In winter, when fresh blossoms may be harder to come by, these lush tissue-paper flowers are in full bloom. Their silver centers are actually Christmas balls, a nod to the season. Arranged at different heights in silver trumpet vases and mint julep cups, they bring whimsy to a formal reception table set in all white.
Tools and Materials
Spiky or round-petaled flower templates in various sizes (the templates are created by you and can be drawn freehand)
Card stock
Tissue paper in a mix of taupe and ivory
Hole punch
Prewired silver Christmas ball ornaments
Paper-White How-To
1. Start by drawing flower shapes in various sizes (we chose to do both a spiky and softer silhouette) onto card stock. Trace onto stacks of tissue paper; cut out, cutting through several layers at once.
2. For each flower, stack five tissue-paper blossoms, mixing sizes but not shapes; punch a hole in the center of each stack.
3. Thread the wires of the ornament down through the hole in the tissue-paper flower. Push petals up around the base of the ball; twist gently at base. Secure wires at the base of the bloom with tape.
4. Arrange flowers in bunches; display in vases or mint julep cups.
well...i believe if people are ready to create flowers...they should be able to make flower shape on their own...whats the need of a template...?????....the word template is only used in lieu of cut out or a shape....
If you need a template of a flower, do a Google search image search for a flower; print the image, then trace it out. Be creative.
Seriously, you can't draw your own flower shape?
addyjane - the How-To states that you create your own templates........
Once again, no one at Martha is responding. These comments have been posted since March of 2008!!!!! Why do they ahve this blog area if no one reads it from Martha. I have had this happen many times, what of waste of my time and fellow crafters.
Once again, no one at Martha is responding. These comments have been posted since March of 2008!!!!! Why do they ahve this blog area if no one reads it from Martha. I have had this happen many times, what of waste of my time and fellow crafters.
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