My 'Flower Trellis' Tutorial.

Hello there Friends, Followers and Visitors,

Wow! isn't this weather amazing.   Sun has been shinning today and it is still quite mild for the time of year.   The leaves  have almost all fallen from  the trees in our garden, just a few hanging on by a thread lol!   all very beautiful but quite a job  to clear them all up, there must be thousands  lol!   Thank you all for your visits and comments on my last post, much appreciated.   At the beginning of the year, I was asked by  a closed group if I would do a tutorial for them as a guest designer.   I was thrilled to be asked, so I of course said yes.    I thought I would share it with you today.    Here is that tutorial, hope you enjoy it.   Please bear with me as there are quite a lot of photos showing the different stages.   The card below is what we are aiming for.   Some of the products used in this tutorial can be purchased from Imagination Crafts on the Crafter's Companion web site  www.crafterscompanion.co.uk

    
(1 )   Matt a smaller square of red card onto the white 7" x 7" base card.

(2 )   Take a smaller square of white card and lay the flower trellis stencil onto it and dab the white   
         Gesso through the design, using cut 'n' dry foam.   Remove the stencil.

   
(3 )   When dry, colour over this with Peacock feathers, Dried marigold and Ripe Persimmon Distress
          inks, using a blending tool.

    
(4 )   Put some Peacock feathers ink through part of the large flower design on the stencil, onto the
         top right hand corner.   Remove stencil.

     
(5 )   Add some extra circles to the design using the Bubbles stencil and Peacock feathers D.I.

   
(6 )   Lay the Spider's web stencil onto the bottom right corner and blend some Dried marigold D.I.
         through the stencil.

    
(7 )   Add a few water splashes using your fingers and blot off with some kitchen roll, to remove
         some of the ink.

(8 )   Using water and a paintbrush, take away some of the ink from the Gesso images as in the
          previous step.

     
(9 )   Lay the trellis stencil back in position on the card and using the 'foiling' technique, rub the red
         Sparkle Medium over the large flower flourish in the bottom left corner, using our finger.  (You
         could use a piece of cut 'n' dry foam should you be allergic to glitter) but I prefer to use my
         finger.    This takes the medium to the edges of the stencil design.   Remove the stencil and
         leave to dry.

     
(10)   Using small scissors, cut away the design from the centre of the large flower flourish, leaving
          the Sparkle Medium edges in tact.   Draw around the outside edges of the Sparkle Medium
          with a black pen.

     
(11)   Fix some red card behind the cut out flower, then fix this onto a piece of white card, leaving
         a tiny border of white showing.   Matt and layer this onto the white base card.

    
(12)   Stamp the distressed circles to the top left and bottom right corners, using a black ink pad.
          Next stamp the word  'SMILE' to the card front using black ink once again.

    
(13)   Add a red ribbon bow just below the word 'SMILE' and a red gem to the large flower flourish.

(14)   Using a white pen, add a few groups of white dots to the design.

     
Below is the finished card shown at an angle.   This card does take more time to make but I feel
that extra time is worth it lol!   what do you think, I do hope you like it.

 

Thank you for visiting my blog, hope you may have gained a little inspiration from my tutorial.   Take good care of yourselves and I will be back again quite soon.  Happy crafting!

                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                         Crafty Hugs,   Jennifer xx.