Simple White Rose With Video's

Hi Crafters, Im having a welcome break from sorting and making sure all is well for Friday. Im sharing my first movies of a simple white Foamiran Rose. I thought it would be best to start simple, to practice my editing skills, or should I say lack of. Well please dont laugh at my first attempts.

For this you will need:

Green Foamiran (021)

White Foamiran  (001)

Glue Gun

Florist Wire

Step 1 & 2: Cut squares of White Foamiran, 2.5 x 2.5 - 7, 3 x 3 - 15. Round the edges to form the petal shape. Then shape the petals as shown in the video.

Cutting and Shaping

Next step is to arrange and secure your petals, using the glue gun.

Arranging and securing, full.

Here is a CONDENSED MOVIE, if you'd like to see highlights.

Thank you ever so much for taking the time to take a look at my efforts, I hope it wasn't too dreadful. I would love to have some feedback from you. Anything you did like and anything you didn't like. Please be kind I am learning. Hope you will join me again very soon. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

A Single Bloom

Morning Everyone, It's a real pleasure to be sharing my first post as part of the 14CraftBar Design Team. I am thrilled as it's a real honour to be part of such a talented team doing something that I really love, anyone who knows me will know that I love Roses. So today I am sharing a Beautiful Single Rose Bloom made with Foamiran from 14CraftBar.

You will need:

021 -Green Foamiran

002 - Ecru Foamiran

Florist Wire

Copper Wire

Green Florist Tape

Glue Gun

Mod Podge Glossy

Oil Pastels Petals: Green, Peach and Pink. Leaves: Dark Green and Deep Red

Leaf Vein Shaper

I have actually done a few sections of video to go with this tutorial,however it was really disappointing as I have a new kitten who was calling for mum, I dont know how to turn the sound off, so I will try again next time.

Step 1: Prepare your petals from squares, rounding off 3 of the corners as shown in the picture. You need 7 - 4 x 4 cm, 7 - 4.5 x 4.5 cm and 12 - 5 x 5 cm.

Step 2: Colour your petals, each of the sized needs green at the base, front and back. Edge the smallest leaves with the pink, then blend pink on the front and back of the petals. For the mid size use very little pink and more peach. For the largest size use a little green and mostly peach.

Step 3: Shape your petals, by concertina folding the top edges and twisting them back and forth, Lightly stretch to give a cupped middle, For the mid and large sizes roll the petal gently outwards.

Step 4: Roll a cone shape and secure to the end of a piece of copper wire. Take the petal and secure around the cone as shown.

Step 5: Repeat on the opposite side as shown.

Step 6: Repeat with all of your smaller petals.

Step 7: Next add your mid size petals, overlapping each over the last. Make sure to secure these slightly loser than before.

Step 8: Cut a selection of leaves from the green Foamiran, also cut a calyx shape.

Step 9: Colour these using dark green oil pastels and areas of red, especially around the edges.

Step 10: Roll a small piece of foil, thread onto the wire and secure at the base of the rose.

Step 11: Add the calyx, secure in place with the glue gun, shape around the foil using a toothpick.

Step 12: Firstly add veins to each leaf using the mold then wire all the leaves and join them to form the classic rose leaf arrangement.

Step 13: Wire the leaves to the stem and cover with florist tape, paint the leaves with glossy Mod Podge or similar.

Step 14: Enjoy your beautiful bloom.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I really hope you enjoyed it and I promise to do a video for the roses in my next post. I would love to have your comments and to hear what you think. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

A wonderful day and some Great News

Morning. It looks like it's going to be another wonderful day today. I hope you are still enjoying some nice weather wherever you are. I am very excited to be able to share some wonderful news this morning. 

I was asked to join the Foamiran 14CraftBar 2018 Design Team, it's being announced this morning. Many of you know how much I love making flowers of all types, but especially Roses. Making them from all sorts of mediums, such as the wonderful Clay from FMM and of course the superb Foamiran from 14CraftBar. You really can achieve some amazing results with it, so to join such a super talented group is a dream come true for me.

I have my first project as part of their team being published tomorrow morning on their blog so I do hope you will take a look at what I have create this week. I will also be sharing it on here.

I did a video this time, but I was very disappointed with it. It took ages to set up and I had the music all ready and playing as I made it. However when I played it back to check there was the noise of a kitten crying for Mum in the background. I tried to removed the sound without success so it's not really good enough to share. In addition the glue gun looked awful on camera, I had no idea I had used it so much, so a new one is on its way. Don't worry, I will be doing another to share with you. For now take care and Happy Crafting.xx