Handmade Ceramic Flowers and Embellishments

Handmade Ceramic Flowers

Handmade Ceramic Flowers 

Dear friends,in the recent past I have bombarded you with lots of foam flowers..well now sharing ceramic flowers made using ceramic powder and white glue.

I used 2 pattern papers to alter this box into a memory box.

Altered Box

Lots of different types of handmade flowers adorn this memory box : handmade foam roses ,quilled paper flowers, and handmade ceramic flowers

Handmade ceramic flowers

The front of the box has MS heart punch lacy border with  pearly  plastic butterflies and a handmade ceramic butterfly

Handmade Ceramic Butterfly

I used a plunger cutter to cut the butterfly from homemade ceramic dough.I experimented with normal pearl acrylic paint but it didnt look so nice.Later experimented with spray paint and got a beautiful shiny silver hue on my handmade ceramic butterfly.

Handmade Ceramic Butterfly

I kept the ceramic flowers and leaves uncolored..just added pearl centers and distressed the petal edges to blend with the rest of the box! I love how delicate looking yet sturdy these ceramic flowers are!

Handmade Ceramic Flowers 

These ceramic flowers are the successful ones of my experiment.They were super easy to make but my 2nd attempt at making homemade ceramic dough didnt turn out too good!!Once I perfect the ceramic dough recipe and techniques will share a tutorial on how to make your own handmade ceramic flowers.

Handmade Ceramic Flowers 

I lined all sides of the box with floral and fruit themed pattern paper [DCWV]and added more handmade ceramic flowers.

Handmade Ceramic flowers

The foam roses made with this Foam Rose tutorial has silver handmade ceramic leaves.

Handmade Foam flowers

This memory box was inspired by our family vacation to Malaysia and I incorporated some of my most cherished memories into it [Picking up beautiful shells at Langkawi beach and walking with peacocks at the largest Aviary in the world at Kualalumpur]

Shell craft

Inserted a die cut paper net [Provocraft die]with distressed edges under the ceramic leaves and places some shells and a pearl near the foam rose flower.

Handmade foam flowers

I spray painted the chipboard peacock and placed it on a 3 D pedestal made of 3 folded MS punch hearts.

Handmade foam flowers

I used a different Foam rose tutorial to make this foam rose

Handmade Foam roses

Here is the back side of the memory box with MS punched lace and green lace

Handmade Foam flowers

Distressed the edges of  Spellbinder floral oval die cuts and popped up the stamped "Magical Memories" sentiment on a quilled shape[ can be better seen in a side view picture above].To gel wit the rest of the project, added some brown and pink quilled flowers!

Quilled flowers

Added pearly buttons on the centers of the quilled flowers.

Quilled flowers

I hope you are still with me in this visual trip!! And wish me luck to get the ceramic dough recipe perfected so that I can soon share a tutorial to make lots of ceramic embellishments including handmade ceramic clay flowers.

Handmade Ceramic Flowers