River Daisy Tutorial

This morning I saw a picture of a flower I have never seen before.  I sent the picture to Susan and asked her what it was.  She immediately wrote back and told me it is a Water Daisy.  I LOVE this flower.  I decided I wanted the challenge of trying to create one using Susan's Garden Notes die sets.  

This is the picture of the flower I wanted to duplicate.

This is a close up of the flower I made.  (Now that it is all done, I should not have had the white petals bent down so much.  Oh well, the next time I will do it right!

Here is a tutorial on how I created this flower.

The Garden Notes die sets I used are the Shasta Daisy and the Calendula die sets. All the flower petals were die cut using white card stock.  Two of the largest Shasta  Daisy petals were die cut.  Two each of the medium and small Calendula flowers were die cut.  The large Shasta Daisy petals were left all white.  All the Calendula flower petals were sponged, lightly, with Altenew Magenta ink.  Ink was sponged on the backside just at the base of the petals, leaving the top of the petals white.  

On the top of the petals, Altenew Deep Iris ink was sponged at the base of the petals.  You can see this in the petals in the group on the left.  All the petals were sponged with this ink.

Lightly mist all the petals.  I have them laying on a towel.  Use Susan's self-closing tweezers and place the tip of the tweezer on the end of the petal  Roll the petal around the tweezers.  Do this to all the petals on all the flowers except the large white petals.

Cup all the small purple petals by pushing own in the molding mat with a medium ball stylus.    The large white petals need to be shaped.  The petals are probably still damp, so let them dry completely so they will hold their shape.

Pinch each of the purple flowers into a tight 'cup' and sponge dark purple on just the tips of the petals.  I used Wild Lilac ink.  Separate the large purple petals from the small petals.  Open up the petals and glue two large petals together, alternating the petals.  Glue two of the smaller petals together then glue the smaller petals inside the larger petals.  Press down well, in the center on the molding mat to cup the four petals together.   Glue two of the Shasta Daisy petals together, off setting the petals.  Glue the purple petals in the center.

To complete this arrangement, I also created a Garden Notes Lilac and a few Pansies.  In the back are a few Garden Notes Ladder Ferns.  The background design was die cut using a die from the Tonic Craft Kit #21.   The sentiment is also from that Craft Kit.  

I had a lot of fun creating this card.  I hope you are inspired to create a River Daisy (the formal name is Osteospermum ecklonis.)