In the realm of luxurious poppies

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To enjoy such beautiful flowers all year round, we make them out of paper, make a collage, and wondrous poppies appear before us in all their purple splendor.

YOU WILL NEED: two stretchers 40 x 40 cm in size ● red, olive and brown crepe paper ● natural black bast ● white, orange, blue, light green, green and dark brown acrylic paints ● styrofoam eggs (1 x 6 cm, 2 x 4 , 5 cm) ● styrofoam medallion with a diameter of 8 cm ● pieces of curly wire made of sisal with a diameter of 8 mm 33, 42, 44 and 10 cm long ● starch ● green floristic crepe ribbon ● tracing paper ● copy paper ● simple pencil ● eraser ● ruler ● scissors for paper ● transparent universal glue ● nippers ● cook spoon ● coffee spoon ● plastic backing ● flat brush No. 16 ● hair brush No. 6 ● gun with hot glue ● sponge ● hair dryer ● tailor pins.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
1.Five large petals for a flower and eight small petals for buds should be increased from the motif sheet to the desired size and transferred to tracing paper. Cut the petals with paper scissors and fix on crepe paper with pins. Now cut the petals one by one (Fig. 1).
2.Spread the petals on a suitable working substrate, lightly grease with diluted starch and leave to dry completely. If you are in a hurry, you can use a hairdryer (Fig. 2).

3.Paste the small eggs with four small red petals, then with four green leaves so that only the tips of the red petals are visible. Grease the buds with starch. Take a small amount of orange paint with a sponge, tint the petals with it and leave it to dry.
4.Form large petals into a flower, at the neck of the flower, tie the petals with a piece of thin wire (Fig. 3).
5.Cut a large egg in half with a sharp knife. From one half, select its contents with a spoon. Use a round wooden stick to make a hole in the middle for the stem. In both small eggs, a hole with a depth of approx. 2 cm. Paint the eggs with green acrylic paint and leave to dry completely. Cover the medallion with brown crepe paper. Cut pieces of approx. 20 cm. A bundle of 8-10 pieces of bast should be tied in the middle and knotted. Glue the bunch on the medallion in the middle with hot glue.
6.Shorten the curly wire and wrap it with green crepe ribbon. In places of strong tension stick the tape. First, stick the shortest stem into the neck of the flower. Of the remaining stems, put the longest ones aside, both remaining ones should be glued into the buds (Fig. 4).

7.Both subframes should be painted with light green acrylic paint. Apply a green paint to the still-dried stretchers. After the paint has dried, add a little blue paint to tint. The edges and corners of the subframes should be highlighted with dark brown paint.
8.Now put both subframes next to each other.Arrange flower and stems on frames. Fix with hot glue. Carefully open the flower petals and glue the pestle (Fig. 5).

9.The letters should be transferred from the motif sheet to tracing paper, cut out with large allowances and transferred to the frames using carbon paper. Fine brush with dark brown paint to circle the letters. On the back of the frames attach loops for hanging pictures.
Model from Burda special issue "My favorite hobby" 01/2014.
Photo: burdastyle.
Material prepared by: Elena Karpova

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