Thought I would share....
I picked up a few of Allison Connors Flower brads a while back and wasn't quite sure how i would use them, only because the colors i picked up were not in my normal color choices, but i had to have them because the were metal, and they were flowers. Any one who knows me knows i love myself a good flower......so then i got to playing,
what starts off as this.....can become so many new things....the possibilities are endless. I taught these techniques at several classes across the country.
If you remove the brad from the flower center and gently pull the two layer apart, and turn them over, you have a canvas to paint on with alcohol inks like i did here. I love my alcohol inks! They are a must have in my tool kit!
I used a regular office brad in the center of the flowers to hold it together and a mini epoxy from my Love Struck collection to finish it off. By the way CI has a zillion mini epoxies that would make really cute centers of these flowers. Go check out the site and see them all....
For the next sample i ran my separated flowers through my Xyron machine and covered each piece in glass glitter...for the center of this one I used Art Warehouse pearl brads...the perfect finishing touch don't you think?
and finally a great sample for those of you who need instant gratification. and i know you are out there! take the flowers apart, flip them over. Curl the petals under...and secure the center with an Art Warehouse rhinestone brad....
the point of this post is....experiment. Challenge yourself. try new techniques....let me know what you come up with!
Okay this is just GORGEOUS! I love it! Just wanted to thank you again for stopping by and chatting at Scrappin Trends. I sure had a blast at the chat.
Posted by: Jeanne | December 01, 2006 at 01:57 PM
This is just too cool! I wandered here from Suzi Finer's blog and I am so glad I did =).
Posted by: Linda Woods | December 01, 2006 at 04:25 PM
Oh my goodness! Those are just too cool! You're a genius! I have some of those brads in my stash too. I'll have to try this!
Posted by: suzanne | December 01, 2006 at 11:06 PM
love the glitter flower! beautiful!
Posted by: Jessica Hood | December 02, 2006 at 11:56 AM
oh way cool! Love what you did with them. Nunn Designs makes some in silver, gold and copper. I bought some of those recently. Why don't you pop over and spiff them up for me! :)
Posted by: teresa | December 03, 2006 at 05:32 AM
eeeeeeek!
those are so gorgeous!
Posted by: elizabeth | December 03, 2006 at 07:21 PM
How smart are you? SO SMART! SO CLEVER!!! I just got more inspired. It's nice to know that if I get into a rut, all I have to do is click on your blog, and, voila! All ridges!
Posted by: suzifiner | December 04, 2006 at 06:51 PM
LOVE your cool ideas! thanks for the inspiration yet again :D
Posted by: Kristianne | December 04, 2006 at 07:06 PM