make semen paper is one of my preferent crafts . You would never know from the constituent look of this artisan paper that the materials come from such humble beginnings . I showed the steps for how to make homemade seed report using a DIY mold and decal fashioned from two - dollar sign frames and shredded bills in my book , Garden Made : A Year of Seasonal Projects to deck Your Garden and Your Life .
I ’m taking the show on the route this spring to do live demos of how to make come paper in Seattle at theNorthwest Flower and Garden Showand in Florida at theEpcot International Flower and Garden Festival . I go for you have a fortune to see me make paper live but if you miss it , there are elaborate instruction inGarden Made .
My shop were patronize byBall SeedandBurpee , who render marigold and lettuce mixing to go in the seed paper , andSpellbinders , who provided aPlatinum 6die press clipping and embossing machine to turn the paper into creative wiliness .
After the paper is made , there is even more fun to be had ! There are so many things that you’re able to make with it , and I enjoy making cards . More often than not , that lovely schmalzy card you give away gets toss into the recycle bin not long after it is read . puddle a card out of seminal fluid paper is a unique way to give a no - dissipation gift that the recipient can develop in their garden .
Here are two of the card designs that I made on stage at the garden display using Ball come and the Spellbinders Platinum 6 .
This simple - to - make visiting card is fun to give because it allows the recipient to free the bird on their board by planting the birdcage . Make it by glue a postal card or picture of a bird to the front of a blank calling card . Line up some homemade seed paper on the Bye Birdie die and put it through the Platinum 6 . Then use a few mucilage Transportation to attach the cum report birdcage over the bird .
Line up a sheet of newspaper on the bottom of the die and lead it through the machine . There should be enough paper to get two cut out of it , so flip the paper over and line it up for a second cut . You need at least two cuts to produce one succulent .
Assemble the succulents by laying a large succulent shape on the bottom , then build it up with the next large one at a 45 - degree angle . Do the same with the medium - sized flesh and then the small shapes . paste them all together with a red-hot mucilage gun , then pinch the top shape together to produce a center little potato . append three of these succulents to the front of a card in appropriate colors . Hot glue some reindeer moss around the succulents if you wish .
you could also utilize the Spellbinders to die rationalise out part of the card as well , like on this decorative mete I made on the edge of a bird card . adjudicate tot some Greenland caribou moss into the birdcage as well .
For both of these calling card , do n’t leave to include planting instruction !
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