Sospeso Transparente Ice Crystal Flowers

Sospeso Transparente 

Hi friends sharing yet another Sospeso Transparente floral project. This time with "Ice crystals" technique!

Sospeso Transparente ice crystals

Made a Christmas themed lantern with Sospeso Transparente flowers. You can read about the Italian craft of Sospeso Transparente here : Sospeso Transparente Bouquet tutorial 

Sospeso Transparente 

To run you through how I made the Sospeso Transparente flowers : my  flowers started off as flat designs on a special plastic sheet. They were cut , heated and embossed to create 3 dimensional Sospeso Transparente flowers

Sospeso Transparente 

Used hot glue to stack some of the flowers together.

Sospeso Transparente 

Inked the edges of the flower petals using red permanent markers and glass paint[ if you are using glass paint use a thin paint brush]

Sospeso Transparente 

Achieved the Ice crystal Effect by mixing  equal amounts of Vetrification gel and Ground crystal glass [invented by Sospeso Transparente inventor Monica Allegro] in a plastic dish and applying it over my Sospeso Transparente flowers.

Sospeso Transparente ice effect

The toughest part is that you have to be really patient and not touch or move the flowers as they dry or the crystals will fall off !! [Best left overnight so that you are not tempted to poke them!]

Ice crystal Sospeso Transparente 

You can completely cover your flowers and leaves or just give a splattering of ice crystals

Sospeso Transparente leaves

I added my Sospeso Transparente flowers to a hanging lantern whose base is removable to fit in an LED light.

Sospeso Transparente 

You can make your own  centers for your Sospeso Transparente flowers like I did in the Sospeso Transparente tutorial  or add pollen like the ones here

Sospeso Transparente

I hope you enjoyed looking at this new craft of Sospeso Transparente designed by Monica Allegro

Sospeso Transparente flowers

Do tell me how you liked my decorated lantern.

Supplies : All Sospeso Transparente supplies and Pollen from Crafters Corner