Custom Made Flower Centers

Designer Adrienne Looman shares a cool technique with us on how to make your very own custom centers to use on your Prima flowers!

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" One of the most important materials that I use are these round clear jelly stickers. You can find them at Wal-mart on a clear sheet in the scrapbooking isle." (You could also try making your own with a squeeze of Diamond Glaze or other clear acrylic glues like Glossy Accents.)
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"Take a favorite patterned paper (new Prima paper is perfect for this) and simply stick one large gel and one small gel on it. Then cut them out."
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" Once I have them cut out, I add another gel on the back of both of them to add a little bit more dimension.  (So, one gel on the front of the paper and one of the same size on the back of the paper.)

Next is the fun part! :)
Decorating them!
For this one I wanted it to look girly...aka LOTS of sparkles (you know how we are!!) So first I used a liquid acrylic medium ( Glossy Accents by Ranger) instead of glue to add glitter (this dries much quicker and is glossier than normal glue). You can find it in Michaels near the resins."

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" I knew I wanted to add some rhinestones...but I didn't have any loose ones so instead of going out (aka I'm lazy lol) I had some Prima "Say it in Crystals" sheets...so I just picked some of those off the sheets and added them to my little embellishment (I get points for being inventive right???)"

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" Voila! Here it is finished...along with a few other designs!"

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Here is a variation shown step-by-step!

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Once completed Adrienne added it to the center of a Prima flower for a one-of-a-kind centerpiece!

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" You don't have to use flat paper underneath your gels...corrugated papers work just as well too! :)
On this one, once I had everything in place, I adhered one of the Prima "Say it in Crystals" rhinestone flower centers on top of the gel and then I swiped a light layer of blue paint on top to customize it a little more." Is this fun or what?? We hope you have enjoyed this tutorial by the super talented Adrienne! Watch out! This technique is absolutely addicting!

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Comments

[BethW]

Another winning idea-I love it.

[cindy tobey]

Fun technique and so pretty!!!

[Tracy]

Wow, those are awesome!! I'm definitely going to have to try this. Thanks so much for the tutorial.

[Kathy]

Such a fun idea - I'll have to get me some of that Ranger stuff and give it a try!

[Trish Adams]

adorable!! love this idea!!

[cottagerca]

Thank you so much for this post. The step by step instructions are great. I will definitely be trying these out the next time I use flowers. Very creative.

ava
cottagerca

[christina]

such a great idea!

[holly*]

i LOVE this idea! i have tons of those clear gel doodads. some with words in them. some blank. either way, this technique is perfect for trying to use up some of that "stash" that seems to just pile up.

[Déb]

I love the idea and will try it asap!
Thanks for sharing.

Deborah
(France)

[Penny]

What a cool idea, they look so fabulous. Thanks for the inspiration - I do love Prima's blog!

Penny

[Sandra L.]

What a great idea. Looks like something I can actually do. Thanks for sharing!

[Michelle Galloway]

OMG! love those Jelly's.... love what you did with them!

[Carla]

What a great fun idea......Im so gonna have to try this.

[Catherine]

Wow...what great papers, just my style. Thanks for the tips on the jelly's. So cute.
Catherine

[Marcee]

OH MY!!I have a ton of these clear pebbles and struggle to use them-but can't bear to get rid of them. Thank you so much for sharing this! I can't wait to get to work.

[Gayle]

Wow, what a great idea, I love all the ideas. Thank you, Gayle

[Mrs Frizz]

Might have to have a wee play myself with this idea ... very creative. Thank you for sharing.

[Linda]

I need to try it, I got some in a kit I got and I didn't know what to do with them........ thank you

[Social Network Web Design]

What a great idea! I love the jelly thing.. your blog has so much information to share.. Such great designs too.

[LeAnn Goff]

Where can I find these jelly stickers? I have been EVERYWHERE and no ones has them.

Thanks.

[Kylie]

Oh wow fantastic!