Good morning all!
It's showcase day 2, time to see all your fab Candi makes and maybe one or two from me!
Before we start with a showcase of Candi bloom makes this morning, I'm going to do a quick recap for anyone who didn't see the original blogs and am going to show a couple of the simplest flowers of all that can be built up from a 3/5/6 Candi centre or bud to a full blown flower that can have a contrasting Candi, gem, pearl or liquid pearl centre.
Once you have made the initial 5/6 petal flower just build 2/3 or more rows underneath to make the flower as large as you need, you will need a larger circle for a much larger flower. I have made two today, one with 2/3 rows and one with 5/6 rows.....
Follow steps 1 - 3 above, flip disc over and place a blob of glue in the centre. Add centre 'bud' from step 4 below and add layers of Candi underneath until you have a flower like step 5 above, or as large as you want. You can have the Candi more upright or laid nearer the disc for different effects......
This pretty flower was created by Julie Summers who is brand new to Craftwork Cards and has
already fallen for Candi! Welcome and thank you for this very pretty flower Julie ......
already fallen for Candi! Welcome and thank you for this very pretty flower Julie ......
More Candi blooms, this time from Jane Tyrrell - Jane has been following Candi Club for a few weeks now and has made lots of lovely flowers for us to see. Jane has enjoyed it so much she has created a step-by-step post on her own blog on creating with Candi. Jane has sent a lovely card too which I'm leaving to Jo for her Spring theme competition so watch out for it folks it's really lovely! Thanks Jane...
Last, but by no means least today is Christine Dyer...... Wow! is all I can say to this NEW blooming beauty, so sorry but you are going to have to wait until next week to see it. As it is Christine's creation, I haven't seen similar before and because I know you will want to make this, I am going to ask Christine to be a special guest on next week's Candi Club Friday blog tutorial and then will reveal this 'beauty' and will give you all step-by-step instructions for making this fabulous flower. Please email me Christine at cardsandcandi@hotmail.co.uk and a big thank you for sharing your fab NEW creation.
I am doing this post from the very soggy, cold and wet Kent coast this week and have only a limited craft stash here so decided to use some simple Candi blooms with some Goody Box papers, soooo
lovely all of them - just wishing I had been sitting in the sun when making them - hope you enjoy and are inspired to stock up and use..... a great excuse to browse the amazing new web site too, can't wait to get home to WiFi so I can browse at leisure and take it all in.....
lovely all of them - just wishing I had been sitting in the sun when making them - hope you enjoy and are inspired to stock up and use..... a great excuse to browse the amazing new web site too, can't wait to get home to WiFi so I can browse at leisure and take it all in.....
Will be back with a tutorial next Friday, in the meantime Candi cards/blooms to me, Spring theme cards to Jo and all other cards and creations to Tina - what are you waiting for, there are goodies to be won, sometimes even for just leaving a comment! And there's more....... see our Facebook Page for details of a Goody Box give away, all you have to do for this is register to start following our blog, a daily source of loveliness, inspiration and news of fab products and great deals.
Take care, keep happy, smiling and crafting and if anyone finds the sunshine please let us all know, lol!!
