Heartfelt creations flower mold!!!
And a couple coloring techniques!
I was at a crop one day and a woman asked me if she could borrow a spray bottle. I then asked why because I am nosey and knew it had to be a fun craft.
She showed me the flowers she made with her Heartfelt Creations Flower Mold and I thought they were so pretty. I knew I had to have at least one set.
I looked online and they were expensive so I waited for the expo hoping for a bundle sale. There was sadly not a bundle sale and I found them on amazon cheaper so I went with Amazon.
I bought the classic rose set. I got all 3 pcs today so I had to try them out. The set includes a Die to cut the paper out, stamps to stamp the image on them, and a mold to shape the flowers. I did buy them all separately and the cost ended up around 53.00 for all three items. (at the expo is was like 90.00)
I did not watch a YouTube video and I probably should have but they came out cute anyway.
First, stamp your images, I used a Close To My Heart Ink because its my favorite. It is called Intense Black, its a nice black and will not bleed when colored or when it gets wet. This is important because we will be spritzing with water later.
Next, color your stamped images. I use Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers (again can be found on my website at CTMH) I love them, they take the guesswork out of color matching and blend perfectly. Next time I will use a color so that the black isn't so obvious.
I am not happy with the white showing so I may color outside the lines next time.
Next, die cut your images or cut them out with your Cameo if you want.
Place your cut out flowers in the corresponding flower mold. I was a little confused as to where to put them but it ended up okay. If you keep moving around the flowers you can tell where they are supposed to match up. It takes a little practice. Heartfelt Creations does say you can put 3 flowers in each mold, I found that they can stick together so I suggest one per slot.
Spritz them with plain water, just a few spritz will do.
Put the lid on your mold and run it through your die cutter. This process shapes your flowers, you can put them forward facing or backward and you will get a different effect. These were done image forward facing. You can see I didn't do a very good job lining them up in the mold but the end result is still beautiful.
Again, not sure I love the white edges.
I put them together with Tombow glue.
I have added Nuvo Drops in place of the stamen and added glitter with the Close To My Heart shimmer brush in clear. I like the yellow one a lot better as you cannot really see the white areas so much.
Another tip I learned from the Scrapbook Expo is to put your glue into a nail polish bottle, it is super handy. The empty nail polish bottles are available on Amazon.
I made this card for my daughters bday and she loved it. I used the yellow flowers because that is her favorite color. :)
Next I thought I would try another coloring technique and I wanted to see how it would look NOT using the stamps. I just really didn't like the way they didn't line up and I am not sure I would use black for the stamped images next time.
I also decided to use CTMH ink to color the die cut flowers along with a water color brush. As I colored I also made sure to tap some darker color on the edges to give the flower more color dimension. I also colored both sides of the flower so that the white paper did not show through. I used Raspberry because I love the bright vibrant pink color. CTMH inks blend very well with water and end with a really pretty watercolor effect.
I tried a few colors from CTMH including scarlet, eggplant, pixie, and green apple for the leaves.
They turned out beautiful. In fact, I may buy a few more flower sets and just not buy the stamps. I would be willing to use the stamps with a nice color though, that edge just really bothers me. I really like the way they turned out though without stamps.
This is without any glitter. I have been using Nuvo drops for the center or stamen of the flowers.
I will likely not use the stamps in the future because I think the flowers turn out way prettier without the stamps.
To help shape the flowers I also bought a Sizzix Paper Sculpting Kit. It comes with 3 styluses, some scissors, and a couple matts and it seemed to help make the flowers stand up a bit more. Its not needed to make these flowers, but it helped me a little by using a stylus and pushing in the middle to lift up the petals a little.
Flower shaping is very new to me so if you have any tips, please put them in the comments. I am hooked and love the look of these flowers. I would love to learn new tips and tricks to make my flowers even prettier. I mean if I can make flowers my first try, you can too!
Thanks for reading!
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