It's Friday Die-Day!

Hello friends,
Quick addition to this blog post with an apology to anyone who received a frightening Malaware warning this morning, I've discovered the problem and it should be fine, even though my blog looks a bit bare now! 
I have in fact got a blog makeover coming up...thankfully!
Right..normal post resuming....

Well these Fridays come around fairly quickly - not as fast as Mondays though..!?

'Chloe's Nan' asked if I could show Donna Salazar's Carnation Creations...absolutely - I love them!

So here goes...
There are a whopping 10 dies with this set, 7 flowers and 3 leaves.

 This is how they look cut and embossed.
Again, brilliant with cardstock, patterned paper, fabric, felt, foils and more...

 Take each petal and using something slim (I've used a file but a paintbrush, kebab skewer would work too),
curl both sides of each petal inwards.

 Do not be afraid to really manipulate your petals, lift them up and use your fingers as well as tools.

 Use the same method on each of the flowers.

 Layer them in size order with a dot of glue in the middle, when dry manipulate the petals a little more..and more..and then return to it and a bit more... that's if you're like me and cannot stop!

 A photo from a different angle.

 These are great to make, I like to prepare some and sit in front of the TV curling them!
I also wanted to show you the effectiveness of stencilling through your dies,
I've done a set here with pink cardstock and stencilled through with distress ink.

And here is a shot with a helper!

Always a challenge crafting with a puppy and three cats in the house!

Also, if you prefer to see a video with me creating these gorgeous flowers, I did one a while back also featuring the Hexagon Pinwheel Top Box

Click on play....and if Blogger has been kind it should work!

Thanks for stopping by, please let me know any 'Die-Day' requests.

Take care friends, happy crafting.