Today's Ways to use it challenge we are making a card with our state, providence or country flower. The Wisconsin flower is the woodland violet. Started this card by using the new white clay from su. Rolled it like a snake and cut out five pieces, using my grandkids playdough accessories, handle of my paint brush and a mouse pad molded the petals. This stuff is fun and quite amazing. You can make it paper thin, and it air dries to a soft pliable texture. I painted the petals with acrylic paints. Painted the stems and leaves with acrylic paints. After the clay flowers dried adhered them with a glue gun. Added the sentiment. tfl. Come and join us celebrate the 4th of July with this challenge.
Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 GMT Views: 4302
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Registered: May 9, 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 8703
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 @ 7:55 PM
WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! Linda this is stupendously gorgeous!! I am hesitating to purchase the clay from SU, as I have the Martha Stewart clay and I just cannot seem to make it work well. Maybe I need to take a day trip to your house so you can give me some pointers Absolutely faving this creation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Registered: October 5, 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 51333
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 @ 9:07 PM
Of course you love Wisconsin! This is a fabulously beautiful card (tfs), and an inspiration for this Oregon Duck fan to use the green and yellow of the Oregon Grape. Go Ducks!
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 @ 9:18 PM
Your violets are absolutely gorgeous and you hand painted the stems and leaves!!!! You definitely have a flair for art! SO professionally done and beautiful. I always love the way you creatively score it too!
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Wed, Jul 03, 2013 @ 9:20 PM
wow so neat. Never knew you could use clay to make a flower like that...I mean thin enough to lay on a card...Beautiful...happy 4th to all you guys too and TFS..:0)..p.s....forgot to mention a very lovely job with the scorepal...wonderful framing....:0)
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Registered: July 19, 2010 Location: Conway, MA Posts: 7513
Thu, Jul 04, 2013 @ 3:45 AM
Wow! Your flower creations are stunning, from the painting of the greenery to the sculpting of the violets! Beautifully laid out and framed with the scoring.
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