Yesterday I spotted my first flower of the season! Wooohooo! Winter is over! In celebration, I wanted to add a bright jolt of color to my front door. I made this door decoration from recycled magazines and buttons from my stash.

You will need:

Smoothfoam 12" x 1" Disc

Aleene's Turbo Tacky Glue Pen

old Magazines

buttons - various sizes, shapes and colors

scissors

aluminum Foil

foam sponge

green acrylic paint

double-faced satin ribbon in green

tape measure or ruler

Let's Create!

1. Cut out petals. Carefully cut or tear out magazine pages. As orange is my color-du-jour, I chose pages with that color

plus a few in shades of green. Vertically fold the magazine page in half. Fold it the same way again. With each petal cut,

you will automatically get 3 more due to the folding of the paper. I chose to make my petal round at the top and tapered

at the bottom. If you would rather have a daisy look to your flower, make the top of the petal pointed. The key here is that

each petal has tapered bottom and is approximately 2" tall. For a slightly rustic look and to add a bit more texture, lightly

crumple the petals in your hands.

2. Glue petals to the button. Pinch in the paper at the tapered end of the petal. Add a few dots of glue and place on the

back of the button. Each flower should have 5-6 petals. To keep the buttons from sticking to your craft table, place them on

a piece of aluminum foil and allow to dry.

3. Paint Smoothfoam disc. Squirt some paint onto the foil and paint one side and the edges. Allow to dry. Paint the

other side and allow to dry.

4. Add ribbon loop. Cut a 24" piece of ribbon. Glue ends together. Allow to dry. Glue to top of disc. Allow to dry.

5. Glue down flowers. Arrange the flowers on the disc. Once you are satisfied with the arrangement, add a few dots of

glue to the center of the back of each flower and press into place on the disc. Allow to dry.



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