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I have been having so much fun making this hand crafted flowers, I just had to share with you how I do it! For these flowers I used Heartfelt Creations Innoscents Flowers 1 and 2, and Spellbinders Blossom 2 Nestbilities. I just bought some cheap white satin at Walmart for $1/yard.
You will want to stamp a couple of each flower size onto the satin using Staz-on inks.
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After you have all of your flowers stamped out, cut them with your nestabilities. I have found if you are trying to cut fabric, it works much better if you put a layer of cardstock underneath it. It gives the die a little more to grab onto.
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You may still have to trim just a little, if it doesn't cut all the way through.
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You can choose any color to make your flower just by spraying them with Glimmer Mist. I used Fully Purple and Dewberry.
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To speed the drying, I use my heat gun. I love laying out my flowers on my magnetic precision mat and holding them in place with magnets to dry. This keeps me from burning my fingers.
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Next, you are going to melt the edges of all the flowers over a candle flame. You don't have to get it too near, or you will have some little fires to tend to!
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Sometimes I will curl the petal as I melt it to help shape it.
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For some of the top layers, I cut away the bottom flower layer - or sometimes cut into the petal to make it deeper. You can play around with it for different effects.
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Here are all of the flowers shaped by the flame. I also cut some plain bronze organza and melted the edges of that for a different layer.
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You are going to sew the layers together, but cut a little square of felt to put between the layers to space them.
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Add beads or a button to the center of the flower.
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After my flower was assembled, I painted a thin layer of Platinum Stickles over the top.
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Here is another variation of my flower, using real fresh water pearls for the center.
I hope you will try these out - I'd love to see what you come up with!