Live Life in Full Bloom with Spellbinders

 Hi friends!

Today I am working with Spellbinders January release of Love-in-a-Mist by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. It is part of the Poet's Garden Collection. I just adorn Susan's flowers so much. I am a gardener and I think it's so fun to create the flowers in my studio. Sometimes I try to make the flowers correctly formed and colors like they do in nature but other times I just go with what I feel like.

 For the flowers, I actually use scrap pieces of white cardstock. I find that is a great way to use those scraps! I used watercolors to color them. No, I am not using watercolor paper. I like all the warping that happens for the colors. I do not excessively rub or water them as to cause any type of pilling.

 I let them air dry or if I am in a hurry I put them on a paper towel and use a heat gun to speed that up. 

Once dry, I put them on a foam pad and a shaping tool to add the shape. Just run the ball of the tool from end of petal or leaf towards the center. For a pointed end I just pinch it a little.

 The background is an embossing folder also by Susan but a former release. It is one that I reach for often. I dragged yellow ink on one side of the embossing folder. I wanted the ink to be in the grooves of the honey comb so I choose the side of the folder for that. 

I assembled and glued the flowers together and adhered them to the card panel. 

The sentiment is also from Susan in a former release.

My supply list is below.

 

~Paula

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Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!