With Love

My love affair with Foamiran continues . . .

Foamiran is a unique thin-foam product that is fun to work with and gives reliably great results.  Do NOT confuse Foamiran with Fun Foam as they are not at all the same.  Foamiran makes great dimensional flowers which stay perky even after the post office gets their mechanical mitts on them.  It’s easily punched or die cut, can be colored with anything, and there are a number of online tutorials to coach you through the easy ways to work with it.

Many of the tutorials suggest using an iron to heat the flowers and make them even more shape-able.  I think it’s easier, quicker, and takes way less electricity to simply use my heat gun for 3-5 seconds on the die cut flower shapes.  The heat curves the petals up so they look more realistic.  Best of all, those curves are permanent, even after being squished in an envelope.  Therefore, I’ll never bother making paper flowers again . . .

Cardstock:   Marcos Jute 

Stamps:       Amuse Script Background

Inks:             Distress Mowed Lawn, Brushed Corduroy, American

Girl Blue, Green, Purple

Dies:            Spellbinders Floral Berry Accents, Papertrey Ink 

Swoosh Set: “With Love”, Scrapbook Bow Toppers       

Doo Dads:    Foamiran, Metalix Glitter Moondust, Wink of Stella 

                      Silver