Australian Flannel Flower & folded pillow box by Jennifer

Hi all, today's tutorial is some double fun with my Australian Flannel flower and a pretty folded box by Jennifer King from Origami Twist 

here is a template for the petals only...... and watch my video below :) .... enjoy!

   Australian Flannel Flower Template

Blessings to you

and a last thought

 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but 

of power and love and self-control.

 2 Timothy 1:7

paper Hibiscus / video

It's another cold wet winter day here in Oz but warm at heart with this paper hibiscus. Ive been so inspired by Joannes no tool flowers and asked her some time ago if it was alright to post a few of my own designs and this Hibiscus is one of them. This was also the last card i gave my mum in law when she was last in hospital.

you will need:

light weight card
inks
coloured pencils and markers
Med sun punch
glues
emboss mat
Pattern.
The Hula girl is a sizzix sizzlits die

Cut 5 petals from the pattern, 1 sun punch, 1 thick end of the stamen and 1 thin stamen top with 2 slits cut in the end ( refer to the pattern for measurements). ink all these.

next to add more colour to the petals i simply used a crayola pencil and a regular texter or marker.starting at the pointed tip and flicking the colour towards you.

to shape the petals i used my makeshift deet tool which is a knitting needle glued into a piece of dowel. start at the point pressing firm drag the tool along the petal and fan this out as you go always starting at the point

emboss all five. this kind of embossing will create the curl in the petals you want without doing any other shaping.

Cut a circle of scrap about 1" round and this will be the base to glue the petals to. You can draw some dividing lines as a guide if you like.

A range all five petals and let the glue dry.

Now roll the thicker bottom of the stamen and glue up.

colour glue and slide in the center the of the roll the top longer stamen with the slits.

Cut a circle from the center of the sun punch and apply some glue to the center. place at the top and roll the sun frill around ...

Glue closed and bend down the long center stamens...once dry with a strong glue attach to the center of your flower

add glitter to the stamen and some crystal glitter to the base if you can see some glue

leaves are easy using your emboss tool make a line down the center and veins on the sides and add some inked edges to highlight the embossing. make at least 3 leaves.

Use foam tape 3 layers think to support the petals. Remember to let all this dry before attaching to you card......follow this link for the Video Tutorial .....I hope you have enjoyed its been a labor of love ..Valita

When i taught this in my class my friend Joan came up with this double hibiscus! isn't it beautiful!! thanks Joan for your inspiration.

and a last thought

Dear brother, you have been given freedom:
not freedom to do wrong, but freedom to love
and serve each other.
Galatians 5:13

Poppy -No tools flowers/ creating a leaf for the Poppy

I'm finally finding time to add to my blog after wrestling with a computer program which i still haven't sorted out....its been a while and i appolgise to all those who like to follow my blog. Ive been still enjoying Joannes no tool flowers and show you the poppy i made


and a close up

you can find the pattern on Joannes Mainly Flowers blog. But ill show you how i did my leaf.
Cut 1 leaf from my pattern below and edge with black or dark green ink.

Next score a fold line down the middle and fold in half and ink edge the fold.

Fold the leaf in half with the inked side out and fold back the top tip and ink the fold line....this will create the veins on the leaf. do this both to the left and fold back to the right so it inks both veins.

then do the same for the next 2 sections.


And when you unfold the finished leaf will look like this.

Here's the leaf pattern....

I hope you enjoy these flowers as i have ...thanks again Joanne for your creativeness.

and a last thought

Since the Lord is directing our steps,
why try to understand everything
along the way?
Proverbs 20:24

No tool Flowers

Hi Everyone, im finally back at my card making lessons after a great holiday break. But i do ask you all to keep in your prayers all the people effected by these horrific bush fires in Victoria Australia....I've been worried sick for my brother and his family that live 10km for Marysville town that got completely wiped out and the death toll is at 131 and rising. At this stage i have heard they are ok but we still haven't made contact with him. Such a sick feeling.
To start my classes i wanted to do some more punch art flowers and i know a lot of the ladies haven't got all those punches sooooo i have loved the concept of Joannes no tool flowers and decided to show them these first knowing they can acheive these at home themselves. I cant thank you enough Joanne as many of my ladies are enjoying these. Im not going to show you all this as a tutorial as i would love you to go to Joannes site and read this for yourself. heres a close up of mine........

I love these results...so please go to Joannes site to find out more on this you will love them...just a short post from me as im not feeling the best for my brother.....Valita

and a last thought

Each morning I will look to you
in heaven and lay my requests before you,
praying earnestly.
Psalms 5:3