Let’s go wild
These beautiful, striking blooms are the ideal way to transform everyday items
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You will need...
Paper, watercolour, medium and lightweight
Card, A4, ivory, mid-pink, hot pink
Ribbon, 15mm wide, pink gingham
Rub-down words, pink
Pen, brush marker, green
Rub-down words, pink
Pads, foam adhesive
Poppy Card
Cut ivory card, 14.5cm square, to form a blank. Using the wet-intowet ink technique, paint several poppies in a random arrangement onto medium-weight watercolour paper. Embellish the flowers by sketching wavy green stems, drawn with a brush marker.
Trim the illustrated sheet, 9cm square, using a craft knife butted against a metal ruler for a clean edge. Cut a second panel, 10cm square, from hot pink card and centrally mount the decorated poppy section onto it. Add a sentiment to the lower right-hand corner of the greeting, using rub-on wording.
Take a length of pink gingham ribbon and knot around the front of the card, 1cm away from the fold, then trim each end at an angle for a tidy finish, using sharp scissors. Centrally adhere the layered panel to the greeting with foam pads for dimension, as shown.
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Top Tips
Try creating several sheets of the poppy design all at once. While they are drying, trim the embellishments to size and prepare the items you'd like to jazz-up
Useful Links
Artist's Ink, Winsor & Newton at HobbyCraft. For your local store, see http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk
Picture frame and candle, available from Wilkinson. For your nearest branch, see http://www.wilko.co.uk
CB Idea: Derwent watercolour pencils, for stockists see http://www.pencils.co.uk
