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Hi all,
I thought I'd share with you how to make some fun embellishments that you can use on cards and in mini albums. You could use ready made flowers but I like making my own.
This is the punch I used. You could use flowers cut from your cricut or any other die cutting
machine for your flowers. You just need to remember that you don't use too big a flower shape as this wouldn't look right on the paper clip. I used the large 50mm size of paperclip.
I then cut my flowers out. I used white card so I could then colour them with my promarkers (or copics). This means I can custom make my flowers to what ever I'm doing.
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I then used glossy accents on one of the green flowers. I placed the paperclip on top.
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I then added some glue to the paperclip and placed the second green flower on top. I used my embossing tool to push it down so the two flowers sealed. I waited for this to dry (didn't take long with Glossy accents), then I glued my made flower to the top green flower.
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Here are the finished paperclips. Next time I'm going to coulour the paperclips with alcohol inks so they co ordinate even more.
I hope you like this quick tutorial. You could use all sorts of different things not just flowers.
Thanks to Pam for having me today as a guest designer.
Kelly :)
www.kamscraftyplace.blogspot.com
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3 comments :
Kelly these are just adorable. I will have to try to make some. TFS
Looks so cute. Love it. Thanks for tutorials.
Love this tutorial!
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