Being on the DT means I had a wonderful pile of roses come through the post a few weeks ago which I got to play with :D (it's a hard life!!!)
I've made 2 creations so far - a wedding card & a hat band. The roses are a pleasure to work with an so versatile.
Here's the Wedding card. I used the lovely Wedding Couple from Redonkadoodles & made it lovely & bright. I used my lovely yellow roses & foiled the wording with gold foil on my Foil Master. I love the depth the roses give the card.
My second creation was a flower head band to go around my hat. I've had one on my hat for years with cala lilies on it, but unfortunately my young niece decided to 'pick' the flowers last year so it was left a bit bare. I kept the basic head band and when the Samaflora roses arrived I knew they were perfect for the job.
This is what I stared with -the band, some leaf trim & 6 lovely white roses from Samaflora
To make the roses more durable I dipped them in UTEE melted in my Meltpot. I used my heat tool to the thickness of the UTEE as it ended up quite thick when first dipped & meant the detail of the roses was lost a little. Blowing it carefully with the heat gun worked perfectly.
I attached the roses to the head band by winding the wires around it and then wound the leaf trim around the wire to make it look nicer.
Here's the result
and on the hat
I hope you like them. I'd love to know what you think.
I have some more roses to play with so will create something else very soon x
I'd like to enter my head band to the Anything Goes challenge on the Through the Purple Haze Challenge blog. It's a new challenge blog with a challenge every week & I'm going to do my best to enter every week. A huge challenge for me, but something I'd love to try x
Oh my how fabulous..i just had to stop by when I saw Redonkadoodles image..super fine colouring and I do love the flowers too..tfs
ReplyDeleteLucy, that is a great wedding card! I may need to pick that one up over at their store! Beautiful card! And your flowers are so gorgeous! I love that you used them to decorate your hat!
ReplyDeleteI really do hope you will play every week with the Through the Purple Haze Challenges! You will have a very good chance of winning that awesome big prize!
Darcy DT
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really gorgeous card Lucy, I saw the hat on FB last night & think it's a fab idea, you really did think outside of the box :) Since you have all those fabby flowers you'll love our next challenge too.
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Stunning card.. but Oh My... I love the hat!!!! Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along at Through The Purple Haze Challenge Blog!
Debs.. Purple Haze DT
What gorgeous projects you are very talented! Thanks so much for sharing them with us at Through the Purple Haze challenges
ReplyDeleteLynne DT Through the Purple Haze challenges xxx
Hello Lucy
ReplyDeleteI was surpised to see a hat in the chlallenge.... but I love the hat band, your creations are always so wonderful
Mel DT
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and the foiling on your cards is always lovely.
(are laser printers expensive? )
Brillant I love it. I love the hat to xxx Thank you for playing along at through the purple haze. Sian (DT)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea making the head band and i love the wedding card!I have that image and cant wait to use it! great job! Many thanks for joining us at Through the Purple Haze Challenges during our first challenge and hope to see you next week...Anita x
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