Acetate and Alcohol Inks

No flowers in the garden? Solution...make some! Saw this done on YouTube ages ago and thought I'd have a go myself. Gotta say, this is one truly easy, seriously simple, ever so effective technique. Added plus...acetate is incredibly robust so these will stand up to quite a bit of wear and tear.

All you need is:

A sheet of acetate
Sizzix Tattered Flowers Die and any die cutting machine that can take the Sizzix Dies
A selection of alcohol inks in colours that you like 
Two decorative brads
Glossy Accents

Method:

1) Cut 2  pieces of acetate to fit the die and run it through your machine so you have two of each of
    the shapes to construct two flowers. Or...cut any combo you chose.

2) From the scraps, hand cut or die cut leaves

3) Ink the acetate in your chosen colours. Aim for some variation between the different elements so
    you get some contrast between them when they are layered

Then for the magic fun...

4) Apply your heat gun. As soon as heat comes in contact with the acetate, the acetate will begin to
    curl up

5) Use your fingers or the end of a pencil to manipulate the direction of the curl

6) Layer the acetate flowers and use a small hole punch to pierce through the stack.

7) Push your brads through and fix

8) Lastly, apply a small amount of glossy accents to your leaves and fix to the underside of the
    flowers

I haven't indicated what adhesive to use to fix the finished flowers as this will depend on the surface you want to fix them to (cardstock, acetate, wood, metal) and your personal "stick-it down and keep it down" preference.