030904100510CutoneofeachoftheEmerald MEETTHEMAKERSILVINADEVITA
piecesfromtheEmeraldGreen
paperandcutoneofeachofthe
BiliardopiecesfromtheBiliardo
Greenpaper.
(^06) Separatetheleavesandstems
bycolourandsetthemaside,as
shown.This’llmakeit easierto
visualiseyourfinaldesign.
(^07) Fortheflowershapes,usethe
templatesonpage 90 tocutout
oneofeachoftheYellowflowers
fromtheYellowpaper,oneofeach
oftheOldRoseflowersfromthe
OldRosepaper,oneofeachofthe
SteelflowersfromtheSteelpaper,
oneofeachoftheLipstickflowers
fromtheLipstickpaperandoneof
eachoftheCoralflowersfromthe
Coralpaper.
(^08) To assemble the leaves, stems
and flowers, refer to the main
image as a guide to placement.
One by one, attach each flower to
a stemwitha smallamountofglue,
usingthesmallpaintbrushanda
pairoftweezers,thengluethe
leavesin placeat theback.
(^09) Usingtheimageasa guidefor
placementanda rulertomakesure
everythingis even,arrangethe
assembledflowerpiecesonthe
CaribbeanBluebackingpaperset
asidein Step3. Youmayfindit
usefultotakea pictureonyour
phoneforreferenceasyoudothis.
Laythelettersontopthen,once
you’rehappywiththeplacement,
gluetheflowerpiecesdownin
positiononthebackingpaper.
(^10) Cut small pieces of double-
sided sticky foam for the reverse of
each letter, making sure they won’t
be seen from the front, then stick
each letter onto the backing paper
on top of the flowers to finish.
Silvina’s a paper artist,
designer and Etsy Team
Captain. She started
working with paper
in 2010 and making
botanical miniatures
three years ago. She
lives in Brighton with
her husband and
three children. http://www.
silvinadevita.com