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F EATU R ED BY SW E E T PAU L M AGA Z I N E
FRINGY FORSYTHIA
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MATERIALS:
Tape skill below). Crease the floral tape
center, petal, or leaf and down onto
• Single-ply crepe paper in primrose close to the base of the petals with your
the stem to secure. Helpful Hints: With
yellow, hot yellow, and buttercup fingernail to help keep the tape from
some practice, floral tape is simple to
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unraveling. 3. Snip off the end at an
use. Firmly but gently stretching the
• Florist/Italian crepe in pineapple, daisy, angle, leaving about 1/8"–¼" of stem.
tape as you wrap is crucial to release
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the adhesive that makes it stick to itself.
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PROJECT NOTE Using a hot glue
With one hand, hold and slowly twist the
• Assorted yellow tissue paper. www.
gun, place a drop of glue on the base
stem while applying pressure to the tape.
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of the flower and quickly hold it to a
The opposite hand stretches the tape as
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desired point on the branch, hold in
you work. Overlap the tape as you wrap,
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place until the glue sets. When building
adding pressure with your fingers to
• Hot glue gun
your branches, place the cut angle on
prevent unraveling. Make a few fingernail
• Scissors
the stem so that the bloom angles in an
scores at the end of each length of
• Fringing scissors by Martha Stewart. upward direction on the branch.
tape to help it adhere. When building a
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flower, keep a small pile of precut 3"–4"
• Pinking shears by Fiskars. SKILLS Scrunch Pleat: Begin Scrunch
(7.5cm–10cm) strips of tape at the ready
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Pleat by holding one side of the base of
to use for attaching each petal.
• Found branches
a petal or leaf between your thumb and
index finger, and the opposite side of
the base between your other thumb and
CUT Crepe paper grain (the vertical
index finger. Scrunch the sides toward
ridges in the paper) runs with height;
each other, creating multiple gathers.
all dimensions are given as H × W. Cut
Press a bit to crease. This technique
assorted sizes from all of the papers,
adds dimension, creates a thinner base,
about 1"-1 1/2" x 5". Using pinking shears,
and a slightly rounded petal. You can
cut one long side of each strip. Using
pre-scrunch your petals to condition the
fringing scissors, fringe each strip ¾ of
paper, and then Scrunch Pleat again as
the way down. Experiment with smaller
you attach each one to a stem.
and larger sizes if desired, just as we did.
The branches look more playful when
Using Floral Tape: Holding a stem with
there is variation. Cut 1"-2" or larger
one hand, place a petal, leaf, or shape
assorted pieces from all of the strips.
at the back of the stem, holding both
They look more organic when the sizes
between your thumb and index finger.
are varied.
Place the tape on the front of the stem
and begin wrapping it around the stem,
BUILD 1. Pair up 2 small strips by
continuing to hold the petal in place
mixing sizes, colors, and types of paper.
and catching the base in the tape while
For example, a tissue piece with a florist
spinning the stem, (not moving the
crepe piece, a single-ply crepe piece
tape around the stem) Wrap the tape
with a florist crepe piece, etc. Align the
around the base of the flower a few
bases of each small piece and Scrunch
times. Continue wrapping down onto
Pleat (see Scrunch Pleat skill below)
the wire at a slight diagonal, making
together. 2. Secure tightly with a 2"
sure to continually and gently pull the
piece of floral tape (see Using Floral
tape as you progress. Tape beyond the
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