Wow those look great!! Nice job for your first try.

SC

don't know if i would have placed the pettles so far up by the cuticle looks fab well done xx

For your first attempt I think you have done well.

I use dried flowers also and find a really nice effect is to snip the flower (the same as the one you've used) in half so it looks like it's coming out from the sidewall, just thought it might be something you'd like to try aswell.

I hope you don't mind me saying but the product could do with being a little more flush towards the cuticle, apart from that Well Done for posting, it can be quite scary!!

Teri x

Thanx for your reply! These dried flowers ar damned hard to work with, I will keep working at it til I get it just right though!

Thankyou x

I know and to go with such a large one, i would have prob chickened out fab work love well done xx

Thankyou Teri, yes I agree with your comment after looking at the photo again. Im a little paranoid of getting too close as I always get lifting if I get too close, there are other ways of geting it more flush though! Thanks!
xx Oh and the idea of cutting in half is a great one! Never thought of doing that, I will try again when I am bored with these ones!

I have some small blue ones that I would love to work with but they are hard and bulky in the middle, how the hell are you supposed to use them? Maybe I should get my dusty nail trainer out!

is there any bulk that you could cut off that wouldn't spoil the finished look?

No its the centre of the flower, it is very hard and bulky, I think if I attempted to cut it off it would fall to bits, I will try to see if I can cut any off and post a pic (if its half decent!). When I get around to it, or I might use the nail trainer to practice. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

A better way for me to explain would be, If I was to lay the flower on the nail, the petals would not lay flat they would sit about 1/2cm off the nail, and if you tried to adhere the petals to the nail it would ping off! Someone must have a success story with these.

looks great. i like the colour, flower to big for me but i like it on your nail. well done hun

Looks good, I've just had some dried flowers arrive today and was wondering what to do with them.

I think it looks great. I have used dried flowers and I know how difficult it can be to separate the petals to get then to drape evenly. I also have some flowers that the centers are a bit thick. What I have done is lay the l&p so that the petals will lay evenly. There is no use in cutting the centers as the whole flower will fall to bits.
Do you pull non-stick plastic on tight over the flower with a dab of glue for a minute before you lay the top layer of l&p? That sometimes flattens it out.

Yep thats exactly what I do! Works a treat!