I took the pages and cut out petal shapes from each page. Then I inked the back of each petal and misted each one. While wet I wadded each petal as if each one was a piece of trash. Then I straightened each one out. Not perfectly! I left some of the wrinkles.
The next step was sort of messy so I did not take photos of that. I rolled one petal up to look like the center of a rose then glued other petal around this one. You put the petals on one at a time and spin the flower around. This looks more like a natural rose. I would also fold over the top portion of each petal to add dimension.
The next step was to build a base for my decoration. I took an otterbox box and covered it in green paper. Then I inked the box. I glued a piece of Styrofoam to the middle of the box. Then I started gluing the flowers unto the Styrofoam and box. Once I got all the flowers where I wanted them I misted the box with Michelle's Musings Sterling Silver misting spray for a tad of sparkle. I then to strips of tulle and folded in half. Where the half mark was I tied a knot. I pushed a straight pin into the knot making a "tulle pick". I then took these picks and inserted them in random spots around the flowers.


The butterfly body was made with the clear part of packaging. I cut two just alike. On one side of the packaging I painted a design. Once it was dried I glued the two butterfly wings together.

I used a vintage blue ribbon around the sides of the box and it's done. Pretty cute table decoration.

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