Saturday, April 16, 2011

April Blog Hop

This month we are sharing anything but a card...
You should have arrived here from:The Bluegrass Stamper
http://bluegrassstamperstudio.blogspot.com/
I chose to share with you a flower. Not just any flower but a flower I made from fabric circles I cut with the Big Shot and circles #2 die. It is the cheapest material you can find. Get one that ravels easily.
 Here are the circles I started with. You can double up on the number of circles you use to make the flower as full as you want it. I placed my circles on top of each other and punched a center hole with my crop-a-dile. Next I placed a brad in the center. This holds the layers together. If you use a Rhinestone brad be careful not to melt the center. I held my layers down with the point of my scissors. Then I used my heat gun to melt the flower layers until they curled like I wanted them to. You have to have a little patience as it can sometimes be a slow melt or it can be very fast if you use a thinner material.
 I cut out a felt circle to glue on the back and then glued on a hair clip


I hope you enjoyed seeing my share today.
Your next stop on the blog hop is:Stamping is my Therapy
http://www.stampingismytherapy.blogspot.com/
Please come back to visit oftern. Thanks, Mary

Mary Campbell My Stampin Up website: http://marycampbell.stampinup.net

9 comments:

Veronica said...

How cute! TFS, Mary.

Elizabeth said...

Wow! That is a great flower! I need to hunt up some cheap fabric now so I can make my daughter and I some clips!

Brenda said...

Your clip is great. I would never have thought to apply heat -- gonna have to go try this technique out. TFS

creations by jackie said...

Fantastic flower and I love the hair clip idea. Thanks for sharing today.

PocketsOfInspiration said...

What a lovely project Mary. A girl can never have enough flowering accessories.

Deb said...

Oh my gosh, what a great idea! Thanks for sharing, off to continue on the blog hop! Deb

Denise Foor Studio PA said...

Way to cute! My Granddaughters will love these.

Charlotte said...

So cute! I can hardly wait to make my own. Thanks for sharing!

Alicia said...

Love this! These are beautiful! And just in time for Easter dresses!

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