Camomile & Friends in a Fairy Background

Hiya. I started playing with the Fairy Background and Camomile & Friends plates a few days ago and was able to finish the project yesterday when I went to the East Northants Groovi Group. It was such a fab day. Met up with lots of friends and made more while there. We laughed, chatted, hugged and ate cake and ice cream (both home made ... Jean made a carrot cake and Roz made vanilla ice-cream and lemon merengue ice-cream). I had made more foamiran flowers a couple of days ago so decided to put them on the project too. And there is lots ... and lots ... and lots of glitter.

Groovi Plates used:

Fresh Cut Dies - Nested squares

Nested Squares Picot Outlines (GRO-PA-41035-15)

Fairy Background Round GRO-FY-40949-03

Camomile & Friends Round GRO-FL-41022-01

Lace Corners GRO-PA-40126-09

Straight Basic Grid GRO-GG-40384-14

1.) Picot cut the 2nd from outside square from the nested picot dies and emboss the double square outlines from the corresponding picot outlines plate.

2.) In the middle, emboss the circles and the design between the circles from the fairy background plate.

3.) Emboss the floral design from the camomile & friend plates slightly offset from the centre.

4.) Emboss the rest of the design from the fairy background plate 

5.) In the corners, emboss the design from the lace corners plate.

6.) Freehand emboss in the floral design and the lace corners.

7.) Between the double circle outlines, emboss dots over the basic straight grid.

8.) Colour on the back with Perga Liner B pencils and blend using a blender pen/nibs and Dorso oil. I added my glitter using sticky ink and Perga glitter at this point because I thought I may as well feel happy looking at the sparkle while I do all the perforating and cutting between all those sections. As a general rule I tend to leave my glittering till the end. 

9.) Perforate on the front using a 2 needle perforating tool and picot cut between the perforations.

10.) Mount the work on Indian Summer designer paper and white card using brads and stick it on 8"x8" folded white card. Stick flowers and ribbon on the bottom right corner.

I'm off to do my next set of instructions for my workshop at The Forget Me Not Kraft Kabin, Rochford, Essex in November. It's a 'Lots of Words' kinda day.

Enjoy. Take Care.

Love and laughter

Tina

Playing with Foamiran

Good Evening. Yesterday, I finally finished prepping for my shows on Thursday on Hochanda and decided to have a play with Foamiran. I had first come across the flowers made from it on Nick Roberts FB page and blog (https://nickinbarnsley.blogspot.com). He makes the most amazing flowers with Foamarin and the roses are out of this world. So I asked him for help a few days ago and he steered me in the right direction which I am so grateful for. The roses are a long way away for me to try yet but I had so much fun creating a few simple flowers. For me the hardest part was to try and hold it and stretch the foam gently but hopefully with more playtime I'll find a way that works for me. And I promised Nick I would not throw away my first flower. I don't know about you, but when I make something I stash it away somewhere only to find it years later all falling apart. So I decided I would put these flowers directly onto a card and I had the perfect project for it.

The Groovi piece I put the flowers on was one I had started a few weeks ago but did not like where it was going so I had abandoned it ... till today. I'll do the Groovi part in step by step photos. The flowers can be replaced by any flowers you may have. If you want to try Foamarin, there are lots of videos on YouTube to help you get started. Here is what the finished project looks like ...

Groovi Plates Used:-

Nested Squares GRO-PA-40037-03

Nested Scallops Circles GRO-PA-40558-03

Leafy Swirl GRO-TR-40338-03

Linda's Aquilegia & Lace GRO-FL-40920-03

Straight Basic Grid GRO-GG-40202-12

Gratitude and Sending Word Chains GRO-WO-40564-09

1.) Emboss the largest square and largest double circle outlines on regular parchment.

2.) Emboss the leafy swirls in the circle.

3.) Emboss the lace in the corners.

4.) Over the basic straight grid, emboss dots over alternate holes in the circle and every hole outside the circle.

5.) Freehand emboss in the lace corners using ball tools and small shader.

6.) On the back, colour the leafy swirl and between the double circle outlines with Perga Colours Exclusive pens and outside the circle, colour with Perga Liner B pencils and blend with blending nibs and Dorso oil.

7.) On the front, perforate inside the leaves using the bold 2-needle perforating tool and picot cut between the perforations.

8.) On pink parchment, emboss the word and colour on the back with Perga Colours Exclusive pen. Tear on the top and bottom.

9.) Mount the regular parchment piece and word on pink parchment and white card using brads. Stick this on Indian Summer designer paper and 8"x8" folded white card. Add a little sparkle in the lace corners with Perga Glue and Perga Glitter. Finally stick the flowers and leaves on the card with silicone glue.

Well the flowers are a new addiction for me so I'm off to make some more because we can never have too many flowers ... Nor chocolate ... Nor cake ... Nor popcorn ... Nor tea ... Nor ice-cream ... Nor love heart sweets ... Nor ... 

Enjoy. Take Care.

Love and Laughter

Tina

Where Flowers Bloom

Good Evening. I thought I was just addicted to cake and chocolate but I am addicted to the Fresh Cut Picot dies, paper flower embellishments (https://claritystamp.com/search?type=product&q=paper+flowers) and the floral moon groovi plate. I cannot stop using these on everything. And I used the parchlet plates ... Again!

These are the Picot Dies & Groovi plates I used:
- Alphabet A5 Square Groovi Plate Mate
- Alphabet and Numbers A4 Square Groovi Plate Mate
A6 Square Groovi Plate Inset

- Fresh Cut Dies - Nested squares, Nested Circles

- Nested squares picot outlines (GRO-PA-41035-15)

- Nested circles picot outlines (GRO-PA-41069-15)

- Tina's Daisy Flowers Parchlet (GRO-FL-40972-01)

- Tina’s Wild Flowers Parchlet (GRO-FL-40974-01)

- Floral Moon (GRO-FL-40446-03)

- Flower Rounds Groovi Go! Safer Plate (GRO-FL-41027-20)

1.)  On soft tone blue parchment, with the cutting side of the picot die down on the matt side of the parchment, cut the largest square. On regular parchment, cut the circle using the 3rd from outside die and a window using 3rd from inside picot die.

2.) On the back, attach the parchment to the corresponding Groovi plate and emboss the double outlines for the square and circle.

3.) To emboss the circles inside the window on the blue parchment, attach the round piece on the blue parchment on the front, turn the work over to the back and emboss the double outlines.

4.) On the blue parchment, emboss the parchlet designs in the corners and along the sides of the square and the words in the window. On the regular parchment, emboss the floral moon design around the circle.

5.) On the back, colour using the Perga Colours Exclusive pens and on the front paint gold dots using the Kuretake gold mica paste (https://claritystamp.com/products/gold-mica-paste-30g?variant=32378516289).

6.) Layer and mount the pieces onto regular parchment and white card using brads and stick this on 7"x7" folded white card. Stick the paper flowers around the window. I used didi glue dots but Silicone glue would work too. If you use a lot of flowers, a wet glue will make the parchment buckle but if you were using only a few flowers, a teeny tiny amount of Perga Glue would be fine.

I hope you enjoyed today's project and looking forward to seeing everyone's creations using the dies, paper flowers and any of the other products which are all available from https://claritystamp.com.

Take care. Enjoy.

Love and laughter

Tina