A Transparent Flower Tutorial, ANYONE???

When you are given a challenge to create your own transparency, you have to think about ink and stamps.... RIGHT??? Well I went for the glimmermist and heat gun approach.

First Step

Spray Glimmermist all over your transparency and let dry (you can speed this up by using your heat gun, just becareful not to use it too much)

 Second Step

Using your Tim Holtz flower die, or punches or any other flower die you have (or your Tim Holtz die ;) lol, cause really it's awesome) cut a few different sized flowers. I went for 3 large, 2 medium and a small.

Third Step

Which I didn't photograph (whoops sorry) is to use your heat gun to shape the petals. First (base) petals don't need alot of shaping, just heat enough so that the sides slightly raise and curl. Continue this until you have heated all the petals and with each one into the centre heat them more so that they curl in towards themselves. You want to create a bud effect. Make sure that the larger flowers are the bottom, the medium are the middle and the smallest is the tightest bud

Fourth Step

Glue your petals together from the most flattest to the small tight bud for the centre of your flower. It really is that simple. Worst thing, you'll want to make more and experiment with different colours. Plus they are something that you need to see in real life because photos really don't do them justice.

and this is what I used it on the Make it Yourself challenge for Aussie Scrap Source which I was late in entering again.

Little Miss - I know I've scrapped this photos too much lately but hey when you accidently print them twice, I'm not going to let them go to waste. Plus I've run out of ink so I have to make do with what I have. lol. Used some of the GORGEOUS new Prima on this. As soon as I saw this paper I knew I had to cut it up. Plus those leaves... to die for.

Side note: I know that the flowers are nothing new, but I just wanted to share ;)

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Making Flowers :)

Since Aussie Scrap Source have been doing their Make it Yourself challenges, I've been 'meaning' to join in, had ideas just never got them down :( FINALLY. I got one finished. On time but not on time to email it too them (thanks so much to Suz who said I could email anyway xx)

You - This past weeks Challenge was flowers :) worked in well as I found a fantastic vid on how to make CUTE flowers. Past week that's all I've done really. lol

Pulled out this gorgeous paper by Echo Park. I've only had it sitting for 3 months, ekkk, and got stuck in.

Pic is one of the latest of Charlotte and the journaling is just me saying how I'm so thankful she loves school.

Yes I know all my up close pics are of my flowers but I'm a little excited at how well they turned out :)

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Aussie Scrap Source Week Four

Thought I'd play along with this weeks Aussie Scrap Source Page Maps challenge

This one I'm not overly happy with :( finished in a rush and had to scan, there's just that 'something' that I don't like.

House of Three Boys - All October Afternoon except for the 'house of three' which came from my Pink Paislee papers. Char and I are really out numbered in this house. There's 5 males (including our dog) to us two :) great though. love the boy attitude and the FULL ON demands of them

Materials: Card: Bazzill; Paper: October Afternoon, Pink Pasilee; Other: October Afternoon Stickers, dymo labels, Helmar adhesives, pen. 

Love - My babies, ahhhhhhhh, while somedays I want to run away, they are my life and I'd be sooooo lost without all of them. Crazy how much your life can change in 5.5yrs. Went totally Cosmo Cricket crazy here ;) mash up of quiet a few of their ranges. Really love the simplicity of this one

Materials: Card: Bazzill; Paper: Cosmo Cricket; Other: Cosmo Cricket chipboard, stickers, pen, ribbon, staples, buttons, dymo labeller, Hlemar Adhesives.

Thanks for stopping by

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Little something Else

Firstly I have this LO on the Aussie Scrap Source blog for their Page Maps competition they are holding and I'd really LOVE it if you could pop over and vote for me PLEASE

My Bush Princess - Charlotte wanted me to take photos of her since we brought this dress. Finally we found a quiet few minutes when the two little boys were sleeping one afternoon to do so. I love how she chose to stand around the Drot, absolute extremes :) Mash up of Prima, Pink Paislee, Cosmo Cricket and Echo Park I do love how this has turned out, but wish I had positioned it a little lower...

Materials: Card: Kraft; Paper: Pink Paislee, Echo Park, Cosmo Cricket; Other: Prima journaling spot, stickers, butterfly and vine, Heidi Swapp chipboard and journaling spot. Tim Holtz metal, lace, material, pen,

While we are on the subject of Pink Paislee, I found out yesterday that I'm featured on their blog :) Excited much :)



Apart from that there is nothing else that’s new or exciting, same old same old here, been trying to scrap as much as I possibly can, currently working on some projects for Anna’s, the next coupld of challenge for Get Picky and Creative Scrappers.