TLC634 ~Flower Pounding/Flower Pressing~ {4/17/17}

[kellyjg]

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!

[lacyquilter]

Love this technique. However, I'd be pretty hard pressed (pun intended) to find live flowers this early in the year, other than a few dandelions. I may have to try them.

[kellyjg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lacyquilter

Love this technique. However, I'd be pretty hard pressed (pun intended) to find live flowers this early in the year, other than a few dandelions. I may have to try them.

DO IT!!! I would love to see how they turn out!!!

Our crabapple tree has already come and gone :( We were just in Savannah for spring break three weeks ago and we missed all of their gorgeous azellia bushes and rodedrindrum bushes (I'm not even sure if I'm spelling those correctly but I was sad to see they had already bloomed and we missed them so early.)

[kellyjg]

Perhaps one of my sweet hostess buds will edit the original post with this tip. We are literally driving 14 hours home and I can't figure out how to edit from my phone. But here's the tip...


Try to eliminate big stems from the flowers before pounding or pressing. The stems tend to cause the petals to be completely overlooked by the mallet or the machine.

I have two videos in my Bible Journaling sessions on my Always Stampin' Videos YouTube channel where you can watch me doing both techniques. If someone doesn't post them before I get home to my PC, I'll share them with you then

[hobbydujour]

Haven't done this technique in a LONG time. Thanks.

THANK YOU

[Kemernow]

Wow, I made a lot of noise pounding on things. DH actually turned up the volume on Let's Make a Deal. I will try again when I find some flowers with deeper colors. Here is my card today, and I used the flower pounding technique. TFL

Citrus Hued Card for Mom by Kemernow - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[bubblestx4]

Back from the Retina Dr and he says all looks good - YEAH!! I did ALOT of cards with this technique last summer so I know from experience (at least with my garden) to stay away from anything PINK - They all left a bown or gray impression last year so today I went with blue Flax and gazanias. Here's my card:

Blue flax by bubblestx4 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[annsforte3]

Here's mine, had to use a weed! No flowers on my yard as of yet.

Here is my "Murky Waters"!

[tessaduck]

TLC634 thinking of you

[snietje]

Here is mine, better late than never isn't it

TLC634 flower pressing by snietje - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[BobbiesGirl]

Here's my card. Thanks for a great challenge. I stressed, of course, but had fun doing this.

[sue28]

Fun challenge, here is my card -//www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2795213?&cat=500&ppuser=285586

[ArtzadoniStudio]

I love making background papers and this was a fun and easy technique. Thanks for the challenge.

Rarest Flower by ArtzadoniStudio - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[sue28]

Try again -

CAS425 TLC634 Sasanqua Flower by sue28 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[cdimick]

I've never done this before. Thanks for the new to me technique!

TLC634 Cloud Glory by cdimick - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[scrapaholic007]

I'm seriously Disney damaged. I couldn't possibly smash a live flower! :(

[sewflake]

I like the pressing rather than the pounding! I'm too wild with pounding!! Either way I wonder if it is best to wait until the flowers are a little more dry later in the day than doing the pressing/pounding with early morning dew filled flowers??
I have mine ready to share as soon as I do school run....

[sewflake]

This was fun! Thank you.

Joy is a Flower

[yellowrose46]

My pounded flower submission. Hyacinth Pounding by yellowrose46 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[sewflake]

So much fun I did another.

Hello pressed flowers

[pvilbaum]

Here are my cards finally for the TLC challenge. Took all week to get them done and up here.
Neighbor's Press by pvilbaum - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Pressed and stamped by pvilbaum - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers