Create Your Own Radiant Sunflower Lantern

"Create Your Own Radiant Sunflower Lantern"

Hello crafters,

Paper lantern and lamps are one of the most creative and elegant ways to decorate your house. They ensure that the house is always lit up warding away evil and also being a source of light and inspiration for many. Looking forward to seeing other renditions of my creations.

 

Heartfelt Creations Products:

Rustic Sunflower Cling Stamp SetHCPC-3962

Rustic Sunflower DieHCD1-7364

3D Rustic Sunflower Shaping MoldHCFB1-5009

Simply Classic Oval Frame DieHCD2-7382

Peony & Sunflower Banner Cling Stamp SetHCPC-3970

Peony & Sunflower Banner DieHCD1-7378

Leafy Accents Cling Stamp SetHCPC-3835

Leafy Accents DieHCD1-7193

3D Leafy Accents Shaping MoldHCFB1-467

Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50 - WhiteHCPP1-475

Deluxe Flower Shaping KitHCST1-401

Rajni Chawla's Crystal ClearPGM15015

Designer Dries Clear Adhesive159723

For more tips on creating with Heartfelt Creations dies, watch YouTube tutorials from the link below

How to Create Floral Banners and Borders the EZ Way

Rustic sunflower die

Other Products: Archival Ink Red Geranium, sunflower, Dandelion, Sepia, Olive Green, Leaf Green, White card stock, Gold Cardstock, Vellum paper, Trimmer, Glossy accent, Blue flower pearl, Score Board, Hot Glue Gun, Floral Tape, Floral wire, 8mm Styrofoam buds, 6mm Styrofoam buds, scissor.

Instructions: -

Steps For Lantern Base

Step 1: Cut a piece of cardstock of size 6 1/4" by 8".  Score at 1/2" on the longer left side and shorter at the top and bottom.

Step 2:  Align Simply Classic Oval Frame Decorative die leaving some space the score line and cut as shown. Need 4 pieces like this.

Step 3: Cut 4 pieces of vellum cardstock of size 5 3/4" by 6 1/2", glue it on the backside of the die cut pieces and fold the scored lines. Connect all the sides by gluing the scored folding edge on the back of each die cut piece.

Step 4: Connect all the sides by gluing the scored folding edge on the back of each die cut piece.

Step 5: Take white cardstock and die cut using simply Classic Oval Frame Decorative die no. 2, 3, 4 and 5 create two sets and make another set of two using die no. 2 and 3. Glue them on vellum sheet alternatively. 

Step 6: Now procced to stick all the bases together to form a box. Now the Lantern base is ready.

Final Steps

Now prepare shadow boxes of 4 different sizes. One for bottom 7 by 7” and height 1/2” and Three for the lantern head. The shadow boxes will be of the sizes 6 by 6" and height 1”, 5" by 5" and height 1", 4 by 4” and height 1", respectively.

Now stamp the Flowers from the Rustic Sunflower Cling stamp set on Deluxe flower shaping paper using Archival ink Red Geranium. Cut them using coordinating dies. Color them using Sunflower and Dandelion with little touch of Sepia Archival ink. For the blue Sunflower stamp with Forget Me Not ink. Cut with coordinating dies. Color using same ink and center Bluebird Archival Ink. Mist the flowers and shape them using ball tools. Pinch the tip for more realistic look. Create 3 flowers using 2 big flowers, 1 medium, and 1 small flower die cut. Create rest yellow and blue flowers using 2 and 3 flowers die cut. Create flower center using copper glass beads and blue flower pearls using glossy accent.

Create some blue buds and yellow buds using small and 2^nd small flower die cut for center using Styrofoam buds as pictured. Create pearl fillers using earbuds and white flower pearls. Stamp the leaves from the Rustic Sunflower Cling stamp set and Leafy accents cling stamp set and using Archival Olive green. Cut them using coordinating dies and color Leafy accent cutting with olive with a touch of Sepia. Color Rustic Sunflower leaves with Leaf green ink Archival Ink. Shape them using the 3D Shaping molds

Stamp the Sunflower banner with black archival ink on white cardstock using Peony & Sunflower Banner Cling Stamp Set. Paint using pencil colors Cut with coordinating dies. Split in two parts and use it as a border shown in picture.

Adhere shadow boxes on top as pictures. Adhere golden strip on 6 x 6” shadowbox. Glue colored sunflower banner die cut to the sides of the 6 X 6 shadow box as shown in the picture.

Arrange the flowers and leaves on top of the lantern using hot glue as shown. Add Rajni Chawla Crystal Clear using Designer Dries Clear Adhesive.

Keep flameless candle in bottom shadowbox. Place the lantern on top of a Flameless Candle.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Madhu Bairoliya.

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