How do you dye a paper daisy?

This poppy parade red daisy is pretty bright!

My camera had a hard time adjusting for the brightness...

So how do you dye a paper daisy and get that intense colour?

You will need: 

1. A paper daisy
2. Classic Ink pad (Poppy Parade)
3. Brayer tool  p.143 ($23.95)
4. Heat tool (or a very warm sunny day)

1. Ink up your brayer with your classic ink pad.

2. Place a paper daisy on a scrap piece of paper (to catch the excess ink) you might want to put it on paper towell so it doesn't soak through to your table top. 

3. Roll the ink onto your paper daisy:  roll back and forth, reinking your brayer several times to get an even, deep, rich colour on your daisy.  It will lighten a tiny bit as it dries.

4. Turn on your heat gun and dry it. Perhaps hold it down with your tweezers so it doesn't blow away.

(alternatively put it on your window sill in the sun for a while, till it dries completely). 

5. Accessorise your daisy with a punched out flower and a vintage brad or button.

 I have found this technique to give you the most intense colour on paper daisies.

In the idea book there are instructions for dying your daisy with water and re-inkers on page 140.

 Enjoy!!!

Stamping with Stazon on a metal box

Cute, simple:  a nice useful tin for tea bags or coffee.

I stamped directly on to the tin with black Stazon ink using my rubber stamps.

If you make a mistake (who me?) you rub it off with stazon cleaner and try again.

Stamping on the lid with stazon black ink was just as easy ... it reads:
 "Caffeine isn't a drug, its a vitamin!"

So then I made a Poppy Parade paper daisy with a vintage brad on top.

Added some ribbon ...

Early Espresso striped grosgrain of course, it kind of goes with the tin do you think?

Then some extra flowers and a Poppy Parade red tag...

And voila!

Hand made gift!

On one side the tag says "perk up" and the other side says "Tea-rific" so you can put either of your caffeine vitamins inside the tin.

I thought this will make a nice hand made gift for a friend of mine.

I can show you now as she has had her birthday and is enjoying her cups of coffee.

Gift tin Recipe:

Stampset: Morning cup, Punch potpourri

Ink: Stazon black, Early Espresso, Poppy Parade

Cardstock: Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla

Ribbon: Early Espresso

Techniques used: stamping on metal and inking paper daisies.

Curly Cute Paper Daisies

 A stamped Paper flower, a punched flower centre, a strip of striped wide ribbon and an antique metal brad.

Aahh!

When I made this card I sat back and thought- now this is the style of card I like:

simple colours, not too fussy and a bit vintage classic.

I just love textures and neutrals - they work for any occasion by just changing the sentiment.

I'd be saving this card for someone special - It uses two of my favourite new stamp sets: "Punch Potpourri"

And a new sentiment stampset "Curly Cute" that I can see I will be using a lot!

 How easy was this card to make? But very satisfying ....The new Early Espresso is my new black!

Card Recipe:

Stampsets: Punch Potpourri (just used the heart to stamp the paper daisy and the blossoms) page 10 of the Idea book and catalogue. Free when you hostess a party and reach the first level of sales.

Curly Cute (for the happy birthday words) $34.95 wood mounted or $29.95 clear mounted.

Cardstock: Early Espresso and Very Vanilla

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories:

Paper daisies: 40 for $13.50

Antique Brads: 20 for $11.25

Tools: Big shot machine,

Vintage Wall paper embossing folder

Boho Blossoms flower punch

Ribbon: Early Espresso striped grosgrain p.137

Just one of the gorgeous colours this ribbon now comes in!