How to make a flower from a sheet of Hambley transparency.

What you need to make this flower:

a sheet of Hambley transparency.

a candle and lighter.

a template of the petals you wish to design and use.

scissors.

a prick pen.

a small brad.

a paper flower or two.

some cardstock paper for leaves if desired.

Stages:

1. cut our 5 petals using your template.

2. light a tealight or other small candle and hold the one petal at a time, approximately 5cms above the flame.

3. as it gets warm, the transparency will bend, and you stop when you are satisfied with the shape it makes. Only takes a few seconds really.

4. lay the 5 petals down to cool slightly before pricking a small hole in the base of the shape.

5. take a paper flower or two, or what ever you prefer, and push the brad through them, adn the petals one by one.

6. once everything is on the brad, move the petals arund to give the flower its shape.

7. you can add some paper leaves under the see-through petals if you want to, again pucking them through the brad. You can also use ribbon etc. in the same way.

And that's it!!!! This is not my idea, but one I saw in the recent copy of SCRAP! so the credit goes to someone else, but I have adapted it to my needs and added a few other details. This is what makes it so great as you can do so many different things once you realise that the transparencies will bend in heat!!!! The photos are self-explanatory really, so you should have no problems making these lovely flowers! The last photo is a layout I have made using this technique. Let me know how you get on!!!