Umbrella Full of Flowers
Hi, Jolanda here and I am thrilled to bring you my first blogpost here at Elizabeth Craft Designs! I want to show you my umbrella full of flowers!
I made the base of this umbrella with the ECD Sidekick Essentials 12 – Scallop Insert – 1834 die cut from the beautiful ECD Garden Party paper – C019.
I made score lines in this with the help of a scoring board. I skipped the first and last arc.
Then I inked the scored lines.
Fold the first and last two arcs backwards on both sides. It will then look like this:
I glued a piece of design paper in this. This is the pattern:
Now fold the score lines over and over like a valley and mountain construction.
I cut a piece of oasis for the 'umbrella'. You can later insert the flowers you have made into this.
It will look like this. I glued the oasis in with a glue gun.
Then I started making FoamIran flowers with ECD Wild Flower 1 - 2096.
I stamped the heart of the flower in the flowers with the ECD Flower Centers stamps CS330 and made stamens in it
I made stems on the flowers with green iron wire and floral tape, so that I can stick them in the oasis.
I also glued wire behind the leaves (made of green cardstock).
The flowers and leaves can now be inserted into the oasis and bent into the desired shape.
I inserted a long skewer through the oasis and the tip of the umbrella. I made this green with a Copic Marker. This then forms the tip of the umbrella.
For a nice finish, I threaded a silver circle (from making jewelry) and a small green flower onto the skewer.
At the top of the umbrella, where the straight end of the skewer sticks out, I made a 'handle' with the musical note from the ECD 1985 Library Pocket Filler Cards set.
If the skewer is too large, you can shorten it with pliers.
On the handle I used the beautiful bow from the ECD Frames and Elements – 2101 set with a pearl brad on it.
Finally, I incorporated the umbrella into a frame, made with the ECD Shadow Box Frames – 1958 with with a background also from the beautiful Garden Party Paper.
I hope you feel inspired to try this Umbrella. This could also make a great Mothersday gift!
With creative greetings,
Jolanda
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