Dreamees Fuchsia Flowers Tutorial.

I made this easel aperture card using  the Flower Shower Fuchsia stamps set which have been layered u and papers from the Dreamees Whimsical Wonders collection. Also a leafy die and tattered lace pearl circle for the aperture.

What I used:-  

• Dreamees Flower Shower Stamp set
• colour choice of card for flowers and leaf die ( I used co-ordinations cardstock)
• flower stamens
• Tim Holtz peeled paint distress ink
• Tim Holtz victorian velvet distress ink
• Leafy die
• tacky pva based glue (I used Cosmic Shimmer)

I used the medium plain stamp for the tube/stem end of the flower and the

the bud of the fuchsia. The large plain stamp I used for the petals. The distress inks are ideal

to soften the edges of the flowers and give them  some shading.  

In In the smallest pink flower I made a hole with a pokey tool to thread the stamen through.

Making the bud

Put a fine line of glue on the edge of each petal and hold for a minute or two. 

 I left the last  petal open.  

Then thread your stamen through.

Before sticking the bud to the larger layer of the flower, curl the end of the stamen to hide it under the bud. I curled the ends of the second layered flower petals back.

I like this cardstock as its textured on one side and doesn't have a white core when torn.

Finish the flower with the last green flower shape on the base of the fuchsia and stick the

die cut leaf to the middle of the base so it will hang.

You know have your first hanging fuchsia.

As you can see I made 3 large flowers, 3 hanging flowers and 4 buds. I also made a large flower as the stopper on the easel card.

I hope you've found this useful

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Dreamees Cards

You've seen a lot my mdf makes , so in  this section I will be sharing some of my card makes

 with you.

 Starting with the Flower Shower stamps set. I heat embossed the main image onto a piece of centura pearl cardstock and then re-stamped the flower heads to decoupage onto the card.

With the larger flower stamps, I constructed some fuchsias to hang in the aperture I made for the inside of the card.

As you can see I made two cards like this in different colours. They looked quite effective.

A get well card made with the Dreamees Delightful Dahila stamp set, backing papers from Fantastic Fairies CD and the mason jar from the Sweet as Honey CD. Everything Dreamees goes together.

  I don't do colouring so used some Tim Holtz distress ink and a blender pen to colour the flowers and the spectrum noir clear sparkle pen over the top to give it a little shimmer.

Using the same stamp this sympathy card made using the was stamped and heat embossed onto vellum with bright white Wow superfine embossing powder and layered up onto mirri board.

  

A few Easter Cards I made from this stamp set.  I used the small flower stamps to make these sweet daffodils as demonstrated by Carol Bignall.  I also used the Beatrice Diesire die from Crafters Companion for the lace card edge.

The flowers have been heat embossed with seafoam white opaque Wow embossing powder

 I used the Dreamees Friendship Dish sentiment stamp and the Ditsy Stitch flowers stamps which have been heat embossed with gold superfine metallic gold Wow embossing powder. This sentiment stamps so crisp with ink or embossed.

I made this card using one of the Dreamees CDs and used pearlescent paper to print the flowers and a some gilding flakes on the butterfly.

I pleated the centre of the card as I wanted a concertina fold so I could have the grass popping up in the centre, surrounded by butterflies.  The leaves were stamped using the Dreamees Fall & Foliage stamp set.

This Autumnal card was made using the Fall & Foliage stamp set and the Twig Wreath stamp set. You can just see the wreath under the leaves. This was an earlier stamp set.

This card was made using the flowers from the Sweet as Honey cd Whimsical Wonders paper pack.

The flowers have been painted with a spectrum noir sparkle clear overlay pen to add a shimmer.

The rectangular pearl dies by Tattered Lace. I love the sentiment on this card.

For my Jar of Hearts card I used the Mason Jar stamp set on this card and then made an aperture of the jar as I wanted to make it into a shaker card. I used the pink papers from the whimsical wonders paper kid and some create & craft satin board in soft pink. I also used the Tattered Lace rectangular pearl dies.

For this letter card I used the Dreamees Florals for All collection, card template from the CD and papers from the kit. The Charming Cascade flower stamps were embossed onto vellum using Dreamees embossing glitters

These Dreamees embossing glitters come in pastels, brights or neutrals and tie in so well with these vellum flowers.

I used The Dreamees Pretty Pearls flower stamp which was heat embossed onto pearlescent paper to make the layered flowers. The swirls are from the same stamp set which were heat embossed onto acetate. Finished off with a Tattered Lace Pearl Die.

 Made using Dreamees Creative Chrysanthemums stamp set on orange card and the Friendship Stamp from their recipe collection and bumble bees from the Sweet as Honey stamp set.  I have used a brick stencil on the base card and park of a script stamp by Indigoblu.

Flower Shower Stamp set and  Delightful Dahlia 



                                   



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I hope you've liked my selection of cards I have previously made.

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Dreamees Part 2

I was never that into stamping, but when I discovered Dreamees stamps that changed. I found their stamp sets so inspiring and easy to stamp with.  With that my confidence grew and now I love it, beginning to push my craft boundaries.

I have made a lot of mdf pieces as you are probably beginning to see and I have a wider selection of my makes on my Pinterest page, so pop over using the link at the top right of my page and have a look.

I have a few more mdf pieces I'd like to share with you.

This Dreamees mdf plaque was made using one of the Dreamees earlier stamp sets. Its from their Friendship set collection. I stamped onto their whimsical wonders paper collection and heat embossed using black embossing powder. I then stamped onto coordinating paper  and layered it all up to make the topper. The butterflies have been stamped twice to give their wings dimension too.

I used all the stamps in this set on this project.

My Dreamees mdf shoe was decorated with the same backing paper from the same collection. I used the sentiment from the Stylish Shoes stamp set and stamped butterflies from their Fall & Foliage stamp set. These have been heat embossed onto coloured vellum using silver superfine embossing powder. I stuck a small mdf stand behind to make it stand up.

A hollow and solid mdf heart decorated with the Whimsical Wonders backing paper. These papers can be found on cd also. The sentiment is from the Pretty Petals stamp set. The little white flower was from A Charming Cascade stamp set which has been heat embossed onto vellum.

Another two piece mdf plaque using the same papers and stamped sentiment from the  Swirly and Sentimental stamp set, along with the butterflies which have been heat embossed onto pink vellum using silver embossing powder.

I particularly like this little heart plaque I made. I first painted it with duck egg chalk paint. I really like the texture of chalk paint, then using off cuts of the same papers I made a patchwork heart. Adding a little lace ribbon and making those pretty vellum flowers from The Dreamees A Charming Cascade flower stamp with the bright white Wow embossing powder, it all seem to die in so well.
The sentiment is from the Pretty Pearls stamp set. The circle die is from Tattered Lace, Perfect Pearls set.

This is a variation on the above heart plaque, using the sentiment from The Dreamees  Stylish Shoes stamp set.

On this mdf Dreamees heart I used the Subtle Sweetness paper pack and the Sketched & Shaded rounded flower stamps have been heat embossed using embossing powder along with the Friendship recipe stamp from their Recipe set.

Another Dreamees mdf heart this time I used a Stamping Up lace background die (which unfortunately is now discontinued) stamped onto craft card and heat embossed using bright white wow embossing powder. It made a really pretty background. As you can see I have used the same flower stamp on vellum. The sentiment is from The Friendship collection, one of the earlier stamp sets.

I made this Dreamees plaque into a free standing one, although the picture shows it sitting on an easel.  I used papers from the Dreamees Fantastic Florals cd and the Hanging Basket stamp set which was adapted to make a sewing machine as Hayley Bignall demonstrated on one of her demos.
Stamped onto cream card and layered onto coordinating card with some flowers made using the Creative Chrysanthemums stamp set and Tim Holtz victorian velvet distress ink
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My Dreamees mdf watering can plaque with backing papers and mini windmill templates from Dreamees Creative Card Templates cd. The stamps from Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 38 with a  free whatever the weather stamp set.

A  large mdf Dreamees teapot, decorated with papers from the Fantastic Florals cd along with the flowers. Made into a chalkboard memo plaque. I made a little matching chalk holder out of cardboard which is attached to the ribbon. The chalk can be easily replaced into the holder.

I would recommend that you prime the base of your mdf before applying the blackboard paint with a clear gesso or primer. This will give your mdf a good base for the chalkboard paint to adhere to. 



Whimsical Wonders paper pads

 

Subtle Sweetness paper pad

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I hope you've enjoyed the makes I have shared and perhaps taken some inspiration from them.

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