DDCC #67

This week's Dutchdare Challenge is Make it happen. We want you to make your own embellishments for your cards.
I made my own flowers.
I watercoloured this fab Penny Black hedgie and cut him and the mat out using my nesties. The papers are a digi freebie - Shabby Princess I think, and I used a past Friday Sketcher sketch as my layout. I added some punched leaves and lace to my flowers and some lace to the card. Nice and spring like!

Here's how I made the flowers.

1. Cut 3 sizes of circles out.
I used my nesties, but you can use punches or cut them free hand.
2. I stamped over them using a floral stamp I have and faded jeans distress ink.
You can emboss them at this stage if you want.
3. I distressed the edges, cut into them (but not right into the middle!!) to create petals, and distressed the petal edges. I have also inked the edges.
4. I use a cocktail stick to curl the petals. I curl one edge of each petal forward, and the other backwards.
So they should look like this now. I add my centre to the smallest flowers at this stage.
5. I now use an embossing tool to make the petals curl upwards.

6. Now to assemble the flowers. I use silicone glue and add it to the back of the middle sized flower and then put it inside the largest flower. Be careful not to flatten the petals out.
7. I repeat the process with the smallest flower.
And there you have it ... one handmade flower.

You can see some more hand made flowers here.

Do take a peek at the other DT's embellishments.