CTMH Art Philosophy Flower tutorial day 1

Hello, friends!


This week I am doing CTMH ART PHILOSOPHY tutorials. Don't worry if you don't have this cartridge yet or do not plan on getting it. Things I will be showing you this week can be implemented using other cartridges. However, if what I show you this week pushes you over the edge, by all means order this FABULOUS cartridge! No judgment here *wink*

Now just in case, you missed the Hello Thursday release and you do not know what Art Philosophy is let me explain. It is a NEW cartridge that will be sold exclusively by Close To My Heart. This cartridge includes bags, 3D flowers, borders, cards, fancy shapes, and a beautiful font. To purchase this MUST HAVE cartridge click here ==> My Close To My Heart Website

Now to the tutorial. Today I am showing you how to make the beautiful 3D flowers. It is very simple once you know how and you will have no problems whipping up bunches of these beauties once you look through this tutorial.

Supplies: You need the ART PHILOSOPHY cartridge.

Hot Glue Gun: I use one that I bought from M's. It is a Martha Stewart and has settings for low and high temp. You will use the low temp when making flowers.

Tweezers: This is almost as important as the glue! They are invaluable when making these flowers. Mine are of coarse from Close To My Heart. I like that these are long. It is great when getting into tight places.

Now lets make some flowers! Here are all six of the different types of flowers that are included on this cartridge. I cut them all  out at 3 1/2"

I chose the flower on the top left in this photo for this demo. All the flowers are made this exact way, so once you learn the basics you can make all 6 flowers! Tomorrow's tutorial will be using the other 5. I will show you 5 different things to do to the flowers to enhance them.

The next step is to roll the spiral up to give it form. I like to do this around a marker. Start using the very end.

After it has been wrapped completely slip it off of the marker barrel and grab your tweezers. Grab the center part of the flower with your tweezers and start twirling. This tightens up your flower, so you can make it as tight or as loose as you like.

Now it is time to put a small dollop of glue using your hot glue gun on the big round bit that your flower rests on. Be careful because the glue is very hot!

You are left with this little flower.  It is pretty and you can left it just as it is or you can tweak it just a little. 

I like to gently bend back the petals. This opens the flower up and give it just a little more life.

After you have folded back all of the petals you can you are left with this. Again it is pretty, but it is missing something. Lets add some leaves! I like to add leaves because it adds a little more color and it can hide some imperfections.

I cut the leaves at 1 1/2". Again, these are ok how they are, but with just one little things turn from good to great!

Using my tweezers I scored the leaves down the center and folded them inward. This gives them a more realistic look.

Now you can just glue them to the back side of the flower. VOILA!

Super simple, right! You can add these flowers to frames, cards, scrapbook pages, wreaths, and bags. I am so into making these flowers at the moment that I want to stick them onto everything!

Here is a video of other flowers you can make using this new cartridge!



Well, be sure to check back in with me tomorrow because I will have my PART 2 FLOWER TUTORIAL.

Have a MAGICAL Monday!

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