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How to Make Beautiful Pressed Flower Art

How To Make Pressed Flower Art lets you use the dried flowers you pressed to decorate cards, bookmarks & pictures for gifts or your home!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Art Project
Cuisine: Art Project
Keyword: crafts with dried flowers, pressed flower art, pressed flower bookmark, pressed flower frame DIY, pressed flower notecard
Author: Shelly
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • Scissors
  • Tweezers (optional- help pick up flowers)

Ingredients

Instructions

  • PROJECT 1- Pressed flower bookmark
  • Cut a piece of cardstock to about 1.5 inches by 8.5 inches with scissors or a paper cutter. 
  • If you want a message or your name on your bookmark, write it on the paper with markers or colored pencils before placing the dried flowers.
  • Attach your dried flowers to your bookmark with a very small spot of glue.
  • Cut a piece of clear contact paper 2 ½ times the width of the bookmark and a bit longer. Take off the contact paper backing. Place the bookmark face down on the center of the sticky side of the contact paper.  Wrap the extra contact paper on the sides around to the back of the bookmark. Trim the extra off each of the short bookmark ends.
  • PROJECT 2- Pressed flower notecard
  • Cut a piece of cardstock to the size desired for a card. If using 8.5 x 11-inch cardstock it works well to cut it in half and then fold each of the halves in half to make a card.
  • Use the same steps as for the bookmark to decorate and finish the card. When putting on the clear contact paper though, just cut a piece slightly larger than the front of the card. Take off the paper backing and place the card face down on the sticky side of the contact paper. Trim off the extra.
  • PROJECT 3- Pressed flower frame diy- pressed flowers in glass
  • Open the frame according to directions and slide the double panes of glass out. Clean the glass if needed.
  • I cut a piece of cardstock in a rectangle and wrote my message on it. The paper was about 1.5 inches by 4 inches. This is optional of course, but it worked well. Write whatever you would like, a message, quote, or a name. Place this on the back glass where desired. Anchor with tape or spot of glue.
  • Place the flowers around the message in an attractive arrangement. Anchor with a spot of glue.
  • Place the second glass over the flowers and slide them back into the frame. Close the frame as shown in the instructions.
  • Check out this post for 3 ways to make your own envelopes.  It makes creating your own envelopes a cinch! 

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