April Showers Springtime Llama Hop

Welcome to the April Showers Springtime Hop!

I sure hope that you enjoyed Buffy's wonderful projects.

I elected to go with a "flower theme", 

given all those April showers.  We've gotten

so much rain, everything is green and growing.

The inspiration for my first project comes

from Stampin' Up!  This is a replica of a project

displayed on a SU magazine.  

 

 The flower is made out of watercolor paper, 

with each petal punched with the RETIRING Blossom Petals

Builder punch.  I ran them under a water faucet to

wet them, sponged them with Cajun Craze ink

and folded them around a paint brush to produce their shape.

Once all of the petals were dry, I used a glue gun to 

assemble the flower.  A Designer Builder Brad

was attached to the center with glue dots.  

Dazzling Details were added to the petals

and flower center, to replicate dew.

Below is a close-up of this flower. 

Sets:  French Foliage, Just Believe

Colors:  Water Color paper, Cajun Craze,

Brushed Silver

Accessories:  Blossom Petals Builder Punch,

Designer  Builder Brad, Sponge, Dazzling Details,

Finishing Touches Edgelit

This is a second flower, made in the same way.

Colors:  Watercolor paper, Very Vanilla, 

Garden Green, Early Espresso

Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder,

Designer Builder Brad

 These are VERY bulky flowers, so you won't

be sending them through the post office.  They do, however,

make dandy little cards to hand deliver.  

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. 

Now hop on over to Kathe's very creative blog.  She's

waiting to show you some darling projects!