Accordian flowers card tutorial with Carole

Morning everyone and welcome to my latest project and 

 Tutorial -  How to make Accordian/Concertina Flowers Card

I took my inspiration from the purple and the accordian umbrellas.

HOW TO MAKE THIS CARD

GATHER SUPPLIES

8 x 8 inch card blank, card in various purples, yellow and green, pretty purple papers, accordian die or scoreboard, pretty lace die, pearls, leafy branch die, white pearl card.

MATT PURPLE CARD ONTO A 8 X 8 INCH CARD BLANK

MATT  PURPLE PAPER ONTO 6 X 6 INCH PURPLE CARD 

MATT PRETTY PAPER ONTO PURPLE THEN DARK PURPLE CARD, ADHERE ALL LAYERS

NEXT MAKE SOME FLOWERS

TAKE A SCOREBOARD or AN ACCORDIAN DIE AND A 12 X 1 INCH STRIP OF CARD

SCORE EVERY QUARTER INCH

CONCERTINA THE STRIP

OR YOU CAN USE A CONCERTINA DIE LIKE I DID

GLUE BOTH ENDS TOGETHER

HOT GLUE IS BEST

PUNCH OUT A CIRCLE, HOLD FLOWER DOWN IN THE CENTER AND ADHERE TO CIRCLE WITH HOT GLUE

ADD FLOWERS, LEAVES, PEARLS, DIE CUT BRANCHES, LEAVES AND SENTIMENT

MANY THANKS FOR VISITING TODAY

BYE FOR NOW

XXX

FOAMIRAN FLOWERS with Carol

Morning everyone and welcome to my

October Tutorial 

FOAMIRAN FLOWERS

Today I have a tutorial for you on how to make  foamiran flowers, similar to the ones on my layout for the 

October OFF THE RAILS Mood Board.

HERES HOW

STEP 1

Gather your supplies, you will need-

a sheet of white foamiran, flower dies, inks to colour, stamens, piece of thin wire, barbeque stick, iron or heat gun, pokey tool, hot glue gun, foam pad, ball tool.

Step 2

Cut out an assorted selection of flowers with your die

Step 3

Ink your flowers including one for the leaves

Step 4

Using an iron or heat gun tool, take the wooden stick and heat up the flower on medium heat, no steam, for a few seconds

Step 5

When warm, roll flowers between your fingers

Step 6

Roll and pinch as you go

Step 7

When cool, unwrap and roll out the flowers on the foam with your ball tool and stretch gently with your fingers

Step 8

Step 9

Now take a few stamens, fold in half, attach wire

Step 10

Start to thread the flower head onto the wire, this is where you need your pokey tool if your flowers do not have the holes in them 

Step 11

Add small dabs of glue between the layers

Step 12

Cut off the excess string from the stamens, and there you have one pretty flower.

More foamiran flowers I made

Many thanks for visiting today, I hope you followed along.

Bye for now

xxx