3 fiskateers: vellum flowers
- posted by: Legends
- posted in: Uncategorized, 3 fiskateers
- on: May 15, 2008
Cloud 9’s new vellum flower kits are so fantastic. I can’t get enough of them! So, I asked 4 fiskateers to share projects featuring them…
Jennie Kader- My first concern when I received this project was if I could do the product justice! I wanted to create something amazing to showcase the vellum flowers. My second concern was how to give the project depth. How could I give the flowers layers, yet not cause the frame to feel too heavy. I wanted to create a family garden of sorts. Since having my twins, Connor and Chloe, I’ve been planning to make an altered project showing my husband, Chad, our twins and myself when we were young. I decided to use a wooden frame.
I played with one of the vellum flowers and started to fold each petal in half. I decided to roll with that technique and continued to fold the petals of different sized flowers and stacked them to create a flower. By altering the angle of the fold, I was able to create the appearance of depth without adding too much bulk. On a few of the items, I used a folded paper technique to add height. I used this technique on the upper left hand flower on the outside of the frame, on the photo flower of Connor and Chloe and finally on the bottom right sentiment sticker.
Karen Hobbs- I wanted to do something other than a page layout this time. I’ve had this plain wooden frame around awhile and vellum seemed like a good choice to decorate without overwhelming frame or photo. The flowers are fun and easy to layer and work with. The “ribbon” strips were a nice addition and made my “lace ” trim possible! This is actually a very simple project that would make a lovely gift for mom, friend, sister or daughter.
I painted the frame with the paint, after the 2nd coat I sprinkled on the shimmer and let dry overnight. Meanwhile I assembled my vellum flowers with leaves, vines and 2-3 flowers per set. The 2 larger flowers I attached together with the enclosed brads.On some flowers I curled them slightly with a pencil. I used the Fiskars heart border punch to transform the vellum ‘ribbon’ into ‘lace’. On the 3 corners where it didn’t show I attached the ‘lace’ with glue dots. On the 4th corner I used 3 mini Hugz to attach. The pointed Hugz just push right into the soft wood. The smaller flower set used 1 mini Hugz in the center. Then I used 2 small round open Hugz to attach the 2 larger flower sets, again just pushing them into the wood. Insert photo and ta da, a lovely frame!
Kristin Fetters- This is a layout of my daughter on her 7th Birthday, when she received her first American Girl doll. I love the girly-ness of this layout. It is so her! The vellum flowers were fun to use. I enjoyed creating each one unique. Adding all the bling to the flowers it totally out-of-the-box for me. I am so glad I used it though. I think by adding it, it really makes the layout “shine”. The background paper is Heidi Grace, It’s My Party/Tall Flower paper, double sided. The “You” tag to the right of the picture is a pull out tag, where I wrote a little note to my daughter about her special birthday gift.
Laura Casey-I love these Vellum Flower Kits by Cloud 9 so when I was asked to do this mission, I was thrilled ! I knew the flower kits would be great for cards and layouts, so I thought I’d try something a little different with them.
Frame:
In each Vellum Flower Kit, there are many various flowers, vellum leaves, brads and vellum strips for borders. I used those strips and attached them on the back side of the glass frame so it looks frosted! I assembled my flower, attached a leaf, picked out a brad and attached it to a darker vellum strip. Setting aside the flower, I took some matching grosgrain ribbon, and attached it to the metallic frame that was in the center of the glass. I then placed the vellum strip with the flower across the corner of the frame.
Lamp Shade:
Using the same floral ribbon and your tacky adhesive, attach to the top and bottom rim of the shade. Allow to dry. Assemble another flower using the pieces of your choice and a brad. I used another glue dot to attach it to the shade. This way, you aren’t poking a hole in the shade!
I hope you enjoy these ideas as much as I do! Thanks to the fisk-a-teers for sharing!
Amy (1295) says:
May 15th, 2008 at 6:13 pmI can’t wait to get my hands on some of these - they look SO cool!
Crazy Debbi says:
May 15th, 2008 at 6:27 pmThese vellum flower kits look really interesting - I have LOTS of flowers - never can have too many - but I don’t use them as offen as I would like - so many BOY projects! Are the Kits available now? I especially like the projects where the flowers were folded or blinged. Those flowers really stand out. ALL of the projects are great!!
janetrivs says:
May 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pmGREAT WORK! the vellum flowers looks like something i need to get my hands on! just beautiful work!
Lorraine W. # 3700 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pmWow those flowers are awesome. That is one embellishment I don’t have yet . (I mean I don’t have any flower embellishments.) Should get some and play around with them. Love the projects. TFS
Lisa #1989 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 6:59 pmWhat great projects using those vellum flower kits. All the projects are just wonderful….thanks everyone for sharing and inspiring me!
Elizabeth #1802 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 7:09 pmthey look like fun!!! Will have to watch out for them!!!
Peg#3675 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 7:15 pmThose are great projects! Good work everyone! I just love vellum anything. The flowers are fantastic! It really makes a project stand out.
Patty # 2832 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 7:29 pmGreat projects from everyone …and those flowers….oh goodnes…they are just gorgeous!! Can’t wait to have some!
kim3timemom says:
May 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pmAwesome Job Ladies!!! You all had such different and unique ideas for these flowers…very cool. I can’t wait to get my hands on some of them. Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
Brenmarie says:
May 15th, 2008 at 7:48 pmWow the vellum flowers look great on all the projects! can’t wait to get myself some!
Trish #2702 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 7:59 pmGreat ideas!
debby 2852 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 8:11 pmNew Word….fiska-sharing!!
I love your projects ladies. Thanks May for bringing us the inspriation.
Amy says:
May 15th, 2008 at 8:48 pmIve seen these at my lss but i wasnt sure what they were about - well now i need to go back and get some!!!!
doverdi says:
May 15th, 2008 at 8:56 pmLove the fun, creative ideas. Each one different. Each one is so creative. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Jennytitus says:
May 15th, 2008 at 8:58 pmBeautiful ladies!!! These look like they will work for many different projects! Thanks!
Marla #3291 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 9:14 pmWOW those are awesome flowers. I will have to check out and see if my LSS has them!! What fun to add to a project!!
Tara says:
May 15th, 2008 at 9:19 pmGREAT job!!!! I love the vellum flowers and what you did with them….
Paula #2796 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 9:20 pmGreat job ladies!! What beautiful flowers. I’ll def be on the look out for them
Jennifer A #1301 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 9:25 pmthese are awesome and I love all the different looks they showed us. they are extremely versatile.
Carlee #2225 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 9:44 pmAwesome projects! What fun flowers!!! TFS and the inspiration!
michelle 3624 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 10:16 pmYou all did a great job with your projects!
Heather Allen says:
May 15th, 2008 at 10:41 pmwow these are some awesome ideas!! Makes me wanna try using these flowers
mariah # 2457mariah says:
May 15th, 2008 at 11:26 pmAll 4 did a fantastic job.. just beautiful
Karee Sue #3609 says:
May 15th, 2008 at 11:28 pmthose vellum flowers are something else, makes me wish I had some
Amy G. #1803 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 6:27 amWhat neat ideas! I love the versatility of those flowers. TFS!
mardi says:
May 16th, 2008 at 6:56 amThanks for sharing great ideas on using these beautiful flowers! Awesome job girls!
Vicki Bell says:
May 16th, 2008 at 9:45 amI LOVE all of these projects. It is always SO FUN to see how different people use the product and come up with such creative projects. Outstanding work ladies!!!!!
Rita Shimniok says:
May 16th, 2008 at 11:07 amThese are all gorgeous!!!! Great job fiskateers! I need to get some vellum flowers!
Gina #2795 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pmBeautiful projects ladies. I need to get my hands on those flowers…very cool!
Kimberlee says:
May 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pmlovely work…
Kimberley #2626 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pmWow, it is great to see all the uses of those flowers. I *heart* vellum and didn’t know about the kits. Great job, Jennie, Karen, Kristin and Laura — really beautiful.
connie #2909 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 12:42 pmGreat projects ladies! thanks for sharing.
Roseann #2933 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 1:54 pmWhat great projects. Will have to get some and see what I can do. TFS
pomaika`i scrapaloha says:
May 16th, 2008 at 2:00 pmGreat ideas! Thanks for sharing!!
Jessica Sim says:
May 16th, 2008 at 2:19 pmThose are unbelievably cool!!!
Kim #669 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 3:18 pmI have not seen these yet. Really cool. I love the folded flowers, really think it adds a lot to the project–Nice job ladies. Thanks for enabling all of us LOL
Maria says:
May 16th, 2008 at 9:18 pmHi Jennie,
LOVED what you came up with! C & C are adorable as usual…love those babies! The other ladies did such an awesome job as well…love all your creations!
Hugs, Maria
Rita #2797 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 pmI’m in love with the flowers.
Can’t wait to get some.
Thanks for the tips and the sharing.
Carrie #1172 says:
May 17th, 2008 at 4:28 amCute projects! Such creative ideas! Thanks girls!
Michelle #3720 says:
May 17th, 2008 at 10:25 amVery nice work ladies!! They all looked great!
luv2stamp # 3510 says:
May 17th, 2008 at 11:17 amWOW..awesome projects..I use my velum scraps 2 make my flowers..I borrow my fisk-a-friend’s oopsie daisy punch whenever I need a special flower for a special page or card! They look very elegant and complement the LO!
krafty wahine #395 says:
May 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pmvery clever and creative, ladies. thank you sharing. i loved reading your descriptions.