Daisies
by Maureen Williams

The basic instructions for making punched paper flowers are featured in my first e-book, Bright Ideas & Facets of Egg Artistry.

Requirements

Punched Shapes:
 1/4” 5-petal
Suggested Colours: white, pink, yellow

#30 green painted florist wire.
Millhill Petite beads or other tiny beads.
Cadmium Yellow paint.
Lichen

Planter Box:
2 Disposable razor tops.
Duncan’s Granite Stone paint.

Tools
Craft Knife.
Cutting Board.
Corsage Pin.
Tweezers.
Aleene’s Tacky Glue or other thick white glue.
Fine paint brush or toothpick.
Perlite
Dried tea bag contents or used coffee grounds for soil.

Directions

Stamens - make 1 for each flower.
 Dip 2" stem wires in a mixture of paint & glue (or glue a bead on the stem wire)
 Hint: press a piece of fine tulle over paint & glue for more realistic effect.
 or  mix Perlite, paint & glue together and dip stem wire in this mixture. 
 

• Separate flower petals and use a corsage pin to pierce a hole in the middle of each petal piece.

• Use a sharp craft knife to cut a small V in each of the five cut-outs of the petal.

• Place a tiny ring of glue behind the paint & glue stamen, then slide one of the prepared petals up to sit underneath the stamen.

• Add another ring of glue around the wire under the top petal.

• Slide another petal up under the top petal  and offset so the petals sit between the spaces.

Leaves
Use lichen (dried seaweed) available from model railway outlets for the leaves.

Planter Box
To make a simple planter box glue two disposable razor covers together and paint with Duncan's Granite Stone paint in the colour of your choice.

Potting the Flowers

 Fill small planter box with a mixture of perlite & glue and press small pieces of lichen into the mixture. Sprinkle with dried tea bag contents to simulate soil

 Plant your flowers, as desired to make a pleasant arrangement. .