Ok, now for my favorite part - the paper flowers! (One side note, I’m not gonna lie - Debi taught me how to do this!) This is how I did the cream flowers, but the technique is the same for the purple one too but with different dies. For each flower, I die-cut two small flowers out of cream cardstock. Next I wrinkled each flower, lightly misted them with water and scrunched them up a little more - they look like little spit-wads! Carefully unfold each flower; since they are wet, they are pretty fragile. Don’t try to smooth them out too much; in fact, I usually give them an extra pinch right in the center. Now, let them dry. If you are impatient like me, hold them with long tweezers and use a hair dryer on low. As the paper dries, it gets kind of stiff and will hold its shape. I used hot glue to attach two flowers together then glued a small glass pearl in the center. I used hot glue to attach everything to the canvas. I love these little flowers, and when I have time, I mass produce them in lots of colors and keep them in a little box on my desk - ready for anything!

 

P.S. The dies I used for the cream flowers are from the Sizzix Designer Boutique. It is a set of three Sizzlits called Flowers, Branches & Leaves. I think all of us in the art room agree - this is a must-have set.