Tattered Floral Challenge at Tim Holtz Blog

Hi Scrappy folks!! I love making my own handmade flowers. Tim Holtz has a Challenge up on his blog to make some. Go Here>>> Tattered Floral Challenge. So I figured why not!! I love his products so I figured I'd give it a go. I check his blog daily to see some new entries for inspiration. Wow I love seeing the amazing artists. They such great talent.  I see many people already added their flowers to projects. I figured I stockpile mine and save them for just the right project. Nothing wrong with having a handmade stash too.  Ok enough jabber I do not want to bore you. Onto to my flowers.

 One of my other hobbies is to garden so I figured I would try to come as close as possible to making replica of actual flowers. I made a Rose, Daisy, Sunflower, Forget -Me- Not's and sort of a Tiger Lily.

There are many layers on my rose. I think I used a total of 8 small, 4 medium and 3 large flowers from the die to make this flower. I sprayed with water and crinkled the papers as well.  I used Tim Holtz Kraft Resist papers and inked them with distress festive berry ink. I used gold Stickles for and  added touch.  I cut the 2 leaves from burlap and inked with evergreen bough distress ink.

Rose Flower

For the sunflower I cut 2 larger flower from die and inked with mustard seed and spiced marmalade distress inks. I creased the petals a bit to look more like a sunflower and inked the tips with a little black. For the center I added some black glitter. I cut a single leave and added evergreen bough distress ink.

Sunflower

Now for my Daisy. I cut 2 larger flowers and 1 leaf  from tear paper and magic mesh. I heat embossed the center of flower using distress emboss ink and yellow powder. I inked the leaf with evergreen bough. Next time I will be a tad more careful to  try to keep the yellow powder in the center of the flower. It ran over a bit into one of the petals.

Daisy

My version of a tiger lily. I cut 2 larger flowers from acetate. I used sunset orange alcohol ink to add color. I used a heat gun to apply  a bit of heat for a little dimension. This way the flowers aren't too flat. You only need a little heat the acetate melts fast. I did have to try this method a couple times. For the centers I inked with orange and used a permanent marker for tips of stamen.  Next time I will go a bit darker. Add dots on flower with permanent marker. These aren't my fave flowers but I think they turned out pretty cool.

Tiger Lily

I cut 3 small flowers from acetate. They remind me of  the Forget -me- Not's  when used individually. I did used the heat gun again for a curled effect.  I added stream alcohol ink for color and added pearls to the centers.

Well that's my stockpile so far. I had a lot of fun making these flowers. I hope you like them too.

Thanks for stopping by! Love and hugs!

Supplies: 

Tim Holtz Kraft Resist papers

Tim Holtz Distressed inks in spiced marmalade, evergreen bough, mustard seed and festive berry.

Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink.

Ranger Gold Stickles

Tim Holtz Alcohol inks in Sunset orange and Stream

Burlap

Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Flowers

Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Leaves

Magic Mesh: White and green

Stash: pearls, embossing powder.