Colouring #2: How to quickly and easily color wafer paper - stone effect

You will need: 1 wafer paper sheet, white color powder, black color powder, food alcohol, pearlescent color food powder (sorry, it’s not in the photo), a small piece of sponge, a cotton swab, black stamens, a wire, paintbrushes, scissors, petals mold.

Mix some black color powder and some alcohol:

Dip the cotton swab into the mixture and color the wafer paper sheet (see the video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDy-wgVeIX4

Mix together some white color powder and some alcohol and shade again (see the video):

Cut the petals. I used paper homemade molds: 8 large and 3 small size:

Shape your petals, as in the pic below:

Set the stamens as in the following pics:

Wrap the bottom of the stamens with a wafer paper small strip , to easily paste them to the centre of the flower (pic n.30)

Cut the bottom of each petal, 1/3 of the length, as in the following pic:

Using a wet paintbrush, pass some water on the cut edges of the petals and paste overlapping them (one petal at a time)

Set your petals to compose the flower, as in the following pics:

Hole the flower with an end of a wire. Be carefull not to make a too large hole!

Color the edges of each petal with white color food powder mixed with some alcohol:

Insert the stamens in the centre of the flower:

Dust the whole creation with some pearlescent color food powder, to brighten it a bit more.
That’s it! Yours is a wonderful creation! Take some pics in the sunshine and be thrilled with your work!!
Thanks for watching!