Cast embellishments and trims

I think I am coming to my last of the posts of making my own embellishments…. I am getting quite a stash and to think I have only had to spend $5 NZ dollars to get all this!

Yes I am on two design teams but if I had to buy the delight clay. One block would have made me my embellishments this week with almost half a block left over with thrown out waste included. That would cost me about $15 NZD. So total of $150 worth of embellishments for about $20 NZD is so worth it! Other things I used where already in my stash purchased for other projects.

I made myself some trims out of denim, calico fabrics and some mock tule trim out of fruit bags.

Mini tutorial…..
Next I made myself a vine flower thingy I’ve always admired from flower making companies….

My supplies where: scissors, inks, flowersoft wires, glue.
Method:
I cut out 12 petal flower 5 times
Cut them in half and inked the edge of the petals
Roughed them up a bit by crunching them up and flattening them again
Next I cut out a leaf formation in an x shape and roughed them up as above petals
Fold all petals into triangles.
Fold all leaves in half
Ink up the flowersoft wires with green ink (These wires are cheap and come coated in white paper)
Glue the petals and leaves on the ends of the wires and twist wires together at various lengths.
Done!

Then I made myself some cast birds and little charms by making molds out of amazing Mold putty of various items and jewellery. I will be heat embossing the charms in metal look embossing powders as I need them. To make them look like metal. And colour the birds when I need them… I mean who knows what colours I need in the future… Right?

Thanks for looking. Hope you can save some money making your own supplies too.

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