Friday Die Day

Hello friends

Friday Die Day this week is a tutorial featuring the new Create A Rose die - 

part of the Create A Flower series.

I hope to bring you a tutorial for each of the flowers so if you have a 

favourite please keep a look out.

You receive 4 die templates within the set - both the petals and leaves are joined

which makes die cutting a lot speedier.  

Here you can see how they look cut/embossed.

With each petal it is a good idea to create dimension and shape - using a roller ball tool,

end of craft knife, anything to hand really(!) that will manipulate your petals.

Press down to create a cup shape.

Using a pokey tool bend back the outer edges of the petals.

Here you can see an array cut/embossed in the process of being shaped.

For my flower I did not quite use all of these petals, I had a few small ones left over.

To begin to assemble use the flower shaped die cut as your base -

begin to attach the petal tabs one at a time.
You can use the points on the flower shape base piece as a indicator as to where the petals
can go - in my mind I placed them north, south, east, west!

The glue (I use Cosmic Shimmer) is still wet here - it is a good idea to go slower than I did!

This is the view from the back.

Begin to add more petals, alternate them so you are filling any gaps.

I love this idea - this is the half star shaped die cut, cut/emboss and then wrap and glue.

Squash it down a little and then attach to the back of your flower -

if you were creating a vase of these flowers it all adds to the overall look.

Completed flower minus its leaves.

Now dressed with leaves!

A tip I thought of after I made my flower! Spritz your petals with a tiny

bit of water to flex the paper fibres - this will help when curling the petals.

I use these tiny misters.

The Create A Rose is available for pre-order here.  They are expected in stock

soon - March is going to be a very busy month - all the pre-order goodies arriving!

Also available in this range is Daisy, Gerber Daisy, Lily, Stargazer Lily, Sunflower, 

Aster and Iris - all can be found here.

Elliott has produced a Friday Die Day video too this week - I've placed that below.

It details the same steps but with my dulcet tones!

Take care friends - have a brilliant weekend,

I'm crafting!