Friday 17 April 2015

Faux Pressed Flower Look

Hello!

I love pressed flowers, don't you? :)
However, as much as I love them, and try to make them at home, all my pressed flowers end up turning dark brittle brown.

This time, I was determined... to make pressed flowers that well, stay.

I experimented and came up with this technique of making a stamped image look like a faux pressed flower. Pretty neat huh?

This is also my first, vintage / victorian inspired project, so I hope that I have done justice to the themes.

I was experimenting, and working within a set timeline so unfortunately I did not have enough time to click photos, but here is what I did...

1. Took a rubber cling stamp and put colors using gelato sticks... two colors for flower and one color for stem.
2. Dampened the stamp a bit using my mini mister and pressed the image firmly onto paper.
3. After it dried, I picked up the same gelatos with my brush and applied color wherever required.
4. After the image dried a second time, I put a coat of glossy accents over it.

The key is to getting the colors of the flowers right. To get that pressed flower look, I did go through a lot of images.
This was my first try, and I do hope to get better...  (will experiment with each large flower stamp that I have!) ;)

Hope this was able to convey how I created the look.

Background was with stencils from The Crafter's Workshop and Tim Holtz using distress inks. I have used black soot on the edges of the hand-torn paper too.

The tiny butterflies are from Martha Stewart 3 in 1 butterfly punch.

The stamped sentiment is from a set by 'Inspired by Stamping.'

Brads are from HOTP Pastel brad pack, and rhinestones are from my stash!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this to :
Lulupu Challenge :  Watercolors #48 


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10 comments:

  1. The flowers have come out really nice Halak !!

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  2. Just loved the technique n the effect of pressed flowers have come out very beautifully...thanks for sharing the steps Halak !!

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  3. The flowers looks soo pretty, totally like those kept inside the books when we were small!

    Thanks for joining us in the Lulupu Challenge #48. Good Luck!
    Hugs!
    Manu

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    1. Yes Manu! :) My pressed flower experiments always failed so I thought, why not try and make some using stamps! Thanks so much for the kind words!

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  4. Thats a cute card! Thanks for joining us in the Lulupu Challenge #48. !
    Dolly - Lulupu DT

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  5. Halak this is a brilliant faux pressed effect! Thanks for joining us at Lulupu Challenge #48. Good Luck!

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