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Directions:
1. Choose flowers that are a
good size for your work. The best ones are simple flowers with
few petals such as pansies, buttercups, Queen Anne's lace. (This
is especially true for beginners, until you get more confidence
to try more elaborate blossoms and greenery.) Pick your flowers
after the dew has dried, usually late morning.
2. After you have selected your
flowers and greenery and picked them its time to press them.
Remove all the stems from the flowers. Spread the blossoms and
leaves in a single layer on a sheet of white absorbent paper.
Place a second sheet of paper on top and place heavy objects
such as books on top. Leave for about 2 weeks.
3. Now that your blooms and
greenery are dried its time to get creative! Its a good idea
to arrange your flowers and greens on paper before you glue.
Be gentle though as some flowers or leaves can be brittle. Next
step is to take a pair of tweezers and pick up a leaf that you
want for the background.
Using a toothpick dipped in
white glue apply a small amount to the back of the leaf. Place
on white note paper.(Fig.1) Continue this process until you have
placed all the leaves you want onto your card.
4. Next glue on all the major
focal flowers. Glued the same way as the greenery. Once this
is done, add all of the accent flowers. (Fig 2 & 3).
5. Now that your pressed flower
arrangement is completed you can write you quotes, poetry etc
under the flowers, or you just leave blank for a simple but beautiful
look.
To protect your cards cover
them with clear self-adhesive contact paper. Press contact paper
down firmly to make sure it sticks to the flowers, greenery and
card. For extra color glue finished card onto construction paper.
Editor's Note:
You can also use pressed flowers
for other craft projects. Try adding them to place mats, Table
tops, create pictures.......Let your imagination run wild! |
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