Hi Everyone Sue here with my first blog post
I’ve turned a purple flower basket into a sunflower dream lol
My grandson is obsessed with farm animals that’s why my Mother’s Day card is a cow hahaha
He also picked the flowers for me
I created this for Helmar using their fabulous glues
You can see all the design teams work on the Blog and see handy tips on ways to use the different adhesives they have on the website
I’ve used the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive (one of my favourite glues Helmar sells) also the Fabric glue and the Tiger Grip glue on this project
I started by painting the basket with black gesso
Once it was dry I rubbed over it with some old gold wax
Then around the top and bottom I added some paper clay borders
I then used my sunflower mould with some more paper clay – its so good as it’s so light and can be glued using a good glue like Helmar – any in their range would work I chose to use the Tiger Grip cause I know this will adhere just about anything together
Once all the flowers were in place I wanted to fill in some of the gaps so I used a mix of small and medium art stones added with some Super TAC Glue
I make a mix in these little cups I have its a consistency of wet sad so I can make it move to where I want it to go -as in all the gaps as empty spaces that need filling
Then I added some Colour Cuts by Scrapbook Fantasies – so perfect with the sunflowers
I love the rustic looking tub they are in
I needed them to stick fast so I used the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive I was worried about them slipping off because its a round container its hard to lay on its side and keep it still long enough and the 450 is awesome for this purpose
I then used the Tiger Grip for the metal brooch embellishment I put in the middle of the large sunflower
The middle of the basket was still purple so I found some fabric that went well with the colours and cut it to fit
I then used the Fabric Glue to make a “hem” – I wasn’t getting a needle and cotton out when I know it wouldn’t be seen and the glue would make a crisper edge anyway lol
I then cut pieces of ribbon and attached it to the handle for some extra colour and added a dab of Fabric Glue to each knot to make sure they stayed in place
Added a couple of little embellishments randomly and that’s it
One plain purple basket into a Sunflower Dream lol
Thank you for visiting I hope you’ll come back soon xxx
