Lampwork Etc.

Lampwork Etc. (http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/index.php)
-   Free Tutorials (http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=77)
-   -   Red Tulip flowers (http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90541)

PeggyRose 2008-05-02 9:49am

Red Tulip flowers
 
Hi all, Raven Wylder (Sheryll) asked me to post this quick tutorial I made for making tulip flowers. I posted it in the "April Showers Bring May Flowers 2008 Exchange" thread, but she asked if I would post it here too. So here goes.....

Here is a small version of this bead.



I'll start by saying that I have only been using Bullseye glass for my encased florals, lately. That's not to say one can't use 104 glass, I just have been having such nice results with the BE crystal clear, that I just hate to go back to 104 clears. The one problem I do have with BE is that most of the colors are NOT opaque enough for the flower petals and I sometimes have to start with white or French Vanilla and then the petal color to get nice crisp petal edges.

Now this tutorial is just for the tulip flowers, so you can start with whatever background you would like.

I hope this little drawing helps. If you have any questions let me know.


step 1 - place 2 dots of opaque red (I think I used BE tomato red for this) side by side just a little apart. Melt these flat.

step 2 - place a dot of transparent red on top of the opaque dot. melt in.

step 3 - using a dental pick, pull out the left edge of the left dot, then pull out the right edge of the right dot.I try to make the pull outside the dot, to make a nice point. Melt flat.

step 4 - place a dot, of opaque red, in between the other 2 pulled dots, melt in.

step 5 - then place a dot of transparent orange/red on top of the melted in opaque dot. melt in

step 6 - Then pull,using the dental pick, a center point at the center top of the last dot.

I just used a lined cane for the stems and put them on at after putting on the center transparent dot and I melted them flat, when I melted the dots flat.

Encase or not, the second layer of tulips on the bead below, are not encased, but are surface decoration.




I hope you enjoy this tutorial.

tail wags,
Peggy

AnnDK 2008-05-02 10:04am

GREAT Tutorial, Peggy!!!

Too bad my in-laws are comming for a visit tomorrow or I would have given it a try. I guess it'll have to wait 'till next week.

:D Ann

rosebud101 2008-05-02 10:13am

Great tutorial, Peggy! I'm going to give it a try! Thank you!

beadlvr 2008-05-02 10:13am

Thank you so much Peggy, for sharing this. They're beautiful, and the instructions are easy :)

Karen Hardy 2008-05-02 10:17am

Great tutorial!
Thanks for sharing this!!!

neagle 2008-05-02 10:40am

Wonderful tut, and beautiful beads!

theglasszone 2008-05-02 10:53am

Just LOVELY!!! Thanks so much for sharing with us...your beads are great!

DeAnne in CA

debiweiss 2008-05-02 11:45am

They are wonderful! Thank you so much for shaing this info.
Debi

born2snooze 2008-05-02 11:51am

Lovely Tulips! Thank you for sharing the tutorial, Sherill! :love:

HONEYBUNNY72_99 2008-05-02 1:16pm

Wow thanks for sharing!

Raven Wylder 2008-05-02 1:20pm

Thanks for posting it here, Peggy! Told you a ton of people would love this!

Lol, Maria - it's not my tut - Peggy had posted it in my exchange but I didn't want it lost in the thread since I've seen Peggy's flowers and they're all gorgeous.

volkanokaren 2008-05-02 2:35pm

ooooooh I love them!!!!! Thanks for the tut

Karen
Volkano Exotik

Heather/Ericaceae 2008-05-02 3:13pm

Cute design and great tut! I love how vibrant the reds are.

ekkc 2008-05-02 3:53pm

Wow! Beautiful flowers. Thanks so much! :love:

Miss Kate 2008-05-02 6:51pm

Wow Peggy! Thanks! This is a great tutorial!

Miss Kate

PeggyRose 2008-05-02 9:22pm

thank you all for your kind words of my beads and my tutorial. So now I want to see some beads made with tulips in them!:-)

tail wags,
Peggy

glassactcc 2008-05-02 10:08pm

YOu make the most beautiful flower beads! I will try this too, and Gor directions are great! Thank you.

mariekuniek 2008-05-03 12:12am

Wow love those beads, thanks for sharing the tutorial

Just Nancy 2008-05-03 4:58am

Lovely. Thanks for sharing.

jojo101 2008-05-03 7:15am

this is awesome, thanks a lot!

PeggyRose 2008-05-03 8:18am

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimberly (Post 1830535)
Peggy - those are stunning! Great tutorial, too! It is good to see you posting!

Hi Kim, It's been a long time since I've seen you. Those were sure great get togethers at Frantz all those years ago. I imagine they still are, we just can't seen to make it that far over, since we moved.

I joined the "April Showers Bring May Flowers 2008" (I was also part of the first one, last year) and came up with this new design for tulips, so I thought I would share. I'm so glad you are all getting some good out of it.

tail wags,
Peggy

Jaterwunky 2008-05-09 6:37pm

Great TUT, thanks for sharing. Love learning new things... IT FEEDS THE NEED<<<<

Parrotise 2008-05-09 6:54pm

Great tut, Peggy! Thanks for sharing!

jillybean 2008-05-09 9:37pm

Thank you so much for sharing Peggy! I am going to try them today!
jillybean

barbbbeads 2008-05-09 10:09pm

As usual, my DH occasionally looks at pics I bring up on here and says "oh, those are nice; are they yours? Those are tulips aren't they?" HELLO...of course they're not mine! I can't make florals for the life of me. These are very pretty Peggy. Thanks for your tut and I'll try it out soon. Very nice of you to share this. Someday, I have to be able to finally get florals down. It's a mental block I know.

anne225 2008-05-10 7:08am

Wow...can't wait to try this!

Thank you..and what a nice diagram.


Anne

GiGiC 2008-05-12 2:36pm

cool! I can't wait to give it a try! Thanks for sharing!!!

Croft Eeusk 2013-05-08 11:47am

Popping this great spring bead tut back up top so I can find it easier for a while.

dla 2013-05-08 11:54am

This tutorial is pretty cool. I don't ever remember seeing it. I sure missed a good one. :)

PattyK 2013-05-08 12:39pm

Thanks for bumping this up - it looks terrific! :)


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 1:22am.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.