Thursday 27 March 2014

Spring Tulips

Fired up again once more by the fabulous Jo Myhill. Exquisite tulips. As usual in awe of her ingenuity.

I wanted to do something with tulips but make it slightly different. So I read and reread Jo's instructions and decided to work with black card because it would already be black on the back and I wouldn't have to paint it.
I don't have the Jofy texture stamps for the tulips YET so I decided to emboss my petals in my Big Shot. This way I could use the fantastic Treasure Gold to maximum effect. So, here we go:-

1. Embossed loads of black card.
2. Cut out petals with Tulip Die (which I had forgotten that I had bought…....der, worrying).
3.Painted wooden skewers with Toad Hall and Seaweed.
4.Applied Treasure Gold..Sapphire and Royal Amethyst to petals.
5.Curled petals and assembled onto stem.
6.Used Chatsworth paper to line a box.
7.Tied tulips up with ribbon.
8.Photo!!

Enjoyed making the tulips and surprised that they weren't as fiddly as I had imagined….cos I don't have a lot of patience.
Will probably make some more and might even take my time and display them differently next time.
Fantastic idea Jo, thanks!!


18 comments:

  1. Very pretty tulips and box, fab job Hazel. Not seen the post yet! :-) xxx

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  2. Gorgeous tulips and very quickly!! Fab colours and embossing, I love the box and the paper at the bottom too. xx

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  3. Brilliant Hazel! I'd love to have a go at these too but don't know where you get your energy from, lol! How nice it would be to receive a bouquet like this one ;D.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  4. Oh Hazel, they are beautiful, I'd originally thought a bouquet and hey you did it! The embossing and TG look superb. Jo xx

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  5. You clever girl. Your tulips are brilliant. I love how you have displayed them too . Xxx

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  6. This is beautiful Hazel..love the embossed tulips and the colours look great. Fab idea to put them in the box xx

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  7. These are beautiful Hazel. Would make a great gift. x

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  8. ohh these are beautiful, what a fab bouquet in a box.

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  9. I think they look sensational in the box! I loved Jo's and I love yours too! What a great project they are! Julie Ann xxx

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  10. Completely, utterly GORGEOUS. The tulips look amazing & you've displayed them so beautifully.

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  11. Fab project, they look amazing x

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  12. With the Treasure Gold the embossing looks stunning, great interpretation of Jo's project.

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  13. Hazel,
    WOWzers! These look amazing. I could see them going in a shadow box.

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  14. oh, they look wonderful!!

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  15. Your tulips are stunning!

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  16. I love your embossed tulips, they're gorgeous! xxx

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  17. Wow !!! your tulips are fab

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  18. Absolutely beautiful, your work is so lovely always,

    Lucy x

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