Flower Cards

Materials:

• flowers, leaves, grasses
• coloured card or stiff paper
• transparent shelf paper

Instructions:

Four to six weeks before starting this craft, press an assortment of flowers, leaves and grasses underneath several heavy books. Use clean white paper to protect the books from any sap.

When the pressed flowers are ready, cut a piece of shelf paper slightly larger than your piece of coloured card. Arrange the flowers face down on the sticky side of the shelf paper. Set the card on top of the flowers and smooth out any air bubbles.

This technique can also be used to make attractive place mats or bookmarks.