Огромная благодарность Petal Crafts за Мастер-класс
Roll yellow gum paste on a non-stick petal board and cut using the petal cutter
Insert a #30 floral wire at the base and vein using the petal veiner in the Petal Crafts Lemboglossum cutter set
Score a line on the back middle of the petal using a needle tool
Pinch the tip and shape the petal on a petal foam former. Let dry completely for at least 24 hours.
Paint random stripes throughout the petal using brown gel paste and 10/0 detail nylon brush. Make 3 sepals and 2 petals for each flower using the same technique discussed.
Roll some pale purple gum paste and cut using the throat cutter
Attach a #30 floral wire on the top of the throat and pinch 2 parallel lines in the middle using an angled tweezer.
Make a small teardrop of yellow gum paste and attach it to the top of the throat. Score a line in the middle using the needle tool.
Place the throat on the edge of a petal foam pad and rock the side of a needle tool back and forth to frill.
Let the throat completely dry on a petal foam former. Dust the yellow part of the throat with Petal Crafts Buttercup petal dust
Dust the sides with Amethyst or Grape petal dust.
This is how the finished throat looks like
make enough throat, sepals and petals for 3 to 5 open flowers for each branch.
Make a tiny teardrop of yellow gum paste.
Insert a #26 floral wire on the thicker base and pinch about half way while rolling the wire back and forth.
This will create to elongate the base of the bud. Make 5 to 7 buds for each orchid branch. Let the buds completely dry and paint random stripes just like in the petals and sepals described above.
Make a tiny teardrop using a white gum paste. Let the teardrop dry and dust with Aubergine petal dust.
Place the purple teardrop on top of the throat as shown. Use half a width floral tape to attach.
Attach the two orchid petals on the 2 and 10 o'clock position of the throat. Use half a width floral tape.
Attach the sepal on the 12, 5 and 7 o'clock position of the throat.
This is how the finished open flower looks like
Arrange the buds in varying heights to a #24 or 22 floral wire. Shape the wires so that it makes nice fluid movements as shown.
Attach 3 to 5 open flowers on the branch...