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 Pressed Flowers Note Cards
By: Pioneer Thinking
Materials:
Tweezers
Flowers and Leaves (You can also use herbs)
White absorbent paper
Note Cards
Construction paper (Optional)
White Glue, Toothpick
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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.
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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! |
