Susan's Garden Crepe Paper Poppy

I hope you are all having a nice Memorial Day Weekend.  We are having nice weather so are getting some yard work done.  I received a new set of JustRite stamps called "Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three" that I used on this card.  This is another set with labels, butterflies, and a lot of great sentiments.  I white embossed the label with the sentiment, and the butterfly, on black card stock.  The design paper is a piece from my stash.  

I had a couple of email questions about the Sizzix, Susan's Gardens Poppy I created the other day.  If you want to use crepe paper, you need to place the petals on the crepe paper so the lines run up and down in order to get them to shape.  I tried it with the lines going side to side, and I had a hard time getting the petals to shape up "fluffy".

\

Here is a picture of how you would place the petals on the crepe paper streamer.  

I also had a question about the center I created for the poppy.  You can purchase the "Lisa Pavelka" Daisy Chain Border Mold from Joan's Gardens.  She also has the "Makin's Clay" which is an air dry clay. I have yellow and black clay.  For the pink poppy, I colored the yellow clay with pink Adirondack Acrylic Paint.  Since the Daisy Chain is a mold, you can press in clay along the entire border and then just cut off one of the little circles for your poppy center.  Today I didn't even let it sit long before pulling the clay out of the mold.  It held its shape very well and I even glued it in with Crafter's Pick glue before it was dry. 

Products used:

Sizzix "Susan's Garden Poppy" 658416

Sizzix "Flower Tool Kit" 658437

JustRite "Winged Vintaged Labels Two & Three" (CR-04465)

Lisa Pavelka "Daisy Chain Border Mold"

Makin's Clay (air dry)

Crafter's Pick Glue 

Sizzix Big Shot 657900

951348 

Susan's Garden Pink Poppy - Tutorial

I really love playing with the new Sizzix, Susan's Garden Flower dies.  Today I tried something different with the Poppy dies.   I have some of those crepe paper rolls and decided to see what would happen if I die cut the flower petals with it.  I doubled up the streamer 6 times and die cut all three flower petals.  That gave me 6 petals, for each size, to work with for this flower.  I die cut two of the base pieces (out of regular card stock) and glued all 6 of the largest petals to one base, then 6 of the medium size petals to another base piece. I did shape the petals with the largest stylus in the Flower Tool Kit.   You need to use just a small dot of the Crafter's Pick glue on the tip of each petal when gluing, because the crepe paper is very thin.  Press each petal down into the base, with a small stylus, as you glue them down.  When the layers were dry, I added the 6 smallest petals in the center of the base with the middle size petals so I could have a "frilly" poppy.   Glue the two layers together to form your flower.

To create the stamen, I used something I have in my "stash".  It is a metal border mold by Lisa Pavelka and I pressed in some No Bake Polymer Clay.  The clay I had was yellow and I wanted a pink center for this flower so used the Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Shell Pink to apply paint to it.  I wanted dark purple lines in this center piece so used a purple marker to draw them in the creases in the molded piece.   In the Poppy Die package, there are dies for the stamens, but I needed longer stamen pieces so used the ones in the Cheery Lynn BAF #1 die set because they have very thin and longer "legs" that would fit around the polymer clay piece.  I die cut them using a very dark purple card stock. I die cut the leaves from the Poppy Die set and used the tools from the  Sizzix Flower Tool Kit to shape them.  I wanted to have some "rough" texture on the leaves so I put them in the "Sizzix Snow Flurries #2" embossing folder.  You could use any embossing folder you like.  

The background on this card was embossed with the Sizzix "Brenda Walton Damask" embossing folder.  My card is 5.5" x 6" so I had to run the front piece through on the embossing folder twice to get full coverage.  On top of that embossing, I placed the embossed Oval, that was fussy cut, from the Sizzix "Loving Thoughts" embossing folder set.  The little butterfly is from the Cheery Lynn "Mini Butterfly" die set.   Two pearls were put on the frame using the Viva "Ice White" Pearl Pen.   

I hope you will experiment with your flower dies and come up with some new pretty varieties of flowers.  It is so much fun.

Well we have a big thunder storm outside so I better get off the computer.  Hope you like my new creation.

Products used:

Sizzix, Susan's Gardens "Poppy" die set (658416)

Sizzix, Brenda Walton Damask embossing folder (658352)

Sizzix, Loving Thoughts" embossing folder set

Sizzix, Snow Flurries #2 embossing folder (658197)

Sizzix Flower Tool Kit 658437

Crafter's Pick white glue

Cheery Lynn "Mini Butterflies" (DL112)

Cheery Lynn "Build A Flower #1" dies (B181)

Viva Ice White Pearl Pen 101

947478

Red Flower Tutorial

 I have a request to do  tutorial for the red flower on the bottom row of flowers that I created below.

Someone wrote to me and said the red flower, on the bottom row, looks like a type of poppy that grows in their area and would like for me to show how to create it.  Below is a tutorial on how to "wrinkle" the petals.

 When I want to give a lot of shape to petals, I like to place them on the Teflon Craft Mat and spritz them with water to soften the fibers in the card stock.

For this flower I shaped the petals by wrapping them around the white flower tool that is in the Flower Tool Kit by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. Place the pointed end of the petal to the left on the tool and hold around the tool, then using your thumb and forefinger pinch the petal to create the "wrinkle" look.  I leave them very "wrinkled" and dry them with the heat gun.  It might have more wrinkles than you want, but once dry, you can pull some of the wrinkles out before creating the layers to build your flower.  If you leave the wrinkles in before drying, it helps keep the creases in for a natural look.

 Here you can see the red base I used, the black stamens and on the right enough petals for the completed flower.  I should have had two bases in this picture because you need to build two separate layers, each with four petals.

 Here you can see how I have glued the petals to the four point base.  You can see how the layer on the left has the petals glued a little farther out on the base which will  be the bottom layer.  The petals on the layer on the right are slightly over lapped in the center to make it a little smaller.

 Here the flower layers are glued together.  You want to stagger the petals so they are not stacked on top of each other.

 Use the black embossing mat and a medium stylus to shape the stamen.  Press it down far into the embossing mat to "cup" it.  Glue the three together, alternating the points so they are not stacked on top of each other.

 Glue the Stamen in the center of the flower.  You can add a large black Dew Drop embellishment in the center if you want.

Here is a picture of a frame that has the same flower done in yellow.

The same petals can be used for many different types of flowers and when you use different stamens, you can come up with even more varieties.  Hope you have fun creating your own flower garden.

 900642

Poppy Tutorial

 

Today I have been feeling nauseated from the problem with my back and didn't do any stamping, so I am posting a tutorial I prepared for the Paper and Pixels Magazine that was published August 15th.  If you missed the August edition of this magazine, here is the link.

One of my favorite things to do is create  flowers for embellishments for my cards, boxes, etc.  Once you have a few basic tools and work through the process, it is easy and you get hooked.  The tools I always have by my side are a “Flower Tool Kit”, a black shaping pad,  glue and punches.  Once you start collecting a few of the flower punches, you will be able to create a variety of flowers. Sometimes just changing the stamen will create a totally different look.  There are many ways to achieve the color(s) you want.  You can punch them from lightweight, colored card stock or use a variety of ways to color them when they have been punched out using white or ivory card stock.  For this tutorial, I am going to show you how to sponge on color.  I wanted to use this beautiful design paper from the Graphic 45 “The Magic of Oz Collection” paper pack.  I love poppies so decided to try and create one very similar to the poppies  in this design paper.  The tutorial below will show you all the products I used and step by step instructions.  All the supplies needed for creating flowers can be purchased from Joan’s Gardens.

Punches used for creating the poppy  include:  Large Ginko; Large Daisy; Medium Blossom; Medium Sun; Large Delicate Snowflake; Small Blossom, and a  1/8 circle Punch. I used the Medium Blossom for extra support on the bottom of the flower to help shape the petals, but this punched piece is not necessary.

Edit:  One of my followers just wrote to me and said the name of the first punch is a "Geranium" petal.  She is right - the Ginko leaf is not as full along the bottom edge.  I do believe either punch would create a pretty poppy.

This picture shows the number of pieces that need to be punched, plus it shows three leaves.  You can embellish your card any way you want but thought I would list the other dies  and punch used to complete this card    Cheery Lynn “Italian Flourish (DL103), Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish (B117), Cheery Lynn “Exotic Butterfly mini (DL112) and a medium “fern” punch.  All these products are available from Joan’s Gardens.  

In order to have well shaped flower petals, they need to be conditioned.  In the design paper I noticed lines on the petals so I started conditioning by scoring a few lines on the Ginko leaves.  I used my Scor-Buddy to do this.   Score lines from the stem end up to the outer edge where there is an indention –where you might see a crease in the petal.

In order to match the color in the design paper, I started with “white” card stock.  The stems are not needed on the petals so they have been cut off.  Sponge ink on to both the front and back of each petal.  I used ColorBox “Stucco” ink.  The color was intensified on the stem end of each petal for shading.

 

This is a picture of all the tools in the “Flower Tool Kit” I use to shape all my flowers.  I work on a black shaping mat.  This tool kit has one handle for 5 different stylus heads and 3 different piercing tools.  It also has a package of blades that fit in this handle.  The tweezers are self-closing.  The large white tool is used for breaking down all the fibers in the card stock of each punched piece.  This little box contains everything you need for creating (shaping) your flowers.

One your flower petals are colored, use the white tool from the Flower Tool Kit to soften fibers in each petal by going around in circles until it “cups” up, as shown in picture.

Next turn the petal over  (you are working on the back) and use largest ball in the handle to curl the edges to give them more shape.  You want to work just the outer edges so they slightly turn backward.

Now turn the petal back, face up, and use the same tool to press down next to stem end of petal to slightly create a little “pocket”.    You will notice the outer edges of the petals are now rolling back giving the petal a realistic look.  You can see the difference in the flat petals in the background compared to the shaped petal. 

Now you are going to use the large punched green “Daisy” to start shaping the poppy.  This is the bottom that holds all the petals.   Using the white shaping tool, go around in circles over it, to cup it.  This will help hold the petals of your flower up so the flower will have a nice shape.

You have seven petals ready for this flower.  Glue four of the petals to the large punched daisy, slightly overlapping as you go around.  You want to use a fairly fast drying glue such as “Crafter’s Pick”, “Art Glitter” Adhesive, or Tombo Mono Aqua liquid glue.  Add glue to the stem end of the poppy petal and place on the daisy about in the middle of the petals.  You are going to add another row so you need to save room in the middle for the additional petals. 

Add last three petals in center slightly overlapping each one.  Your finished poppy will look similar to this.  Next you will work on the stamen.

Looking at the stamen in the design paper, I decided the punched pieces shown above would come close to duplicating it.  The green and black sun rays were all cut down through the center of each ray toward the center.  This helps to “fray” out the edges.  Shape each punched piece so they resemble those in the picture.    Each piece needs to be “cupped” by first using the white tool then using the other tool pressing down right in the center of each on the black foam mat.  Layer all these pieces starting with green piece on left, glue in black “Delicate Snowflake”, then inside that the black sun, and finally the yellow center.

Here is a closeup showing  how to cut both the green and black punched suns so they will fray out a little after shaping.  On the right you can see how I came up with the pod for the very center of the poppy stamen.  The small yellow blossom was used.  A thin line was drawn between each petal and a small black punched circle was added right in the center.  After the black center is dry, shape both pieces as shown above.  You will be shaping the yellow “pod” on the back side so you have a nice domed shape for the enter of the stamen.  To add the “pod” to the center of the stamen, add a pool of glue right in the enter of the stamen then shape the pod down in the glue.  You can adjust and shape this pod by using a tooth pick to move it around.

Glue stamen into center of flower.

Another view of the finished card. Now it is time to create your card.

Did you see this article in the Paper and Pixels magazine?

301421