How About a Beautiful Frame with Simply Zinnia?

March 28, 2024

I have a beautiful frame for you today using the Simply Zinnia dies. This one has a lot of die cutting, but once that's done, it's easy to put it all together.

What's even better? I've used one of the frames from the Happy Houseplants Kit. The frame is 6 x 6.

For my background, I used the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper, cutting it to the 6 x 6 mentioned above.

I'm hoping that the pot doesn't look like an ice cream cone. I used the Ice Cream Swirl dies for that. Cut it from Gray Granite. Use a Blending Brush to add a little more color. Cut some from the bottom. I think I cut off about 1 1/2 inches.

Leaves are cut from Parakeet Party and Granny Apple Green. I tried to mix them throughout. Looks like I might have used about 5 of each color. Sponge these with Parakeet party ink.

For the flowers, I cut the 2 different flower shapes and used sponge daubers to add a little more color from the center of each layer. Here is a list of what I used.

Lemon Lolly with Daffodil Delight sponged

Balmy Blue with Balmy Blue sponged

Fresh Freesia with Fresh Freesia sponged

Highland Heather with Gorgeous Grape sponged

Petal Pink with Flirty Flamingo sponged

For the little star like oval used Daffodil Delight and used Crushed Curry for the centers.

Use a Bone Folder to curl the petals for each layer.

Once all of the flowers are assembled just lay them out and determine where you want everything. Add flowers with dimensionals. Some leaves are on dimensionals and some are not. Some leaves were trimmed a little to make them easier to add.

Start with the lower level and just add as you go. Stick leaves wherever needed. I curled a few leaves.

Finally add three of the little zinnia buds with leaves. I added one near the bottom to add a little more interest there and then one from each side.

There you have it. I'm thinking it will be easy to change out these frames and keep using them. By the way, the background piece is cut from the backing of designer series paper. I used nothing from the plant insert so I can just put it back in whenever.