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Carnations

Bazzill Basics Flower Pot Collection

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Supplies: scissors, standard hole punch, thin dowel rod, bone folder,
pinking shears or decorative edge scissors

1. Select three large and two

medium round flowers.

2. Use a standard whole punch

to punch a hole in the center
of each of the five flowers.

1 2
3. Use pinking shears or dec-
orative edge scissors to cut
a zigzag or deckle edge at
the tip of each petal on all
five flowers.

4. Make a straight cut be-

tween each petal on all five

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flowers, stopping before the
center hole. 4
5. Fold each petal in half
on all five flowers. Crease
each fold with a bone folder
to make them crisp.

6. Cut away one petal on one

of the large flowers.

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 7. Place adhesive on the top
side of the petal to the
right of the missing pet-
al. Bring the petal on the
right over and layer it under
the petal to the left of the
missing petal. Press them
together to create one petal.

8. Place adhesive around the

7 center opening of the large
five petal flower. 8
9. Place the large four petal
flower in the center of the
large five petal flower, al-
ternating the petals. Press
together to adhere.

10. Cut two petals from the

9 remaining large flower.

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11. Place adhesive on the
top side of the petal to the
right of the missing petals.

12. Bring the petal on the

right over and layer it under
the petal to the left of the
missing petals. Press them
together to create one petal.
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13. Place adhesive around the
center opening of the large
four petal flower (which is
adhered to the five petal
flower).

14. Place the three petal

large flower into the center
of the other two large flow-

13 ers. Press them together to

adhere. 14
 15. Cut one petal from one of
the two medium flowers.

16. Place adhesive on the

top side of the petal to the
right of the missing petal.
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17. Bring the petal on the
right over and layer it under
the petal to the left of the
missing petal. Press them
together to create one petal.

18. Place adhesive around the

center opening of the previ-
ously assembled cluster of
17 flowers.
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19. Place the new three petal
medium size flower into the
center, alternating the pet-
als.

20. Cut two petals from the

remaining medium size flower.

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21. Place adhesive on the
top side of the petal to the
right of the missing petal.

22. Bring the petal on the

right over and layer it under
the petal to the left of the
missing petals. Press them
21 together to create one petal.
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 23. Place adhesive around the
center opening of the assem-
bled flower.

24. Place the two petal me-

dium flower into the center
of the assembled flower, al-
ternating petals.

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25. If you plan to add a wire
stem to your flower, you will
want to add it now. Bend a
small loop in one end of a
length of floral wire. If
you don’t plan to add wire,
skip ahead to step 29.

26. Place adhesive in the

25 center of the assembled flow-

er. 26
27. Insert the wire through
the top of the flower feeding
it through the center hole.

28. The loop in the wire

should sit firmly in the bot-
tom of the last petal added.

27 28
29. Fold the remaining sin-
gle petal and fold it into
fourths.

30. When folded two of the

four sections should overlap
and create a cone.

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 31. Place adhesive along one
edge of the cone.

32. Close the cone and press

to adhere. You may find it
easier to slip the cone on
the tip of a fine tip tool so
that you can press the edges

31 to be adhered together with-

out smashing the cone.
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33. Cut away about 1/3 to 1/2
of the tip of the cone.

34. Place adhesive in the

center of the assembled flow-
er.

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35. Place the trimmed cone
in the center of the flower
pressing it into the adhe-
sive.

(Optional for wired flowers)

36. Add adhesive to bottom of
35 the flower around the wire.
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37. Pierce a hole in the cen-
ter of a small green flower.
Poke the wire through the
pierced hole in the flower.
Slide the flower all the way
up to the base of the carna-
tion and press in to the ad-
hesive.

37 38. For additional finishing

ideas, see the tutorials on
stems and leaves.
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