Happy Easter, everyone! The King is alive and the bunny has hopped! I pray you had a peaceful and restful weekend!!! I am still on vacay and asked my family several times to help me to remember to post on time... a lot of good they are. HA! Apologies for the late post. I'm pretty sure you'll find this technique very intriguing.
The technique I'm sharing with you for this week's Technique Lover's Challenge gives you TWO choices.
FLOWER POUNDING
or
FLOWER PRESSING
The first one uses a hammer of some kind... metal, wooden, rubber... your choice. And the second one uses a die cutting machine (such as a Big Shot.)
Both choices of this technique require LIVE FLOWERS.
I love creating flower pounded images this time of year to store away for later when the beautiful fresh blooms aren't so fresh in our gardens or our minds.
Here's how to achieve the FLOWER POUNDING Technique...
1. Place fresh flowers between two pieces of neutral colored cardstock.
2. Pound the cardstock sandwich, pressing the flower's ink onto the cardstock.
3. Peel cardstock apart and remove flower pieces to discard.
4. Use flower inked cardstock in paper arts project.
And here's how to achieve the FLOWER PRESSING Technique (although I prefer to call this "Die Machine Flower Pressing simply because it isn't the classic "Flower Pressing" between to books to save a flower)...
1. Repeat step 1 listed above.
2. Sandwich the cardstock sandwich between two cuttting plates of a die cut machine and run through machine on a platform base.
3. and 4. Repeat steps 3 & 4 listed above.
HERE is my Clean Flower Pounding Bible Journaling page...
HERE is my Flower Pounded Heart Bible Journaling page...
HERE is my Flower Pressed Crabapple...
It's almost magical watching these two techniques take place! Especially the Flower Pressing!!! Have fun with it! Experiment! Embrace the mess! Be an artist! And be sure to share your creations in the...
TLC634 GALLERY...
Keyword: TLC634
HAVE A CREATIVE DAY, EVERYONE!