Flowers and Things

By some miracle I have just taken delivery of the flower head embellishments which I use to make my favourite card. I had the instructions for making it on my computer so I can get it out as quickly as possible.

1. Take an A4 card in white and cut a 10cm strip off the bottom . Fold in half to form a card approx 19.5cm x 10.5cm.
2. Cut a 10.5 x 8cm piece of lilac spider wrap and stick to the bottom of the card. SEE PHOTOGRAPH FOR EXAMPLE.

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3. Cut an 11cm length of light orchid ribbon.

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Put some glue along the back and holding it firmly in place, stick down to the card to cover the place where the spider wrap meets the card. This will give you a neat finish. Or you can use thin double sided tape.

1. When the glue is dry, trim the ends.
2. Cut a piece of glitter card to make a vase. I made mine: 5.5cm tall; 3cm across the top and 1cm across the bottom. Stick a light orchid bow to the pot. I used thin foam tape as I find this is the best thing to use when sticking on bows. I getting in a new Stix2 tape that is just 3mm x3mm x 2mm. Great for bows. Tiny ones that is.

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3. Take a 20cm length of crinkle wire and twist it to make the shape of a stem and two leaves. It twists easily and can be cut with an old scissors.
4. Cut a piece of foam tape and stick to the back of the vase and cut another to stick to the back of the flower.
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Now attach one end of the wire to the foam at the vase and the other to the foam behind the flower. Stick each to the card. See photo.
5. Take a few sliver sequins and stick them to the card. 5 should be ample.
6. I printed the message on the card, but you could use a peel off message.

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