Its shining sunflowers

I have been having a play with some flowers and thought that I'd show you what I have been making.  

When Amanda showed me her new set of sunny flowers that she had designed I was really enthusiastic about crafting with them. There is something very therapeutic about flower making.

I thought these flowers would look really pretty on my flower pot that I painted with acrylic paint. I printed the sunflowers onto 120gsm Navigator colour document paper and I find them easy to cut out. 

I gave the sunflowers a coat of Mod Podge in matte finish to seal them and add a little structure to them which helped as I moulded them around the pot , finishing off with another coat of Mod Podge to seal the pot. I added gold prills in the centre of the flowers for dimension.

My little pot is ready for plant life and will sit nicely on my window sill. 

The Digital Florist Sunflower Flower forming Sheet can be found at Opulence by Design as a PDF digital download with 2 bonus plain sheets.

Opulence by design have a YouTube channel packed with inspiration and tutorials on card craft and I especially love all the flower making tutorials which I find very useful with very handy tips too. Follow the link below if you would like to catch up on any of these.

https://www.youtube.com/@opulencebydesign

I have also made a few cards with these gorgeous blooms.

For my birthday card, I used a 6x6 inch  white card blank, a woodgrain embossed topper by The Dreamees  with a hint of wax and a wreath die cut for my sunflowers to sit. on. I have used the leaves from the Opulence by Design Steampunk Florals . I have also used the darker of the 2 plain sheets available in the download and for the centre of my flowers I have used a mix of Stickles glitter glue and glossy accent.

For my easel I card used both colourways of the papers  on a mushroom card base, adding the foliage Ivy leaves which I already had in my stash. This time for the centres of my flowers I used a lemon Flowersoft.

Finally a little thank you card on cream linen cardstock. I used a script embossing folder and a gold scroll die cut in the background. I just focused on the dimension of a single flower and added lots of gold prills over the fine detail that was already on this beautiful design.

I do love sunflowers, they are one of my favourites and I had quite a few in my garden last year.

These flower former sheets are a fabulous edition to your crafty stash as they can be used in so many ways to suit the changing ways that we all craft now.

The sun has been out and I have been out in the garden.  The birds are nesting and the black birds have decided to take the rest the coco coir liner from an old plant pot base that I left them for their nests (which they destroyed last year with my plants in it).

There's a new window bird feeder on my list as either the pigeon has tried to perch on it and it has snapped or I am feeding those sparrows too much!!  

At least its been a sunny bank holiday for a change, I hope you've had a good one.

Happy crafting

Sweet Nothings Collection by Katy Hudson

I thought I'd share my DT samples from a collection I have been working on which are ready for the launch on Create & Craft TV tomorrow.

I love these adorable squirrels using the Perfect Pair die, accompanied by the sweet nothings die and those little blue tits.

The charismas cards come in a pack accompanied by an equal amount of vellum ones to die cut.  The card stock is super smooth and a good weight, with crisp images. No need to download, and ready for you to start crafting.

For each die, I have also made one using the vellum charisma. I included the Thank You die in this card but cut it in half so that I could use the flowers at both ends, not losing the sentiment. On all these samples I have used the matching cardstock, which again is a good heavy weight of card, perfect for card bases or layering with your dies like I have done.

Each die has a topper sheet to match which includes sentiments that you can mix and match with the card from the collection. I have used the Pretty Posies die and charisma for this card mixing it with the topper and card.

With a good selection of toppers you can also make smaller cards. Here I have used the vellum charisma on an acetate panel for my card with the toppers and card stock from the Pretty Posies.

Using the New Home die, matching toppers and card on my easel card.  All the other dies used in these samples are from various Tattered Lace collections.

My favourite colours on this card and some pretty card to accompany the collection also.

For my tent shaped floating acetate card I have used the vellum New Home die with the same toppers and cardstock.

The Its a gift die from the Tattered lace Vintage Designer collection was an ideal shape for the Special Couple die due to its bird cage like shape. I have decoupaged it and used it as a hanging topper on the front of the card. I have also included those cute blue tits from the Sweet Nothings dies.

Again I love these colours and its a pretty collection, with lots of elements to use.

A vellum wrap card using the vellum charisma wrap that I have not die cut, just adding the Sweet Nothings die to the edges of the card.

I have used the matching cardstock, some mint green vellum as an insert and the toppers as an insert panel.

A thank you card using the Thank You die and the matching cardstock behind the lacy frame die which has been die cut using the Sweet Nothings cardstock.

An acetate bowed fronted card using the same Thank You die but this time on the vellum.

Back to those cute squirrels adding a touch of the pretty posies on my tent card using the triangle wrap die from the Vintage Designer collection.  The toppers in this collection are easy to mix and match.

This collection does actually have an insert pack available to purchase but it wasn't part of my collection.

Katy Hudson is launching her new papercraft collection on Create and Craft, a full-time Illustrator based in Bristol became obsessed with drawing animals and telling stories.  The idea stuck which led her to studying for a degree in illustration and creating some wonderful illustrations.

All these items can be purchased as a whole collection or individually from Create and Craft TV.

Happy Crafting