Balloon Flowers

1. Begin with properly fired shelf cone 04 bisque. Moisten a clean sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust. 
2. Using a CB604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 2-3 coats of FN001 White to the piece. Allow to dry! 
3. You can glaze the inside or the backs of your piece with FN009 Black. Allow to dry! 
4. Balloon Prep – Take the balloon and stretch it a few times. Roll the balloon inside out. Place the pom pom or the marble in the center of the balloon. Next take the rubber band ad tie around the pom pom or the marble. Roll the balloon back to the correct side. Blow up the balloon no bigger than the palm of your hand. 
5. Color prep – Remove the squeeze cap off the SC006 Sunkissed, SC074 Hot Tamale, and the SC097 Cant-elope. Replace with one of the AC224 Plastic Detailer Caps. 
6. Mark where you would like the flowers to be with a pencil. 
7. Squeeze a dot of SC006 Sunkissed in the center area of the flower. 
8. Squeeze 7 dots of SC097 Cant-elope around the center dot. 
9. Squeeze dots of SC074 Hot Tamale in between but just slightly past the SC097 Cant-elope dots. 
10. Take the balloon and center it over the dots of color and press down giving just a slight rocking motion then lift straight up off the surface. Continue doing this for as many flowers you are wanting on the piece. Allow to dry! 
11. Place some SC026 Green Thumb and some SC027 Sour Apple onto a plate. 
12. Using a CB106 #6 Script Liner, Load the brush with the SC027 Sour Apple then side load the brush into the SC026 Green Thumb, apply stems to the flowers going to the bottom of the piece. 
13. Reload the CB106 #6 Script Liner as in the previous step and pressure stroke leaves to the sides of the stems. Allow to dry! 
14. Using a CB110 #10/0 liner. Outline the leaves, stems, and flowers in a slight wild fashion with SC015 Tuxedo.  
15. Using the end of a brush handle add dots around the center of the flowers with SC015 Tuxedo. Allow to dry! 
16. Stilt and fire to shelf con 06/05. 

Optional Way to Apply the Flowers

1. Place some SC006 Sunkissed in the center of a glazed tile. Place some SC097 Cant-elope on each side of the Sunkissed then Place some SC074 Hot Tamale on each side of the Hot Tamale. Spread out level with a Palette Knife.  
2. Dip the balloon into the color then onto the piece. 
3. Apply the leaves and stems the same way as above. 

Additional Adaptations & Tips

• You can create any color combination of flowers with any other color Stroke & Coats. 
• Applying the Stroke & Coat over top of the Foundation Glazes you do not need to Clear Glaze the piece. 
• The AC224 Plastic Detailer Caps fits on 2oz, 8oz and 16oz squeeze bottles.