Pretty Pink Posy
By Maureen Furniss
These pretty flowers are combined with simple stitching on card to make a lovely design for Mothers Day or for a birthday.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Card: CEM03 White Linen and VA023 Vanguard Raspberry. Creative Paper: SR081P Pink Flowers. Clear Glitter Vinyl: PZL00U-80. 3mm Quilling Paper: Green, Yellow and QP009 - 5 Reds. 10mm Quilling Paper: QP067 - 5 Reds. Peel Off Sticker: XL277U-02 Wording. Green Stranded Cotton and Pink Metallic Thread. White Organza Ribbon. Quilling Tool and Sewing Needle. Pricking Tool and Mat. Tracing Paper and Pencil. Plain and Deckled Scissors. Craft Knife, Cutting Mat and Ruler. Double Sided Tape: ADH13. P.V.A. Craft Adhesive: PVA01. Card Mount: DEC1U-61 Textura Bright White. Cut a piece of white card to 95mm x 150mm. Trace the dots on the stems and the panel corners from the diagram on the next page. Lay the tracing over the white panel aligning the bottom corners on the marks, keep in place with a little tape. Prick through the tracing paper and the white card on each dot. Ive given you two rows of dots for the left hand stem and one row for all the others. You will actually need two rows of dots for each stem (offset as this one is), but it looks far too confusing if you start by pricking them all. Use 2 strands of green thread and stem stitch for all the stems. Begin with the short top left hand stem (red & blue dots). Tape the end onto the back of the panel close to the bottom of this stem. Bring the needle up at the lowest red hole then back down at the lowest blue hole. Continue up the stem in this way coming up at red and down at blue until the stem is complete then tape the end on the back. Note: For the remaining stems, if they are shown with black dots, they break at the bow, if they are coloured, they are one long stem.
TO MAKE THE CARD:
Cut a piece of pink card to 135mm x 190mm and then trim all four edges with the deckled scissors to make a panel about 130mm x 185mm. Cut a piece of pink flower paper to 125mm x 180mm, lay it centrally over the deckled panel, hold in place with a little double sided tape in the centre only. Use the pricking tool to make a hole in each corner, approximately 5mm in from the edge. Thread the needle with metallic pink thread, tape the end to the back of the panel and bring the needle up through any of the holes. Stitch a simple border using long straight stitches between the holes then tape the end on the back of the panel. Stick this panel onto the centre of the card front. Cut a piece of the clear glitter vinyl to 155mm long (its the right width already), stick onto white card and trim the card to the vinyl edges. Stick this to the centre of the panels already on the card.
Stem Stitch
Choose another stem, prick a row of holes to the right of those already on the card and stitch in the same way as before. Continue until all the stems are worked. Make a flower centre using a 2cm length of yellow and a 4cm length of 10mm pale pink. Glue the pink to the end of the yellow, cut slots in the pink piece from the top edge to 2mm from the other edge, make these slots about 2mm apart and along the whole length (see above). Insert the yellow end into a fine quilling tool and wrap the whole length into a tight peg, glue the end to hold it that way. Leave the fringed part as it is now until the rest of the flower is made. Make one medium and two deep pink centres in the same way. Use the diagram on the right for a guide to the actual size and placement of all the flowers. Make all the petals from 20cm lengths of 3mm paper in the different shades of pink as shown. Start each petal by winding onto the tool, drop onto the table and allow to expand to about 1cm diameter then glue the end.
Actual Size
To make the coils into teardrop shapes, pinch at one end. To make the eye shapes, pinch the coil at both ends.
Fold Petals Out
Arrange each set of petals on the card above each stem adding the flower centre. Glue in place when you are happy with the shape and gently press the fringed centre out. Make two little buds for the last two stems. Use a 15cm length of green, wind to a loose coil, pinch to an eye shape and press around the handle of the tool to form a crescent for the sepals. Make two teardrops from 15cm lengths of medium pink and stick these into the curve of the sepals. Stick this panel over the vinyl using double sided tape not glue. Add a bow and the greeting to complete. Left: The base card for this version is pink dotty A4 card (CRC193P) folded in half. This slightly larger size has enough space at the bottom for a little more decoration, I used a die-cut foiled banner (CDS035G), along with a pretty floral border (CB036P).
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