I discovered that you can use your big Shot Circle die to make a carnation look alike flower while making a bouquet for a bride recently...It is a little fiddly however the results are quite nice....
I can not wait to try these out with some Stampin' UP! fabric!!!!
You need to cut the largest size circle and some roughly 15cm lengths of wire
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Place loop over the end of the cone shaped material
Wrap wire around making sure that you catch the bottom of the cone in the wire and wrap TIGHT & CLOSE!!! this secures the fabric so that it does not come out.
Wrap around at least 5 to 6 times.....
Repeat this step three times
Secure all three together by wrapping one of the wires round all three.
Take each bud and stretch material to puff apart fabric
And Whalah... you have a lovely look alike fabric Carnation.....
And here is the finished product.... Beautiful Modern yet traditional bouquets of silk flowers....
Hi Ursula, What beautiful bouquets! Thanks so much for the great tutorial. What gauge and type of wire do you use for this sort of thing?
ReplyDeleteThanks :-).
Hi Sam... Thanks...
ReplyDeleteThe wire i used was 24gauge... however if you are going to be doing LOADS I would use thinner wire cause your fingers hurt real bad after a while!!!
I also used florist wire and tape to make the stems longer and stronger so they could be added to the bouquets...
If you would like to do these flowers to add on a card I recon you could sew them rather than wire and then you could hot glue them to the card.. that may be something I will try when I get my order of SU fabric soon....
Enjoy playing.... xxxxoooo