it out.

So I was trying to think of something out of my box for my first Sizzix tutorial. I wanted to do colours I don't usually pair together frequently, as well as maybe a different way to use the dies. So here's what I did.

This is one of the few pictures I have with my gramma. She really just doesn't pose much for photos. So I wanted to capture her feminine side. Which is the reason why I made the overall look of the layout pastel. Then by creating the flowers out of the same colours, only more intense in their values, the flowers really POP!

Start cutting lot's of flowers and leaves in the 3 different cardstock colours. This is one of my favourite dies! click here to see the die.

Then DO NOT throw out the leftovers. Your papers will look like these below.

Instead cut around them leaving approx. 1/4".

Then once everything is cut out, nest them into each other. This is where the fun comes in. Mix and match colours. and then when you adhere them down, DON'T glue them completely down, leave some free edge unglued, so you can manipulate the petals to make it pop and stand out even more.